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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. Samuel Benjamin, commercial
traveller who sells jewelry and stoneware
and is also a lay preacher, assisted Rev
Mr. Hoyt in the Congregational church,
Sunday. His text was, 1.-The entrance
of Thy words giveth light" and he
preached an excellent sermon. 1t was
full of Scriptural quotations, showing
the peace and prosperity that would en-
sue if the precepts of the Bible were
more closely followed. Mr. Benjamin's
home is in CRANKY.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
A Correction.

1t was stated in last weeks BEE that was
quickly aroused by Mr. Bartholomew on the
morning that he saw the burglars come ont of
Mr. Gays shop. I was not aroused by Mr. Bar
tholemew. Iarose at my usual time and was
about to build a fire when Mr. Bartholomew
came down stairs, Knocked at my door at So
NJ and told me that he saw five men come
out of Mr. Gays shop, walk past my house and
out of sight over the track at about Is A N.
Then hastily started tor the Street and in
formed the off1cers.-[Thomas Reilly, New
town. February 49, 1888.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
oRosoaUE.

The wife of Postmaster Morse suffers
from fall on the ice.
Sewing society, last Thursday, with
Mrs p. p. Curtis.
c. II. Wells has over 100 yonng chick
ems and two incubators full of eggs near
ly ready to hatch.
Howard b. Moore is to leave soon for
Cambridge, Mass, to continue the study
of art with his brother, Prof c. Fl. Moore
of Harvard.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
Connecticut Buzzings.


Hartford has a school population of
1854.
Franklin s. Bradley, who has resigned
the presidency of the Yale National bank
at New Haven, began his connection with
It in 1876.
The number of school children in Mer-
iden is 553l, an increase of 2I7 over last
year. The present population of the city
Is placed at 24,ss0.
A Connecticut river shad fisherman by
the name of Elisha Gum will establish a
lobster farm at the head of Great Gay
harbor, near Fishers island. lie will be-
gin with $50, 900 10-inch Holsters and feed
them on fish heads and fins.
Colts firearms manufacturing COM
pany of Hartford has captured govern
ment contract for 5000 revolvcrs for the
navy.
Postmaster Beatty of New Britain has
been found short in his accounts.
The marriage engagement has been
given out of Rev DIR I. Il. Munger, we'll
known as pastor of the United Congre-
gational church in New Haven and Miss
Harriet osgood of Salem, Mass.
Horace $. Lanfair, wealthy oyster
dealer of Fair Haven who died recently,
left an estate valued ut 100000. lie
made one bequest of $4,000 and divided
the remainder among As relatives equal
ly.
T. @. Perry, who was employed by a
Hartford grocer, has skipped the town
with $4,000 belonging to the merchant.
An East Haven man found pot of
money in chimney, hid away by his
father. Many of the coins were over 100
years old.
Samuel Rothschild, vine committed
suicide Mt st. Paul, Mimi, was one OF the
wealthiest Hebrew citizens of Hartford.
lie disappeared from his home in fit OF
dependency.
John NJ. Wood Of South Coventry has
laid the foundation for an addition TO his
wooden mill, which viii be so feet long
and three stories high.
New Haven Is becoming famous as {
resort for clipping couples. The vita
statistics show that 20 such couples wer,
married In that city in 'Ss.
DR. J. +. Bingham of Hartford has beer
invited to become rector Of st. James
Episcopal church at New London.
The Congregational church ut Will
mantle has voted not to accept the resig
nation of Rev A. j.. Sullivan.
New Haven young men seem to be Ii
luck. Charles ". WOODBRIDGE of tina
city, employed by the Winchester Arm
Co., has been notified that he ia one o
the heirs to fortune of 100000.
The catalogue of Wesleyan Universit
at Middletown shows the following nun
her OF students: Seniors ~, juniors sc
sophomores 80, freshmen G6, special stu
dents 10, total 2iS.
Karl Gerhardt, the Hartford sculptor
has made n model for statue of Go
EtuDbhIl Lt.uL AtAS bcch tSSNp1SU-
The borough of Norwalk is to ask pei
mission OF the Legislature to issue 5000
000 bonds for public Improvement.
Harvey f. Prior, for 10 years static
agent and toll gatherer at Enfield Bridg'
committed suicide by shooting himself
the head.
Rev DIR y. w. Cooper, pastor Of I'll
South church Mt New Britain, one Of til
most prominent cicrgymen Of the Coz
gregational denomination in the Stat
has been elected one Of the correspon,
Ing secretaries OF the American mission
AIRY association. His church urge hi
20 decline the call.
'rise Manchcstrr Herald IL brauchis
out nv adding job printing depal
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
HULL's HILL.

