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save a simple assertion of his innocence

! save simple assertion of his innocence.
| Old NJ. Thibault was weeping like child.
| NJ. Michaud, who had always liked the
| young fellow, and whose heart even soft
| ened to his old friend in his affection, was
| very much moved. The prisoner only was
calm.
All was over. Nothing more could be
| said. The final proceedings were about to
! be taken, and none believed that the priS-
| oner could possibly escape the sentence of
| the law, when suddenly there was stir
near the door, and the crowd parted to ad-
| NIT two persons who forced their way to-
ward the bench on which the justice sat.
One was a lady closely yelled. The other
| peasant girl. evidently her maid.
| AT the sight of the pair old Michaud
| started to his feet. Before she threw her
vail back he recognized his daughter Ro-
| sine
| The prisoner also uttered a low cry; dis
regarding them both, the girl advanced
| toward the justice, whom she knew by
sight. Ignorant of ali forms Of law, she
| only thought of saving Theodore. whose
motive for silence she quite understood;
| and. fearful lest she should be TOO late, she
spoke at once.
Sir" she said, 81 have come as witness
for Theodore Tnibault l know how he
met with his accident, and know the mo-
tive for his silence. Ii Is for my unworthy
sake that he allows himself TO be mis- judged
1t was to meet me in my fathers garden
that he climbed the stone wall from which
he fell I saw him fall and my maid
Nannette-and We are ready with our testi-
mony."
Old Michaud gave cry and started for
! ward Old Thibault also uttered an excla-
nation as he sprang to Michaud's side
I'VE might have known" he said. We
were young once"
The miser. re-exanined- owned TO the
fact of having been insensible for some
time, and confessed that he did not see the
faces of the robbers, and Theodore Thibault
WAS free again. But now that he was free
and now that she had done her duty, the
consequences of her disobedience awaited
Rosine. She stood trembling at her
fathers side. but he did not look IN kindly
on her.
Sir he said TO old Thibault, whatever
we may think Of each other, your son is a
brave and loyal gentleman"
Sir" said Thihsult, II cannot but es-
TEEN the father of so brave and charming
young lady"
There is but one thing for Us 20 do"
said Michaud
But one" said Thibault, extending his
arms.
Thereupon. in good old French fashion,
the two men en- braced each other, and ali
went home together 70 Michsud's house,
where the marriage contract was once more
made out and signed. and an early date Set
for the wedding OF Rosim and Theodore.-
New York World
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HONOREO BY THE IROQUOiS.
A White Woman Takes Part in the Six
Nations Councils.

Nations Councils.
The other day the chiefs Of the Iroquois
invited Mrs Harriet Maxwell Converse, a
we'll known authoress of New York city, 10
take part ir a council of the Six Nations.
Mrs. Converse is the first white woman
to whom this distinction has been extend
ed since the death of the celebrated Mary
Jamison, who. in 1755, when thirteen years
of age. was taken captive by the Iroquois,
lived with them seventy years, was an in
terpreter and chronicler OF the events in
their history, and twice married to promi-
nent chiefs, left at her death seven chill
dren, " hose descendants are now numerous
among the New York state and Canadian
Indians
On the occasion of Mrs. Converse's pres
entation TO this Six Nations council it had
met to prepare remonstrancs against the
New York assembly bill No. ga, which
had for its object the abrogation OF the
treaties existing between the Indians and
the United States. At these governmental
couneils-the highest courts OF the Indians
the president of the Six Nations, who Is
also the fire keeper" of the Onondagas,
presides. AT this special meeting the On
ondagAs, Senecas, Tuscaroras, st. Regis,
Oneidas and Tonavanda- Senecas were
represented by their head chiefs and sa-
chems.
On the morning this council was called
a runner or delegate was commissioned to
notify Mrs. Converse that she was invited
70 the council. Accepting this unusual
honor, che was conducted by the runner, 3
Seneca chief, to the council room, and was
received by President SAchem Daniel la
Fort, who, recognizing her as Seneca, by
adoption, presented her BY her Indian name
-Ga-yah-nis-h a oh (the bearer of the law
to the delegates assembled, at the same
time requesting that she might have the
right TO counsel with them 1hereupon .
national vote was taken. she was uAAui-
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50 aandered i. il eighteen months
With the aid OF swiadling guardians be
had gotten I'D OF about 500 00o in securing
an education" and i was not altogether
bad one, for he Travelled ali ever Europe
and southern Asia aud can speak and write
English, German. French and Italian With
auency. and can also talk modern Greek,
Turkish, Arabic and two or three oriental
dialects with tolerable ease His father
WAS a Greek. who acquired fortune ia
Egypt There he married a native woman,
and this youth vas born in 1858. The
father dying when Abide Vas child. the
after Eas educated n France, where Ia
sooEs high rank as 3 scholar II 1884 be
obtained permission 70 serve a. q arse in
the Egyptian expedition, aud after lhs:
Travelled 10 india
IL was in Septe moeF. lsss. that he became
Of age. and frai settlement with his guar
siians le.t him with A2s5.O,e II the Cred.s
Lysn1sis bank a. Alexandria he COW
nas fine collection OF l. o u and other
claims on sporting men 20 show for X II,
never inquired about hls account. oEt drew
e. he waited the cash, until ihe baak uotE
fed him that ne was done for" Faad4ax
lie could 10. collect ceat lie did no. sat
iown and pine. 6aS TOOK sseeraz- yzzs&gs
for The United States OF coslr=se . usAn o.
such intelligence ard 50 thorough an -l2-
ration Will po. remain ? mere water !o3g
aud n America il j. quite possible that La
may win larger fortase than tG.A& = 5lcs
&c -sluzn6~-~1
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A faint voice renIied to her:

