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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
VETERAN LAWN. CONVICTED.
The killing OF SInttrry Pronounced to
Murder In the Second Degree.

Murder In the Second Degree.
VIM. Lawn. the one-armed veteran who
killed Michuel Slattery by slashng his throat
with razor In drunken row In Brooklyn O
few months ago. WAS convicted Yesterday in
the Court OF Sessions Of murder in the second
degree. The quarrel was caused by Lawns
persistent singing, Of familiar air, which was
objectonable to sl%ttsry om When tsa slattery at,
picked UP a razor. and. opening the blade with
Els teeth. held slattcry against the wall with
which he held In his left hand. two or three
almost Instantly. Lawn contended that no
acted In self-defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
1AMMANY HELPED 100 YEARS AGO,
And Will Help Again to Celebrate Chris-
TOPPER Columbus.

TOPPER Columbus.
The Tammany Society met last night and
installed its sachems. all Of whom were re.
elected. Among the absentecs were Hugh J.
Grant Charles NJ. Clancy. Thomas F. Gilroy.
William F. Clark. and Charles Welde. Tho
snchems will meet next Monday and elect q
probably be permitted to hold over
smith f. Lane read an old magazine article
bus celebration one hundred years ago. and
how q statue was erected then, This statue
marble. Nobody knows what has become OF
this statue. On motion Of Mr.. Lane the no.
ciety resolved 70 promote. AZ far as possible.
ready contributed $4,000 for this purpose,
which will be collected BY personal subscrip.
ton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13

Oscar Edgar of 20 West Sixty-frst street,
while riding his bicycle on the West Drive.
opposite seventy-socond street. last evening.
was thrown from his wheel with such violence
as to render him unconscious. Park Police
man Doyle called the park ambulance. which
sides several severe Commissions he was found
to be suffering from conclusion OF the brain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
MARY FELL WITH THE BABF
From Platform to Platf0rm or the Fire e.
cspe Until the Baby Was Killed.

cspe CnVl inc haby was Killed.
Mary and John Biggio. 8 years and IA
months old respectively. played on the FIRE es-
cape platform in the front OF their home on
the NTH floor of s3 Mulberry street yesterday
afternoon. Boards were laid on the trap to
her little brother in her arms when she STUN.
bled and displaced the boards. Both children
fell directly through the traps in the three
platforms below them the boys head striking
op the edge OF each. At the lowest platform
Mary caught, but the boy fell to the pavement
and was Killed. The girl was only slightly
bruised,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
FOUND DYING IN THE STREET.
sandsuist Was In the Habit OF Prescribing
for niuseif-Took Arsenic This Tiae.

6andqulSI Wa IN t"e ""UN OF TTebcrIbibE
Tor Hinseir-Took Arsenic This Tiae.
F. sandquist, retired shoe manufacturer.
"a years old. left his homo at 30S Floyd street.
williamsburgh. yesterday morning. telling his
wife and three daughters that no would re-
turn in time for dinner At 9 o'clock last
night the poIce found him lying on tho side
walk at West and Kent streets. Greenpoint,
Apparently IN great pain.
He died halt an hour later In st. Cathsrine's
Hospital, the doctors say OF arsenical poison.
mistaken tho arsenic for medicine. He had
neen aiiing for nearly two years. and was In
the habit OF prescribing Tor himself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
Mayor Grant on Ms Way Home.

Mayor Grant will probably be at his office In
the City Hall on Monday next. He left tho
City OF Mexico on Monday, and will start from
on sunday night
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
tn. AI,..ixht License Co..,tt...

Tho committee Of the Board Of Aldermen
which is to pass on the disposition of applica-
lions for licenses for an might saloons organ
lied yesterday afternoon with President Ar
mold as Chairman, Alderman Brown as Vice.
Chairman. and Alderman Mead as Secretary.
The committee decided to meet at 3 o'clock
every Thursdsy afternoon to receive applica-
tons for all night licenses
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
A Small Fortune on Ais Farsi ana He
Didn't Know It.

WILKEsBARRE. May 12.-John Boettchsr. an
old German OF this city. committed suicide
this morning by shooting Two months ago
he sold n small farm for a nominal sum. A
week ago coal was discovered on tho land
which increased its valuo to $4,000. The
discovery Of this fact so preyed on his mind
that lo became partially insane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-13
Twcnty.ssven Residences BurneA 4. s.van.