A very pleasant party at the house of
A. w. Cook, last week. Dancing was
the order of the evening Music by Bliss
band.
Rev Mr. Coburn of Britain preached at
George Smiths, last week.
Mrs Alice Springfield ands son and
Charles Hyde of New Haven have been
at John Roswell's.
Mrs Henry Murphy of Bridgeport is
farm.
Miss Zenia Burr has been in Stepney.
Warren StoweSlas had men chopping
cord wood.
George Wakelee caught his axe in a
clothes line, last week, while splitting
wood. The axe struck him in the head
and cut cash. Blood flowed freely,
but it is hoped that the wound is not Sc
rious.
Mrs Sarah Stilson has visited her moth
er and sisters on Hull's Hill and Good
Hill.
Elmer Lewis of Kettletown is drawing
logs from Rocky Mountain to Mrs Stod-
dard's saw mill.
LONG HILL
| ). N. Thornton has been with his fam
/ lily.
Mrs John Fulford is boarding some Of
the ice men.
The new organ for the N. f. church
has arrived.
Warden Stephen II. Burroughs read
the lessons in Grace church, Sunday at
ternoon, as Mr. Boylston was suffering
from 4 severe cold.
The Cracker club met dc Mrs G; III
aIst Ih1redss evening
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

The BEE is indebted to Mr. f. II. Bots
ford for San Diego papers, which show
that La Jolla is becoming favorite re-
sort. San Diego has a new plume in its
hat, the New York Mercantile Trust Co.
having agreed to market $6,25o,o00 in
bonds to give the city an eastern rail
outlet to the South Pacific and Atlantic
and Pacific lines.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. George A. Northrop of Hanover
has raised his cowhouse, placed new
stills under it and covered it. Messrs
George w. Stuart, Fred C. Sanford and
w. C. Johnson rushed the work through
in few hours.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
HUNTINGTON.

James c. Wilson, the courteous young
clerk at Cochrane Bros, West Cornwall,
formerly of Huntington, received an in
vitation on his 2lst birthday to meet
with relatives at his grandfather's, MIR
James Cochrane's, to duly celebrate the
event, which proved pleasant affair.
He was the recipient of many useful
gifts; the most prominent was a 800
check, in compliance with an offer, made
when but a lad, by his grandfather, that
If he would abstain from the use of to-
baeco in any form until this ssstepping
stone to maturity, ''s100 would be his IAN
example of sound sense and perseverance
in well doing Connecticut Western
News.
Rev NIr Park was away, Sunday and
his pulpit was filled by Mr. Shipmans
from Yale. A meeting of the church is
called for next Sunday, p m, to take
action in regard to the church manual,
ordered printed some two years ago, but
never printed. Tt is proposed to print
the names of all who have belonged to
this church since its foundation.
/ iel Ufford's place, but has not moved
here yet.
The sale of the wheel shop property
has been put over till Spring.
! The meeting Of the P. I. Union was
i ,N,,F nd c1Jor
| ing, 9th.
/ L. j. Buckingham has become mem
Der of the United Workmen in Birming-
ham.
The Y. p. S. G. E. have purchased
badges for their coming sociable.
/ Lewis Cnrtiss is doing a rushing bust
ness in his mill.
!. Daniel Edwards has been home from,
Bridgeport.
/ The cellar wall on the Fair place is
nearly completed and the old house has
/ been moved back from the road.
i Fred Botsford works for Eli Baldwin,
i T. W. Wooster is painting F. NJ. Woos-
ter's house.
/ Lyman r. Nichols will spend some
weeks in Cheshire.
The eyergreens have been removed
from st. Paul's. Rev Mr. Magill gave 9
mastery sermon on Faith, Sunday.
Mrs James e. Paige is slowly recover
ing. !,
Mrs George E. Reeves Of Bridgeport
has been at William Beecher's.
Between finishing one barn and having
another moved, II. d. Shelton's time i
! entirely taken. n
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

