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The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
GREENFIELD HILL.
Is.z'!!9 1889.

One If the pIeasantest social events that Greenfield Hill has enjoyed, this season, was the tin wedding of Mir and
 Mrs Charles Gray, celebrated Tuesday, Septembef F These hospitable souls, who never do things by halves, had is- sued q goodly number of invitations and,
 though many were hindered from com ing by the weather, yet there was quite q liberal response, not merely from friends in Greenfield, but also from those living in Bridgeport, Stratfield, South port, Greens Farms, Westport and Stan- ford. Tn the rea1 of the house and con nected with 1t by an excellent plank walk. was an ample dancing pavilion, which Mir Gray had ingeniously contriv- ed by annexing broad platform, shell tered by an awning, to his barn. Hither resorted the gay and festive pleasure seekers, and, for nearly four hours, they gave orchestra and prompter steady em- ployment; and, though the elements frowned somewhat without, everything and everybody within was smiling as May morning. Promptly at 12 came the call to supper. Mrs Gray, ably second ed by her mother, Mrs Hull, and her sis ters, Mrs Ogden and Mrs Edwards, had set forth feast which would have done no discredit to the Astor, either in vari- ,ety or ill abundance. There was mo- mentary hush, while Dr plunaley acted as mouthpiece for the company in con- graduating this truly happy pair. assur-t ing them that lie found it Well-nigh ina- possible to believe that they could have been married 10 years, so youthful was their appearance. He then invoked the Divine blessing. Immediately after the. doctors sAmen, jaws and tongues pro- ceeded to get in their work; and, while this very necessary exercise was going on, one of the walters slowly circulated through the rooms charged with the ar duous task of counting noses. He act ually counted a full hundred and thinks there must have been at least 20 more. Not so bad for lowery evening Butit was not alone the supper table that was heavily laden. In an upper room stood
 another table, bravely furnished forth
 with about everything that can appeal to the housekeeper's heart, pans, nntmeg graters, pails, servers, spice boxes, deli- cate china, fine glassware, an elegant lamp, pair of handsome vases, an agate tea kettle and-but stop! It is not our
 purpose to give detailed list of the treasures which dazzled the eyes of all
 beholders It is worth remarking that
 this display of gifts presented the novel; ty of being made up of really useful ar ticles. None of them required labels, giving directions as to their use. After supper, dancing was resumed, the last set being finished abont Ill. Every
 one of the guests departed with the pleas ant consciousness that everything had been done that contributed to jolly good time. As for Mr and Mrs Gray,
 may their shadows never grow less!
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
HOYDEN's HILL.

MT and Mrs L. A. Jennings visit friends in sharon.
 A. Jennings and sons have purchased cattle of Foote, the drover.
 Miss Abbie Wakeman and Mrs James Jennings have visited Mrs Silas Wake man.
 L. A. Jennings and k. B. Sherwood have recently added four cows to their dairy.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
DANBURY.

Dr Vile returned, last week, from Il trip as far West as St. Louis.
 The house on Main street, formerly run by Bennett Blackman as boarding house, is now occupied by Fully Bros.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
WESTON.

Dr Gorham is home again attending Co numerous patients and receiving con .grntulations for himself and bride. k1frs c. Miller has returned to Hartford, pr spending the Summer with her par \p Beers, whose sight has failed lmost blind.
 \tic caucus at the Town hall
 ober |, ' 20 ? ID. %
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
TRuMBuLL.

w. s. Plumb and wife took | recent trip to Niagara Falls,
 Born, Monday, l0-pound daughter to MT and Ms Odell of White Plains.
 Mrs Jesse Chalker, who has been at 59 Harriett street, East Bridgeport. has i'm proved in health so much as to visit friends at Metuchen. N. J.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
A Sound Legal Opinion.

E. Bainbridge Manday Esq, county atty, Clay county, Tex. ys:ssHave used Electric Bitters with most happy results. My brother also was very low with malarial lever and iaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied Electric BiEters sav- ed his life.n
 MT D. I. Wilcoxson of Horse cave, Ky. adds like testimony, saying: He positively be. lieYes he would have died, had it not been for Electric BftEers.
 This great remedy will ward of, as well as cure all mnlariaI diseases and for all kidney, liver and stomach disorders stnnds unequal. ed. Price 50c. and $l at E. F. Hawley's.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
CONN, rRIDAr. srprrnarR a7.
STONY HILL.

