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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
TWENTY MILLIONS WANTED.
TEe House Committees River and
Harbor Bill the Largest
on Record.
How It Is Proposed to Distribute the
Vast Sum-The Illinois
- Ship Canal.
Washington special.

The river and harbor bill, as finally
agreed upon by the House committee,
makes an aggregate appropriation of $l9,-
432, 7s3, and is the largest bill of the kind
ever brought in. Chat rman Blanchard
saws the bill of 1882. which was the lar gest
up 10 that time, aggregated SIS, $4,000,
Some of the appropriations are as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

"AT High Noon" is familiar head
line in many newspapers over accounts
of fashionable weddings. Nothing else
ever occurs at high noon except hang
Chicago Ners. Well, they are
both knotty affairs, and the above re-
mark is worthy of an enterprising
~ncosz y:-er."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

u, sscient remedy for the headache
VIC 20 kiss the first girl you met. It
might be remedied, nowadays, in the
same way. The girl would, probably.
stake your head of. Yonkers States
nan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04

The man who says Don't you for
get it continually when he is talking
hasn't great many things in his head
to remember.-Teras SVtings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-04-04
The Missouri Mine Horror.

from the mine at Rich Hill, Mo. Among the
heartrending incidents narrated is that OF
very old man who stood at the mouth Of the
shaft hoping that his son and son-in-law
would be brought up alive They were the
last two brought up, and when the old ran
saw their dead bodies he fell lifeless on the
ground. woman, who supposed her hps-
band was among the rescued, walked six miles
to the mine, only to sec his charred corpse
Two Ministers of the Gospel Killed.
REV. CLAYTON kUMMA and Rev. John Con-
nard, while walking on the railroad track at
Reading, Pa, we're struck by passing train
and killed
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
DANBURY.

The street railroad blacksmith shop and stables took fire, Monday night about II O clock and came near enough to go- ing up Danbury has averaged one fire, or alarm of fire, every six days since April. Most of them have been acciden- tai. Mahony's saloon, Railroad avenue, was destroyed by fire, Monday morning about 3 o'clock. The inside of the build inc is pretty thoroughly burned out
 The walls are intact and the building can be repaired. A man named Mason
 natter, got on the track near the freight house on the Danbury and Norwalk rail
 road, Friday afternoon and had his leg crushed below the knee. His leg wa! amputated. He hadjust visited a saloon
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
Worth Knowing.

MT w. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla, was taken with severe cold, attended with distressing cough and running into consumption in it's first stages. He tried many so-called popular cough remedies and steadily grew worse Was reduced in flesh, had difficulty in breathing and was unable to sleep, Fin ally tried Dr Kings new discovery for consumption and found immediate relief, and after using about a half dozen bot ties found himself well and has had no return of the disease. No other remedy can show so grand a record of cures as Dr Kings new discovery for consumpt- ion guaranteed to do just what is claim ed for it.-Trial bottles free at E. + l Hawley's drug store.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
NUMBER 27

Sunday brought quite home gather ing of distant Newtown sons, which shows how widely old Newtown's influ- ence is felt. There were Mir Frank T. Botsford from the Summer land of South ern California; MT Reuben Belden from prosperous publication ventures in Can ada; NIT Arthur T. Nettleton. who is in terested in the real estate development of that young giant metropolis of the Northwest, St. Paul; MT Russell Jen- nings of Missouri and MT Alexander Hall of Paterson, N. +. It's lonesome kind of State that hasn't some Newtown blood or capital to help its growth.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
STONY HILL.

Mrs Sarah A. Clark has sold her place to MT Crawford of Danbury, who recent Iv purchased the R. T. Crane place. He will move in immediately.
 HIP. Benedict has marketed some fine strawberries.
 Patrick Durkin, who has been sick sew eral months, is visiting his daughter, Mrs Kane of Danbury.
 Mrs Ruscoe of Wilton was gnest o1 Mrs M. V. Betts, last week. Mrs Jacob Husk visited friends on tht hill, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

The arrivals at the Grand Central, Sat urday night, included MT G. H. Dikeman of New York, MT John H. Platt and wife, Mir D. w. Buckingham, MT G. F. Arnold, Mrs Arnold, Harry and Stanley | from New Haven. Mir c. E. Doty, Wife and two daughters are later arrivals from | New York
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
The Alum Baking Powders.
Action of the Massachusetts State Board of
 Health.

