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the contest for prize speaking, which
will take place at the Town hall, Friday
evening, 10th. There will be prizes OF
the boys and girls and an interesting oc-
casion is expected. The judges include
Mr. Simonds of Bridgeport, Mr. Hurd and
a New Haven professor. Admission Zoe.
Selectman Robert w. Curtis, the Sec
ond Republican on the board, surprised
all by handing in his resignation, few
days ago. To a few intimate friends,
Mr. Curtis had limited, some time ago,
that he had thoughts of resigning, but
he has not divulged the reasons for this
step. He will be missed by his colleagues
on the board and by the public at large.
Rev j. S. Ives conducted prayer meet
ing at the Putney chapel, Tuesday. This
prayer meeting, established in 1882, has
been kept up with undated interest for
nearly three-score years and meetings
are still regularly held on Tuesday even
ings. A prayer meeting is also conduct
ed at Oronoque school house, Sunday ev-
ening.
The Evening with the poets," given
by young ladies of the Congregational
church in the lecture room, was well at
tended and an admirable success in every
way. The ice cream was early disposed
of. The program included readings by
Mrs Cogswell, Miss jennie Smith, Mrs
Delacour, Miss Amey Il. Taintor; sing
ing by Miss Jennie Booth, Miss Rowell,
Miss Ona Curtis; tableau, "The old fire
place." May Peck, Miss Curtis, Pauline
Stagg: Marguerite Cogswell.
Children's day will be celebrated at
the Congregational church, next Sunday,
by sermon to children and baptism in
the morning; in the evening, there will
be Sunday school concert, for which a
fine plan has been arranged.
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NEwTowN, JUNE 12, 1891.
FAIRFIELD.

Evidence to prove that John Il. Dono-
van has persistently violated the bylaws
of the board of health, by bringing
into the town garbage from Bridgeport
without permit, has been placed in the
hands of Judge Glover, town counsel,
who prepared complaints and issued
writs for the arrest of Donovan, against
whom criminal proceedings will be insti-
tuted. His crime consists in taking pigs
to the Smith farm and hauling garbage
to them, beginning after the last meeting
of the board of health, when, with but
one dissenting vote, permission to do
this was refused him.
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DEERFIELD.

Miss Alice /. Nichols has returned
from a three-weeks' visit with her broth
or in Cohoes, N. Y.
Mrs George w. Norton has visited in
Sheffield, Mass.
Miss Laura Dowd has returned from a
visit in Bridgeport.
Mrs +. M. Carr and Miss Cora Burr
attended the IIoag-Burr wedding in
Brooklyn, Wednesday.
Miss Leila Higgins of Massachusetts
is with her sister, Mrs G. w. Norton.
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GREENFIELD HILL.