Mrs Walter Person ard son have been at $. $. Sherman's.
 Mss Georgia olmstead visits her sis ter, Mrs & J. Sherman.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27

Rheumntisin is caused by U poisonous acid in the bioot and yields to Ayers pills Many cases which seemed chronic and hopeless have been completely cured by this nledi. cine. It will cost but little to try whnt effect tho pills may have in your Gase' We predict
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
DEER.FIl1ELp. Y

Mrs David NJ. Beach returned home, Saturday.
 Horace Wakeman and wife from ork State are at John Wakeman's.
 Miss Cora Burr has been in Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
rha Hon,liast Man iu Naxtoxn

As well as the hantisomest and others are in vited to call on any druggist and get free q trial bottle 0f Kemp's ba1sam for the throat and lungs, remedy that is selling entirely upon it's merits and is guaranteed to relieve and cure all chronic and acute coughs, asth- ma, bronchitis and consumption. Large bot flas 50c and &1
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27

< Boils, ,pimpaes, and skin diseases of all kinds sspeedily disappear when the blood is purf
 lied by the use of Ayer's arssparilia It has
 no equal as q tonic alterativ ive. tlae rosults no. ing immediate and satiHf x sk ysssis
 druggist for It and take ro oalt
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
GRATEFUL-CoMroRTIHe. EPPS'S COCOA.

"Ry q thorough knowledge of the natural ton and nutrition and by a careful appiica- tion of the fine properties of well selected CO eoa, Mir Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately havoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors bills. It is by the judfcions use Of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle nal. adies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may es- cape many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and proper ly nouriShed frane-''-TCivil Service Gazette Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half-ponnd tins, by groccrs. labeled thus JAMES EPPS CO.,. Homeopathic Chemists, London, Engiand-
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
SOUTH BRITAIN.

Dea N. W. Mitchell and wife have vis-
 tied shelton friends.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
SPORT 1ILL.

4 new front fence aas been erected at 'Ilionas 4 Marsh E.
 Mir and Mrs E. Gould have spent ! fortnight in Delaware county, N.
 George Gilbert, who arrived from Min- nesota, last week, is at Y, Jennings's
 Hall < Booth have added q veranda to the home of Misses seeley. They have also repaired the buildings Of Bennett Seeley.
 Blacksmith A. Van Vert has added Il new drilling machine to his shop.
 Edward Payne of Gilead spent Sunday at Al Van Wert's, with his daughter, Miss Gertic E. Payne.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
I'VE WANTED.

SALESMEN to sell choice Nursery stock. Liberal Pay Weekly Win pay salary, but can give something better to workers No ex- perience needed. Write FRED. E.YoUNG, ,Nur- seryman. Rochester, N. Y. \ PRESENT. If you become my agent and sell flOo, will give e for copy of this ad Cut it out
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27
PLATTSVILLE.

Miss Augusta Kuehn of Bridgeport is with her brother, A. +. Kuehn.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27

n visit with friends in York State.
 Apples are said to be only an average crop, with but few cider apples. Many were shaken off by the strong winds of last week and were at once rushed into market in such quantities that the profit on each barrel was reduced to a mini mum. One farmer, who obtained but little more than $1 per barrel, declared his intention of waiting until the wind- falls had been disposed of and the rush somewhat abated, hoping to receive bet ter prices.
 Philo Hall is still victim of rheuma- tism, but manages to get around to GiL lette's for his BEE as of yore.
The Newtown bee., 1889-09-27

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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
SNAKE YaaN FROM TEXAS.
A LIffIs Girl Charmed by n RatfIer-Ths
Child's Story.