! Give my love to your mistress. L am
! not much hurt, but it will be the best for
! me to 90 home now. | think there has
! been some noise"
And then the two girls ran indoors, Ro-
/ sine in terrible state of agitation. She
/ knew that Theodore had been more injured
than he would confess. And this indeed
! was true He had broken his arm, and
/ felt deathly faintness creeping over him.
! His one hope was to manage to get far
| enough from the house OF old Michaud to
! prevent any suspicion of the manner in
which he had met with his accident; and at
the first turning he left the street and hur-
/ ried on, hoping to procure some assistance
| before he lost the power Of speech and mo-
/ ton.
At last, amid the darkened windows,
| he saw one in which light buried.
Drawing nearer, he saw that the door
stood open and heard some noises within.
His strength was nearly gone. He made
use of what remained to stAgger under
the doorway, and fell prone at the foot of
the stairs just as an old man in a night
gown, with a candle in one hand and a
poker in the other, rushed down them,
shouting at the top of his voice, Thieves!
murder Help! Police police'
This old man was Pierre Blanc, a re-
puted miser, who had just before Weakened
to find two masked men in the room, one
of whom held him while tae other plum
dered his cash box. After much strug-
Cling he had succeeded in dealing one of
the rascals heavy blow with cudgel
which he always kept under his pillow,
and had been knocked seuseless in return.
ha ~ sol he N
feet darkness, and it had taken him some
time to strike light; but, 10 his great
ioy. when he had done so he found. as he
supposed, one of the robbers lying wound
ed on the floor of his house.
The old mans shouts soon brought As
sistance, and he told his story, as people
usually do, in manner which reflected
most credit upon himself.
He declared he had defended himself
against both robbers, and wounded one;
And there he lay, the rascal before them. 1"
But this is Theodore Thibault, the son
of old NJ Thibault," cried one of the as
sembled group. He Is no robber, mon
sieur.''
Nevertheless. it is all as / said" de-
clared Pierre Blanc.
And on his word the poor wounded The
odore was carried TO prison.
1t was some time before he understood
the charge that had been made against
him. but when he did he at once formed
noble resolution. Suffer what he might,
shame, imprisonment, whatever it might
be, be would guard Rosine's honor. No
one should ever know that it was in en-
deavoring TO meet her alone at midnight
in the garden OF her fathers house that he
had met with this accident.
The day Of bis trial came at last. The
court was crowded Pierre Blanc was
ready to swear TO his story. The police
men and neighbors were witnesses 10 the
fact that Theodore had been found lying
insensibIe at the foot of the mlser's stair
case on the night OF the robbery.
The prisoner himself hao only his posi-
ton and good character in his favor. Not
Q word would ne utter n his-own behalf
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RESULT OF AN INTRIGUE.
Marriage of the Principals to the AHairs
A Romance of wron<doia<.