The Band of Hope observed the first
anniversary of its organization by hold
ing lawn party and basket sociable at
the home of its organizer, Miss Sarah E.
Hopkins About 30 participated in the
festivities. While the little folks reveled
in outdoor games, the children of lar
ger growth worked with nimble fingers
indoors, lacking bed-quilt, whose blocks
had been pieced by youthful members of
the Band and showed good taste and
good workmanship. The assigning of
lunch baskets formed an amusing feat
ure, for the boys, who paid five cents
apiece for the baskets, had small idea of
whose lunches they had purchased.
However, the adjustments seemed entire
ly harmonious. The baskets were taste
fully trimmed and their contents were
inviting. After supper came music and
croquet and, about dusk, the company
separated, leaving many thanks and
hosts of good wishes for Misses Hopkins
and their mother, who had done so much
to further the enjoyment of their guests.
Miss Susan w. Nichols has arrived in
Greenfield, where she will spend most of
her Summer.
The monthly meeting of the Greenfield
Hill library association will be held at
p m, sharp, Monday, June %, 1891.
There will be several new books there.
The annual school meeting of the Cen
ter district was held at the Academy,
Monday evening, June s. Simeon Pease
was chosen committee and treasurer.
Remember the Children's day service,
next Sunday, June IA, at 3 p m. A pleas
ant program may be expected.
Miss Louise Plumley was in town, last
Friday.
Principal f. III. Baldwin of the Fair
field school will repeat his interesting il
Illustrated lecture, "Stanley's Emin Pa
sha Relief Expedition" at the Congrega-
tional church here on Wednesday even
ing, 18th. Doors will open at Is p m,
the lecture to begin at 8. Admission 25c,
children l5c. The proceeds will be de-
voted to the Greenfield Hill library and
the cause should insnre full house.
But the lectureitself is both entertaining
and instructive, Prof Baldwin's account
of Stanley's wonderful career being Illus
trated with beautiful views of African
exploration.
Officers Arnold and Cronin have made
an important find in the Luddington-
Brown case. While in Jail, Luddington
confessed to them that he and Brown
committed the Capt William Bradley
burglary and added that, afterward, fear
ing that their house might be searched,
they buried one of the pots stolen from
Capt Bradley, which seemed to be mark
ed peculiarly, under wall near the
house. Arnold and Cronin, after consid-
cradle work and deal of digging, Mon
day, unearthed the pot, which has been
identified by Capt Bradley. This is
most important find and, with Ludding-
toms statements, seems convincing proof
against Brown, who will be tried in Sep
TENDER. 1t ought also be sufficient to
ensure long term for Luddington, If,
when his sentence of eight years expires,
the State attorney will try him on this
serious charge. Arnold and Cronin have
worked this case up very cleverly.
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sionary meeting at Saratoga, last week.
Carl Feininger and his violin pupils,
with Mrs T.. Sterne Wheeler TO sing, will
give concert at National hall, Tuesday
evening, Odd.
Married, Monday, June /, Frederick nj.
Newell to Miss Martha E., daughter OF
Henry NJ. Hendricks of Cranberry
Plains.
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WESTPORT.

Willis 5. Lees is making cotton wick
and twines at 36 Harrison street, New
York.
The senior class Of the Staples High
school will give their class exercise at
Assembly hall, Tuesday evening, 10th.
w. G.. Staples has moved his family
into the house with his mother.
N. S. Kirk is in charge Of building the
100000 sanitarium at the Compo place,
the foundations of which are ready.
Rev Mr. Backus attended the home mis-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-12

4 GIANTS make 100 PER CENT net on my
"A Corsets, Belts, Brushes, Curriers', and Al edi-
cine Samples free. Write now. DIR Brldg-
man, a7i Broadway, New York
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AsPETUCK.

Friends of Rev and Mrs t. e. Gilbert
and Miss Eva are pleased to see them
among US for few days.
Mrs Hardy and son, who have visited
Mrs Mertie Gould, have returned home.
Miss Jennie Hoyt, who has visited her
aunts and uncle, has returned to Ridge
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-12

When so warned of the impending or
existing disease, they know something
must be the matter with them, but
what? and what kind of medicine
should they take to rid themselves of
the pains and discomforts?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-29
Foreign INTELLIGENCE.

