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Telegram-herald., 1889-09-09
REAL ESTATE MAN.
His Opinion About the Proposed Fair
Ground site.


Ground site.
Abel T. Page, IN speaking about the
selection of fair ground site, says: Il
think the Comstock farm has more
natural advantages for the location of
fair ground than any other site
around the city. and ! am, for one,
very decidedly in favor of that locality.
My vote VIII be once. twice, and all the
time, Purchase the Comstock farm for
our county fair grounds The land Is
adapted for the purpos required. The
river adds very much % the beauty
and attractiveness of the location. The
river Wlll afford great advantages for
boating, rowing and sailing, and
parties are row ready to build
TWO or more pleasure steamers
To run upon the river. The
scenery along the river Is beautiful,
and a ride upon "a nice steamer a
number of miles up and down the
river on a hot day is very enjoyable
and refreshing. 1 am sure that ia the
near future the most attractive pleas
uIe ground, of the city vii he north Of
the city along the banks OF the Grand
river. People who are not acquainted
with this locality, and have never had
a ride up the river upon q steamer. can
not appreciate the beauties and attrac-
tiOns OF this location. As soon as the
motor and the street car lines are COM
pleted, as they VIII be at an early day,
and other improvements now under
contemplation finished. that location
viii be the city's favorite resort.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-09

The Valley Citys defeated the Little
Rocks on the Hall street grounds sun
day by a score of Is TO II. Bill VIII
iams, the cOlOred pitcher from Green
vile. Ofic.ated IN the box for the Little
Rocks. Batter.es-Llttle Rocks, VIII
ams, Grthn, Lowell and Erly; Valley
Cltys, SeDak and Kugel. Umpire
Lynch.
The Ottawa BOttlng Works nine
played the Belkraps yesterday, the
score resulting - TO IA, In favor of the
Belknaps. Batteries - For the Bel
knap-, Deuil and Lubenta; for the
BOttling Works, Shlyer and Pinkaey.
Umplre-Sm.th.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-09

: Party OF Twenty Persons supposed to
Have Been Drowned.

Have Been Drowned.
WrNvrrrc, Man, sept. .S.-A telegram
received here tins evening from West
~clSirS. a short distance from this
place, says -An INDIAN arrived here
from Lake Winnipeg last night. and re-
ported that he found several bodies
taat had oeen washed ashore. Onc
0f the bodies hs recognized as James
BurSctt. Minnesota man who had
been working az Crows mill. Two
we Ks ago number of mi hands.
twenty K Is SAID. started across tne lake
in p s4ilioat. and although tho trip
should Not have occupied more tnan a
day. they have not vet been heard 0f.
They were accompan ny Kev. Mr..
N-Hatee, well known Manitoba
Presbyterian clergyman. ard BurSItt
was on ut tae party. lt pretty cer-
tam 6 hat tle party was caught ln a
storm winch came up few hours after
they left. and thataa have perlshsd.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-09

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b lael I rce-bas- hits-M-aklm MrMahon.
haiae rul Aatz. Base, on baiis-By Meaklm.
~ A-Aol1ugu, o. hit b. pitched ball
Araki4 Poilrmls- Struck oul-by Mr4kim.
IS MeloAeu-h = Passed baN,-lalk 4
MLt p.tehes-Mrakim. s. Left GA bases
Nf1nl haplds. ei Orccnsllle. 3. stolen bases
hrlud Rapids. - GreenFlle. J. Double
piay-lalk % I gan. mpire-Steiibergrr.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-09
Will Create FurOre and Delight Thousands
Who Value your Dollar

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unparalleled bargains be
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The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
HULL,s FARMS.


 Samuel Wakeman, for many years q resident of this place, who died April 3, aged D years, was the son of Samuel and Druciila Wakeman of Easton. In 1882, he married Sarah B., daughter of Algia Bradley, who preceded him to the un- seen land in November, 1887, leaving him with one son. In early life, he learn ed the shoemaker's trade, but in later years he devoted his time almost exclu- sively to agricultural pursuits. He was genial, social, a kind neighbor, of strict integrity, universally respected and left not an enemy. He possessed q wonder fully retentive memory, which remained almost unimpaired to the last. He for merly attended the Episcopal church. He was remarkably exempt from disease until six months previous to his death, when he suffered intensely at times with asthmatic and heart trouble. In the home endeared to him by many tender associa- tions, surrounded by his son, daughter in-law and grandchildren, who will miss him so sadly, he gently and peacefully passed away. The funeral services were largely attended, Sunday, April [, at his late residence. The services were con ducted by Rev MT Adams of the South port Episcopal church. Burial in the family plot in Easton cemetery.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
The Sermon.
[Beecher

