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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
STILL BURNING ON.

Montana AbIaze with Forest Fires
Streets Covered with Ashes.
The forest fires, which have been prevail
ing in Montana for week, show no signs of
abatement. The estimated damage is half
million dollars. At Miss ula, in western
Montana, the streets buildings and side
walks are covered with ashes. The air is
like blast from furnace. The atmos-
phere is filed with crisp embers that have
descended like light fall of snow.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

The italian murderer of the future has
been done for by the philanthropists at
last. He is never more to be executed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

New England hides are sold about as
fast as received in this market, but not
withstanding this the market is far from
being active. Calfskins are selling we'll
and receipts are falling off Pelts have
been readily taken as they arrive and
prices remain steady. The quick con-
sumption of incoming stocks has not
strengthened prices, but the situation is
at least steady as values cannot we'll de-
crease
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

Gen. Wilson is to be made superintendent
of West Point and the president Is looking
about for suitable person to make superin-
tendent of buildings and grounds at Wash
ington.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

In Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, Baden
and Wurtemburg there is practically no
one who cannot read or write.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

The leader Of the Soudanese dervishes,
Nad-el- -jumi, boldly announces that he
hhs set out to conquer the world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
VOL. XVII.

The present permanent population OF
Oklahoma is about 10000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

The body of man was discovered washed
ashore near Hingham Mas, b. some camp
ers on the island. DR.. Spo ner, medc,l
examiner examined the body, which was
that of a man six feet tall, powerfully built.
had on pair of painters o. erals wit
marks Of red paint, no pants viii g dru wers.
blue and white check jumper, brown and
white cott n shirt merino undershirt It is
supposed to be the body Of the man drowned
off Slate island one day last week,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
BEEF, PORK, LAMB AND VEAL.

BEEF, PORK, LAMB AND VEAL.
The supply of veal calves is not large,
and prices rule from to cents a d.,
live weight. The trade is moderate for
northern sheep and lambs lambs selling
at 6 to G. cents, sheep and mixed lots
to AZ cents per h., live weight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09
FIENDISH TORTUREs,
How Burglars Treated Farmer
Brown and His Wife,

Fifteen masked men recently broke into
the house of Farmer Brown, Wheeling, w.
Va Enraged at not finding any money
they bound Mr.. AMI Mrs. Brown hand and
foot and subjected them to fendish t0rlures.
Among their actions were stringing them up
to the ceiling and bathing their heads in
hucket OF tar.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-08-09

This Hotel is pleasantly located in one of
the most Aourlshing villages In Northern
New Hampshire, and having been thor
cughly fefurnished and reftted, offers great
Inducements to Summer Tourists The
House fs fitted throughout with steam heat
and all modern conveniences.
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Our Visitors.

Summer guests are now arriving rapid ly and private houses as well as hotels are fast filling every room. The season has now fairly begun and it bids fair to be even more successful than last year, which was recognized as above the aver age. Transient guests are especially nu- merous.
 Registrations at the Grand Central in- elude: Mrs Frederick Wood of Bridge port, l.. B. Stevens of Chicago, J. B. To zier of New York, W. II. Harty, F. M. Augur and wife of Bridgeport, Alexan- der Smith of Norwalk, W. l.. Clark of Amenia,N \. r., Miss II. K. Hawley, Mrs J. D. Lindsay of Bridgeport. N
 Dicks Hotel register shows the names of Fred c. Earle, Miss Leila E. Earle, Edward c. Beecher, New Haven; Mr and Mrs A. Heartt, New York; Miss NJ. $. Hunter, Brooklyn; E. k. Sanford and wife, Bridgeport; k. F. Driggs, Jr, Brooklyn; W. Henry Wilson, wife and two daughters of Bridgeport, here for the season, besides many transients, in cluding II. NJ. Allen and wife of New Milford, Mr and Mrs J. B. Beach, Miss Daisy Beach, Bridgeport; Judge A. H. Robertson of New Haven; Guernsey Sackett of Brooklyn, Harry W. Skinner of New York.
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Rumblings OCT the Rail.