A Little Girl Charmed by q Ratfler-Ths
ChIld's Story.
H. P. BSdden, who resides southwest Of
Dennison, Tex, brought to this city few
days ago his little child Sallie. to be treated
for snake bite. About o'clock in the
morning the girl left the house with pail
to gather blackberries near Stone Spring.
She was absent long time, and when Mrs.
Hedden went in search of her she found
the child seated on rock and in her lap
was large rattlesnake. The snakes head
was slightly raised and moving to and fro.
Sometimes it would almost touch the lips oi
the child, who pushed it away without ap-
peaEing to anger the snake. The child was
so completely under the spell Of the ser
pent thst it paid no attention to the
mother, who screamed 30 loudly that her
husband heard her 9 quarter of mile dis
tant and hurried to the scene. When He'd
den appeared the snake placed itself in an
attitude of battle and the air vibrated with
the noise of the rattles. Hedden advanced
upon the snake, the child fell back as in a
sWoon, and the snake struck it on the
thumb of the right hand and then sprung
ar Hedden, who killed it with stone.
Hedden sucked the wound, which he is con-
ident saved the life OF his little girl Sal
eratus was also applied to the wound. The
hand and arm Of the little girl were only
slightly swollen when she was brought to
this city for treatment The child says she
was sitting on the rock picking berries,
when the snake appeared, and that she was
unable to move when she looked at it; that
she was not afraid of it, and when 1t wave
its head to and fro before her face she felt
like going to sleep.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
AFTER THE BROKER.
Little Transaciion i'm Lead Causes Con.
siderable Trouble.

Little Transaction in Lead Causes Con.
siderable Trouble.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcHi
NEW YORK, July 6.-The dingy Offices
of Alfred Carr & Co., in Pine street, were
empty to-day OF even the sturdy little Office
boy. who wants to get even. J. A. Yates,
on whose complaint Judge O'Brien issued
the attachment, also proposes to make it hot
for Mr.. George d. Bancroft, the broker of
the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Ex-
change, who was supposed to execute Mr..
Carr's orders.
In letter to President Wilson, of the
Exchange, sent TO-DAY by Leopold Wallach,
MIR. Yates lawyer, an investigation of Mr..
Bancroft's proceedings was asked for. Mr..
Yates charged Mr.. Bancroft with peculiar
transaction whereby he (Yates) is out, he
says, s., 500. He says that he ordered Mr..
Carr to buy for him 400 shares of Nationsl
Lead Trust. The fluctuations in the stock
at the time were rapid, and Mr.. Yates
says he got note from Mr.. Carr to Mr..
Bancroft, with instructions that Mr.. Ban
croft was to obey his Mr.. Yates )order con-
cerning the disposition of the 400 shares.
Mr.. Yates says that Mr.. Bancroft told him
he had bought the 400 shares ordered. One
day not long ago Mr. Yates was at the rail in
the Exchange and Lead Trust was scooting
around like sixty. 1t showed Yates profit
OF 81 800 on the 400 shares. and he says he
ordered Mr.. Bancroft to sell. He adds that
Bancroft did sell, bu. has never turned over
the money to him. He holds that he and
Mr.. Bancroft were dealing directly with
each other that time.
Mr. Bancroft says he was dealing for
Alfred Cam & Co., and that the firm got the
proceeds OF the sale. All this will be inA
vestigated by the Complaint Committee Of
the Exchange.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
1T MAY BECOME HISTORICAL.
Taller Birdsong's Fine Causes Sensational
Indignation I'm GeorAia.