From the sayings of John the Plough man:
 '.Do not SOW chafr and expect to reap a crop of wheat"
 There are a great many people who are forever sowing one thing and expect ing to reap another thing. They SOW cross words and they expect to reap smiles. They SOW unkind deeds and look for harvest of neighborly kindness. They SOW meanuess and smallness and expect to reap harvest of large-heart- edness. But the fact is, brethren, the soil of earth and the soil Of human lives does not produce in that way. If you put seabby, rotten potatoes into the ground, you may look for poor, scabby harvest. And if you put unkindness and i'll nature into the human soil, you need not wonder at the harvest of hard words and bitter feelings. It is wonderful, my hearers, what vast number of persons have forgotten Johns little saying. Here is young man who is smoking half a dozen cigars every day. Yet he does not look to reap a harvest from his indul- gence. But as sure as he lives, if he keeps on, he will reap an empty pocket book, a pair of bandy legs, a tobacco heart and an early grave. He sows the chaff of indulgence, yet expects to reap the wheat of good health. Poor fellow ! he smokes away his money, his manners, his manhood. And, alongside of him, is Jerry going. Instead of sowing smoke, he is sowing beer bottles. He sows in dulgence of appetite and will reap a drunkard's grave. Already he has red, beery nose. His harvest, thus far, is a ragged coat, black eye he got in Satur- day's row, loss of self respect and the loss of respect from men. Already the children run from him contemptuously. An, Jerry, sowing beer bottles brings a harvest of sorrow and drunkard' $ grave And then there is the man who is letting his children run wild and expects that they will grow up George Washingtons. They are saucy to the neighbors; they already steal apples. They monopoiize all the conversation and can give you hhoic Naiious ulsiuloIilialion biidu HI animated wind will. But their parents expect that they will be all right after q a bit Well, if they do, it will be the first bit of chaff sowing that turned out wheat. Next you know, saucy Tom or nimble Dick will be behind the bars for stealing or knavery. If they run the streets nights, they will De apt to shun the streets days, lor fear of the police. The good old maxim of the fathers is not obsolete yet. ''Train up child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it. Finally, SOW goodness, sweetness, kind words and kind deeds. Your harvest will be good name, q smiling face, happy heart and better world.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
WESTpoRT,

Cornelius NJ. Finch of New York spent Sunday with his father.
 Mrs Charles Hoyt, who was seriously burned while attempting to quench a fire made of leaves and dry grass, which she had raked together,was taken to the hos pital at Bridgeport, Saturday.
 Mir and Mrs T. L. Harris, who have been for two months in New York, have returned home.
 The Terpsichorean club will hold a re ception in National hall, May %.
 John W. Gault was badly hurt, Sun day, being thrown from wagon.
 Supt Downs is repairing the horse cal tracks on West avenue.
 Thomas Courtney has the contract fo lighting the new street lamps.
 An entertainment by local talent vii be held in National hall on Thursda, evening, April 9, under the auspices o the Board of Trade.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
THE SECULAR PULPIT.
Thoughts to sweeten life,

If you wish to be borne with yourself, bear with others.-[ [Thomas-a-Kempis
 To believe is to be strong. Doubt cramps energy. Belief is power.-[ Rob ertson.
 Jesus never feared to do right. No thought of self ever came between him and his witness to the truth.--[Geikie.
 Do what you can and God will coop crate with your good endeavors.-- Thomas-a-Kempis
 God strews the thorns ill our pathway on earth that the roses of heaven may seem more precious to us.-[Karl Hugh. All believers receive of Christ's full- ness the greatest saints cannot live with out him, the weakest saint may live by him.-[Henry.
 One cannot go around his besetting sin to heaven. He must go over it. Else, with all his effort to abound in other lines of holy action, the end will find him just where he was at the beginnings cen serious or covetous, an irreverent or vain, vile or silly fellow, nothing more, and nothing less.-[ [Churchman. Truth lies in character. Christ did not simply speak truth; He was truth, truth through and through; for truth is a thing not of words, but of life and being.- Robertson.
 It is always wrong for parent topun- ish child in anger; and, however great may be the need of childs punishing, a parent ought never to administer punish ment to child when angry. Here is a rule which knows no exception; yet, as a matter of fact, probably nine-tenths ot all the punishing of children that is done by parents in this world is done in anger And this is one of the wrongs suffered by children through the wrong-doing o1 their parents.-[Sunday School Times.
 Keep your children at home at nights There is many sod that lies over ths child whose downfall began by vagrancy at night and there is many child whose downfall began by vagrancy at nigh and there is many child whose heart breaking parents would give the worls if the sod did lie over him. What state that is for the children to come to , in which the father and mother dreat their life unspeakably more than thei death! What horrible state of thing that is, where parents feel sense of re lief in the dying of their children! Thel I say, take care of your children at night -[ Beecher.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19

