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The Week.

Big warehouse burned in Chicago; loss sl,- 300, ,0O0.-Rhode Island Legislature ballots for United States Senator; Dixon and Wefmore leading candidates-Congressm John H. Neal of Tennessee is dead.-Mild earthquake shocks in Portugal.-Robert T. Lincoln ap- pointed minister to England, MuratlHalstead to Germany, George E. Loring to Portugal, Thorndike Rice to Russia and Patrick Egan to Chilli. Halstead's appointment rejected by the Senate.-The Fall River strike collapses, the weavers returning to work at old prices Domestic manufacturers of worsted cloths ask Secretary Windom to classify the cloths The present duty is not satisfactory to Amer ican manufacturers.-The opening of the Ok lahoma territory throws open 1,s0o,000 acres for settlement.-The grand lodge Of Knights of Honor of the State of Rhode Island holds it's 18th annual session at Providence. There are Il lodges and 1000 members in the State; about 125 900 in the United States.-Terrible disaster at Samoa. Six American and Ger man men ofwar destroyed by storm, the ships driven on reef and wrecked; l40men drown ed.-Explosion and fire at the plant of the Standard Oil works at Long Island City caus- es a loss of sl50, ,O00.-Bad prairie fires in Da- kota in the vicinity of Huron.-In March the public debt was reduced SIS. e05,655.-William
 Fisher Wharton appointed assistant secretary of State; James N. Huston of Indiana treas
 urer Of the United States.-Republicans elect | justice of Supreme court and two regents of State University in Michigan.-Mosby,R Repub- Iican, elected mayor of Cincinnati<-Cregier,
 Democrat, elected mayor of Chicago, over
 Roche, Republican, by l2,0Oo votes. Demo-
 crats also carry nearly all other city offices
 United States Senate adjourns.-Ferry boat burned at Middletown; loss sls,0oo-Miss
 Clara Totten, who sued C. H. Reed of the Hoff-
 man house, New York, for sl00,oo0 damages
 for seduction and breach of promise, awarded sI5,OOO by jury.-Dr McCosh, ex-president of
 Princeton college, very sick with pneumonia | ar Princeton.
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BROoKFIELD.