1uolEuatlOn In OeOfklas
ESPECIAL TELreRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
ATLANTA, July 5.-Jailer Birdsong, of
Macon, and the fine put upon him by Judge
Speer for putting q chain around the neck
of an unruly negro, are becoming famous.
The whole matter will be brought up
again by bill which Senator Bartlett
and Representative Hardeman introduced
simultaneously to-day. The bill is for the
purpose of repeating the present law,
which compels jailers to receive United
States prisoners in their jails, and giving to
sherifs and jailers the right to reject any
and all United States prisoners. In other
words, the jailers are to be given the right
to accept or reject such prisoners. The bill
is for the protection of jailers.
Senator Bartlett said to-day that in his
opinion Judge Speer had overstepped his
authority when he fined Jailer Birdsong for
tying the negro counterfeiter to the
wall. 1t is against a repetition of such
arbitrary conduct on the part of
United States Judges that the
bill has been introduced. Representative
Hardemar was of the same opinion. He
thought the present law was a hard
ship to the jailer, as it forces him to
take all United States prisoners offered and
puts him in the power Of the United States
for trying to keep order in the Jail. As to
the facts in the case Messrs. Hardeman and
Bartlett are agreed that Birdsong's conduct
was not cruel. 1t was impossible
insubordinate. The taller, to keep him
quiet put a light chain around his neck
and chained him to the wall. The effect
was to keep him from sitting down. 1t is
quite probable that the fine and the little
incident In the cell will be famous soon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.1
READING, July "a desperate battle
with tramps, in which two Reading Rail-
road special officers were shot, took place
near Monocacy station, five miles below
Reading, this afternoon. The ofheers,
Joseph E. Kaucher and George Wartman, had
received information that q large number
of tramps were on a coal train which LETT
Reading about 3 o'clock. They immedl-
ately took passenger train in order to in
tercept the illegal car riders, and jumped
off near Mcnocacy station.
The coal train stopped nearby, and the
officers ran along to where they knew the
tramps were. When the latter saw the
officers they fed to the wood, only two of
them maintaining a stand. Officer Wart-
man made for one of them, when the
tramp yelled to the officer to throw
up his hands, and the officer refused to do
so. The tramp fired two shots at him, one
of them striking him in the leg. The officer
fell to the ground, unable to render Ohcer
Kaucher any assistance. The latter was
engaged in hand-to-hand struggle with a
powerfully built tramp, and in the melee
was shot in the head.
He was set upon by his assailant and
beaten almost into insensibility. The
wounded officers were brought to Reading
tonight and Officer Kaucher's nearest
friends were barely able to recognize him.
He is injured internally and his head
is one mass of cuts, bruises and
gashes, and his face terribly dis6gured.
The two tramps escaped and have not yet
been captured. Their descriptions have
been telegraphed to all nearby points.
Officer wartman will probably lose his leg,
while Officer Kaucher's condition is re-
garded as extremely critical.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
an AGGRAVATING BOY.
A Youih whs would Drive q Man Crazy In
Time.

- Outn w ~ Uon DEA'o - hAoA NH&8y ~
Time.
Punxsutawney Spirit.I
While driving through the wilds Of Indi-
ana county the other day we noticed bare
footed boy with one pantaloon leg rolled mp
nearly to his knee and the other down. He
wore . astraw hat which was somewhat dilapi-
dated and looked as though Q yearling calf
had taxed bite out Of the brim. He ap-
peared more verdant than the grass beneath
his feet, as he stood there and grinned at
us, and we thought we would ask him q
few questions to see il he could talk.
"Sonny," we said, "can We take this road
to Cookport?"
"Well, ye might" he drawled, "but IL I
was you I wouldn't do it. The people need
the road here. and they have plenty Of roads
out at Cookport"
''You misunderstood, !" we said, will this
road take us to Cookport2"
"No-op-I guess not-I never seen the
road take anybody anywhere. 1t always
stays right here"
Cant you understand anything? Will
these horses, by travelling this road, finally
reach Cookport?"
"Ohi dunno. They look as though they
might die before they got very far, but you
might try"
We gave the boy up, and drove on, and
Just as we rounded turn in the road the
imp brawled out, "Johnstown or bust.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
KILLED HIS FATHER.
The Deed of n 16- Year. Old Boy in Defend.
ing His Mother.

The Deed of 16- Year. Old Boy In Defend.
ing His Mother.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE pIsrArcH.i
SCRANTON, July 5.-The particulars Of
a terrible tragedy committed in this city
Tuesday night came to light this morning.
Charles Shaffer. glassblower, who lives
on Marion street, came home intoxicated on
Tuesday evening. After throwing every
thing about in the room he went to bed.
Mrs. Shaffer went to a room occupied by
some of her children. In short time
Shaffsr got up and staggered to the clothes
press, from which he took the clothes and
threw them upon the floor. Then be picked
up lamp. He declared that he was going
to get his revolver, and would fix the
family. As he started down he kicked q
chair from the head of the stairs to the
bottom.
His son Walter, aged 16 years, to prevent
him from getting the revolver. started down
after him. At the foot oil the stairs Shaffer
caught up the chair and made an effort to
strike the boy with it. The boy grasped q
baseball bat behind the door and struck him
on the head, fracturing his skull r ID telling
him to the floor. Shaffer lived about ten
hours. 1t was attempted to hush up the
matter, but this morning it leaked out and
the boy was arrested.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
IN AMERICA NEXT TINE.