The 90 train east on the New Eng
land road was detained at Sandy Hook,
Saturday, by broken tire on one of the
drivers. The side of the cab was demon
allied and the engineer had narrow es-
cane with his life.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. II. 4. Proctor was guest of Select
man Aaron Sanford, Sunday; also Mr.
W. II. Sanford, his son, from New York,
who Is with the Century Co.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. Thomas Alldis, Sr, who moved to
Iorrington from Botsford Hill, had
another stroke of apoplexy, last Friday,
from which he is recovering.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22
Grand masquerade ball of the firemen
at the Town Hall, March A.

Rev Sylvester Clark, professor at
Berkeley school, Middletown, and well
known here, has been made ID. ID. by
the University of the South.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. w. w. Bliss of East Village fur
nlshed the music for party at Mrs
James Baileys in Great Ring, last week
Thursday night.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. and Mrs Charles F. Beardsley and
Paul left town, Saturday, for two
weeks visit with friends in Boston and
Waltham, Mass.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Conductor Gurdon S. Colt, who runs
the early passenger train on the Housa-
tonic, has been sick and his place was
filled by Conductor George M. Brown.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

James r. Barnum was go on his silver
anniv rsary, last week and the jolly par
ty at his Dodgingtown home were served
with an elegant supper from to H.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

E. F. Hawley has just placed on his counters
a choice line of gentlemen's neck-wear for Is
and 25c; worth double the price. Call and Sc
sure some of them before they are gone.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Only to think of It'll Ten dollar suits at j. d.
Barnaby & Cos. ass Main street. bridgeport.
Their ad. speaks with confidence that is
cheering and assuring. Walk up, gentlemen.
for your $40 suits.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

DIR A. P. Smith will soon leave for
Caracas, Venezuela, on account of i'll
health [Danbury Press. ---.,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

NOLAN & Son of 3si Main street. Bridgeport.
are stiIl at their clearing out sale of boots and
shoes, at which bargains are thick as spatter-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

E. f. Hawley offers genuine bargains in rub
Der boots for 81 so and - a pair; also woon-
socket and Candies double thick ball rubber
boots, only 50 50.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

p. II. Fales,opposite Recreation hall, Bridge
port is doing big business in boots and
shoes and rubber goods.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

The special sales of boots and shoes at the
store of II. n. Ayres, : Bishop block, Bridge
port, take the public eye. Call in and sample
his prices and goods.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Chicken pox has invaded the family OF
Mr. G. o. Banks at Cold Spring.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

W. B. Hall 6 Cos great red ticket sale is ap-
preaching its last days and figures are cut to
clear their counters.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

TASHuA.
Levi Downes is doing artistic painting
and papering for Mrs Walter Porter.
Frank Mallett Il on jury duty
The Clark boys, Frank Mallett and
Charles Seeley have filled their houses
with solid l0-inch ice.
The school visitor ranks the Tashua
school 4 good way below where It used
to stand once ranked as No. IN the
town.
Tashna ladies had picnic ten and
sociahle At Stephen Thursday
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Miss Julia Prindle was in New York
last week.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. Scheltz of New York has bought
the Hawieyville packing house of Mr.
Bergman and will personally superintend
the asserting, after a stoppage Of week.
Mr. Bergman has been quite sick with a
threatened attack OF pneumonia.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

silk and dress goods are now the specially
Mt the ID. NJ. Read Co.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Stirn & Walker of 500 Main street, Bridge
port, are not only sign and house painters,
but also dealers in painters supplies. wall pa
pers and are hard wood hnishers.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

An elegant line of new Spring caiicoes.
chambrys, ginshams. tennis stripes to arrive
this week at E. F. Hawley's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Born, Friday, 18th, son to Mr. and
Mrs A. G.. McArthar.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Big bargains in dress and pearl buttons
for and Toe dozen, worth double the
price at E. F. Hawley's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Since his visit to DR. F. NJ. Wilson, Mr.
G. w. Stuart is able to hear much better.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Fresh creamery butter constantly on
hand; also choice dairy butter at e. F.
Hawley's.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Mr. Thomas O. Murphy was given 1
surprise at Botsford, last week, several
couples from shelton joining in the fes-
tIvltiea.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Miss Mary E. Dikeman of Stepney has
been visiting Miss Edith NJ. Peck of SUI
gar Street.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Lewis Starr killed black snake, few
days ago, more than five feet long.
Fl. S. Wedge furnished music for
dance at William Bigelow's, Stepney,
last week and is engaged for the 18th at
Mr. Kohlar's, Tashua.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