SAVANNAH. May 12-Fire to. nj ght destroyed
twenty-seven dwellings ON Hunting ton. Hab-
ersham. and Price streets. including several
OF the finest residences in this city. The loss
is oyer 100000
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A Good Thing for the Country.
HEARINGS nsd ,nnsn hasau Cbsrrv Cordial a.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
SOUTHPORT.

Benjamin F. Bulkley has put in Os- good platform scales of five-tons' capac- ity.
 Lightning struck Benjamin +. Bulk ley's new 22x44 barn and, before any one could get to the barn, it burst into a seething mass of flames. The bolt struck about 10 15, last Friday night and burned so rapidly that but one mule could be saved, it's mate being burned to death and valuable horse almost snffo- cated with smoke, though finally got out of it's box stall alive. The barn held three tons of hay, half ton of straw, % bushels of oats, two sets of double har- ness, three single harnesses, one new buggy, blackboard and one new spring wagon. The only insurance was $45O on the barn, which was new and worth about 5000. MT Bulkley keeps dupli- cate of his wagons and supplies at an- other barn, but mourns especially the loss of his mule, having refused $700 for the team a short time before. It was remarkably gentle, faithful team. MT Bulkley will rebuild at once. In l5 years, his dam has been carried off four times and he feels that he has borne his share of ill fortune.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
EASTON.

Charles Gilbert, the mechanic, has been sick.
 Mrs George Sanford of Bedding recent ly visited Mrs Walker Bates.
 Relatives from New York are with Mrs Joseph Jacob.
 John Peck entertained a friend from Birmingham, Sunday.
 Miss Wandell of Bridgeport returned home, Friday, after weeks visit with Mrs Chauncey Wakeman.
 Miss Della Ellis of Stratfield is with Mrs Charles Silliman.
 Two dogs, one yellow shepherd, the to Edson Banks of Stratfield on his Eas- ton farm, Sunday night.
 Albert Perry and wife of Turkey hill are spending the Summer with their daughter, Mrs Henry Cornell.
 Owing to the extreme heat, last Sun day, the attendance was small at the Con- gregatiOnal church. Those who were present report an excellent sermon by Rev MT Jennings of Bedding.
 Miss Louie Turney spent few days with her sister, Mrs Beard of Oronoque.
 The Munson Banks place near the Gen. ter, owned by Bridgeport parties, was to be sold at auction, this week.
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TRUMBULI,.

Mrs George Bouton has been at Mer- wins Point with her daughter for her health, but does not think that she has received much benefit, for it was warm there as we'll as in Trumbull. Mir Bou- ton and Mrs l.. A. Hawley have also tried the salt breezes of Merwin's Point.
 The receipts from the lawn parties of the ladies' aid society were $36 2s. The outlay was SIP 09, leaving balance of $24 19 to add to the bank account.
 Miss Aida H. Hawley is at Fife's cot tage, Merwin's Point, for a couple of weeks, guest of Mrs R. I. Tolles of Ho- boken.
 And so the old bell has left the steeple of the Congregational church, where it has hung for so many years and solemn ly tolled out deaths. Again it has rung in the merry chimes of good cheer. Itis hoped that, when the new bells deep, sweet tone is heard for miles around, that all will know it's meaning, as it says, "Come, come, one and alp and a large congregation will be the result.
 William Parks got kicked by his horse on the knee.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
FAIRFIELD.

Mrs James Barker entertained friends from New York, last week; also Mrs Bradley Nichols of Bridgeport.
 Charley Orr is home from years trip at sea.
 E. H. Knapp attended the Presbyter- ian Sunday school picnic, Both.
 A. Nelson has commenced marketing his early sweet corn.
 Mir and Mrs R. B. Knapp received 8 visit from MT and Mrs William E. Hall of Wallingford, 23d.
 H. s. Knapp has new buggy.
 R. B. Keapp picked ripe tomatoes, ,25th. The Holland Heights new school house is nearly finished. E. Smith is rushing the work with six men.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
WHITE HILLS.

Misses Jennie and Carrie Curtis enter tained guests from out of town, this week.
 Sheriff Barrett and wife were Sunday guests at George Drew's.
 Mrs Charles Thompson is spending a few weeks with her father.
 Services in the church promptly at II. Charles Johnson gives good Gospel ser mons.
 One of the most pleasant events of the season was the birthday surprise party given Mrs Mary E. Drew at the residence of her son-in-law, James l.. Glover, her 72d birthday. According to previous ly arranged plan, all her children met to congratulate her upon the happy return of her son Charles from the West. He has been absent for several years, but came from Dakota to be present at the family reunion and birthday celebration. The out-of-town guests were Sheriff Bar rett and wife, his son Vessie, wife and baby, the baby being Mrs Drew's only great grandchild. One of the most not able features of the day was the photo
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
The Mothers Gift.