NEAR Buena Ventura, Mex. John T.
Moulton, an American, and Lanado
Rodriguez and Antonio Nentro. Mexi-
leans, engaged in a desperate fight and
all were fatally Injured.
The car of Russia has given s.
600. 900 rubles from his private purse
for the relief of the famine-stricllen
people
ANTI-SEWITrc riots were reported at
Tchernigoff. Russia. in which thirty
Jews were killed, while five hundred
persons suffered either in person or
property.
REPORTS say that Russia had sur
rounded Constantinople with troops in
sufficient number to leave that city
practically at The mercy of the ear.
The firm of W. II. Allen x Co. book
publishers in London, failed for $50,
COO The house was century old.
A MILITARY train WAS passing through
the town of REM. in Bessarabia. when
bombs were thrown on the line and ten
soldiers were killed and six seriously
injured
ON the Nolra passenger steamer
was destroyed 10y fire near Rybinsk and
seven persons persisted in the flames.
JAMES MURRAY. eX-United States
consul who had lived in St Johns,
y. Z, since his retirement from Office.
committed suicide by blowing his
brains out Financial trouble was the
cause.
AT Annoy. China, cholera was cpl
demic. hundreds of people having died.
including many English and American
missionaries.
THE minister of agriculture has asked
the governor general of Canada to is
sue proclamation prohibiting the inn
migration of Russian Jews To the do
minion
The three children of John Cum
mings, a farmer living near Penetan-
guishene, Ont. set fire to their home
and persisted in the flames
THE floods undermined several build
ings at LanouN, France, which subse-
quently collapsed. and twenty inmates
were killed and nine other persons were
buried in the debris.
fIRE swept away the town of Mierin-
gen. Switzerland. containing 5000 in
habitants
MANY of the rivers Of England were
out of their banks as result of two
weeks nearly continuous rain and
great damage had been done.
BY collision of two British vessels
in the English channel nineteen lives
were lost
NEAR Moirans. France. fifteen per-
sons were killed ana fifty seriously
wounded in railway disaster.
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was to be married to Miss Lucy Locks
ley, and. hurriedly eating his supper,
Detective Ferret made his way to the
church in which the marriage cere-
mony was to be performed He was
just in time. as the minister had al
ready begun the ceremony. All eyes
were upon him when he walked down
the aisle, as he was known there, and
when he placed his hand on the would
he bridegroom's shoulder aud said:
Clarence fitzgerald. / arrest you for
the murder of your wife. Agnes Fitz-
geraldf' there was a sensation in the
church and the bride that was to have
been, Ley LoclSsley. tainted
The accused man grew pale, and his
knees shook.
''What do you mean he gasped.
why do you call me Clarence Fitzger-
aldp''
because you are he promptly.
''oh, ! have everything down finel IL
was your brother Thomas who was
hanged by mob. in Colorado by mis-
take. thinking II was you. you being
" ius. You made your escape. came
east. and. impersonatiug your brother.
took his place. Your wife learned your
secret. and. learning also, that you
were To be married TO this young lady,
she visited you here. some four months
ago. to warn You not to marry. You
poisoned her. carried her 10 the railroad
track. where she was found next day.
and then. thinking that your sins
would never find you out, you pro
ceeded with your nefarious plans. 1t
is lucky for this young lady you did
not succeed +"
Clarence Fitzgerald weakened. and
confessed TO all Everything was just
as the detective had said. Ills brother
had been hung through mistake, by a
mob, and he had conceived the idt of
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THE EAST.