Action of the Massachusetts State Board of
 Health.
 The Names of the Alum Brands Published-The
 Methods by which they are Sold-EecessIty
 for a National Pure Food Law.
 The Massachusetts State Board of Health, like the State Food Commission of Ohio, publishes the names of the alum powders found on sale within its juris- diction as the most effective way to pro hibit the sale of what it classes as q det- rimental article of food.
 The report names p brands of alum baking powders detected, many of which will be recognized by housekeepers who have been using them under the repre- sentation that they were pure and whole some cream of tartar baking powders.
 Being cheaply made. these goods are sold to the retail dealer at q price that affords him large profit and the retail dealer, probably unaware of their nature, ' is induced to push their sale in place of pure powders upon which the profits are smaller. In this way they are being placed in considerable quantities into the hands of consumers who have not a sus- picion of their real character
 Alum baking powders have been legal ly declared adulterated articles of food in the State of New York, and several parties have been convicted of violating the Food adulteration laws in selling them.
 The prevalent method of disposing of these goods, where it is not prohibited by law, is by accompanying each package with a gift or lottery ticket. In several States acts have been passed making this misdemeanor. In such localities man. ufacturers of alum baking powders who regard the law have been compelled to reduce the price from 50 or 10 to 20 cents ; per pound, at which rate they are now : generally sold without gift. As an H. - lustration of the low value of the alum baking powders, the fact is stated that Il one of them. no worse than the others is sold at , cents a pound. The extent to which the poorer classes, who arc l. their chief users, are imposed upon wheT r. they are charged from 20 to 10 cents foI a similar article is quite apparent.
 The following are the names of th'
 alum baking powders as given by the re
 ports of the Massachusetts State Boar'
 of Health:
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs Phehe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Ca, Iowa, tells the following remark able story, the truth of which is veuch- ed for by the residents of the town: Fl am 73 years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many years; could not dress myself without help Now I am free from all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my owr housework. I owe my thanks to Elec tric bitters for having renewed my you'll
 and removed completely all disease ant
 pain.r Try hottie, 50c, and 4l at K r, Hawley's drug store.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Justice Eli J. Morris gave judgment, Saturday, for Mir Jerome Platt Tor SIP O5, the amount he claimed to have overpaid Mir Wilbur F. Benedict of Step ney Depot
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mine Host Leonard of Dicks hotel has not only leased the old Erwin place, but has dressed it out in a bright coat of red, with bronze green trimmings. The Tur- ner dramatic company were housed there, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mrs Della Taylor of Bethel recently visited her sister, Mrs Phebe Fairchild. Mrs Fairchild is still industrious and cheerful, though bowed with the infirmi- ties of years.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Messrs X. w. Peck and Edgar F. Northrop left for Gettysburg, last Fri day, to attend the grand reunion there to celebrate the 25th anniversary of that bloody conflict.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

All the latest facilities in piano making and skill in reaching perfection are em- ployed in the Mathushek. Examine them at the Treat & Shepard Co.'S and yol will have no other.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

MT J. H. Weaver of Brooklyn has fin ally bought the Burr place on Mt. Pleas ant and taken possession. Mt. Pleasant property seems to be booming.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mrs NJ. G. Marble has returned to her Newtown home. Miss Fanny Marble of Bridgeport has also been here.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mrs Shuart of Rochester, N. 1., An drew J. Pecll's daughter, has come here to secure his property, to which she lays claim as his legal heir.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Messrs J. Wallace, George P. and Will P. Hoyt are home from Bridgeport and, with them, are their cousins, Misses Hat tie and Lizzie Rolph of Sparta, Virginia.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mrs l.. B. Terrill of Hastings. Nebras ka, is visiting at Mir M. B. Terrill's.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

MT D. McEwen has had the top of the liberty pole in the Street down to paint it
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