c. E. Marsh wishes to sell or rent the grist mill at the Narrows.
 Mrs Emeline Nichols of Tashua has been with her brother, Charles Black man.
 A large company, completely filling the house and running over into the yard, gathered at the burial of Banks Ogden, who passed his 9Sth birthday, last Wash ington's birthday and little Minnie Ogden Treadwell, who was four on the 18th of last January. Rev Messrs Ogden and Bulkley conducted the services, which were more than usually impressive. It is only once in lifetime that the little child and the man of more than four score years are united in one common burial service and still less often that they belong to one family.
 Easter services at Christ church at 3 o'clock.
 s. R. Wells has sold horse to E. Me- Kenna.
 Sunday afternoon, Rev Mir Roberts will deliver discourse on the resurrect- ion of Christ. In the evening, an Easter concert will be given.
 Mrs John Sherwood is very sick at her fathers.
 Orlando Osborne has bought fine colt of Wakeman Bradley.
 William Grumman has the mail route for three years.
 Burr Tucker is painting for Charles Candee.
 Mrs Alfred Short of Boooklyn is car ing for her father, who has been sick for some time.
 Mir and Mrs Horace Winton visit East on friends.
 Died, at his home, April II, Benjamin Banks Ogden, aged 98 years. Mir Ogden was the oldest man in town and was al. ways an industrious, stirring man; foi
  many years he has been unable to be out, but his faculties were well preserv- cd and his understanding clear. He al ways lived at his birthplace and was well known. A strange coincidence was the death of little Minnie Ogden, daughter of Mir and Mrs Fred Treadwell, who died April l2, after week of terrible suffer ing. Both Mir Ogden and his little niece died about the same time and were bur. jed Sunday. Little Minnie is happy now with the angels, only waiting to welcome her mourning friends. She was lovely in life, beautiful in death. As she lay il the casket, clad in white, covered witt flowers, she seemed asleep on earth awake in Heaven. "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.''
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
wEsToH.

George A. Sturges will put up wind. mill over a we'll on his place to supply his house, barns and creamery with wa ter.
 Mrs Seneca E. Stafford, who has visit. ed relatives and friends, returned to Vine land, N. J., last week.
 John S. Sturges has gone to Ridgefield in the employ of his nephew, Frederick Sturges.
 After an Illness of six weeks with whooping cough, Miss Eloise Fanton re. sumed her school in Middle district, last week. < Mrs David \. Coley, who has been sick for three months with dropsy and heart troubles, died on the 18th in her roth
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
TAsHUA.

A little boy who likes to gather up the eggs came running into the house with a broken one. s'Oh mamma, Eve dropped an egg and it's fallen all to pieces.'
 Boulders that ran out into the road and gutters have been blown to pieces and the roads improved.
 In the absenceof Rev MT Bulkley, Sum- day afternoon, to attend the double fun eral of Benjamin Banks Ogden and Min nie Ogden Treadwell at Easton, in com pany with Rev Mir Ogden, Morse Mallett read the service at Christ church.
 The ladies met Ut Mrs Jane Mallett's, last week Tuesday and did needed sewing for an infirm member of the parish.
 Services Good Friday at 10 30.
 wnl Patterson is very feeble.
 Logan, tho butcher, has been to New York to see lis mother, who is feeble
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
pLAFTsvILLE.

Miss Addie Godfrey has returned from Brooklyn.
 Miss Belle Riley has gone to Bridge port to live; she has lived with Mrs God frey for IS years.
 The ". G. T. U. club gave dance at Bright's hall, Tuesday evening.
 Dr John Cavelti is expected, next Sunday afternoon, to give a talk on the laws of being.
 William Bulkley has improved under his treatment and Frank Taylor was cured of an abscess in the head, in less than a week, from which he had been suffering since the 12th of March and could neither lie down nor rest, except to doze a few minutes at a time sitting in a chair. The terrible pain he suffered caus- ed him to walk the house or street most of the time day and night.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
NoRFIELD.