THE wooden mills NJ Glendale Mass.
were destroyed by fire. causing a los
Of s200. O01-
THREE fishing schooners with their
crews of thirty-siN men were reported
at Gloucester. Mass. a. lost
BY the wrecking of the schooner Red
Wing. Of Noank. Conn, loo miles be-
low Lewes. Del. the entire crew OF
nine persons were lost
orr Gurney Point. Mass. the schooner
franklin was wrecked and Capt. Kelly.
his two sons and three men were
drowned
Is New York the 125th anniversary
Of American Methodism was cele-
brated with appropriate services IN
the old John Street Methodist Episco-
pal church. the first church of that
denomination established IN this coun-
Try.
THE six day bicycle race in Madison
square garden. New York. was won by
Martin. of Detroit, who made I. 400
miles. LrealIiI z all records Six of the
fourteen starters we're in at the finish
AT Connellsville. Pa. John Mattel
a striking miner. cut a vein in his fin
ger and fed his babe on blood to keep
it from starving.
GEORGE HEmECKEB. a farmer. who
was supposed TO have died two weeks
ago near Erie. Pa. of heart failure,
was found To have been burr alive.
Il the building occupied Y the New
England Preserving ComU5-ny IN Bos-
ton fire caused loss of SIOJ.0OD.
II billiard match between George
Slo>son. of New York. and Jacob
Schaefer. of Chicago. for purse OF
81 600. the former won by a score OF
5 ID 10 5 2.
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For the murder Of Rose Bray on
March 2s last Adelbert Goheen was
I hanged at Fergus Falls. Minp.
THE boiler at John Quigley's sawmill,
near Glasgow. Ky, exploded and six
persons were fatally hurt.
IN Terre IIaute. Ind. "Aunty"
Badly cele brated her lO2d birthday.
An incendiary fire at Topeka. Kan.
destroyed the livery barn of J. E.
/ Grouse, and ten horses persisted Ia the
I flames.
IN the libel suit of Ignatius Donne lly
against the ST Paul Pioneer Press fcr
+ Si0O.oO damages the jury brought in a
verdict giving Mr.. Donnellv one dollar.
j. WILLIAMS * %. s planning mill. a
row of tenement houses and barn
containing dozen horses were totally
destroyed by fire at Bowling Green.
Ky.
ALONG the Wolf river and its tribu-
taries i'm southern Wisconsin fires had
destroyed over $4,000 tons of hay, and
farmers would have To sell their cattle
to prevent them from starving.
SARAH PRAETER and Lucy Jewett.
of Paris. ILL.,. blew out the gas in ho-
tel at Terre IIaute. Ind. and were as-
phyxiated
FIRE destroyed eighty cars loaded
with 1000 bales of cotton at Birds
Point, Mo-. causing loss of 500, 600.
AT Columbia, Charleston and sum
merville. in South Carolina. severe
earthquake shocks were felt
Al Omaha. Neb. burglars blew open
the safe of the street railway company
and secured loo
On James IIarper's stock farm at
Paw Paw. H.. buildings were fired by
an ineendiary and ten valuable horses
were burned
OWING to ill-health Ralph Cunning
ham. aged 81. son of one of the most
prominent business men in Fostoria,
O.. threw himself into the furnace of
his fathers factory and was fatally
burned.
THE death of Miss Nancy Gish oc-
Cured at Chillicothe, O.. aged 90 years.
She had been a bedridden invalid for
fifty years. and forty years ago made
the shroud in which she was buried.
IL the works of the gas company at
Louisville, Nv. boiler explosion
s started a uFt WHICH caused a loss Oh
nearly $500. ZOO and the fatal injury of
William Adams
DIRECT outpaced Hal Pointer at
Nashville. Tenn, in three straight
heats in 300 POS. 2:Os2, the fastest
time ever made in pacing race.
WILLIAM KnPATRIcK and Frederick
Himkens farmers. were killed by a
Panhandle train near GAINESVILLE. o.
IN Oklahoma territory forest fires de-
stroyed the town OF Cimarron City.
and in the surrounding country hum
dreds of farms were swept of houses
and barns
AT Evansville. Ind, the Franklin
street car stables We're burned and
seventy mules persisted in the flames.
a MOB took Lee Green (colored), who
murdered the wife and child OF Farmer
Lowe near Queen City, Tex. from jail.
fastened him to a tree and burned him
to death.
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/ New York city Here he lost the
trail Il was very mysterious and
complicated affair bat. determined
now 70 sift the matter to the bottom.
Detective Ferret took mp the trail of
Clarence Fitzgerald, He traced the
scanegraec to Denver Col. al
thence into tine wild mining regions II
the interior After con-iderab Die trou-
BILE ne found man VINO hal known
Clarence. and from him learned mueh.
/ Having some money when he came
there. fitzgerald began gambling Be
ing unlucky at this. and losing all, he
got three or four ronghs 10 90 with
him. and he began robbing stage
/ coaches and their passengers. He kept
this up for a year, and then. falling
into the hands OF the yigilantes, he
paid the penalty Of his crimes at the
end of a rope.
This much the man told Detective
Ferret. aud something more. as we'll
something that pleased him very
much.
Back to Somerville. now. the detect
i've went, and he took up the trail Of
Thomas Fitzgerald. just As ne expect
I'd. he found that a year before
Thomas had visited Colorado. and had
been gone three months. This. with
ais other information. the detective
thought sufficient and armed with
warrant for the arrest of Clarence Fitz-
gerald. he again visited Somerville.
lie reached there at SIX O'Clock on
he evening OF the day that Thomas
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WEST AND SOUTH.