INES WRITTEN BY A MOTHER IN HER sol
 BIBLE Remember, son, who gave thee this, When other days shall come; -+-- When she, who had thy earliest kiss, Sleeps in her narrow home. Remember, twas a mother gave The gift to one she'd die to save. That mother sought a pledge of love, The holiest, for her son; And from the gifts of God above
 She chose godly one; She chose, for her beloved boy, The source ot life, and light, and joy; And bade him keep the gift, that when The parting hour should come.. They might have hope to meet again ~ In her eternal home; She said his faith in that should be Sweet incense to her memory. And should the scoffer, in his pride, Laugh that fond gift to scorn, And bid him cast that gift aside That he from youth had borne, --. She bade him pause and ask his breast If he or she had loved him best. A parents blessing on her son
 Goes with this holy thing; The love that would retain the one Must to the other cling: Remember, 'tis no idle toy, A mothers gift; remember, boy!
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
DEERFIELD.

Misses Edith and Lottie Burr of Brook. lyn have visited their cousin, Cora
 Miss Hattie Jennings is expected to teach the school here, the coming term.
 Miss Ida B. Walker of Rye, N. Y, wis it's Miss Alice Nichols.
 Died, July 22, Alice May infant daugh- ter of MT and Mrs G. W. Norton, aged two weeks and five days.
 A very pleasant evening was spent, last week, at the house of Elihu Burr, music being the principal attraction. There were three violins, violincello, ban jo and piano, Miss Lottie Burr of Brook lyn favored the company with the banjo.
 MT and Mrs Edward Brotherton spent Sunday in Weston with relatives.
 MT and Mrs Ernest Stowe and son have visited Reuben Stowe of Bridgeport.
 Charles Green and friend of Monroe spont Sunday at George Norton's.
 Mrs Clark R. Nichols, who has been quite i'll, is able to ride out.
 Mrs Harriett Bonnell of Brooklyn is visiting her aunt, Mrs Elizabeth Bradley.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
BRIDGEPORT.

W. E. Pleadwell, in charge of the plat ing of Holmes S Edwards, is soon to leave and start silver plating business of his own in company with James E. Camp.
 Dick Bradshaw is canyasser and su- perintendent of mailing and routes on the Morning News. Dick is hustler.
 Sunday, July 24, very pleasant sery- ice was held at Walnut Beach, Milford. Rev Henry M. Sherman of St. Pauls, Bridgeport, 0fficiated and many were present from the various cottages.
 The Mechanics and Farmers savings bank held it's annual meeting, Monday afternoon and reelected the former off, cers and trustees. This bank has now about $l, 300, ,000 in assets and has gained very rapidly in the last few years. Ow- ing to careful management, it has met with no reverses. The officers: Presi- dent, D. N. Morgan; vice presidents, John l.. Vessels, David Wooster; trus- tees, s. c. Kingman, George ". Peck, Carlos Curtis, H. c. Coggswell, J. w.. Knowlton, L. s. Catlin, Chauncey Nor ton, D. B. Lockwood, l.. F. Curtis, ME. Morris, F. B. Hall, George H. Zink, An drew B. Curtis, Erwin c. Sanford David B. Booth, George W. Fairchild, Good win Stoddard, Edwin Strickland; secre- tary and treasurer, l.. s. Catlin.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
ANSONIA.

| Dr Hitchcock's dental rooms will be closed until September l. Many of the milkmen complain of short feed. The continued dry weather makes good many lawns look brown.
 High Rock grove is being we'll patron | ized by Ansonia, this season. Hardly a day passes but some party go there. The Baptist and Immanuel churches picniced there, last week. The road on the west side of the river, which has been dreaded by teamsters be- cause of the sand, is receiving coat of gravel foot thick; work begins near John Kings and ends at E. L. Hotch- kiss's place.
 Phelps & Bartholomew started up on Monday, July IS, after two-weeks' vaca- tion.
 Rev J. Nelson Traggitt exchanged pull pits with Rev MT Alcott of Marketable, last Sunday.
 The new shoe firm of Staub SS Robin son are placing the entire old stock on the market at great reduction in prices to make room for carpenters and paint CTS.
 It has been decided by the teachers and officers of the Methodist church to hold picnic for the small folks at Wallace's grove, Saturday afternoon, August 6. All are invited.
 The bath room at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms is open for all. A small fee is re- quired of those not members. For the week ending July 16,there were 69 bath CTS.
 J. A. Bristol and family are at Mer- wins Point.
 Miss Lena Fenn of Washington has been with her uncle, w. B. Blackman, since last Winter, attending the High school. She will enter the Normal school at New Britain in September.
 The town voted, 24 years ago, to lay concrete walks on North Main and Lib erty streets. The work is now being done. This is hardly fair sample of Ansonia's public spirit.
 Arthur Bristol is acting as a supply on the mail delivery force.
 R. Randall Davidson has furnished the Concordia society of Seymour with full line of Rogers table ware.
 Bronson & Barnes are building resi- dence at Shelton.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29