Owing to the storm, Sunday, the col lection for St. Paul's Sunday school li- brary was postponed to next Sunday.
 Miss Henrietta Ruggles is home from Shelton.
 The Congregational church has given MT Mead call at a salary of 5000, an increase of $200 from that paid MT Pierce.
 Miss Winnie Skidmore is home from Wellesley.
 John Thornhin will act as sexton at St. Paul's.
 E. F.sShepard has been quite poorly. The ladies of St. Paul's Guild meet, every Wednesday after service, at the rectory, for work.
 As W. II. Beehler was on his usual de- livery route, Monday, near D. W. North rop's place, one of the axles broke, throw ing groceries, eggs, kerosene, molasses, into the mud.
 MT and Mrs Elmer Cornwall and fam fly of Bridgeport spent Sunday with E. H. Northrop.
 Benjamin Rippy and family returned from the South, Friday, bringing her sis ter and mother.
 Mrs Sophia B. Kellogg is quite ill.
 Miss Ella Stuart has been in Brooklyn
 John Stuart has entertained his daugh :. ter and children of New Haven.
 Miss Julia Hayes visits Miss Carrie Peck. j Mir and Mrs Edson Shepard occup, their house in the Center, the Nobl' place.
 Mrs Clark Peck moved, Monday, to he farm. James Betts is moving ini the Boor aem place. Rev MT Milne officiated at the Congre gational church, Sunday and was listen ed to with pleasure.
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charge, has been very sick at his home in Pennsylvania.
 Andrew Perry died, Wednesday morn ing at ?; funeral at 3 m, Friday.
 Miss Minnie Beecher has gone to Larchmont, N. Y.
 Seth Beecher started, Friday, to fill position at Waterbury. Saturday, he telegraphed that his trunk be sent to Larchmont, as he was q horse car con ductor there.
 Mrs Abner Woodruff is recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia.
 Mrs Romaine Smith has rented her place to the station agent.
 Miss Mary J. Perry furnished orange blossoms for the golden wedding of MT and Mrs Benjamin Nichols.
 The Lewis place, where OK yokes were once sawed for farmers for miles around, is again closed. The place has gone to ruin, where, a few years ago, thriving business was done. Mrs Timothy Reynolds is visited daily by Dr L. Y. Ketcham. She has fever and is weak and nervous. Ransom B. Stiles, wife and daughter | (Mrs Burpee) visited his mother, last week.
 Stiles Belfield has painted his house | Mrs Harmon Edwards is very low.
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My friend remarked, the other day, Oh, am just as good temperance man as you can find. I believe the liquor traffic is terrible sin, one of the greatest curses of our age. I know that the saloons do more to demoralize, to make criminals, to brutalize and pauperize the people than nearly all other evils combin- ed. The saloons ought to be abolished and would be very quickly ii only had the pow CT to do it. But yet, on election day, this my good friend went to the polls and voted to elect a man and party in favor of licensing the saloons and thus does all he can to legal ize the traffic, uses all his power, as citizen, to perpetuate these same wicked saloons But in order to appease his conscience little, he cast a no license vote in his town, while do- ing all he could to make the policy of the State license. "Oh, Consistency, thou art a jeweli"-[A. J. F., Huntington.
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icing, with the figures 1909 and 1889 on the top, the work of the delft fingers of Mrs George Fairchild. Mir Garfield re- ceived the congratulations of his friends and enjoyed all the proceedings. His sight, hearing and mental faculties are preserved to an unusual degree. He rode eight miles on horseback, the day before and sits erect upon his horse like youth of 20. At the close of the evening, his pastor, Rev s. M. Keeler, led in prayer, gratefully acknowledging the good hand of God in all the way this patriarch has been led. Surely we do well to mark our birthdays as they pass and, especial ly, as we draw nearer the close of life, for ssNow is our salvation nearer than when we first believed"
 Rev c. l.. Coburn left on Wednesday to attend the New York East conference, which sits in Bridgeport, this year.
 The Housatonic Valley Pastoral Union met in Danbury at the First Congrega- tional church, Tuesday.
 Range lodge will meet, next Monday evening, instead of Tuesday. Rev Mir Range is expected to be pressnt.
 M. $. Platt is building cattle barn. Smith & Hawley do the stone work and Austin Hine of Southford the carpenter ing.
 Miss May Garlick has gone to Boston.
 Amos Mitchell is home from school in Woodbury.
 F. R. Ford and wife of Woodbury call ed on his father and friends, before leav- ing for California.
 Fred Downs has a diploma from Yale business college and takes place in his fathers store, Fred Thompson returning to Woodbury.
 Miss Anna Belle Baldwin is home iron New Haven.
 Jay Camp, having rented his farm, is moving to Naugatuck to live ill one O the houses he bought two years ago. 1 Mrs C. T. Downs has visited in New Haven; George Coburn is home from tn | South J. D. Rankin of Tilden, Neb. has visited the doctor, his brother.
 Dr Rankin attends Mrs Nancy John son.
 D. NJ. Mitchell is getting out timbe for the Rubber Co. at the Hook.
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HAYWOOD.

The surprise party at Whitehead s, last week Wednesday night, was largely attended; dancing was carried on till day light. Music by Beers and Starr from Danbury.
 Miss Josie Crane took short trip to York State, last week, bringing Miss Ed na May Wilson back with her.
 Miss Cora Terry was guest of Miss R J. Crane, Friday.
 Miss Hayes has closed school for 2 week.
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Mir Charles NJ. Pratt of Astral Oil fame, who married daughter of Judge Luzon Morris, has bought the Ezekiel Beers farm in Zoar through her uncle, Mir E. J. Morris, for Sl750. Mir Pratt has an elegant Summer home on the Hud- son, but will repair the Beers house, re- taining it's ancient peculiarities as far as possible and furnishing it with antique furniture. Mir Pratt, who is allied with the Standard Oil interest, will keep a family on the farm.
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soUTHvILLE.

