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The Newtown bee., 1890-01-24
BETHEL.

Theodore Porter has been in the post office during the sickness of his father, Postmaster C. J. Porter.
 Another sociabIe by Uniform Rank, K. F., at Military hall, 3lst.
 Rev F. c. Howell attended the funeral of Mrs Alnha Comstock, Wednesday.
 Charles II. Thompson has received a pension.
 Commissioners on the estate of Schoon- maker tG Benjamin are to be appointed, 27th.
 Mrs Almira Comstock, Bethel, died on Monday at the residence of her son, Frank Comstock, on Greenwood avenue. The funeral was held, Wednesday at p m, from the house. The deceased was IS years of age and lady highly respected by large circle of friends News Danbury has been on the verge of a big war between the workmen and em- ployers in it's hat shops. Four years ago, employers and workmen agreed to terms by which any future difficulty was to be settled by arbitration, work to go on pending a settlement of the trouble. The present difficulty has been over three l boys who carry and hang up hats at C.. II. Merritt's shop in the finishing depart ment. The finishers claimed that these boys should be made registered appren- tices, as they were working at the trade. The employers held that the boys were not learning the trade and the tinishers were oIdered out of Merritt's shop, vio- lating the previous stipulation to keep at work and submit the question to arbitra- tion. The employers retaliated by lock- ing out the finishers, about HOO men, from nearly all the Danbury shops. This resulted in the finishers returning to work at Merritt's shop, "Wednesday morn ing, practical confession of their error in striking before arbitration was tried.
 Miss Gertrude Green pleasantly cele- brated her 18th birthday, Monday, by a party at the Greenwood residence of her father, Ebert Green.
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TRUMBULL.

Lyman Keeler, our popular decorator and painter, has been unable to perform his usual duties on account of severe cold.
 Miles Standish and family have moved to Hoboken.
 Prof Samuel Sterling is down with la grippe.
 Mrs John Ward has the influenza. Venerable Benjamin Burton is remark ably smart for one who is nearly 80 years old; one would not think him so old by 10 years.
 All lovers of flowers should look at Mrs Isaac E. Booths bay window.
 Eli Burton has been down with la grippe; also Mrs Orville Burton.
 Mrs Vans and daughter have been at Mrs John Wards.
 pr D. c. Cook has his hands full fight. ing la grippe.
 Dca Elijah Beach is somewhat better
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MONROE.
Dr and Mrs E. NJ. Bcardsley have re- turned from Weston, where they have been for week.

Dr and Mrs E. NJ. Beardsley have re- turned from Weston, where they have been for a week.
 Benjamin $. IIurd has been putting Pound farm.
 Miss Rose A. Sinclair, after an extend ed tour of about four weeks in New York and Brooklyn, has again settled down to life in old Monroe. Miss Carrie E. Hollister paid flying visit to New Haven.
 James Burr and wife and X. Sinclair, Jr, are full of the meeting of the State Grange, whose session at Willimantic they attended, last week. They will re- port at the meeting of Harmony Grange, this Friday evening, 24th.
 At E. A. Daileys Pleasant farm, the whole household is under Dr Stevens s grip. Town Clerk David A. Nichols and family also swell the ranks of fashions devotees and are very influential.
 Mrs l.. M. Hawkins, who has been vis- iting Mrs A. Sinclair, has gone to Nor walk.
 Rev J. W. Hartshorne is cOnvalescent and there will be services in the Congre- gatiOnal church, next Sunday.
 Dr E. NJ. Beardsley's promising year. ling colt Ichabod has succumbed to blood poisoning, the result of bungling cas- tration.
 Sinclair Bros have lost a hog and two shoats and have another sick.
 The annual meeting of the Monroe Creamery Co. was held at the church parlors on the 2lst and adjourned till the 18th.
 The cylinder of the engine of the night freight west on the Extension, Monday night, struck huge rock that slid dowr near Round Hill trestle and injured is SC that the cylinder head blew out and the engine was partly derailed. Another en zine was sent from New Haven to cleal the track.
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SOUTH BRITAIN.

F. C. Fem of Birmingham spent Sun day with his cousin, IIoratio Allen.
 Mrs Maggie Platt and two children are spending the week with her sister, Mrs Charles Squires of East Hartford.
 Mrs C. LcRoy Mitchell has had an attack of Ia grippe.
 Amos Mitchell is home from Bridge port on sick leave.
 W. F. Mitchell entertained friends from Bridgeport and Danbury, last week.
 D. NJ. Mitchell won the suit with Samuel Barto, tried before Justice Charles IIotchkiss, Monday.
 Some one broke into Mapping school house, broke windows and furniture and covered the wall with obscene language. A special district meeting was called for Thursday evening.
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BRIDGEPORT.