IYERTILIZERS FOR SALE.--Mapes' Corn T Manure, s4l per ton; Mapes' Potato Ma nure, $43 Mapes A Brand, $36; Mapes' Gen eral Use, $39: Plumb < Winton's Bone, $50
 ". $. WHEELER. Trnmbull. Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mir F. $. Findlay and family and MT Logan and family of Brooklyn arrived al Dicks hotel, last Friday.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

MT J. W. Larry was to spend the Fourth in Boston.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

MT and Mrs G. w. Knight of Brooklyn and MT McCurdy of New ' ork were Sun day guests at Elmshade.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Registered by the Holstein Freisian Associ ation of America, Vol l, Mo- l253. Bred by J. | Wanzer < Son, Pawling, N. Y.; is now owned 1 by Albert Rlackman, Newtown, Ct. Ter,ns fol
 1888, a0c pach
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Miss M. c. Morgan was with Westport friends, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

rJSO THE LADIES-Ladiesd desiring anything
 j. in the line of hair goods will do well to examine my beautiful samples of front pieces and switches. And leave your orders, as
 can show first class goods far below retali prices that will he suro to please all. Switches made over IS good us new Call and see my samples. No trouble to show them. MISS V GsRIGGS.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
SOUTH BRITAIN,

w. E. Mitchell has had F.. F. Hine at work putting new sills under the barn near his tenant house.
 J.R. Judson is committee in Mapping district
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
LYONS PLAIN.

Fred Treadwell has had the measles. A. B. Sherwood has bought a new Buckeye mower.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Pliny Squire of Roxbury bought seven horses of W. F. Benedict, Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Davis's, A.&P.,
 silver Star. Silver King,
 Ne Plus Ultra, Welcome,
 Enterprise, Old Colony, Can't he Beat, Crystal.
 Eureka Centennial.
 International, Gem,
 Albany Favoritc. Sovereign.
 Golden Sheaf Daisey,
 Burnetts Perfect, Geo Washington, Forest City. flenr de l.is,
 While many of the alum baking pow ders named are only known locally, oth- CTS are found in almost all sections of the country. Those of largest sale are made ! in New York and Ohio. An avoidance of the brands named by the Ohio and Massachusetts State authorities will not insure against the use of the objection able articles altogether, for the manu- facturers. when the fact is published that a particular brand contains alum, will simply change the name and the sale goes on as before. Large quantities of these goods are also sold ill bulk. by weight, while there are hundreds of diff ferent brands put up by small dealers m different parts of the country where the public analyst is not yet known.
 Official examinations like those by the , Massachusetts and Ohio authorities, which give reliable information as to the
 real qualities of articles of food and fur , nish guide by which consumers cande- , termine the pure and wholesome from
 the impure and dangerous without chance
 of mistake, are of great public benefit.
 The Massachusetts analysts have also
 tested the various cream of tartar and phosphatic baking powders sold in the !. State, and their report that the Royal
 baking powder is superior to all others O in purity and wholesomeness, and con- if tains nearly 20 per cent. more strength :. than any other, is quite as important to U consumers as the information relating to 5. the alum powders. The exact deterrni- le nation as to strength of the several m brands was as follows. the figures repre-
 senting the number of cubic inches oi
 leavening gas from one ounce of powder r. Royal, 126.l5; Cleveland's, l07.7; Con 10 gress, Sl.2; Horsford's, 95.1- er A very earnest effort is being made t 1r secure the passage by Congress of a law an that shall foster the trade in pure food "a The proposed law provides for the ex
 animation of manufactured articles O
 food, drink, and drugs. and for the pub 10. lication, in the manner already adopte es. in Ohio and Massachusetts, of the name in- of those brands found adulterated or il
 furious to health. X law of this chara<
 ter, that shall impose suitable penaltis w's upon importers and manufacturers ( on such commodities, will be of vital in
 portance to the whole country.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mir Marcus Camp lost 10 or 70 chick ems, one night last week.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

Mir Reuben Belden of Toronto made the BEE office pleasant call, Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
THE VIEWPOINT LIBRARY !:

Will be open for drawing Books every Tues day to , D In and 6 to 9 in the evening; Satur- day from 10 . m to F, to m, 6 to in the ayaniup
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06

K. BURR, JR. I'M. KNAPP. The Security Investment Go. S25, ,OOO7 per ct. Farm Mortgages of
 Missouri Trust Co.
 S20,000 8 per ct. Farm Mortgages of
 the Georgia Loan and Trust Co. We have negotiated over $2, ,5O0,000 of the above Mortgages during the past F years and no investor in them has ever lost cent or waited day for interest principal pay ments, or taken a farm in foreclosure. We believe them as safe as Government Bonds or savings Banks and they yield twice the in come to the investor. We can furnish them in amounts from $200 to 5000 and will receive marketable securities in payment. Please call or write for circulars, references and list of mortgages on hand.
 Room 13, Franklin Block,
 BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Or the same may be had by applying to c. H. NORTHROP, Newtown Savings
 Bank, Newtown, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
ADoLpH OF PAWLING.

LSOR SALE-New White Oak Cart Bodies, as I good as can be made. Price low at h. B BOOTHS.
The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
STEPNEY.

diStrict.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-12

your arm, Robinson. Robinson-Yes,
l was down at Ruman gums with the
boys until nearly o'clock rafting.
| won it. Brown-Was it nice tur-
key? Robinson-I don't know. l was
too sick to-day to eat any of it.-Neao
York Sun.
Madame unexpectedly enters the
larder, where she detects Baptiste, the
footman, in the act of drinking Chart
reus Iiqueur. Both stare at each other
in open-mouthed establishment. At
length madam broke silence and said
in tone of severity; Really Baptiste,
am surprised" Baptiste Gin tone
of asperation) -.'And 50 am |.
Why, l thought madame had gone
Quit" Mosque de Fer.
The members OF church at Hart
well, Ga. were discussing what they
had done to help the cause of religion
along during the year, when one
good brother, whose cotton crop had
turned out better then he expected,
said: Il came very near promising the
Lord at planting time that I would
give him 81 for every bale of cotton I
should make this year, but brethren,
if had done so the Lord would have
got me sure"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-12
A Song il Camp.

Henry Stone writes as follows to the
Century: 'The article on the Songs
of the War, by Mr.. Brander Matthews
in the Century Magazine for August,
brought back to my memory wildly
an experience at Murfrees6oro, lust
after the battle of Stones River.
There was 4 good deal of gloomy feel
ing there. The losses in the army bad
been terrible; and, besides, there were
among the troops large number of
kentucky and Tennessee regiments,
to whom the Emancipation Proclama-
ton was not palatable. A number of
officers had resigned, or rendered res
ignatiOns, on account of it. One day
a whole batch of designations came in,
all written in the same hand writing
and coming from one regiment, in
GLIDING nearly all the officers in it,
assigning as reason their unwilling
ness to serve longer in consequence of
the change in the purpose and conduct
of the war. The instigatOr of these
letters was found, and dismissed with
every mark of ignominy-his shoulder
straps were cut off, and he was
drummed out of camp. This heroic
remedy caused the officers whom he
had misled to withdraw the resigna-
tions; but the thing ranked. A few
days afterward glee club came down
from Chicago, bringing with them the
new song,
Gwen rally round the flag boys,
and it ran through the camp like wild
fire. The effect was little short of
miraculous. 1t put as much spirit and
cheer into the army rs a victory. Day
and night one could hear it by every
campfire and in every tent | shall
never forget how the men rolled out
the line,
"'And although he may be poor, he shall
never be a slave
/ do not know whether Mr.. Root
knows what good work his song did
for us there-but [ hope So
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-12
Mans Power Over Nature.