A Bailey family from Merryall moved into II. N. Camps tenant house, satur- day.
 David Barnum has bought the land be- longing to the Dauchy estate of B. Grif- fen, administrator.
 The Good Templars have their hall completed and expect to occupy it ontIle 10th.
 Mrs Susan Hall, who has been with Mrs E. ", Smith, returned, Thursday, ] to Sandy Hook. Mrs s. +. Clark is visiting her children in Shelton and Trumbull; Mrs Hattie Clark and daughter take her place in her home,
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Especial attention is called to the announce ment in another column in regard to clothing and gents furnishings. The Hub Clothing House, corner Main and State streets, Bridge port have put in their usual large stock of fine clothing and are prepared to attend to the wants of their old customers and as many more as would like to look over their styles and prices. Spring is a good time to look ov- CT your wardrobe and see if there is not some necessary article which they can supply. Their stock was never better or more com plete and they are pleasant and courteous to visitors See al,
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snuTH BRITAIN.

NJ. Monroe Garfield on Saturday reach- cd his slst year. Neighbors and friends surprised this good brother on Saturday evening, spending m hour or two ina so- cial way and then partaking of refresh- Inents, which the thoughtful Indies brought with them. One gfft was. pc euliarly fitting, handsome sttlit cake, frosted md bordered with erosvn Of
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LONG HILL HUNTINGTON.
Hiss Ida Bennett is home.

Miss Ida Bennett is home.
 Fred Somers has built barn on his newly purchased place.
 Miss Flora Beard is expected home, this week.
 John Munson has changed his plans again and will go to Oronoque to work for J. H. Blakeman for year. day.
 MT Emery is back on the Paper Mil place, but not to work.
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NEW FAIRFIELD.

Stephen Gilbert and wife have return ed from Danbury for the Summer.
 Henry H. Stevens of Nebraska has ar rived in Patterson, N. r., with q car of fine young horses.
 Thomas Benedict has purchased . house and lot of Ed Jennings, known as the Penny place, for s45o. +. Hatch < Sons are building retail asr's wagon for Henry Gray of White street, Danbury.
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WooDBURY.

Our neighbor on the hills, William N. Shelton, is slowly passing away by that terrible disease, cancer in the throat. He has known for months that there was no remedy and that all physician can do is to palliate his sufferings. Refusing to take opiates, he bears his almost intol- erable pains with a heroic fortitude nev- CT excelled. It must be fearful to sit calmly looking Death in the face so many months. He has the sympathy of the entire community in his agonies.
 David c. Porter is putting his build ings by the sea at Milford in working or der preparatory to the entrapping of the festive clam in it's season.
 William E. Beardsley has sold his farm and will work with A. E. Judson or A. A. Root.
 The daughter of William N. Shelton is very i'll. Her illness doubles the cares of the elder sister. The real estate of Horace H. Minors assigned estate was sold, Saturday. F. F. Hitchcock pur- chased for $115 the whole top of second bluff, which furnishes the roof to Bethel Rock, the place used for public worship by the fathers before they built a church, more than POO years ago. This lies east of the tower of William Cothren and has never been deeded by human hand till now, since the first Indian deed. It has passed from the pioneer Capt John Mi nor from father to son in Mir Minors line till now, through the probate court : Francis A. Atwood and Horace Hurd are sick.
 Seth Fillinor and his newly made bride
 were in town, to attend the funeral O
 his sister, Mrs Ellen Bronson, who diee
 at Roxbury.
 Horace G. Minor, S5, brother of tn
 late Dea Truman Minor died in Water t vile and was buried in Woodbury.
 There seems to have been another ol
 Leather Man, some B years ago, as re l, lated in recent letters of E. l.. Bronso
 and Mrs Sarah I. Pritchard of Water bury. The writer used to see him. 
 tt A. P. Lyon and wife are at T. Judson'' ' W. E. Beardsley drives Charles s. Cul
 tis's milk team to Waterbury.
 George G. Watson will build lare ss silo.
 r. Leslie Barnes will work the farm in Mrs A. J. Trowbridg9 in Roxbury; A
 bert Barnes will work for Thomas ve Shea, who has bought the meat busine ,a of G. I. Barnes.
 Ellis Dean is home from Cheshire. ee F. F. Hitchcock, administrator, h
 divided the estates of Anna F. Basse1 < $9S30 and W. c. Cowles, $9454, amol \ the heirs.
 y ". w. Victory has moved to B Jol ,o street, Bridgeport.
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BERKSHIRE