Marriage of the Principals to the Attain
A Romance of wrongdoia<.
What an innocent looking little wedding
notice Is this which recently appeared in
several New York papers:
SANFoRD-LASSCElL- Monday. March
- BY Rev. J, c. McInerney, assisted by
Rev E u Grant, Nathan H. sAnso-S, ~
Adele T.. daughter OF w b. LassceEl
One cannot but think Of the blushsng
maiden, the orange veil, the stalwart young
groom and the proud father looking on.
IL must have sprsined n strong thinker To
get it up, for things are not what they
seem in that sweet little notice Adele
was a divorced woman. Nathan II. a d.
vorced man: her ex-husband Is convict,
his sx-wife a sort of rcclusc and the proud
father" IS the man who arranged this Lass
wedding
Henry " Jackson and Nathan II. San
ford are cousins. and when they married
their wives became quite intimate. Cough
the Jacksons lived in New York city and
the Sanfords in Goshen, y. Y. All at once
il was observed that jackson was troubled
He drank heavily, and in October. iss7, be-
ing then cashier in the sub-trnasgry. ha
ahsconded with 5000 Everybody won-
dered that he did not take 81. ooo. 900. as hs
EASILY UaNt QNEc- anu AQN i0d<
afterward Mrs. Sanford, of Goshen, on tho
advice of the family lawyer, had a do
tective take notes of her husbands doings
while in New York
That detective had aa easy job. Mr. San
ford went often TO a certain elegant house
Of retirement, and yelled lady went there
At the same time. She was easily identi-
fed. One day they left the house together,
and on the steps were thus accosteds "Ah,
good afternoon, Mr.. Sanford; good after
noon, Mrs. jackson" The gcnslemsgly
detective bad used the right words. Mrs.
Jackson broke down and there was a scene
Mrs. Sanford's divorce followed as a mat
ter Of course. and Mrs. Jackson went To
her fathers and into retirement for tho
time Jackson was next persuaded 20 re-
turn, and was sent TO the prison at Buffalo
for six years.
Then Papa IaSscell set his wits 70 work.
Adele went 10 South Dakota. and in few
months got q divorce from the convict.
Mr.. Sanford went somewhere and got di-
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SaMcienf Proof.

What a pity it IS that pretty Miss
Money bags is going 10 marry TIA. homely
Gashington"
flow do you know she is going &c marty
HIM"
Because have the most positive assur-
snces from her that they are not engaged"
~ niseA
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did fairly well in
getting rid IF
$4,000 on on G
race track; but
they have a recent
rival in Alcide j.
Y ad orc, now a
waiter in a New
York Bow err Y
restaurant. II g
couldn't run q 8
long as the others,
al b g only b a d
a D out $500, 500
left when he came
of ave hut 3
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ing the bill No 544. which as a consequences
uaS aduaruelx rennrfAd or sskillcdn hv ha

ing the bill No. G4, which as a consequences
was adversely reported or killed" by the
assembly committee on Indian affairs.
In q stirring address Mrs Converse re-
cited to the council the rights and wrongs
of their people for the past 100 years. aD-
pealing to the Indians TO stand fast to-
gether and endeavor for a while longer to
remain the possessors of the lands of their
fathers. The adoption of Mrs Converse
into the Iroquois nation is considered BY
the Indians bond as sacred and legal as
If the tie was one of birth and blood.
Mrs. Converse, by adoption agreat-grand-
daughter Of Red Jacket, claims an inherit
ed right TO the honor. The naming and
adoption by the Seneca Indians of her
grandfather took place in 1872, AID Of her
father in 1894.
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uon, wa gone

in due tine the ors ~as removed
from BENEATH i;s curtain q water,
brought 70 the Pelican sampler and sod.
II rsn 47s ouncss Ia sslver 70 ever ton.
and - there was little more taan fys
tons. y car he readily calculated ihzs
god pay was received for the s.es1 los.
:: night -DeRvsr NnEs
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MI1l!{61seE5gle
A GRAVE IN CHRIST CHURCH, HANTS.

Turning from Shelley's sculptured face aside,
And pacing thoughtfully the silent aisles
OF the gray church that overlooks the smiles
OF the glad Avon Fastening its tide
To Join the seaward winding Stour, spied
Close at my feet slab among the tiles
That paved the minister. where the sculptor's
files
Had craven only "Died Of Grief" beside
The name of her who slept below.
Sad soul!
A century has fed since kindly death
Cut short that life which nothing knew but
grief,
And still your fate stirs pity. Yet the whole
Wide world is full of graves like yours. for
breath
OF sorrow kills as oft as frost the leaf.
Oscar Fay Adams in Youths Companion.
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View stabse< for ths accorn nnaztsea -
10 ho-sez are 20 - bziit 3. SAratogz's rae
cogrsc.
Decay Higglns tie Canadian hors@nnsn,
hAs bought the as;sd gray jan p.ag gsldins
I4nguts., u IAt,.e.oa. oos q s5r1y stri-
JslGson II Clark stAIison 6sorz- Vel
!ngtSr, fail brot ter 70 sS5nSl. : les us@s "A
rs book for - flea daughter u Rel
Wike.
Rgmo- E2s il fhss p :. Dx1isi-. ! =
Bard. " n Prszddea ze' james y.
TE-n~- Of Lansing Me-. s-s tflsnKtaz Of
oz-Giaz ate saz.z-S4 .Escx u .4-A. e..s.
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SOUANDEREO A FORTUNE.

