Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-24
STATE CORREsPONDENCE
North Haven.

Auks Dcs-kAlOuAO 0h0AtA OA SAAAsoAvAAc was taken suddenly and seriously ill with pleuro-pneumonia about a week since and it is feared he cannot recover: He is at tended by Dr. McGaughey of Wallingford.
 Mrs. John O. Devine, who has been in town some weeks with her sick mother, re- turned to her home in Waterbury last Satur- day.
 Mir. Eben stebbins of Springfield has been in town this week calling on former friends. He will be remembered as spending some months in town at the time the Air Line railroad was building. Mr. Stebbins joined Trumbull lodge, I. o. G. T., and being good musician helped in that department in the lodge. His friends were glad to see him and give him 0 cordial grasp of the hand. Mir. Stebbins returned home this morning.
 Thomas Moran has removed part of his dwelling house and is replacing it by new and more convenient addition.
 Many are suffering with ague and neural- gia.
 Montowese.
 August 23.-Peach growers in this vicinity are now marketing their fruit. Henry Mans field of North Hill sold the first picking for $1.50 per basket, but reports about two thirds of the entire crop rotten. Those which are sound are of good sizs and above the average quality.
 Apples are scarce. Pears are not plenty; Bartletts are small, only about half the natu- ral size. Melons are complete failure.
 Farmers are now getting salt hay. They report the meadows very soft and mosquitoes abundant.
 For the past few years black birds have congregated in immense fooks in this vicini- ty at this season of the year-sometimes several thousand birds in one flock. They are now getting together again, and when they alight near field of corn they attack the ktoa ~s.t-,, small place near the end of each ear. In the ease of sweet corn they make it unsaleable.
 The school house in this district is under going much needed repairs, and the one at North Hill is having the interior complete ly overhauled and other Improvements made.
 Just one year ago the idea of holding week ly religious service at North Hill was started. MT. Chas. Turner placed his residence at the disposal of those who chose to carry it out. The result has been 0 most gratifying degree of success. The meetings have been kept up and have been we'll attended regardless of the weather, members of various denom- nations attending quite regularly and taking active part The meeting last Wed. nesday evening was under the leadership of Miss Katherine Dowd, who delivered very able address on the subject chosen for dis- cussion, the position of organist and choris' ter usually filled by her being taken by Miss Jennie McGuinness, who proved to be an able substitute. There were about thirty five persons in attendance. These services will continue to be held at MT. Turner's every Wednesday evening.
 The North Hill Tourista' club will picnic at William Brockstt's cottage -and grove, near Pawson Park, next Tuesday.
 General State News.
 IN SHELTON.
 Shelton talks of substituting the incandes- cent for the electric arc lights in lighting the borough.
 IN HER WILDEST DREAM.
 Julliette Corson, in her moments of great est enthusiasm, never dreamed of so many ways of cooking a dish as the state papers have devised for catching Danbury s fire bug. If Danbury follows the multitude of direc- little left of that handsome oity by the first of next January.
 EXPRESS TRAIN SPEED BY A HORSE. Club track at Van Ness, N. Y., Tuesday, the four-year- old California lilly, Geraldine, ran five furlongs in one minute, breaking the record. Some idea of this wonderful burst of speed may be obtained from the statement that the five furlongs were run at the rate of 3715 miles per hour.
 MUST WORK.
 The Danbury News copies the following from the Hartford Post.
 "The New Haven Palladium suggests to the people of Danbury that they offer a re- ward of $25. .000 for the arrest and convic- tion of the nrebug who is devastating their city. It argues that 30 large a reward would result in the city being thoroughly secured by detectives of high and low degree, and the very probable finding of the person they are looking for. The Palladium will remem- Der that reward equally large has long been offered for the detection of the murder or of Millionaire Shell of Chicago, and that within the post month it has been increased to $50,000, and there is as yet no result from 1t. The mere offering of reward will not do the business. The officials of the town of Danbury have 1t in their own hands to ss- cure the man if they go about it in sensi- bls manner. It is impossible that criminal, who confines his operations to so limited a space, can long escape.