Miss Josie Kenworthy has returned to Brooklyn.
 Miss Belle Downs, who has lived for two years with Helen Beers, has left for New Haven.
 Mrs Jerry Carey of Bridgeport is at Jerry Carey's.
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BETHEL.

Died, 1st, Ellen Meade, 95; March 2s, Mrs Lucy A. Daly, 61.
 Aaron Treadwell of Bedding has put up handsome monument in our ceme- tery.
 c. l.. s. c. will meet, Monday, sth, with Miss Annie M. Fairchild. The Knights of Honor covered them selves with glory at Fishers hall, last week, and it was an exceptionally rare | treat for home talent.
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HUNTINGTON.

Benjamin F. Morse has moved into T. E. Beard's house in Wells Hollow.
 It is reported that Charles Zimmerman will leave the Center.
 George Nichols lost horse, recently. H. F. Glover and Richard Macdonald have begun to peddle milk, Sundays; they were the only ones about here who have not peddled Sundays through the Winter.
 Theodore E. Beard and sons will soon have telephonic communication with Bir- miDgham. having put up a line of poles to Wells corner to connect there with the American line.
 On account of storm, Sunday evening, the temperance concert of the Congrega- tional Sunday school was postponed un- til next Sunday evening, 7th. Dr W. F. Spring and wife of Bridgeport are ex- pected to take part in the singing.
 Medal contest, next Wednesday even ing, 10th, at the Town Hall. If stormy, next evening; singing by the Glee club. Miss Bella Park entertained friend from Holyoke seminary, Sunday.
 Arthur Laborie is to move from Bridgeport into the house in the Center owned by Mrs Abigail Hawley.
 All day services will be resumed at the Congregational church, next Sunday.
 The stage has commenced running on the Summer schedule, arriving here two hours later.
 D. A. Nichols is still on jury duty il Bridgeport.
 Seymour Blackman has moved back te his farm on Walnut Tree Hill.
 Mrs Sarah Betts spent Sunday in New York.
 I The highway from the Center to Whit Hills has been worked, something unusu al for March. .Dr Dawson expects to nov to Bridgeport in May; sorry to lose tn doctor.
 Edward Cannon is working for k. ) , Birdseye. A number from the Center attended dance at James N. Wanzer's, Frida l night; music by the Bliss band. Shrubs were set out, last week, on tt . Walnut Tree Hill school ground. 
 Joel Washburn has moved into the ! M. Brownson place.
 II. D. Shelton's horse died of lung f : yar, last week.
 Mrs David Laborie and daughter Fla e nie recently visited Mrs George Hur
 Long Hill. ,f Oliver c. Beard and s. B. Wales l Il Monroe traded cattle, Monday. : Will some reader kindly give reas
 for the capital of Holland being call
 the Hague.
 Daniel J. Shelton has two boys hel as ing him. 5, Miss Fife J. Clark has visited t pleasant home of Hon James ". Bear,
 ley of Bridgeport. ' Gertrude A. Beardsley of Monroe
 been at David s. Clark's.
 Rev W. Ingram Magill conducted L m ten service in New Canaan, last w
 Thursday evening.
  nj St Paul's Guild met with Mrs Lean
 J. Wheeler, last week with Mrs s.
 Buckingham this.
 Miss Ethel Beardsley has been ho
 from school at Shelton.
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Mrs Hartshorn, who has frightened the burdens of her daughter, Mrs w. H. Fairchild, for many months, returned to her Manchester, N. H., home, this week. Mrs Fairchild's girl baby, Nellie, has had a worrisome time with bronchitis, but is improving under Dr Smiths care.
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That Newtown's advantages as quiet healthful Summer resort will be appreci- ated, this season, is shown by the fact that Mir J. H. Warner easily rented his fathers house and had a second applica- ton from New York, few days later. There are still plenty of houses to rent, however
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Chief Ellis of Ansonia says that Mich ael Smith, who claims to be brother of Chip Smith, is really Michael or "Bub'' Condon of Ansonia, and a tough among toughs. He certainly looks it. By be- ing sentenced to Danbury jail, however, he has escaped his great aversion, State prison.
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Lots of moving, April l. Ralph Whit lock moved from Mir Philo Clark's tene- ment to that of MT z. s. Peck on Mile Hal; Charles Hamburgher from Mrs E.. NJ. Peck's to the tenement vacated by Ralph Whitlock; E. F. Wakeley to his new home in Stratford.
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On account of conference, there will be no service in the Methodist church, next Sunday. It is probable that num- Der from here will hear Bishop Rudolph Foster, next Sunday, in the Fairfield avenue Methodist church, Bridgeport.
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SOUTHPORT.