The Exceedingly Rapid Career OF .
Wealthy Egyptian.
Goal Oil Johnnie astonished the world
by scattering cash at the rate of Sc, 600 or
more per month and Jubilee" Benson
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Taen Baby was sar&, We gave her CAssorA
when she was a Child, she cried for Castcrla
When she became MIS-, she CHING to Casfnria,
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MRS JACKsoN-SATHAS SANFORD.
yorce. which allowed him 20 marry again,
a. his wite's New York divorce did not.
The father guaranteed on one side and pre-
scented dread alternatives on the other. and
80 Adele and Nathan are now unitesi.
To crown all, and make the play come ont
r. it ought TO. all parties. with many ia
fuential friends and politicians. are conf
bined To secure panlon FOR Mr. Jackson.
and with bright hopes OF success. and
SO old folks. young folks. ro.ues and all.
join hands 50 happy at the curtains fuli
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

Mrs Celissa Seeley has been sick, but
is better; DIR Rankin attended her.
Rev Mr. Bradley occupied the Congre-
gational pulpit, Sunday morning. His
text was from Matthew vi, %, "Con-
slider the lilies of the field, how they
grow
Miss Carrie Seeley of Monroe has WIS.,
tied Mrs A. Munson.
w. III. Hall will speak in the Congre-
gational church, next Sunday morning,
in the interest of the Connecticut Sunday
school association.
C. T. Downs, c. A. Hotchkiss, S. j..
Wakelee, G. B. Fairchild bearers at Mrs
S. W. POSTS funeral.
Mr. Barto has been fixing d. c. Platt's
mill.
Mr. and Mrs Mix Bradley are poorly.
G. B. Fairchiid trapped three wood
chucks in February; they were fat.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06
WOODBURY..

Judge Huntington was absent, last
week, at court at New Milford.
NJ F. Shelley has received the appoint
ment of assistant superintendent of the
capitol under Comptroller Staub.
A farmers grange has been formed un-
der the leadership of our old friend, o.
E. Cartwright of Cat Swamp district.
The Woodbury. Creamery Co. expects
to commence business about April /.
The former proprietor of the Parker
House, A. w. Chapman of Danbury, was
in town, last week.
Fred Linton has returned to the shear
shop.
Mrs Mary Huxley of Waterbury has
visited her sister, Mrs Emily j. Benham.
DR. Thomas NJ. Bull, one of our Wood
bury boys, now practicing in Naugatuck,
was married TO Miss Clara B. Chapman
at her home in Pittsfield, Mass.
The pancake and hash supper given by
the ladies of Woodbury. North was well
patrOnlZed.
Abernethy B. Stone and F. NJ. Hollis
ter attended the common pleas court at
New Milford as jurors.
Fred A. Pritchard has gone to work on
Long Island.
Jesse Minor and wife of Waterbury
have visited his mother, Mrs Cornelius j.
Minor on Washington avenue.
R. H. Baldwin has been home for
few days.
The lecture of Col Copeland on. What's
to hinder was interesting and well at
tended. The next and last lecture, an IL
lustrated one by Prof Bolton on sI.ands
Of the midnight sun, : next week.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

A number of farmers attended the milk
producers meeting at the town clerks
Office in the Brick building, Saturday af-
ternoon. In the absence of the presi-
dent, z. S. Peck, John b. Peck presided.
The constitution and by laws of the new
Union Milk Co., lately received by the
secretary, d. G. Peck, were discussed
and some what criticized. A few were
willing to take stock, but desired further
information. The secretary was instruct
ed to write to the general secretary for
further particulars. The meeting ad-
journed to meet Saturday, March z, 1O
m, at the same place, to hear the report
of the secretary.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06
BETHEL.

NJ. A. Leppert, j. Il. Wixted, A. Gil
martin, E. j. Bell, J. Halpin, L. Doran
are committee of arrangements for Eu-
reka's grand sociable at the Nichols opera
house, Friday, April 3.
Lady jefferson council, No. 20, were
proud to entertain Danbury Daughters
of Liberty and initiate four candidates,
last week. A special meeting was held,
This week Wednesday evening.
George w. Roe was in New York, Sum
day.
Rev III. l.. Slack's pastorate proves its
usefulness and popularity by its fruits !:
Ia were received into the church, Sum
day, on profession of faith and three by
letter.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06
sTEPNEY.
Notice Che contest at stepney Depot.