Town Clerk Tomlinson has four feet of
water in a well IA feet deep dug at his
ewsplaee.at South End.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1889-02-22

James Knapp entertained crowd of
Danbury friends at the JohnP. Wildman
homestead, last week; music by Cegs-
WELLS band.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17

1t is now nearly year since diphthera
made its appearance at the insane asylum
at Augusta, and though 1t has frequently
peen announced that the disease had been
stamped out the germ still fingers. Its lat
est manifestation was in most malignant
form, speedily ending the life Of the person
attacked. Undoubtedly everything posi-
Die has been done to exterminate the disease.
yet the fact remains that it has not been ex.
terminated. We. suspect that the germ has
found In the hospital conditions exceeding
ly favorable for its continued existence and
propagation. A great building crowded full
for years of people whose bodies in many
cases, as well as their minds, are diseased.
must inevitably become saturated with i'm
purities, no matter how great the precautions
taken. And diphtheriais disease that thriyes
on impurities Nothing but thorough renova-
ton and cleansing Of the building will surely
exterminate the disease, and that's not practi-
cable at present because there is no proper
place to remove the patients 10. When the
new paviions are built something may be
done, but there is danger that these pavil-
ions may become contaminated by their close
proximity to the infected hospital. 1t be-
comes more and more evident that a new
hospital is an imperative necessity, and that
the last Legislature made very serious mis-
take In not appropriating a sum large
enough to build hospital at Bangor within
the next two years. Instead of appropriate
ing 100000 for the Augusta hospital and
$4,000 for Bangor, the Legislature should
nave appropriated 100000 or 100000 for
Bangor and $4,000 for Augusta. The latter
sum would have proved sufficient 10 make
what temporary repairs were needed on the
Augusta asylum, until a pavilion was conn
pleted at Bangor, when part of the natients
might have been removed to the latter ineti-
tuition, and the old hospital thoroughly reno
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17

Several Democratic Senators have been ex-
pressing their views on the subject of pat
ronage. An opinion ON sour grapes is never
worth much but it may be interesting Sem
ator Pugh OF Alabama, is convinced that the
patronage is great source of weakness. He
thinks Jefferson had the right idea when he
SAID he could manage the appointments. bpt
not disappointments. Senator Jones of Ar
kansas, speaks from experience: "Patron-
age is an element of weakness In the long
run. We have just had four years experience
with It, and presume there are very few
Democrats who do not agree with me-" Sem
ator kenna thinks the patronage as used nv
Mr.. Cleveland was source of weakness Ma
one Will be likely to controyert this proposi-
uon. Senator Harris of Tennessee, Is en-
phatic: sit is source of weakness" savs
he. positive weakness. You offend FIVE
men where you crafty one" Senator
Faulkner of West Virginia, agrees with him.
ana Senator Reagan of Texas. is inclined 70
agree with him. German of MARYLAND 10
the only one of the eight who comes out fat
looted In favor of the spoils. But IL nav
reasonably be suspected that the Senator
from Maryland is only little none consist.
ent than his colleagues, who were not yerv
oostreperous in their denunciations of pat.
ronage four years ago when the Offices were
thrown down to them. And should fate
bring around the improbable event of a Dem
ocratic victory in 1892, we venture to predict
that every one Of these Democratic Senator's
viii forget that spoils were ever -nnwhole-
some Still, in the case of these Democratic
Senators as with other mortals, their judg-
ments are probably more correct in the hour
OF their Christening than in the hour Of their
triumph.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17

waited. As it is, when the next Legislature
meets the Augusta pavilion will have been
erected, and the necessity for new hospital
will not appear imperative. Consequently It
is probable that the erection of hospital at
Bangor will be postponed until the Augusta
Institution over1ows again. The Augusta
wing of the capitol combine took good care
that the appropriation shower should fall
mostly in Augusta. Bangor got hardly enough
to lay the dust, while Lewiston got nothins'
and as regards the little Aroostook shower III
the shape of Madawaska claims, that, TO-
ports are true, for the most part howeu
Augustaward, and was finally scooped up ny
Auouefa lomvarc
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17
WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MAY NEXT
AR noR DAY