New York, last week and attended the Democratic notification demonstration.
 The next time Newtown people and others go right away over'' to the Dan- bury fair by carryall, they will find a beautifully macadamized road as far as West street goes. West street, as far as Division, is now a thing of beauty. Rev MT Teagarden of the Disciples church takes vacation in Ohio. Even- ing services are temporarily suspended, except lay meetings.
 The St. James (EpiscopaD people gave a sociable on the lawn of their new pur- chase, the late residence of L. s. Bene- dict, Wednesday afternoon and evening.
 Rev pr Van Alstyne of Norwalk preached in she Methodist church, Sun- day.
 A little daughter of MT Plue of North street, in playing about hat factory, got hold of some chrome yellow, some ot which she got in her stomach, from the effects of which she died, Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
The Significance of the Y. P. S. c. E.

I wish I could speak to the churches in America and I would say to them, Do you not see that at the heart of this is a great revival of primitive Christianity What has been done has not been to put new life into men and women, but to take off that which obstructed and for bade their life. When 1 was young man. it was not decorous for young man to pray in public and it was utterly out of the question for young woman to pray in public. Conventionalism for bade the expression of spiritual life. The Christian Endeavor has taken of that prohibition and given life the right to express itself. The pledge is criticis- ed, the pledge binding every member to speak for Christ. But the only way you can say may is to sometimes say must. A great duty is sometimes the only door to great privilege. We could not have any Sunday rest, if there was not great law written in our members, Thou shalt rest And this awakened sense of obli- gation has brought with it the sense of a great privilege and given to those who have taken this pledge a great liberty. I would say also to the churches, Do you not know how many young people have been kept from Christian work by the creeds? They were obliged to be- lieve they did not know what, they were obliged to profess doctrines that they did not understand, before they could be re- gardcd as Christians. The Christian En- deavor knows only two conditions of membership: First, I believe I am a Christian; and, secondly, promise to do something for Christ. That is the bond which binds these societies together :; that ought to be bond enough to bind the church universal together. What a revival of spiritual enthusiasm if all the churches were to accept these two as the sole conditions of membership and invite to their fellowship all men everywhere who believe that they are Christians and who desire to do Gods work in the world, leagued together in one great bro rotherhood, each speaking his own ex- perience, each living in his own way. each working out his own method. but all united to a common end and animated by common purpose !-[Lyman Abbott.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
GREENFIELD HILL.

The Y. P. s. c. E. is planning an ex- cursion to Glen Island.
 Misses Jennings and Wakeman have returned from Summer school.
 Band of Hope meeting, Saturday at 3.
 Misses Emogene Whitaker and Lena Hutchinson have visited in East Bridge port.
 MT and Mrs George K. Wilson and family and Mrs William M. Wilson and son of Columbus, Ohio, spent Sunday with Mir and Mrs Lloyd Sherwood of Greenfield Hill, their cousins.
 Mrs William M. Wilson and son are to spend some time at Mrs Sherwood's. MT Lawrence and son from New York have spent two weeks at D. R. Browns. Sammie Lawrence is still at Mir Browns.
 Miss Susie Hubbell of Bridgeport has spent a week with her grandmother, Mrs Sally Hubbell.
 Miss Annie Parrack of Easton is also with her grandmother, Mrs Hubbell. Fred Durham is very sick with rheu- matic fever. William Gardner and family are spend- ing few weeks at Mrs Gardner's old home, Uriah Perry's. Oliver Burr had family party, last week, including his two sisters, Mrs Skene of New York and Mrs Donaldson of Greenfield.
 Mrs Wilson Sherwood gave a tea party, 20th. Among the guests were Rev and Mrs Duinkerke. Mrs Thomas Craik, who has been quite i'll, is improving, under the care of Dr Durham. s. c. Bradley and wife, with com- pany of Bridgeport relatives, were among the Saratoga excursionists, Mon- day.
 Arthur Warehouse had the misfortune to injure his hand, while helping unload hay with hay fork.
 One of z. B. Bradley's hired men was overcome by the heat, Monday.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
BEDDING.