D. D. Coley is having his house paint ed, under the artistic taste of H. !. Wy man.
 Ephraim Fitch is building kitchen in connection with his house and making other Improvements.
 s. s. Carver is completing his house on Newtown avenue and expects soon to be domiciled therein.
 Rev and Mrs L. D. Place returned from a New York trip, last week Thursday.
 Lester Fanton recently lost a pair oi two-year-old steers with symptoms o1 poisoning. S
 Ed Fanton is arranging to go to Chi cago, where he will engage in the meal business.
 Owing to the death of Mrs D. l.. Coley the ladies' prayer meeting and sociabl' was omitted, this week.
 Hiram Schofield has purchased hors' of Wakeman Bradley of Easton.
 Rev L. D, Place will preach an Easte sermon, Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19

has authorized commanders of military forces In the surrounding States to care fully inform the people of these require ments of the law; also to register the names of all offenders, so that the law may be enforced by the land department when the time shall arrive for these lands to be lawfully occupied,
 Situated as it is in the very heart of h. dian Territory and intersected by the parallel of 35 degrees, which also passes through the southern portion of Califor mia on the Pacific and the southern por- ton of North Carolina on the Atlantic coast, Oklahoma has mild and delight ful climate, free from the blizzards of Dakota and the arid, scorching winds of Kansas and Nebraska. The country is beautiful. The banks of numerous riY- CTS, large and small, flowing in south easterly direction to the sea, are fringed with cottonwoods, jack-oaks and here and there a grove of black walnuts. The soil is rich and deep and will produce anything in the fruit and cereal line that can be raised anywhere. The climate re- sembles that of Arkansas and Tennessee. There are no snows, no blizzards and but little frost. Peaches are grown as fine as in the most favored spots of Califor- mia and corn, six feet high in the tassel, growing on soil of the first blowing, is not an unusual sight.
 Oklahoma City is delightfully."- located on the North Fork of the Canadian and contains about 800 acres, through which the river curls for many miles. A branch of the Atcliison, Topeka and Santa Fe road comes down from Arkansas City and passes through Oklahoma City on it's way to the Gulf.
 There is abundant reason to expect serious difficulty in Oklahoma when the day arrives for opening. Itis estimated that %, ,000 persons are encamped on the outskirts of the new country, waiting for the hour of noon on April P. The Presidents proclamation expressly states that the claims of boomers who have made frequent pilgrimages hither shal
 not take precedence of those who shal
 arrive on the day of opening. But tho practical western boomer is very tenac
 ious of what he conceives to be his rights
 It may, therefore, be anticipated that h' will argue possession nine points of tht law and, if need be, will defend his DO sition with the rifle.
 As far as the Indian is concerned, it i
 safe to predict that the government vii
 not defend his cause more zealously il
 the future than it has in the past. H has been already chased from one reser vation to another by the mighty influx o immigration, which has ever demande' new fields to conquer. His happy hunt ing grounds were long since thing o the past. ''Oklahoma," which mean ''The State of Red Men, will, after tn 22d of April, be pseudonym; and, afte the entering wedge is inserted there, "Ir , dian Territory" may soon be a misnomel also.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
TRuMBuLL.

Adolph Schreiber of Black Rock was guest of c. v. Geschke, Jr, Sunday.
 Peter Winter has built new hennery.
 Philo Burr of Monroe is covering Se- lectman Botsford's barn.
 Rev Mr Merwin will not preach his farewell sermon until the last Sunday in May.
 The front fence at the Gedney place has been painted and new sheds erected. Mir Gedney spends most of his time here, but will not move from Stratford for sev- eral weeks. The house will be painted during the Summer.
 A new Champion road machine, order ed by the town, was expected, this week. It will probably be kept on the east side of the river.
 Curtis Beardsiey and l.. A. Hawley are building Samuel Wards new house, which is rapidly being covered.
 J. E. Beckwith is moving from Bridge port to the Abel Beach place, which he purchased, last Fall.
 c. A. Warrington is working for MT Meeker of Stratfeld.
 Mrs M. J. Ackerson is in Milford.
 Tuesday, zap prrsl 2, ? WAS the 26th anni- versary of the marriage of MT alssa Mrs ". F. Beach. It was celebrated by q pleasant surprise, participated in by many of Mir Beach's relatives, who brought an ample collation. of both sub stantials and delicacies and an enjoyable time followed. It was complete sur prise to Mr and Mrs Beach.
 Elmer '. Smith has erected double fence east of his house, forming lane to the barn, where extensive alterations have taken place.
 ". K. Patchcn has moved from Long Hill to the house opposite N s. ster- lings.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
LONG HILL.