At Nashville. Tenn. Direct defeated
Hal Pointer in three straight heats.
pacing the second mile in 2:O9i4. the
best time ever made in a harness race.
At Sioux City, Ia. bridge over the
Missouri river gave way while q drove
of cattle were crossing il and seventy
of the animals were drowned.
Is the building occupied by the Ok
idized Acid Company at Cleveland, o..
flames caused loss of 500. COZ
THE nnveiling of monument to the
late Henry W. Grady took place at At
lanta. ia.
TIE courthouse at ChildresS. Tex.
with al the records of Childress and
cendiary fire.
FLAMES at Lancaster. Ky. destroyed
the opera house. FIVE business buildings
and five residences.
\ STABLE near Nashville. Ind. was
burned together with four horses
worth $1,000.
AFTER an idleness of seven months
the Anaconda mines and smelters at
Anaconda and Butte. Mon. were re-
opened. giving employment to 5000
men.
JAMES MERCER express messenger
Of the Denver & Rio Grande Southern
at Telluride. Col was shot and killed
by Mr.. \. W. Watson. who then took
her own life
Is baltimore. Md. !. II. Schone.
Baltimore county. and two other clerks
were Indicted for emhezziing $4,000.
FREI0HT trains coliided on the III
inois Central near Milan. Tenn, setting
the adjacent forest on fire. causing a
loss of sos. 900
THE death 81 John Shortell occurred
At Little York. lnd-, aged Ioe years.
\ THRAsHtNG machine boiler eX-
ploded at Mayville. y. y. killing six
men and BADLY injuriug two Others
II session at Cincinnati the typo
theta. of America elected u. O. Shep-
herd. of Toronto as president
IT was discovered that Eugene r.
Garcia. aged - wears. and for twenty
six years paying teller of the Louisiana
state bank OF New Orleans, was IA de-
faultcr t. the amount of $4,000.
TIN failure az the Bank of Lewis
burg Tenn. was reported. with iiabil-
tiles of $50. 600: and assets Of $4,000.
FUEF destroyed the village Of Animas
Foris>. Col
AT >icuN Falls. :. u The United
States CRANE jury returned eleven in
dictlnents aglin-, officers OF the LOuisi-
ana lottery.
II the Michigan family living near
Columbus Ind. peculiar disease has
developed Each member of the fam
lily with the right eve can see "a great
a diStanc. as j. possible with a tele-
scope. sshile with the left eve they can
not recognize objects across the street.
Ar Hampton. Va. Robert Jordan
icoloredl was hanged for assaulting
Mrs. Moore. white woman.
II a collision Of freight ira n GA the
NOrthW estern railroad near Lake CITY
Ia. two brailemen were killed and two
engineers fatally injured.
Al the age OF - years Philip stein
metz, life prisoner at the Pen.tentiary
in Columbus O., died Of heart ia. lure
lie had been in prison twenty-siN wears
HIGHwAYMEN hell up Georg G.. Nc
Nulking. a farmer living near Aliaond.
Wis, and robbed him OF s,,,e0J.
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The News Of the Week.
BY rELEoRAPH ANp MArL.
FRoM WASHINGTON.