The International Sunday School Conyen.
tien Meets Here In Four Years.
LONDON, July Sat the morning ses-
sion of the Worlds Sunday School Conven-
tion to-day, DR.. MacFsdyen and Rev.
Woodruff read papers on ''The Field That
Invites U.s." Mr.. Kelley, Secretary Of
the Wesleyan Sunday School Union,
Mr.. Jacobs and Mr.. McNeill spoke on a
resolution declaring thas every school
should inculcate temperance principles in
order to fit the rising generation for active and
aggressive efforts in every department OF
Christian work. At the afternoon session
Mr.. Jacobs moved that the next convention
be held in America in 1893,
the decision as to the exact date
and location to be left to the
General Committee. After an amendment
in favor of Montreal as the place for the con-
vention had been lost, Mr.. Jacobs motion
was adopted.
The closing meeting was held this even
ing in Exeter Hall. Lord Kinnaird pre-
sided. There was large attendance. Count
Bernstorff, of Berlin; Messrs Hitchcock
and McKilligan, DIR. John Hall, of New
York, and Mr.. Jacobs made addresses
Sixty-6ve pounds sterling was collected for
the fund to send q secretary to India.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
THE MUSIC TEACHERS

Close Their Associations Meeting With
Grand Farewell Concert.
ESPECIAL rELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArCH.l
PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-The closing
sessions of the thirteenth annual convention
of the Music Teachers National Associa-
tion were held in the Academy of Music
to-day, and the final business of the meet
ing was concluded with rush. All the
members were tired and wanted to get home,
and, therefore, very little opposition was
raised to any of the final proceedings. At
the morning session considerable time was
devoted to q thorough discussion of the
tonic sofia method of teaching by system
of musical notation. Several papers full of
technical terms we're read, and the friends
and opponents of the system mustered about
equal numbers.
Superintendent McAlister made short
address on the importance of music as an
elementary branch of public education. A
chamber concert preceded the afternoon ses-
sion. The business portion of the session
was confined principally to hearing partial
reports of the Secretary and Treasurer and
the various committees. In the evening the
convention was closed with agrand farewell
concert Of American and miscellaneous
works
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
KILRAIN SHAD0WED.
An Ohio Detective ON His Train Who For
gets TO Get or Mt His Alleged Des-
tination Jake Denies the Story
That He Drank Too Much Beer.

An Ohio Detective ON His Train Who For.
gets to Get or Mt His Alleged Des-
tination n-Jake Denies the Story
That He Drank Too Much Beer.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-Kilrain and his
party left this morning on the regular train
for New Orleans on the Queen and Crescent
route. A goodly party assembled at the
passenger station to see them off.
Kilrain arrived early, and was very
amin ated in his talk concerning
the report printed in a morning paper that
he had Yesterday INDUCED in nine or ten
rounds of beer with his party at a saloon,
and never decreased the size of his glass.
He said it was a mean lie, intended to in
jure him in the estimation of his friends in
the East.
He declared that he was in excellent con-
dition; that he had not been fairly treated
in this Sullivan town, but that
they would all hurrah for him
after he had whipped Sullivan, as he
proposed to do. Other members of the party
denied the drinking story, except that on
the assurance of DR.. Wainright that it
would do him good, Kilrain did drink one
glass of beer.
The party was somewhat troubled this
morning by the appearance in the car of
John T. Morris, q somewhat well-known
Ohio detective. The notion seized them
that he was going to ride with them to
Mississippi. and there make an ar
rest in the hope of getting
q reward. They questioned him, and
found him pretending ignorance of the Kill
rain party, but he afterward said he was
only going to Lexington to arrest man.
The party cheered Justify as the train
moved out, and faint response came from
the spectators.
A telegram from Chattanooga tonight
says: The Kilrain party passed through
this city tonight, en- route to New Orleans.
Detective Norris, of the Pinkerton force,
was on the train, and the impression pre-
walls that he is going to accompany them to
Mississippi and arrest Kilrain in order to
get the reward offered by the Governor Of
Mississippi.