Mrs M. l.. Fanton was guest of Mrs M. Lyon, last week, at Leoni Farm; also of Mrs Sophia Banks.
 Rev Mir Hallock walked to Bedding Ridge, last week Tuesday. Wednesday morning, Rev A. Swan and he walked to Newtown, where Rev G. T. Linsley join ed them on tramp.
 MT Deborga and family, with friends from New York, spent the day at Kens- ley's point, the grand old beach, for sea bathing, and getting clans. On their re- turn, a thunder shower caught them. The driver, c. Workman, owing to the darkness, was obliged to put his horses and carryall in the barn of Mrs M. S.. Fanton and the jolly load repaired to the house until the storm was past.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
STEPNEY.

Mrs D. B. Fayerweather was once Lucy Joyce, sister of John $. Joyce. The other members of the family are Mrs Mary Lounsbury of Beacon Falls, Charles Joyce of Poughkeepsie, Joseph l.. Joyce of South Egremont, Mass, Mrs Anna Amelia Reynolds of New York, Mrs Rufus M. French of Trum- bull, Mrs Ephraim Doolittle of Bridge
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
DIAMOND HILL, BEDDING.

Miss Phebe Selleck visits friends in Beaver Brook.
 A beautiful night blooming cereus unfolded it's waxy petals before a de- lighted audience at Mrs Edgar Fields on Sunday night. It certainly might be cal led the:queengof flowers. @
 Miss Grace Boughton is guest at Dewitt c. Bradley's.
 The church will be opened as usual, next Sunday. c. F. Luther supplied the pulpit, last week.
 Miss Mattie Field visits her cousin, Mrs James Blackman, West Bedding.
 The family of Charles Day have moved into their new home.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
WESTON.

Miss Parkington of Georgetown has been guest of Miss May Hamilton.
 Mrs David Godfrey of Naugatuck is here.
 N. B. Johnson is recovering from his late illness.
 Miss Louise Jarvis took a trip to Brooklyn, N. r., last week.
 Misses Alice Fitch and Carrie More house have visited in Bedding.
 Miss Louise Rockwell entertained her sister from Wilton, last week.
 Eugene Carver is still quite poorly, having suffered with inflammatory rheu- matism for nearly five months.
 k. K. Fitch will teach the Upper Par ish school for the coming year.
 Mrs Hawley Williams has entertained her sister from Redding Ridge.
 Mrs Edson Turney of Easton has been caring for her parents, who have been i'll. : The schildren's Try society held a fair at the house of Mrs William E. Smith, Wednesday evening.
The Newtown bee., 1892-07-29
The Hittites.

News has just reached the Johns Hop kins university through private sources that the hitherto unfound key to the Hittite inscriptions has been discovered by clever young scholar in Germany. whose name is withheld for the present. Similar achievements of not less import ance have been made before this by persons no more conspicuous-as for example the unfolding of the secret of the Assyrian hieroglyphs by school master at Hamburg named Grotefend, who accomplished the task oD wager which had reference to his skill in work ing out ciphers. This-if the informat- ion quoted is correct-is the third great riddle of this sort that has been solved during the past century. The successes obtained in deciphering the Egyptian in- scriptions and the cuneiforms of Babylon have already thrown a bright light upon a third mighty empire of the past, which now bids fair to leap into historical view from out of the darkness in which it's memory has been shrouded.
 Respecting the empire of the Iittites, about whom so much is said in the Bible, practically nothing was known until within few years. The Egyptain and Assyrian inscriptions, however. when they came to be read, were found to be filled with references to them and ac- counts of their doings, together with many portraits of them, both painted and seulptured. From these data, it has been learned that they were great mili- tary power, nation of warriors, whose country extended from the Euphrates river to the 1Egean sea. So strong were they that the Pharaoh who ruled Egypt at the time of the exodus was obliged to treat with them on equal terms and to them as an equal. They were of light complexion and shaved their heads partly, wearing pig tails and having long thin moustaches like the Chinese. Their eyes were slightly slanted and their facial angle was oblique. They wore queer peaked hats, fingerlcss gloves md boots with exaggerated points that ,urled upward toward the knees. Cur ously enough, precisely such boots and