John Rutherford is mason and Gould Bros. carpenters for the West End fac tory of the Springfield Emery Wheel Co. The earth removed in digging the foun- dations was used to fill a salt water pond on Black Rock avenue extension. The board of trade banquet is to be held at the Atlantic hotel, February 13.
 Builder James McGee of Hancock ave- nue has been seriously ill with pneumo- nia.
 Having secured gates at IIoward ave- nue, West End people are endeavoring to have them placed at Hancock avenue, the only dangerous crossing left unpro- tected.
 Upon the petition of James H. Seeley and others, the city is to extend Wood avenue from Union avenue northwestern ly to the Fairfield town line.
 As already told in the BEE, Anthony J. Rivers is to put up a wooden building at West End, 40x60 feet, for silk ribbon factory. l.. NJ. Brundage is said to be the Bridgeport man interested in the con cern, while tie others are from New Jersey. Work has already commenced on the factory, power for which is to be furnished by a 20 horse power engine.
 A new and larger organ is to be pur- chased by the West End Congregations tional church.
 An amicable adjustment has been reached in regard to differences of opin- ion in the office of the Iost writing ma chine factory and work was to be resum- ed at once.
 A telegraph operator named L. J. Fa- rini fell from a Consolidated train near the depot, losing both legs and dying at the hospital soon after.
 When he sold Edwin Edwards his res idence on Clinton avenue, George Wells claimed that the handsome mirrors and gas fixtures were not included, but were to be purchased afterward. Mir Ed wards, however, claims them and the matter will be settled in the courts.
 Mrs c. A. Phillips, who has been dan- | gerously sick, is slowly recovering.
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NICHOLS.

Mrs Bennett is with her son, D. B. Curtiss and is quite poorly.
 E. P. Curtiss is painting his house, Charles Thorp doing the work.
 Isaac Smiths children have all been sick with la grippe.
 Eddie Houston is slowly improving and able to sit up for short time. Howard Curtis has been quite sick, but is better.
 Mir and Mrs Hemingway have made ; short visit with Joel Curtis and family
 Sociab!c at C. J. Thorp's, 3Oth. The Fairchilds have been building an other addition to their mill, l6X12 feet.
 G. NJ. Clark has started to build hcl l house.
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WESTON.

Ladies' aid society at Mrs Ebenezer Fitch's, Thursday evening; about 45 present.
 Miss Selleck of Easton visited Mrs Samuel Fancher; Willard Brown of Southport his cousin, Elmer Hull.
 Mrs R. E. Nichols, so years old and Mrs F. Nash of Westport visited Mrs Lewis Randall. -z.s.sss
 Miss Fife Budd is home, sick with Ia grippe; Miss Annie Dikeman, Joseph Smith, Mrs Mary Sturges, Henry Finch and many others are sick with it.
 While Samuel Fancher was returning from a party, one trace broke while com ing up a steep hill and four of them were out. Mrs Granville Adams had her grand son in her arms and received several bruises and q severe cut, which made it necessary to call Dr Powers of Westport. The child, strange to say, was not hurt. The horse ran back to the house where 1t had been hitched and was released from what was left of the wagon.
 Dr Gorham is confined to the house by sickness.
 Mrs Burr Wood, aged s4, was buried from her late residence in Wilton, We'd nesday. Rev L. D. Place ofiiciated.
 Ladies aid society will give Mother Goose entertainment at Arthur c. Brad ley's, Tuesday evening, 2sth; if stormy, the first fair evening. Admission Ice.
 Mrs William F. Coley entertained friends from Bridgeport, Sunday.
 Mrs v. Godfrey has friends visiting her from Ridgefield.
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The Milk Campaign.

Mondays Tribune devoted more than page to articles on the milk question, including tables to show that the New York milk exchange is waxing fat at the expense of the farmers who can hardly keep body and soul together when they depend upon milk as chief source of irl- come. In 1868, the monthly average price of milk per quart was 4.83c; in 1888; 2.S0c. During all this time, the farmers have been unable to cheapen the production of pure milk, while city con- sumers pay practically the same as 20 years ago and the money the farmers have lost has gone into the pockets of the rapacious middlemen. A still fur ther reduction was the only outlook the farmers had for the future and they wise- ly decided to band together, march for ward shoulder to shoulder and demand of the milk exchange the rights that cor poration has denied them.
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SPORT HILL.