School commenced, Monday, y,with Miss Katie Lake teacher and Miss Belle Cur tiss commenced term of eight weeks in Red City.
 George Oatman and wife, who have spent the Winter in Florida, are expected home the last of this month.
 Mrs Wooster has returned from three weeks in Waterbury.
 Mrs H. T. Edwards is more comfort able and Mrs T. F. Wheeler convalescent.
 Society meetings are held in the base ment of the chapel until further notice.
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Watch NeYt Week's Bee.

Those holding tickets for the piano and gold watches at H. N. Ayres', Bridgeport, will do well to watch next weeks BEE. The articles will be drawn Friday and the lucky numbers published, next week. In the meantime and afterward, boots and shoes will be sold at Bishop block, Bridgeport, at lower prices Iar
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STONY HILL.

Mrs Martin Osborn has been in Water bury.
 Miss Frances Knapp returned, Friday, from visit in Westfield.
 Miss Belle Kingsmill is guest of Mrs Charles Dikeman.
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Always use Longman < Martinez pure paints when you paint. They are the cheapest, as well as the best, as a trial always proves; full warranted at E. F. HaWley's
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souTHBURY.

Miss Annie Osborne is home from school in Plymouth.
 Mrs George P. Pierce remains about the same.
 Bert Barnes will soon leave to accept position in Larchmont, N. F.
 Robert Johnson has been very ill with pleurisy and inflammation of stomach. Emerson Baldwin has pnt up wire fence along Main street on land pnrchas- ed of Mrs Anna Whitloek.
 pr Robert Todd made flying visit home Saturday
 Thomas Payne, one of the workmen a' the oil we'll, who has the machinery |
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HALF WAY RIVER.