Notice the contest at Stepney Depot.
A recitation contest win be held In
Lower Stepney school house, Thursday
evening, March II. A gold dollar will
be presented to the successful contestant.
Good speaking and good music will make
this most interesting and enjoyable oc-
casion. Admission Zoe, children half
price. Ii the weather should be unfav-
orable,it will be postponed to Friday. II
both evenings prove stormy, postponed
until further notice.
Mrs Agur Beardsley has returned. at.
ter weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs
David A. Nichols.
Edwards s. Beardsley is getting out
200 ties, Joe Busser doing the hewing !;
he il also hewing $50 for Miss Julia War
per,
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

A sensation was caused in the Fayer-
weather will contest at New York, last
week, by Henry d. Vaughan, one of the
executors and residuary legatees by the
will, stating that he, with Thomas G.
Rich and Justus l.. Bulkeley, the other
executors, relinquished any claim to the
residuary estate. As this was consider
T. ed TO be worth from 100000 to $l,-
I. 5OO. 600, the Importance Of their action is
apparent and knocks the bottom out OF
! the contest.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

Though the recent appeal from pro-
bate. in the matter of the Elon Booth
will contest, has been fully settled by
the withdrawal of the appeal, which, af-
ter the will had been sustained in the
Superior court at a cost of several thous-
and dollars, was taken to the Superior
court of errors, the estate is by no means
settled. There is now pending in the Su-
perior court a suit for about $4,000, in
which Gregory, Ballou & Co. of New
York have sued to recover money which
they had invested on margins and for
which Elon Booth was surety. The case
has been brought into the short calendar
term, and several amendments have been
filed by the prosecution, whose local at
torneys are Davenport & O'Hara, while
Beecher of Newtown and Brewster of
Danbury defend the case. As no busi-
ness can be done in the Superior court in
March because of the Wordin will case,
which will not be finished for weeks, and
as there are other preferred Will cases to
come on at once, this case. which is a
court case, will not be reached before
Fall. Several claims, which will be
brought before commissioners, are also
pending against the estate.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06
SOUTH BRITAIN.
MRS S. w. POST.

"
After severe sickness of about two
weeks, Mrs Post, once Miss Cythera M.
Hollister, died at her home at Benefits
bridge, last Friday morning, having suf-
fered with virulent type of pneumonia.
Mrs Post was 63 years old. Because OF
the dangerous illness of the stricken fam
ily. not one of whom washable to follow
the body to burial, no service was held
at the house, but Rev Mr. Robinson OF
the South Britain Methodist church and
score or more of friends were in at
tendance and Mr. Robinson conducted a
brief service at the grave in South Brit
ain. Mrs Post came to Southbury as
bride more than 30 years ago. Mr. Post
making her acquaintance while in busi-
ness in Bethel in his early manhood.
Her aged father shared her hospitaDlc
home. from which he was laid at rest in
our quiet Gods acre years ago. Besides
the husband, so sorely afflicted by her
death and the sickness still in the house,
hold, she leaves a son George, daugh-
ter Miss Lillian; and sister, Mrs Heat
on of Indiana. In the years since her
coming among US, many have learned to
love her as true woman, whose every
act spoke of heart actuateG by purest
motives. Not only in the family circle,
but in the community at large, will her
death cause an aching void.
The floral offerings of Gala lilies and
hyacinths in church, Sunday, were fully
appreciated.
George Stoddard and family have re-
Gently moved back to the Purchase, after
living in Seymour for two years. Mrs
Stoddard's parents will be glad Of theil
company in their declining years.
George Wcntsch is on the sick list.
Glad to see Dea Mitchell out to church
again. as nothing but sickness keeps hin
at home. Sunday,
Mrs G, I,elioy Mitchell and daughter
baye recently visited New Haven friends
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

No man was ever appointed to high
office who has had SO much said by men
and papers of all parties about his good
points and SO little about his bad as
AsCharIey' Foster, recently appointed by
President Harrison to fill Secretary VIM
Mom's vacant place and there is no gain
saying the popularity of "Calico Char
ley" as ne used to be called when early
In his career he sold cloth in his dry
goods store.
The Newtown bee., 1891-03-06

Rev Mr. Linsley preached at st. Johns,
New Milford, last week Wednesday even
ing. The next evening, he was announc-
ed to preach at Emmanuel church, Ly-
on's Plain and went to Westport, but, as
no one met him, probably on account of
the severe storm, he returned to Bridge
port and heard Bishop Talbot.