And l earnestly advise that the people of this
State duly regard it by engaging in .'the planting
OF trees, shrubs and vines, in the adornment of
public and private grounds" not only for the pur
pose OF identifying our villages, towns, parks and
public ways, but also for the encouragement OF
forest culture and the growth of woods and Tim
Der. which will be OF inestimable Importance 10
the fertility health and future prosperity of this
extensive commonwealth Experience in various
foreign countries, as well as in several of the
American States, proves the practical advantage
as well as the moral and refining influenced tree
planting and trust that the spirit aud intent of
the legislative act for Its promotion may be carried
out with general unanimity and patriotic good
will by the entire people Of Maine.
Given at the Council Chamber at Augusta, this
fifteenth day Of April, In the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred aud eighty nine.
al dOf the independence OF the United States
OF America the one hundred and thirteenth.
EDWIN q. BURLEIGH.
By the Governor: afsaa
ORASIANDAL SMITH,
Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17

skin. several physicians, N medical
college. and all reasedies fail. Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.
My little daughter, Mary Cecilia Brunold, was
anilcted with the worst case Of eczema ever seen
ally covered from head to foot with scabs. These
physicians tried their best to cure her, but
believe they were only experimenting. They kept
on experimenting for over ten months but instead
OF getting better The child got worse, and did not
what 0as to NY wife e. took
treatment to medical college where there were
some twenty or thirty doctors assembled, but the
day, and sometimes twice day. In fact the med
icie they gave my child did not have time to act,
even If there was any virtue in it. i was changed
so often by orders of the doctors The latter part
of January. after everything had tailed, and pa
tience and money We're both exhausted, made up
cURA REMEDIES. did so, and now. can say
that my daughter is cured, sound in health, and
well, to the surprise Of hundreds.
The druggist, Mr. III. NJ Kruger, corner Chau-
teau and Ewing Avenues. who sold us the CUTI.
CURA REMEDIES, is as much astonshed as any Of
us. The CUTICURA REMEDIES have worked a
complete cure, ana we have used but little more
than three fourths of a bottle of CUTICURA REsoL-
VENT. and proportionate amount OF CUTIcURA
and CUTICURA SOAP. am ready at any time to
make affidavit that my daughter had the worst
case of eczema, as the doctors all admit, ever seen
in this city, and that she had been cured solely by
the CUTICURA REMEDIES, after the best ply
scians and remedies failed.
l shall be glad to have any one call upon or
any person who is troubled with skin disease,
that he may see for himself what your CUTICURA
REMEDIES have done. i do this In gratitude for
the cure that has been effected In my child's case
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The Portland daily press., 1889-04-17
PRICES AWAY UNDER
FOR = $50
BOYS CLOTHING.
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You'll see that here, big lots of new goods
have already come In and more coming
daily. The main word to mothers ard those
buying for boys Is that our assortment is
ripe-nothing wanted that we thought good
enough to provide. Many lots have been en-
tirely closed and replenished-some lots that
could not be duplicated are now being sold
at half prices" Lots of fine All Wool Suits
in sizes for boys 4 to IA years, being offered
to you at $3.50, $500, $3.50, $500 and 5000
per suit that have sold for double the money.
Extra pants are feature of our Boys De-
partment-we make them with all suits. We
know from experience that boys wear one,
two or three pairs of pants with one jacket,
SO we provide for this. You had better buy
the extra pants when You get the suit, for If
you wait they may be gone We have, how
ever, hundreds and hundreds of odd knee
pants for boys at all times. Those that we
are now offering at 80 cents are big values.
Shirt Waists, Star make, mothers friend
and other styles, at SO per cent under regular
retail prices.
Flannel Waists and Blouses, Jersey Suits
and Blouses, Sailor Suits, 0vercoats, Refers,
The prices can't be lower anywhere than
here, and mothers can be trusted to Judge of
quality. We mean that no man or boy Shall
be served so well anywhere else as here.