Those who returned early next day re- ported very enjoyable occasion at Charles Sherwood's, Wednesday night; good music for the dancers.
 Miss Mamie Plumb expects to study telegraphy at New Haven and will com mute from Zoar Bridge.
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No school in Taunton, this week, after Monday, as the teacher, Miss May Main waring, attended the wedding of q cous- in at New York, which took place on Wednesday. -
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F. F. Hawley will receive a car of II. J. Bakers fertilizer in few days, which will be sold at discount to all who will take it from the depot. Please leave your orders at the store at once.
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For two weeks, the Newtown post of flee has sent out large quantity of mail. Besides the usual REFS and regular mail, 2000 extra copies were mailed. The work eliminated, Saturday, when 5000 circu- lars were mailed for D. c. Beers & Go.
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Mir George F. Duncombe will tear out the old chimney at Broadview and repair his house interior generally. He got $115 insurance money on account of the roaaOt fro
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On account of absence of the superin- tendent, the next meeting of the Juven- He Temple will be postponed until Tues day evening, 16th.
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WOLF PITS.

MT Hughes leaves Mrs Porter's house and goes to Brookfeld. Mir Wildman goes from Harry Hurlburt's place to Plumtrees. Mir Hubbard goes into Harry Hurlburt's place.
 Mrs Eugene Platt is sick.
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At the shoot of the Sandy Took Gun club, last Friday, only fey members were present. Mir James M. Blackman beat the score of the club by breaking F birds out of 21.
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Mrs Mary Stillson was guest of Mrs H.. l.. Wheeler, last week. Master Joseph Smith of Danbury is spending few days in Sandy Hook with his uncle, MT Ezra J. Hall.
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Mir Theron E. Platt ships potatoes to several State experiment stations, ,includ- ing Iowa and Louisiana and reports more orders than usual, this Spring, from growers throughout the country.
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President Harrison has issued proc- lamation opening the Oklahoma tract of Indian Territory to settlers, whom Unit ed States troops could not keep out of there,
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The party of Raymond excursionists which includes Mir A. F. Clark and the Misses Glover were registered at the Ar lington, Santa Barbara, California, March 2l.
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The Connecticut Legislature has dis graced itself by committing the death sentence of Swift to life imprisonment. This worthless, drunken brute shot his wife because she would not live with
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E. F. Hawley's sales of wall papers, borders aud curtains were never larger than now, thus proving his elegant assortment and lowprices.
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Rev James Taylor visited his family at the parsonage on Tuesday and left, We'd nesday morning, to attend the session of the N. Y. East conference at Bridge port.
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RoXBURY.

II. B. Smith will move his butcher business to the Center. William Morris sey has moved to New Milford.
 Monroe P. Castle had leg broken by Il log, last Friday.
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In his annual report, President J. D. Dewell of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce said: The Derby road, by means of it's Western branch, has already begun to benefit our merchants.
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Mir John J. Schermerhorn took pos session of the E. NJ. Peck place, Mon- day, Mir Henry McEwen, it's former ten ant, moving to the house of Mir F. F Wakeley, which he has bought for $2300
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Col R. $. Cheves, who has stumped New Hampshire for the temperance cause, is now sweeping through Massa- chusetts.
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Resolutions appointing Mir Julius B. Curtis judge and Mir Nichols c. Downs (formerly of this town) deputy judge of the Stamford borough court, for two years, have passed both branches of the Legislature.
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Children's Spring pants for s5c are making a great furry at J. E. Barnaby & Co.'S Just drop in at 43s Main street, Bridgeport.
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Miss George Anna Elliot Peck, grand daughter of MT George c. Peck, graduat- ed from the Ansohia High School, March ao
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Storey & Roy of the Boston Storer 34s Main street, Bridgeport, are opening all that is new and fashionable in Spring goods.
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The Bridgeport News says that Miles B. Ferris of that city has bought fine horse in Newtown.
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Mrs Emily A.Bennett closed her school on Thursday for vacation; will reopen on Monday, 18th.
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HULL's HILL.

Mrs Candee, who has cared for Mrs K. II. Gray, is with her son in Birmingham. Miss Nettie Ward is still an invalid.
 Mrs George Wakelee and Mrs c. r, Cook spent Sunday in Union City.
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Mir H. s. Nichols presided at Trinity s organ, Sunday, in the absence of Prof Platt :he was in New York with his wife.