Letters for Mrs Henry Curtiss and Rev Dr D, c. Todd remain uncalled for in Long Hill post office.
 Miss Fanny Thompson of Bridgeport assisted Grace church choir, Sunday.
 George Hurd has moved from Spencer Curtis's to D. Q. Baach's tenant house.
 4. J. Sprague, who has been north and west, was expected at Charles H. Walk CTS, this week, with car of horses.
 E. NJ. Middlebrook has begun work, assisted by John Starr, Botsford Curtis and Frank Butler, on the old turnpike.
 Seymour B. Beardsley has silver Spanish coin, about as large as a dime, dated 17s6.
 E. M. Middlebrook expects to take the agency for the Weston Reserve road ma chine.
 H. A. Warner has had two narrow es- capes. While driving through Chestnut Hill, his horse became frightened; he was thrown out and somewhat injured. Friday night, a pine tree near his barr was struck by lightning, which also splintered many windows and broke the iron rollers of the barn door. Communion services will be held il i Grace chursh at 9 m, Easter Sunday Regular service and Easter music vii commence at ? 30 m. A solo will prob ably be sung, besides appropriate musi by the choir, which will chant the re sponses to the versicles after the creed W. B. Coan has turned out heavy well made dump cart for F. Garvey o 122 Grand street, Bridgeport and anoth CT for Con. Dwyer of North Washingto avenue, Bridgeport, is in the works.
 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesda mornings, services were held in Grac church at 10 a m; Wednesday evening
 prayer and lecture at z p m; Friday, SCI vice at 10 m, with three hours devo ion from 12 to 3 p m; Easter Even, pray CT will be said at , D m.
The Newtown bee., 1889-04-19
BRIDGEPORT.

Miss Lydia R. Ward, s3, president of the orphan asylum, will be buried from St Johns, Saturday at } 30 p m.
 Mrs B. Browne of g Fulton street, who has been dangerously sick with inter costal rheumatism, is now slowly gain ing strength; is able to sit up part of the day.
 The Bridgeport Wheel club are pre- pairing for the grandest reception they have ever given, Friday, 26th.
 II. c. Stevenson has purchased a Co., lumbia light roadster.
 Nothing so delights New York edi- tor as an attack on monopolies. trusts and combines in general and are cham pioned by an opposition paper in partic- ular. Yet these same New York papers will form a trust, advance prices to news dealers and almost prosecute those who refuse to accede to their demands. The World, Press, Sun, Times and Tribune have advanced prices from 100 to 225 per cent. 'sNye sold them at the old rate, five cents at the store and six cents on the street last Sunday said newsdeal- CT, sbut we lose money. They not only break their promises, by raising the rates, but send six or eight extra pages for us to handle. The Herald is the on- ly decent paper to handle; it never changes. The Mercury hasn't advanced, but it isn't newspaper. Neither has the Star, but you can't sell it. Last Sun- days sales fell off everywhere, though the price was the same; but city news dealers will probably combine, this week and change will be made.- l F. c. BOmmos, Jr, and William H. Ev- CTS, both well known butchers, expect soon to take that long-talked-of trip to Europe.
 l Charles E. Wilmot of Hawley, Will mot & Reynolds is one of the assessors.
 s. M. Conger, who has sprinkled Bridgeports streets for years, has rival this season. Ford Bros. of the Fourth ward have cart and handsome pair of horses and the competition is so sharp that, while one passes up Main street, the other goes down on the other side. Both will doubtless send in bills to the mer- chants.
 Fred Brown is solicitor for the Satur- day and Wednesday evening concerts at Seaside and Washington parks, during the Summer. He should be greeted cor dially.
 Miss Lydia R. Ward, who died at her residence, 309 Lafayette street. has for more than 90 years been an important factor in Bridgeport society as teacher. contributor to charitable purposes and one of the founders of the orphan asy- ] lum, of which she has ever been presi- dent. She leaves thousands of friends to mourn her loss.
 Among the Easter attractions, not the least to be remembered will be the ren- dering of Mozartss First Mass accompan- 1 jed by the full Wheeler and Wilson's or chestra. Builder Rogers is putting up an at- tractive residence on William street, in which he will reaide.