Nothing, perhaps, SO strongly char
acterizes this century as the advance
man is making over Nature. This
process of mastery could scarcely pro-
coed in Il more instructive way than
by tracing its stages in the instances
we have considered. The Alps and
the two Isthmuses illustrate it in noq
uniting way. 1t is safe, probably, to
say that the power to eXcavate earth,
to eXcavate and blast rock, is from
five to ten times as great as when
man, wholly unknown to fame landed
with q handful of his covntrymen
where the city of Port Said now stands
and began the excavation Of Suez.
In regard to the present enterprise
upon the American Isthmus, if we take
into account its magnitude and the
difficulties involved, it represents
without doubt the greatest effort in
the line of industry and peaceful
achievement man has yet put forth
De Molinari, the Belgian economist,
computed that the stock of machinery
for the excavation represented the
labor of half a million men. Such a
fact indicates how far the progress of
conquering Nature has been carried.
The world is watching, with NO doubt
degree of skepticism, the way in
which the remaining work is being
done; and in scientific circles es-
pecially an eager interest will con-
tinue to be manifested in this great
struggle of S kill and inventive genius
against the forces and obstinacy Of
Nature. 1t may be protracted, but it
must be in the end successful Stuart
Z. Weld, IN Popular Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-12
Out at Sea.

I know that / am dying mate; SO fetch the
Bible here,
What's laid unopened in the chest for five and
twenty year;
And bring light along of you, and read bit
to me,
Who haven't heard a word OF it since first !
came to sea.
It's five and twenty years, lad, since she went
to her rest
Who put that there old Bible at the bottom OF
And can well remember the words she says
TO me;
snow, don't forget to read it, Tom, when you
get out to sea-"
And never thought about it, mate, for it
clean slipped from my head;
But when ] came from that first voyage the
dear old girl was dead,
And the neighbors told me, while 1 stood as
still as still can be,
That she prayed for me and blessed me as was
just gone out to sea.
And then shipped again, mate, and forgot
the Bible there,
For / never gave thought to it a-sailing
everywhere;
But now that am dying, you can read bit
to me,
I seems to think about it, now I'm Ill and
down at sea.
And find little prayer, lad, and say it up
right loud,
So that the Lord can hear it if it finds him in
q crowd.
can scarce hear what you're saying for the
wind that hOwls to lee;
But the Lordll hear above it all, for he's been
Outat sea.
It's set in very dark, mate, and think I'll say
goodnight;
But stop-look there! why, mate, why, Bill,
the cabins turning light;
And the dear old mothers standing there as
give the book to me!
All right; I'm coming! Bill, good-by! Ny
souls going out to sea!
Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-01-12
A Dance in Kamschatka.

A dance had just ceased as we ar
rived, and we took our seats in placid
ignorance of what was in store for us.
Presently the squeak of the fiddle was
heard and instantly the ladies rushed
IN search of partners. There was a
great move in the direction Of the two
Swedes and the rest of the party.
and as became modest old bachelor
prepared to faire tapisserie with the
papas and mammas. But il was des-
tined to be otherwise, for on raising,
my eyes | found that two fair damsels
were suing for the honor of nv hand.
The young women were not
beautiful. However. there
was no time to be lost. The seal
hunter; the American '.nigger," and
the tail swede were already hard at it.
ana slipping my arm around the waist
OF the nearest fair one plunged blind
" into the dance. The affair was sim
pie enough at first. The dance mere
" consisted in shaffling slowly round
the room side by side, the gentleman
with his left arm free, the lady accom-
panying the music with a sort of mon
otonous chant. Time was of no par
ticular object and smoking was per
mitted, and, as we had partaken neither
of the eranberries nor the corn-brandy.
we felt rs we'll as could be expected
under the circumstances. It was not
for long, however. Suddenly the
music stopped, everybody clapped
hands, and short and stern the
order rang out in Russian: Kiss"
There are moments when even the
stouteSt spirit quails I turned des-
pairing glance at my partner and my
heart sank within me. All hope was
gone. We all know how in moments
OF supreme emotion the most trivial
details become indelibly stamped upon
the mind. The scene is now before
me. [ saw the red-haired seal-hunter
bend down to meet his fate like hero,
his green tie dangling in the air. I saw
gallant officer who had served her
Majesty in many chimes struggle noblv
TO the last. Slowly my partners arms
dragged NE down The lips
stole upward. 1 nerved myself for a,
final effort and ali was ovn,,i
Before the next dance l had fled
The CrajSc Of the MdrcheSa.