Frank Sherwood has so far recovered from his attack of pneumonia as to be able to sit up.
 MT and Mrs Lewis Burr and Miss Edith Bradley of Lyons Plains spent the 22d at the parsonage.
 Johnnie Seeley from Iowa is visiting his fathers home, having arrived, Satur- day, 18th.
 Rev D. J. Ogden has been guest of Mir and Mrs Gilbert at the parsonage. Rev MT Gilbert discoursed at Lees and Center Street, 18th, on ''The Origin and Growth of the Methodist Book Concern |; it's relation to the spread of Methodism and experimental Christianity; and it's relation to the support of the superannu- ated preachers, their dependent widows and orphans After the discourse, sou venirs of the Book Concern were dis tributed.
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BEDDING.

Clinton J. Sanford is slowly recovering from pneumonia, resulting from la grippe; Dr Anna Reid attends. Mrs C. Reed has gone to Danbury to spend several weeks with Mrs Pierce. Charles Jordan of Philadelphia, father of c. Jordan, who, with his family, has lived at the rectory for four years, died suddenly with pneumonia, the 10th. He was first attacked with the grip. He was highly respected in social circles and was one of the most prominent builders of his time.
 Miss Emma Jones has returned to her home in Winsted.
 | Although strong effort has been made to take the post office from J. T. Greg Ory at the Center, it has failed. The government does not desire change and are perfectly satisfied with Mir Gregory as postmaster, which office he has held for some years.
 Will Banks, who has been confined to l LIlc IiOuSc IUI tWO WcChS, IS out d0all.
 The Danbury guild are. in the near f,l- ture, to give 8 fine dramatic play in church organ fund.-
 A New York paper says: The quota tion of insurance stocks ill the Journal of Commerce, January ,, 1890, offers study 1
 to those interested in business transacted by such companies. In comparing the market value of the stock of the several companies, we note the highest figures of the Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company, Marshall $. Driggs president From this statement, it appears that the net book value of it's stock is $35S 10 higher figures than reached by any other insurance company on the list. Because of this standing can be readily accounted the regular semi-annual dividend of t per cent, 20 per cent yearly to the for tunate stockholders. The Williamsburg City holds the same relation to fire insur ance companies as the Chemical nationa bank does to banks in New York. Tn, company was organized in 1853, has capital of $250,000 and surplus O : $646, ,015, beyond the capital and all lia
 bilities. During this entire period, witt
 but a brief intermission, Edmund Drigg
 was president of the company and, b, untiring and intelligent efforts, brougll it's affairs to their present high standing On the death of Mr Driggs, last Summer the office of president was rendered b. the directors to Marshall Driggs, son 0
 the former incumbent, who has been COT
 nected with the company from the be
 ginning. The business, as now conduct ed, gives evidence of marked prosperit and enters upon the new year under tn , most promising circumstances. The con pany made, the past year, 34 per cent. O it's capital.
 Died of pneumonia, 2lst, Joel Garter T6.
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LONG HILL.

Miss Kate Finnell has had severe att tack of la grippe. ..
 Misses Lillie Beers and Ida Blood have returned from visit at New Haven.
 Miss Nellie Blood is visiting Mrs l.. W. Howard of New Haven.
 E. Halsey has visited Albert Blood of Daniels Farm.
 Miss Mary Roache has returned to MT Toucey's.
 John French is out after severe ill., ness.
 Mfr Tolles spent Sunday in Long Hill.
 Mrs Frank sherman has chickens two weeks old.
 J.P. M. Thornton is spending few days with his family.
 Prayer meeting, next Tuesday even ing,with Mrs Harvey Hurd, beginning at
 The old folks whist club met with MT and Mrs John H. Beach, Tuesday even ing, 21st; every member represented The club does not believe (with the ex- ception of one member) in following your own horn,r but as in the future he will do so with great pleasure 10 himseii if not to his family, it will have 70 be ov- erlool<ed. First prizes were taken by Wilmot c. Wheeler and Mrs Stephen C.. Beach. c. M. Bennett covered himself with glory; the efficient manner in which he played whist cannot be excell- cd for that end of the game. He certain Iy ought to be able to blow his own horn in the future; If not, members of the club say that they will render him all the assistance he may require. Needless to say, he captured the booby prize. After partaking of m elegant lunch, the hour waxed late and all departed for their homes anxious to try 1t again. - F. s. Shelton butchered a Jersey Red Spring pig which tipped the scales at J75 pounds.
 Mrs Albert Coan has returned from Shelton and is much better.
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BLOOMFIELD.

John Elwood, sexton of the Congrega- tional church, has resigned.
 Died, 2lst, Mrs Sophia Jackson, 72. Funeral from her late home at the Iron Works on Thursday.
 Elmer Northrop is acting as selectman, since the death of MT Thornhill. MT NorthrOp was elected by the minority party but, until now, has declined to act.
 Miss Gill of Brooklyn is guest of Miss Ella Stuart.
 St Paul's Guild social meeting at the house of James Lee, Wednesday evening. School in Whisconier will begin, Mon- day, after being closed five weeks, with Paul Jones as teacher. Miss Flora .Barnu'n of Danbury visits her sister, Mrs J. Lee.
 Mrs Booth Jackson, who was with rel ativcs in Sherman, died there, Tuesda } morning, after q brief illness. Charley Jackson is home from Bethel
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DIAMOND HILL, BEDDING.

Miss Lydia Rowell of Easton visits her sister, Mrs B. s. Boughton.
 l.. B. Benedict lost his horse, last week. While on the way to Danbury, the horse dropped dead on Coal Pit hill.
 Miss Lucy Bates was married, last week, to MT Benedict of Norwalk. They will reside at Mrs Benedict's old place here.
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ROXBURY,

Miss Nellie Potter of Stratford visits Mrs Dr Pons.
 The Congregationalists and Methodists hold union meetings. MT and Mrs Hill suffer with the grip.
 Mrs Gibbs, who has been at MT Lew is's, has gone to Bridgeport. Orlando Lewis is confined to the house with rheumatism and can only go about on crutches.
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HUNTINGTON.

Annual meeting of the old cemetery association at the secretary's, Edward J. Buckingham's, Thursday evening, 30th, at 30. A full attendance is desired. Next card party at MT Hooper's, Fri day evening, 31st. Miss Anna J. Thompson has been at home caring for her mother, who has been sick.
 W. s. Hooper has been in Bridgeport, this week.
 The Union agricultural society held it's annual meeting at the fair grounds on the 18th and elected officers as fol- lows:
 President, r. ". Wheeler of Monroe. Vice president, Irwin s. Coan of Trumbull.
 Secretary, Stephen T T.Palmer ot Huntington. Assistant, Stiles NJ. Clark of Monroe.
 Treasurer, David s. Clark of Huntington. Directors, Alex Sinclair, ,Jr, Louis E .Beards- ley, Hobart E. Beardsley of Monroe; Lewis J. Shelton, D. T. Beecher, E. s. Hawley of Hunt ington; Sherwood M. Brinsnnade, Frank l.. Wheeler, W. x. French of Trnmbull.
 The society is now s9s5 in debt, the re- ceipts for last year, $1451 73, having been SS2 IL less than the expenses.
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F. w. Platt writes to the BEE from Hopewell that mistake was made in the report of the Ferris-Clark wedding in stating that F. w. Platt and wife were among the guests, as he is not married. The BEE begs pardon, but hopes that he may yet find his life mate.
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the bride had tastily trimmed the church with evergreens. In front of the plat form. a large massive arch of eveIrgreens was erected and, suspended from this. was the trusty horse shoe, studded with beautiful and varied coIored carnations. The church was darkened to exclude the daylight and the lamps beamed out their happy light upon the scene. Er- nest Sherman and William Patchen were ushers. At just 3 90 o'clock, while the organist, Elmer Joyce, played the we'd ding march, the bride and groom, pre- ceded by the ushers, came up the aisle and soon, standing beneath the lucky shoe, Rev Mir Robertson pronounced them husband and wife. The bride was dressed in handsome garnet velvet cos tune, while the groom wore black. It was pretty wedding and, despite the chilly winds, a large number of guests were present. MT and Mrs Penny will make their home in Bridgeport.
 Miss Ettie Hull was guest of Eugene Botsford in Bridgeport, Sunday.
 Mrs Nance is victim of the grip.
 Mrs George Osborne and daughter An nie visit her father, Beach Wayland, in Bethel.
 Miss Grace E. Jennings of Greens Farms has visited her aunt, Mrs D. Os- l borne.
 George Lyon has returned to Bethel, busy making hats.
 John Summers has bought handsome antique oak New Home sewing machine of c. E. Osborne.
 | A fine photograph of the exhibit of the New Home Sewing Machine Co. at the Paris exposition, 'S9, is on exhibition at the post office. This company received the gold medal, highest award offered. Over their beautiful exhibit floats the stars aud stripes.
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Nellie Bly, who is being sent around the world by the New York World in an attempt to beat the time made by Phil eas Fogg, the hero of Jules Verne's inn aginary ''Tour of the World in Eighty Days," is expected to report at the World office, Friday night or Saturday, barring accidents, having consumed 73 days. She rushed across the continent at the rate of a mile minute, acting as engineer herself part of the way. The World has received G00,000 guesses or time required to complete her journey and will give free ticket to Europe, o1 it's equivalent, to the lucky guesser.
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STEPNEY.
pENNY--NIcHnLs.

Albert Penny of ridgeport and Miss Jennie Nichols were united in marriage, Wednesday afternoon, 22d, Ut the Meth pdist church. rhe young lady friends of
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BERKSHIRE.

Travis kenworthy was called to Pough- keepsie by the death of cousin.
 Clarence Minor started for Chebanse, H., Tuesday morning.
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Miss NJ. V. Nolan having returned tt Newtown, W. F. Banks is again nigh operator at BotsfOrd.
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A colored porter now passes through cars on through Housatonic trains, pre- pared to serve lunch at reasonable pri- ces to all who desire.
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Thomas Donovan and Patrick Mclner- ny haul silica to Newtown station for Michael Lynch, who lives near the tnn- nel.
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Mrs Robert A. Clark is quite sick; Dr Williams was in attendance.
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Miss Carrie Skidmore of Bridgeport visits friends here.
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A New York paper states that the fun eral of Rev George N. Saunders was at tended at his home there, Monday. Four eminent clergymcn were bearers and the interment was in the family plot at Greenwood. It will be remembered that Mir Saunders spent last Summer at Mar GUS Camps, Mount Pleasant, and occas- | ionally assisted Rev Mir Hoyt.
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WHITE HILLS.

the shelter Sohn Hanley put up for his choppers and will occupy it in the Spring.
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VIEWPOINT LOCALS.

Mrs Barnett and her little boy Francis are with her sister, Miss Ann E. Black man.
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William l.. Terrill gave dinner to 10 or 12 Newtown friends, last week.
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Silas F. Fairchild has been unable to work for two weeks.
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A new barber is on duty at J. H CostellO's Glen house.
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MT and Mrs George B. Ferris have re- turned from their wedding tour.
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Something over a year ago, Frank Clark, colored man who once lived in Aaron SanfOrd's house, left, with hls wife and child, to go South. They were stopped because of the ravages of yellow fever, but Clark deserted his family and disappeared. They returned to Newtown and have lived in various parts of the town, Mrs Clark supporting herself and child as best she could. They are now living near keane's button shop, Bots ford and are said by neighbors to be des- titute. A second child was born not long since and both, the elder not three years old, are left alone in the house while the mother seeks work. The babe is kept from harm by being fastened in- | to kind of hammock attached to the walls, but is uncomfortable and hardly safe when left alone for hours. Neigh
 bors have assisted as long as they fec able and now think that aid should be
 given the family, or the children taker
 to the county home at Stratford. The
 matter will doubtless receive proper at
 tention from the authorities.
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Mrs Nathan G.Shepard is quite sick.
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Although the sudden cold weather gave the grip a check, there is still an unusually large number sick in town. All physicians have been rushed with calls and Drs E. NJ. Smith and D. P. Richardson have had hardly time to eat or sleep. Their horses are worn and weary of the struggle over many hills and bad roads.
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George l.. Youngs and family have moved to Brooklyn.
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now he will remove the big chimney from his house and repair it.
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We have a full line of Overcoats and Listers and at prices that are surely attractive.
 While come merchants "kick" if they have a big stock of Over coats on hand at this season, we do not, as we can, with pleasure, show late buyers a full assort- ment and at prices that will take the breath out of all competitors.
 These Overcoats must go and if LOW PRICES will do it, we will dispose of every garment before Spring.
 Come and see our lines. You are welcome, whether you buy or not, at
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WnnnRuRY

Born, a son to ". N. Bradley.
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STAMFORD.

The choral society is to give concert February 10.
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Ladies' aid society at Mrs Ebenezer Fitch's, Thursday evening; about 45 present.