Conductor Sidney K. Spencer, Bag gagemaster John Filming, Brakman Will Derrick and Engineer W. B. Ferris re- signed their positions on the limited ex- press, last week, as they did not care 10 do switching at South Norwalk in addi- tion to their regular duty. They were succeeded, Monday, by Conductor s. NJ. Arnold, Baggagemaster John Murphy, Brakeman Hugh Lane and Engineer George Seeley. It is said that they are to do no switching. Spencer will probably stand extra on the main line for while and has begun to run picnic trains. Engineer Ferris is also extra, while Baggagemaster Filming has return ed to the Pittsfield yard and Brakeman Derrick to his old position on the main line.
 The Derby road has been leased by the HousatOnic for go years and will be known as the New Haven and Derby di- vision of the Housatonic system. The Housatonic pays the fixed charges ofthe road and S9400 additional, after which more is paid until it reaches SIS, 800 in 1895.
 John II. Hawkins has begun to erect barb wire fence along the Derby exten- sion. He is also placing board fence on the sides of the overhead bridge east of Botsford.
 Eight cars of Masons and friends from New Milford. Danbury and Newtown wont to New Haven on special train over the Derby, Wednesday, to attend | the Masonic convention.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12
BROoKFIELD.

A large swarm of bees came to Mrs Caroline Wildman's place, near the new bridge, Monday; Mrs Theodore Howes, in the absence of her husband who works in Sandy Hook, attempted to hive the swarm and was badly stung.
 Miss Emogene Donovan of Danbury spent last week with Mrs H. s. Beers.
 Sarah E. Bradley entertains friends from Danbury. s
 Edwin P. Jones is home on vacation.
 Miss Alice Chamberlin of Stafford Springs is guest of Mrs Andrew Nor throp.
 Miss Annie O'Hayer spent her vacation with her brother in New Britain, last week. City boarders have begun to register at the American house. Clarence Keeler of New Y5rk spent the Fourth with his aunt, Mrs J. N. Hawley. Ee MT and Mrs David Clark of Shelton spent few days with E. c. Smith. Fred Beers returned from the Mount Gretna, Pa., camp, Saturday. Miss Nellie Beckwith was guest of Miss Carrie Peck, Sunday. The Mapes family of Brooklyn were Iguests of Mrs J. Lee, the Fourth; also a number of the relatives of Mrs Lee from Danbury.
 Mir Curtis is using his commodious lsschool buildings for Summer boarders. The family of Arza Peck of New Y York occupies the Sherman Foote home for the Summer; his son and family, also Smith Dunning and wife, board with them,
 l Miss Kitty Simons of New York is guest of her schoolmate, Miss Miriam Taylor.
 I The only accident on the Fourth il town was that of. Arthur Hawley. While shooting gun barrel, it exploded pre-. maturely, blowing q large quantity o1 powder into the face and eyes. Dr Vii son of Bridgeport has removed it, after series of operations lasting three days and is quite confident that there will bt no permanent injury to the eyes. Arthur Merchant and wife of Danbury
 were guests of Mrs Horace Betts, Sun tday.
 Homer Jones of Bridgeport spent Sun day with his father.
 Il Edgar Peck and family of Danbur. !. have visited his father. I Henry D. Lake of Obtuse entertaine
 his friends and neighbors with clar
 bake on the Fourth. l Edward Griffen and wife of Danbur
 has visited his parents.
 Robert Hungerford and wife of Shel
 man spent Sunday with her mother, MI Clark $. Peck. l, Elmer Cornwall and family of BIidg'
 port visited his mother over the Fourtf
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Mrs Minott Augur is spending few days with friends at West Haven.

Dr Frances s. Jerome, president of the Yellow Cross association, tells the Phila- delphia Record that many of the Johns town people are ''worse off than they were the day after Che food" Nine out of ten have no homes of their own, she says; five or six families cook on one stove; cleanly living is impossible; men are being driven to drink and women to the streets; the children are simply run ming wild; the heartsickness of hope de- ferred is producing general demoraliza- tion and recklessness. The Record, which apparently accepts this astonishing and distressing picture as trustworthy, calls attention to the fact that the funds now in bank contributed by the charity of the country to the relief of these people amount to over $2,700,000 and wants to know why this money is not being put to the use for which it was given. Di- vided equally among them, it says, the $2,700,000 would mean not less than $700 for each family.-[Courant.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

While the cOrOner's jury at Johnstown has brought in it's verdict attributing the responsibility of the terrible calamity to the owners of the South Fork dam, cer- tain facts have been published in the Philadelphia and Pittsburg papers, which tend to demonstrate that the catastrophe was one which ordinary human foresight would not avail to avert. A writer in the Pittsburg Dispatch gives an interesting account of the unprecedented combinat- ion of storms which broke over the Alle- gheny Mountains on May 30 and 31 and,
 for 36 hours, poured forth such a deluge as is without parallel in the history of this country. The average rainfall over the entire area is reported to have been 6 inches in II hours, while in the valleys of the Susquehanna and the Conemaugh rivers, the average for IS hours was from to inches. The Conemaugh valley received the full force of the remarkable downfall and it may well be doubted whether any dam that was to be con- strucSed over the South Fork would have been able to resist force so much great CT than the most scientific engineers would have provided against.-[ Courant.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

The Fairfield archdeaconry, consisting of the rectors of the several parishes in the county with the lay delegates from each to the diocesan convention, met at St. Johns church, Stamford, on Tues day. After the celebration of the Holy Communion, the business of the meeting was taken up: Reports from the several clergymen :n charge of aided parishes and mission stations. The archdeaconry has the oversight of these and apportions the money to be raised for church SUD- port and extension and also makes grants of money to aid weak parishes and mission stations. From the reports rendered, very fair amount of progress has been made during the past year. In this section, Sandy Hook, Bedding, East on, Nichols and the missionary at Hunt ington received help. The parishes are asked to raise for the work just the same as last year.
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 Charles F. Adams, cashier of the Sec ond national bank of Toledo, O., is guest of w. J. Miller.
 Randolph Herriott. Hartford, is spend ing few days at Rocky Rest. Claude Harvey also remained over Sunday at the fair resort.
 Miss Della Martin attends the Sum- mer school at Mantle.
 Mrs John Walsh entertains Mrs Lizzie Howe of Bridgeport.
 $. E. Foreman of the West Ansonia school is to succeed MT Dimon as prin- cipal of schools here.
 Dr shelton attends Miss Hattie Field.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

The small boys of New Orleans were the most conspicuous among those who welcomed Pugilist Sullivan, climbing upon roofs and fences and shouting, That's him :" "Hurrah for Sullivan r and the like. ssIt is such demonstrations as this" says the New York Times, that emphasize the evils of prize fight ing and make it imperative that every self-respecting State should stamp out the brutal practice. It is the youth of the country who suffer most from such sports. What kind of citizens can be expected to develop from such gang as gathered to greet and cheer Bruiser Sullivan at New Orleans ?.'
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SHELTON.

Mrs Fred Hathaway visits at Windsor Locks.
 George stillson of Easton was in town, Saturday.
 Mrs Wakelee and daughters, Cora and Ada, are at Mantle. <. B. Ruggles is home from an exten- siye trip in the West. He returned by way of Washington and expects soon to make another business journey west. ward.
 Warden A. E. Hewitt, Mayor $. A l York of New Haven and D. c. Riggs oi Oxford, arbitrators, decided the question between Derby and Ansonia in regari to the aims house and farm, requiring Ansonia to pay to Derby $6, ,227 B fo it's share of the property. The hat store of Frank Greeley wa again broken into, Saturday night.
 E. Marshall Pavey recently closed hi law office on this side of the river. H, may be found in Birmingham. Allie Wilkinson is in Canada for visit, and Burt Anderson has also gon } thither. Unlike the boodlers, he expect to return soon to his accustomed plac
 behind the butchers bench, where, dnl l ing the interim, the genial chief o | police, Gideon Tomlinson, will serve.
 Miss Rose Sterling Goodale of Nortl
 ampton is guest of E. l.. Staples. Henry Berry and family will take a outing at Savin Rock.
 The South End Land Co. has chose [ these officers: President, W. J. Mile Q vice president, E. De Forrest Shelton r secretary and treasurer, A. R. Smitl E idirectors, w. J. Miller, A. R. Shit F Thomas II. Newcomb, E. De Forre
 Shelton.
 Eulie Tolles and Horace Wheeler we T appointed delegates to the Stste fl
 mems convention.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

Memories of noble life hover about the death-bed of Mrs Rutherford B. Hayes. This spotless woman deserves the love and respect of the whole coun- try. Whether nursing the dying soldiers of the Union army or banishing the wine cup from the White House, she display ed the courage and devotion that was born of inner purity. All honor to the blameless wife and mother, the uncom- promising champion of temperance, the friend of unfashionable virtues.-[New York Herald.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12
SoUTHBURY.

E. l.. Warner carried some sweet Cory corn to market, Tuesday.
 A little s.brush'' on the road caused q serious accident, Sunday night. Both occupants were thrown out violently. The lady was bruised and rendered in sensible for few minutes. She was carried to the Peter Farley house and Dr Cooley summoned. Monday morning she was able to be moved to South Brit ain. The vehicle was taken to Wood bury for repairs.
 c. K. Osborn has taken the job of get ting hay for several farmers and makes l money out of it. It was reported that a reaper and binder would be in town iI time for the rye harvest, but the rye is fast being shocked in the good old way MT Betts has exchanged his carriage
 horse with Howard Smith, for flint
 black.
 I Miss Mary Reardon, sister of the sta tiOn agent, has taken position as tele igraph operator at Hartford.
 Dwight Thomas of Roxbnry Is helpin, D. s. Todd.
 l Mrs William Hinman's people have al rived from Brooklyn and will stay a
 their Summer home until November. -l Stiles Belfield was home from Naugs tuck the Fourth and his son was als
 home from Hartford. { Several from this place attended th ], show of firewoftzs at Woodbury, tn
 Fourth and report fine display. s K. F. Johnson Of NeWtown officiate las lay reader II tie Episcopal chdrcl
 Sunday.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

There is trouble about the use of the money raised for the relief of Johnstown and vicinity. None of it has been given out as yet in cash relief, although only about $5G0,0 ,000 of the nearly $2,000, ,000 raised has been spent. The task of dis tributing the two and half millions left is difficult and serious one and the data on which relief shall be based. Chi cago has forwarded only S50,00O out oi the $124, 900 raised and will withhold the rest until sure that it will be economicaE ly and honestly applied. American.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

The Sandy Hook Colts swelled their long list of victories, Saturday, by again defeating the Glens at the Glen base ball grounds. Each side drew blanks up to the sixth inning, when the Colts broke the ice and got one run. Liliis hit to right field for base, stole second, trot- ted to third on d passed ball and home on hit to left field by Crotty. After that the Colts solved Wain's curves and won through superior batting. Blake caught in fine style, as did Madigan pitch. The score is as follows:
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BRIDGEWATER.

Miss Lucy Roland is in Cheshire.
 Mrs Harmon Treat recently spent q week ill Bridgeport.
 Albert Mallett is the first man to finish having.
 Grandson Northrop is school commit tee in No. 3.
 Fred Gillett of Boston spent last week with his father. 1 Rev G. H. Smith attends the arch deaconry meeting in Plymouth, this week. A company of young people from Dan. bury and Bethel were guests of James shannon, Sunday. 4 New Yorker, Brown by name, ha. rented furnished house near the second lhill and spends the Summer here.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12
BETHEL.

Robert Humphreys, formerly with G. A. Shepard X Son, Is now in Ocean Grove, N. J.
 Hat factories started up, Monday, nj .er four-days' vacation.
 George s. Bassett of Greenwood ave- nue and Grand street, Granville Durant of Grand street, Franklin Comstock of Greenwood avenue have laid sidewalks and otherwise improved their property. This corner is becoming one of the pret- tiest.
 The Gilbert family, eolored jubilee singers from Waco, Texas, gave an en- tertainment at Fishers hall, Friday and Saturday evenings.
 Amos Schoonmaker and William Baird have spent a few days at Fishers Island. Walter Lewis and wife and Fanton Beers and wife of Norwalk were guests of F. II. Beers, the Fonrth.
 A.C. IIallock and family have spent several days in Bantam.
 A. $. Lacey and wife spent the Fourth in Brookheld.
 c. E. squires and family have spent a few days In South Norwalk.
 The house of Eli w. Gilbert has re- ceived It's final coat of paint and looks we'll.
 George II. Crofut and wife visited his unsle at Port Hudson, the Fourth.
 William Oliver and wife were at Mrs A. J. Patchen's, Stepney, over the Fourth.
 One of Cole tG Ambler's curriers' start cd in business for himself, last week, as moulder. Wishing to make apounder he fastened together several "slugs, which he placed in mould in the sane while sufficient lead to unite the whole was melted. In the meantime, the rair fell In torrents, but the moulder, whC carried an umbrella, secuted the idle, that water might be in the hole and pour ed in his hot lead. There was an eXplos ion and lead flew in all directions, com pletely galvanizing the umbrella, whicl had been borrowed. Fortunately no on was hurt, but the curler has given up hi experiments and returned to the old bus mess.
 Charles T. Short moved, last week from the Wheeler place to the Henr Gilbert house, formerly occupied b Theodore Conlxlin.
 A party of Bethelites eamped out [ South Pond, near the York State lin over the Fourth. The party include Charles Doran, William English, Clifto Bassett, Frank Ferry, Edward Ston OI.eyy, Nathan Gilbert, besides man many others. Frank Ferry was chit mogul and o'Levy cook. Fishing ar other pastimes were enjoyed and visite from the village entertained.
 Undert lker A. T. Sandford has di membered his buggy and taken it in his shop to repaint.
 Rev II. l.. Slack and wife, Druggist ! W. Twiss and wife attended the Nation conVcHtlOn VI i. D. V. l-s III ilii'tus phIa, this week.
 An unofficial rumor says that the GrG sy Plain Hose Co. and the Eureka Ho and Ladder Co. will unite in erecting house.
 smith K. Seymour is to erect q hou on Chestnut street, just below the re dence of Justus Iioyt.
 The Eureka water pipes are clean about once month during the wa weather. Instead of cleaning the pII sunday, as heretofore, the work will done, Saturday night.
 Edwin shorts factory has been repa cd.
 George NJ. Ridge is again proprietor the market he recently sold to Thon Canticld.
 The Congregational sunday schos picnic at Roton Point will he Thursd 18th, special train leaving at 10 2
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

Since the retail price of sugar ad- vanced 40 per cent, hue and cry arose that the sugar trust was robbing the people. The American Grocer, however, than which no publication is or can be better informed, quotes figures to prove that the refiners are working on mar gin of l Is cents only and that the ad- vance, caused by the short supply in the sugar centers of the world, would have taken place necessarily, whether the sugar trust was in existence or not.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12

So anxious are tie managers of the Louisiana lottery for a continuance of their charter, which has nearly expired, that they have offered to pay the entire debt of the State. some $12,O00, ,O00, if a renewal is granted for 90 years. It is getting to be the ease in these days of the lobbyist and prize-ighter an illegal, immoral business is most profitable.
The Newtown bee., 1889-07-12
Will of Isaac J. Wells.

After providing that all just debts and funeral expenses be paid, the will of Is- aac J. Wells. submitted for probate, this week, gives to his wife, Abigail R. Wells, the use of all his estate, both real and personal, during her natural life. After F. Wells.
 Abigail k. and Charles F. Wells are executor and executrix of the will, which is dated July s, 1877. It is witnessed by Smith P. Glover, Abel F. Clark and James F. Wilson.