The Newtown bee., 1891-07-31

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a reasonable price can be agreed upon. !
Robert Birch has finished work on Trim n
ity church, has taken down the scaffold-
ing and has been, this week, putting in s
the sash for the new stained glass win {
dows.
Rev w. III .Gleeson is expected to preach
in the Congregational church, next Sun
day.
AS the New York Herald recently re-
marked in an editorial, ''Rogues, as we'll
as the rest of us, are constantly seeking
some new and convenient way of turning
an honest penny; and Rev DR. Edmund
Guilbert of Trinity church has been vic
timized by one of the latest of these
schemes. A well dressed young man fire.
quents the boats running from New York
to Sandy Hook and picked up valises left
on seats or elsewhere by careless passen-
gers. At the last moment, the youth
walks off the boat, waving his hand to
wholly suppositious friend on the boat.
He invariably waits until the last mo-
ment before leaving the boat and the loss
is never discovered until the ship is I'M
der way. So frequent had these thefts
become, that, last week, policemen were
detailed to watch. They arrested young
man who gave his name as Henry Ham
lton and said he was respectable young
business man; the address he gave, how
ever, was fictitious. At police headquar-
tiers, the valise was searched and found
20 contain II shares of Nicaragua canal
stock, of the par value of $1,000 per share,
but worth really about 5000 in all;
blank form for will and other papers,
none of great value; some addressed to
Miss Edith Stone, in care of DR. Edmund
Guilbert, 80 West 10Th street and all bore
DIR Guilbert's name. Their value has
been placed at thousands of dollars, but
is estimated by DIR Gilbert at $500. The
valise and contents were retained by the
police as evidence against Hamilton.
When Hamilton was arrested, he wore
suit of clothes which had been stolen, a
few days before, and which was identi-
fled by the lawyer from whom they were
taken. Valuable papers in the same
: satchel were also recovered. A pile of
pawn tickets three inches high, repre-
tenting hundreds and hundreds of dollars
worth of stolen goods, was found when
the residence of the thief was searched.
DR. Guilbert is to be congratulated on re-
5 covering his property so quickly.
William Buckley has left the employ of
J Simon Banks.
The Mary Elizabeth sailed with her
+. day.
Rumor says that news has been receiv-
ed by local owners of Mount Wilson min
ing stock that car load has been sold
a for $1,000.
Elwood S. Hand is spending a fort
r night in Chicago, while Mrs Hand is at
! Robert Birch's.
A new assistant is employed by Baker
n Charles Oehmchen.
A we'll has been dug on the Chambers
n place at Osborne point by NorthroI
Brothers.
granted Rev B. A. Gilman by the Metho-
dist church and the pulpit will be filled
' next Sunday and the Sunday following
by theological students.
- Messrs Sherwood of Mill hill have fin
ished the berry season, picking the last
of their red raspberries, this week. Tho
= season has been very good and satisfac
tory crops of strawberries, black ahd rec
:, raspberries have been gathered.
Daughters of Mrs Charles Bulkley, Jr
of Portland, Conn, are at Mrs Charlie!
Bulkley's.
= Remember that the picnic of the Meth
n odist Sunday school will be held, thi
/, week Friday, at High Rock grove.
II Joining the Fairfield and other churches
the Southport Congregational church
n will picnic at High Rock, August 20.
II The yacht Estelle carried party tt
n st Johns landing, L. I. The party
II which consisted of six Southporters ant
: friends, passed an enjoyable trip and re
turned in three hours.
d Niels Winbarg and John Lawson at
q tended a Swedish picnic at Port Jeffer
son, last week.
II Crabs have begun to run in the creek
Born, daughter to Mr. and Mrs F. r
Smith.
! George N. Pike and William A. Pike
% of Brooklyn spent Sunday with theil
SO mother, Mrs Samuel Pike.
a Gus, the German deck hand on the Ma
% ry Elizabeth, has been laid up with 8
T bad cut on the foot, caused by stepping
on bottle. DR. Osborne took six stitch
q es in the wound, but Gus caught cold il
, the foot and found it necessary to have
it treated in New York.
:, William Odell, who has been home
!, with his father, sick, has recovered and
;. returned to his duties on the railroad.
The new hollow mast for the Ramona
has been received and was to be put in
: this week.
M. Mitchell reports hardly any starfish
on his oyster grounds and prospect for
fine season.
J. N. Spicer has bought a, bicycle.
j. f. Jennings, who, as general trav-
;, cling agent for the New York Sun, has
been in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
for some little time, is home on vacation
{ until August 10.
M V Woodward has sold the horse he