CHIEF HARRINGTON shows in n Spe-
cial report ON the operations of the
weather bureau that on September 30
there were over 1000 weather signal
display stations in operati n. and in
addition there were over 1920 volun-
tary observers reporting to the weather
bureau
IL his annual report To the secretary
IF war Mai Gen. Sehofield recon-
mends the reorganization % the army.
lie also recommends that the enlist
ment of Indians be continued.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 23d aggregated
81. 2i3. l56. PSI. against 81. l70. III, 353 the
previous week. The decrease AS com
pared with the corresponding week OF
1890 was lI.6O
THE United States would. it was said.
demand full reparation of Chilli for the
recent attack upon the crew of the
steamer Baltimore at Valparaiso.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven DAYS ended on
the 23d numbered 249, against 25g
the preceding week and 225 tor the cor
responding week last year.
THE sixth auditor of the treasury for
the post Office department in MS last
report shows that the postal revenues
of the year ended June 80. 1881. were
So. 93l. 7S5, against $50. $50. O95 in $3.50,
and the expenditures 81. 13O.6TS, against
$. 04S. 6l9 the previous year.
THRoUGHOUT the country business
was said to be remarkably active and
constantly increasing
MERCHANDISE exports from the
United States during September were
valued at So, So. $50. against SOS. 69S. 137
during September, 1890. Imports dur
ing September were valued at SOL. 5O3.-
900. against So. 9S9, 542 during the same
month last year.
DURING the month Of Septembe the
number of immigrants arriving in the
United States was -. zoo. as compared
with 5.45s for the sponding month
last year.
The commissioner of the Indian
bureau has designated Mount Pleasant.
Isabella county. Mich. as the site for
the third and last Indian industrial
school
LARGE mum nrg> 81 Autndmen were
said to be entering the United States
from Mexico
FIeJREs issued by the bureau of sta
tistics al Washington show that the
foreign commerce of tn L nited States
during the past year was greater than
any other year in the history of the
country.
SECRETARY or STATE BLAINE has re-
turned to Washington after an absence
Of more than five months. He was in
good health.
The government of the United States
through Minister Egan formally de-
mandeu PREPARATION from the govern
ment of Chilli for the attack recently
made in Valparaiso upon "A number of
the seamen Of the United States cruiser
Baltimore.
Is the United States the visible sup
ply OF grain on the Goth was: Wheat.
.4.644 255 bushels; corn. ,. SSl, 96S bush
els: oats. 4 44Ss53 bushels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-10-29
MARTINS GREAT RIDE.
He Wins the six Days Bicycle Contest in
New York, Gov ring I.iGG Miles and
Beating All Records.

He Wins the six Days Bicycle Contest in
New York. Gov ring I.iGG Miles and
Beating All Records.
New YORK. Oct 70. Half dozen of
the fourteen bicycle riders who started
in the big six day race will participate
in the S25. 900 gate receipts. that num-
Der having covered 1900 miles or more
when the race came to an end Sat-
urdav night Martin. the sturdy
little rider from Detroit. made
l.4b6 miles and laps, securing
first money. the other five being Ash
niger. Lamb, Schock, Albert and Boyst.
Six thousand cheering spectators were
in Madison Square garden Saturday
night. Martin came in for most of the
applause. Of course. not few un-
usually generous visitors throwing
bank notes al the plucky west
ern lad a he piled mile on mile
in his monotonous round. These Of
fering, were carefully harvested by
Martins attendants and will help
swell his part of the gate receipts. At
least ~. O00 of the income wilt be de-
Quoted for expenses. leaving $4,000
for the managers and riders. OF the
-. On0 for the contestants -, 900 goes to
Manager Tom Feb as his share. leaving
s., 600 to- be divided among the six rid
crs. ON the basis of -, p. Is. - 8
and ) per cent. the 50. 900 would be dis
tributed as follows: Martin, 50, leo,
Ashinger. y 800; Lamb, 500; Schocll,
500. Albert $3.50: Boyst. $500
Martin has slept but ten hours since
he started on his long ride, and has
been of the track but sixteen hours all
told Ashinoer his nearest rival, has
slept only twelve hours. but he has
been off his wheel twenty-six hours,
The final score is as follows: