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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-10-15
Sinful Doings.

Edward s. Damn, the Buffalo, N. Y, bank
wrecker, kills himself to avoid trial.
1t may be necessary to employ troops to
quell the county seat wal at Culbertson,
One Miller, an outlaw in Texas, shot
the bloodhounds which the officers were
using to track him aud escaped.
Hon. George Wallace Delamater OF
Meadville, Pa. has been found guilty of
embezzlement in connection with the fail
December, 1890. The other Delamaters
were acquitted.
Fred Covell, found James Mooney drink
ing beer with Mrs. Covell at Chicago recent
ly. The wife ventured the excuse that
Mooney was q schoolmate of hers, but
with a beer bottle and fed. Mooney died.
Conductors on the Covington and Cincin-
natl street railway were caught enriching
themselves by resurrecting cancelled tickets
and turning them in again.
J. B. Moorehead, the theatrical manager
who:recently committed suicide in New
York it is claimed did so to fulfill q pledge
given to the suicide club OF which he is sup
posed to have been . member =
A verdict of plain suicide was returned at
Chicago in the case of Frank Mezick, who
met death from poison, in what seemed
suspicious circumstances, while in con-
pany with a woman who gave the name of
Mrs. Hathaway, of Cleveland,
An attempt was made to rob the Key
stone bank at Erie. Pa, recently. -Four
men entered the bank and, during a
struggle, one of the robbers shot Frank
Kempler, the assistant cashier. The me
fed without securing any money, but after
a hot chase, all were captured.
Charles Miller, mayor ofSouth Omaha,
and for twenty years agent for the Pacific
and American Express companies commit
ted suicide by shooting himselfthrought the
head. He had been acting strangely for
two days. No q can be assigned for the
deed, his accounts with the express COM
panies are all right.
Capt. John Williams. of the schooner A.
P. Bliss. has disappeared, says q Milwaukes
special. leaving Q letter In which he admits
that he ID an embezzler to the extent Oslo.
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John F. Kilbride Drowned.

For the third time within dozen years, the dark waters of the Pohtatuck have yielded victim, the body of John F. Kilbride, who had been missing since Sunday night, being found in the lower Rubber pond, Tuesday evening. The last seen of MT kilbride was on the Glen road, Sunday evening, with couple of other fellows. As Somers D. Croffutt went to his work, Monday morning, he found the missing mans hat by the side of the road on Gulf hill, north of Poh- tatuck shool house. Friends telegraphed to Jersey City, Danbury and elsewhere without success and, no trace being found, it was thought that he might be in the pond. Tuesday afternoon, search was made from the bank and Thomas Curtin dove into the water several times, but found nothing. After shop hours, William Egan and Thomas Curtin then took a boat and dragged for the body. They worked for time without success but, just as they were about to give up, the rake caught in something, which they raised from the middle of the pond and found it to be the body. It was lowed to the ice house and Medical EX- aminer E. M. Smith was sent for. He arrived about o'clock, after which the body was removed to his mothers home where he has lived, being unmarried and 26 years old. The body was swollen and face scratched, probably from the fateful fall down the high bank, which is some B or 40 feet steep. The theory is that Mir Kilbride was searching for his hat in the dark and rolled down the bank under the rail, being in no condi- tion, probably, to save himself after he once started down that sharp pitch. He has worked ill the belt room at the Rubber, running a sewing machine for stitching belts. Funeral on Thursday morning.
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asince word is thrall and thought is free Keep well the tongue, counsel thee"

The chief motive power for the ma chinery at the Worlds Fair will be sup piled by gigantic engine, to be furnish ed free to the exposition by the E. F. All lis company of Milwaukee. The engine will be furnished as part of the com pany's exhibit, upon d special contract providing that it shall be used for the motive power and that no other engine of equal size shall be exhibited. It will be an engine of the quadruple expansion type and will be of between 5000 and 4000 horse power. Compared with this engine, the big Corliss that was exhibit- ed at the Centennial exposition is almost a dwarf. In 1876, the Corliss was con sidered one of the wonders of the expo sition, but it's builder rated it at only HOO horse power, or less than half of the one being built by the Allis Company. The, Allis exhibit represents an outlay of $175, ,000.
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nearly 200 bushels and, Tuesday, 13t bushels. Tuesday, 70 bushels were pick. ed from one acre of ground by 90pickers in two hours and 15 minutes. He says strawberries are plenty and cheap and he likes to see people who are hungry for them.
 Mrs Brotherton of Bridgeport is with R. B. Curtiss for the berry season. MT Curtiss's berries are really magnificent, immensely large, sweet and luscious.
 J. H. Brewster, shelton, has visited F. ". Wheeler.
 Mrand Mrs F. w. Wheeler have return ed from Norwich and New London. Their eldest son, Frederic Brewster, was mar ried to Miss Anna Wait Latimer at New London, June 20, by Rev Alfred P. Grint rector of St. James, New London. After short visit in South Lyme, the young couple will commence housekeep- ing in Mount Vernon, N. '.
 Five painters are working at F. W. Wheeler's.
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WESTON.

Miss Eva Bedient has visited her sister at Norwalk.
 Mrs F. Weed of Norwalk is fer the Summer with her mother, Mrs Budd.
 Mrs M. P. Favor leaves for New Hampshire to visit her children. She goes by way of Boston to visit other rel atives.
 The program for Chi1dren's day was excellent and all the children deserve praise foa their success in recitations and song and Miss Hill for her interest in arranging the program. Collection about SC.
 Nine children were baptized, Children's day, Mrs s. $. Carver's three, Mrs P. A. Meeker's three, Mrs F. Banks's one, Mrs James Dikeman's one, Mrs Fred Ellen's one.
 A lively school meeting at Middle dis trict, Saturday evening. It was voted to re-seat, repair, paint the school house at a cost not to exceed $50.
 The ladies' aid society cleared about $l2 at their festival at Mrs Ferguson's.
 Miss Lottie Allen of Bridgeport has visited her uncle, Warren Casey.
 A number from Weston attended the wedding of Miss Nellie B. Wakeman and Rev R. B. Ulman of South Meriden. Miss Wakeman has the best wishes of many friends.
 Mrs Arthur c. Bradley and Miss Lillie Adams escaped serious runaway while on their way to Norwalk with a fiAe- year-old colt. the forward wheels com ing off in front of MT Crossman's. The nuts that keep the wheels on they found where MT Bradley laid them in the car riage house when he put in the shafts. Only delay of about l5 minutes and they were on their way as happy as ever. The horse was a recent purchase from Mark O'Mara at Wakeman Bradley's, Easton.
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Hartford's Female Seminary Reunion.

It is sometimes pleasant and profitable to step for while from the all engross- ing present into the past. An opportun- i ity for such retrospection was afforded in Hartford, Thursday, June 3, at the re- union of trustees, teachers and pupils or the Hartford female seminary, school founded by Miss Catherine Beecher Tn 1927. The call brought responses from all parts of the country and pupils were present from the highest stations and from the humber walks of life, ranging in age from S5 years to the young daugh- ters of graduates who waited upon their mothers and their mothers friends. Among others were Mrs Isabella Beech CT Hooker, Mrs Gov Holley, Mrs Gen Mcclellan, Mrs Judge Shipman and Mrs Watson Webb. The hours from II to l were spent in the old school hall, calling the roll of graduates, registering all present ever connected with the school and in social intercourse. At p m, an elegant and elaborate lunch was served and, while the physical wants were sat- isfied, memories and voices were still busy, recalling many reminiscence long hidden by the pressing cares of re- cent years; it required an effort to make the grandmother of 1892 seem like the maiden of 1856. The adjacent Unity hall was filled at 3 p m to listen to pub lie literary exercises, among them music and we'll deserved tributes to the mem- ory of such teachers as Catherine Beech CT, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frances Strong and Miss A. M. Crocker, the last afterward the wife of Rev A. E. Law renee of South Britain. Many letters of regret were received from those unable to be present. Some pupils in Mobile, Ala, sent collection of grasses and one sent jasmine blossoms from Texas. The gathering will never be forgotten by those who participated in it. And we'll
 "Clasp hands and say
 Long shall the tie remain
 And we'll be girls again
 Just for today"
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STEPNEY.

The festival in the parlors of the Bap- tist church, Tuesday evening, under the auspices of the ladies' aid society, was a success. Notwithstanding the uncom- fortableness of the weather, the parlors were filled with people who had come to enjoy the literary exercises and the feast of good things provided by the ladies. The program, in all it's parts, was well rendered. Elmer Joyce presided at the organ and interspersed good music throughout this program:
 Recitation, Miss Novella Thorpe.
 Drama, "Shoddy and Wool" Characters Mir Hightalutin, E. O. Hull; Mrs Highfalutin, ols; Augustus, M. B. Hawley; Aunt Dorothy, Mrs c. D. Stillson; MT Russell, Charles Nich- ols; Mrs Russell, Miss Flora Nichols; Katie Russell, Miss Nettie Benedict; Agent, c. D. Stillson.
 Recitation Miss May Hough.
 Farce, "A Much Misunderstood Man, Charles Nichols Mrs c. D. Sti1lson.
 The entertainment netted nice sum of money which will be put with the fund for painting the church.
 Edwin Johnson has been at home. He assisted Rev MT Johnson in the services, Sunday.
 John Burritt is the first to begin hay ing about here.
 News has arrived of the death of Mrs Ripley, daughter of A. L. Slade of Dia- mond farm and mother of George Ripley of this place. On receipt of the news, MT Ripley immediately started for his home in Michigan.
 Rev MT Johnson preached at White Hills, Sunday morning, returning to Step- ney in time for the afternoon service.
 Miss Frances Turney has been engag- ed to teach the Lower Stepney school for another year.
 Misses Ettie and M. Lillie Hull and Flora Curtiss are spending a few days with Rev MT Robertson and wife at Stony Brook, l.. I.
 The post office at Stepney Depot, A. B. Curtiss, postmaster, is soon to become a money order office. This improvement in the postal service will be welcomed.
 At the annual school meeting of the Lower Stepney district, John T. East wood was chosen committee, c. Wesley Edwards clerk and Charles E. Purdy col lector and treasurer. It was voted to re- pair the school house by refooring, re- seating and putting in new sashes. John T. Eastwood and Charles E. Purdy were appointed building committee. Anoth- CT meeting will be held on next Monday evening to consider the matter of blinds.
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WHITE HILLS.

David Wheeler is building a conserva- tory on the south west side of his house and Oscar Hubbell is building barn near the river.
 Oliver N. Blackman was chosen school committee, Saturday night.
 Isaac D. Drew and wife of Meriden were at George Drew's, over Sunday Will Bryant of Brooklyn was at the Bry- ant homestead.
 Rev MT Johnson gave a good Gospel sermon, Sunday. His son, a young stu dent, will occupy the pulpit for a time, beginning Sunday morning at 10 30.
 Rev MT Park of Birmingham gave an excellent discourse at the school house in French district, Sunday afternoon.
 A goodly number of brethren went to Long beach, Tuesday, and came home with good catch of round clans.
 W. H. Brewer, ST and Jr, with their wives, are expected at Frank Upton's for July.
 Mrs Eliza Hubbell goes to Stratford to visit her son James.
 Mrs Frank Anderson of Birmingham visits her sister, Mrs W. W. Wheeler. Fred Tomlinson of Bridgeport is al Gould Tomlinson's. Mrc Alonza Nichols and children werf guests of N. B. Nichols, this week.
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school board at Town hall, June l8; $l6O0 appropriated for schools. Center, North, s235; Weller's, $500; Warmers Mills, $2l5; Burritt, $21O; Painter Hill, $215; Good Hill, $l9O. l Miss N. J. Cone of New Jersey spent Saturday and Sunday with CT. Sauires. The school at Warmers Mills closed, 18th, having been successfully kept by the popular young teacher, Miss Daisy l Hill.
 Saturday afternoon, while Stage Driver Walter Thomas was exercising the Town Talk trotting colt, by some accident he was thrown from his road cart, bruised, one rib broken and cart demolished by coming in contact with a tree. The colt was caught by one of our popular blacksmiths. Walter had better use a little more caution when driving trotters.
 The heavy shower of the morning of the 18th made the raisers of tobacco look happy and all are busy finishing up set ting and re-setting plants. Mrs Mary Hill of Morris has been with John Clark and other friends.
 Ira Booth colt, hurt few days ago, is improving under the skillful treat ment of Veterinary Garlick, assisted by Henry Dixon of BTidgewater. ..-.
 Mrs A. Wiisey is to leave Mir Barnes and join her husband in Waterbury, where they are to make their future home.
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LYONS PLAIN.

Mrs Lee and daughter of Nyack, N Y., were guests at the rectory, last week.
 Miss Bessie Mains of Brooklyn visits Mrs T. w. Treadwell.
 Mrs Mary l.. Fanton has been with her sister, Mrs H. B. Ogden.
 Mir and Mrs l.. R. Hoyt are in Bridge. port.
 Mrs Henry H. Nicholas sister, Mrs James Freeland of Danhury, has been with her.
 Rev Alexander Hamilton attended the diocesan convention, last week.
 Miss Jessie Kellogg visits Miss Al phonse in Stamford; will visit hel brother Ambert in Brooklyn before hel return.
 Mrs Homer Godfrey and Fred Silli man, who have been with their aunt Mrs l.. R. Hoyt, returned to Bridgeport Saturday.
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MONROE.

Mrs Rufus Way has met with serious accident. In going down stairs with a kettle of boiling water, she fell and broke her hip, scalding herself badly.
 At the strawberry festival, Tuesday evening, the ladies made $20.
 In cleaning his well, Miles Burr found Il penny of 1903.
 Miss Morris of Danbury is at Dr E. M ]. Beardsley's.
 The sociable, last week Wednesday evening, ut the residence of pr J. U. Stevens, WAS decided success. The drawing contest created much fun and laughter.
 Weir Goldsborough is home from Cheshire. |s Florence Beers visits Hobart E. Boards Hey. Mrs Cowing and daughter are at B. ;. Hurd's for the week, arriving Tuesday evening. Daisy seeiey of Iashua is visiting Edith Wheeler.
 James Burr, the veteran strawberry grower, is this year beating all previous records. On Monday, June 20, he picked
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Ancient Almanacs.

John R. Smith has brought to the BEE office very interesting collection of al- manacs possessed by his father, John Smith and others and sewed together for preservation. The oldest date intact is 1790, printed by Thomas and Samuel Green of New Haven, noted printers in their day. Neither money nor news papers were as plenty in those stage coach, fire place days and almanacs were filled with anecdotes and informa- tion that was carefully read. This al- manac of 1790 contains the tariff on iln- ports laid in the days of President George Washington. This taxed play ing cards 1Oc. a pack and discriminated in favor of American shipping, hyson tea imported in United States bottoms being taxed 20c. pound, but, if in foreign vessels, 45c. Salt was taxed Sc. bush el, coal 2c., brown sugar lc. pound, loaf sugar Be-, Madeira wine 18c. a gall Ion. Here is an epitaph in almanac for 1791:
 ONE ABRAHAM, TAYLOR, WHOSE WIPES NAME WAS SARAH: From Abraham's bosom, full of lice, To Abraham's bosom in Paradise, The soul of Sarah took it's flight And bid the lousy rogue good night. | The almanac for l796 gives the popu- lation of the State in 1774 at l97 ,s60, of | whom Fairfield county held 2S, ,936 whites and 1911 blacks, considerably less than Bridgeport alone boasts to-day. The all manac of 1797, edited by Nehemiah Strong, formerly Yale professor, shows him woman hater. Each month is headed with a verse r+fecting on woman. Take February for example: Poor Adam, by his wife. 'tis known, | Was tricked some years ago; But Adam was not tricked alone, | For all his sons so. I Here is June:
 Each maids an angel, whilst she's woo'd 1 But, when the wooing's done. T The wife, instead of flesh and blood,
 Proves nothing but bone.
 The almanac is full of this sentiment and closes with the epigram: rl Women are born, so fate declares, To smooth our linen and our cares;
 And 'tis but just, for, by my troth, 1 They're very apt to ruffie both. I The last almanac is dated 1918 ant there are many comical things througf he whole collection.
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The hundred mile an hour electric road has come up again, but this time not as a thing for some indefinite future. Dr Wellington Adams, it's engineer, says the money is raised to build it, that it will be constructed within year, that 1t will connect Chicago and St. Louis, places 24s miles apart, that it will be as straight as a ramrod from end to end, that the running time will be two hours and a half and that it will earn twice it's cost during the time the Worlds Fair is open. This cost is estimated at $6,O00, ,000.- GCOurant.
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Two new patrons have been added to the list at Clover Farm annex. The sup ply is steadily increasing and there is a possibility of double quantity being handled over present receipts, which have more than doubled since the start. John Stevens, who has been making his own butter and James Farrell, who has been selling milk at Newtown creamery since April l, are carrying to the an- mex.
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Saturday, the room over the post office will be opened, with line of ice cold temperance drinks constantly on hand also bread, pie and cake. Ice cream will be dished out or sold by quart or gallon, every day in the week except Sunday and Newtowners will be supplied with an ar ticle long needed and missed by the home people, as we'll as Summer boarders.
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BLOOMFIELD.

Miss Susie Whitcome is home for the Summer. ,
 Thomas Halpine is the largest tobacco grower in town, this year, having set 40, 900 plants. Miss Theo. Skidmore is home from Wellesley for the Summer. Whisconier school closed, last Friday, Miss Grace Beers of Danbury teacher.
 Miss Florence Kellogg is home from Woodside, Hartford. One party in town picked 10 bushels of strawberries, last Friday, Tor DanbuTy market.
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DANBURY.

A Htah "ao ulo"hCA HI JukdA HUT low pond, Sunday. He leaves five child ren.
 It appears that Granville o. Holmes has made voluntary assignment.
 Henry Stevens, formerly of New Fair field, now of Nebraska, has brought in three droves of horses, this season. He has become well-to-do in the West.
 Several Danbury Elks went to the Buff falo demonstration.
 Children's day at the Baptist church, Sunday. Beautiful is the word.
 After g years of married life, Charles H. Shute and wife were divorced, last week, Mrs Shute getting the bill.
 The Daughters of Liberty, with the Loyal Legion, held fair and festival In the City hall, last week, with an accom- paniment of goodies, dancing, etc. Re ported a success.
 It appears that Danbury Democrats preferred Cleveland stock at Chicago.
 An entertainment of music and play called "Class Day. by the Episcopal church people appears to have been a pronounced success.
 Summer entertainments, strawberries, cream, etc., are coming in literally. Pic nics are being projected and Summer outings are looming up. Summer is up on us.
 Charles Y. Hoy and Joseph Colwell will go as delegates to the Omaha con- vention, July 4.
 West street is to be macadamized.
 Robert Barry tried to jump in front of d moving train.
 Over 1900 dogs have been registered here and they have not all reported. Plugs prevail among the smaller beauties, but there are many blue bloods with long coarse coats and beautifully banged hair which promenade in good company and feel proud of their distinction and the special care bestowed upon them, feel ing, no doubt, that the world and the hu- man were made for them. Great is the value of 1900 dogs!
 Peter c. Rowan died, last week, of pa resis. Danbury loses another well and favorabiy known citizen. He had many good qualities. As a man and citizen, there was not small thread in his whole make up. No lover of shams and hol- low pretense, he was kind, benevolent and generous to fault. He was in his 76th year.
 Woodland, who was badly wounded in the New Fairfield shooting affray and taken to the Danbury hospital, has been discharged minus one eye, able to pursue his old calling.
 Our stirring young business man, C. $. Andrews, has been at the Chicago convention.
 A kidnapping affair has caused not { little excitement, the past week. Nil and Mrs Mcfarland, the latter 8 Dan bury girl, after less than two years O matrimonial experience, separated ant : Mrs Mcfarland returned to her father' 5 home with little daughter. The fath CT of the little one. after one or nor, failures to get possession of the child . succeeded in getting forcible possession and immediately decamped. He was as : sisted by the police, who, it is under , stood, acted under legal advice. Step were taken by the mother to regain pos ' session of the child. Mrs Mcfarland daughter of George W. Scott of this city Mcfarland appears to be a Vermonter They were married at St. Albans, VI ,. Much feeling is awakened against tn police and the attorney under whose ad ' vice they acted.
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Recent arrivals at Grand Central: $. Mallet, John B. Brassington, A. Weills of New York; William Healy of Great Harrington; w. A. Wood of Springfield John B. Dunn, James J. Hurley, John L. Somers, $. H. Bedell of Bridgeport J. H. Lynch, Thomas F. Reader of New Haven; A. W. TwIss and wife of Bethel k. k. Follett of Willimantic; F. W. You sey and friend of Long Hill; $. Y. Shel- don of Providence; Frederick Pleasant and John c. Vert of Chicago; Walter Snifien of Danbury; J. k. Seaver with phonograph.
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Science, if it has not otdemonstrated that alcoholic liquors are never food, has at least demonstrated that they never ought to be taken except with food. Hygieni- cally no man ought ever to drink wine or beer except with his meals. The most reputable saloon is hygienic monstros- itY.-[ Christian Union.
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BERKSHIRE.

Miss Mary E. Carey visited her broth CT in Bridgeport, last week; her little niece returned with her for few weeks.
 Miss Mccarthy closed her school at Zoar, last Friday and had picnic for her scholars on Tuesday, which all en- joyed.
 W. c. Minor nurses sprained finger, hurt playing ball.
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HUNTINGTON.

The marriage of Henry, son of D. II. Chatfield, to Miss Ada E. Corrigan of Elizabeth, N. J., took place, Wednesday, 22d, at St. Francis Xavier's church, New York city.
 David H. Chatfield, together with D. N. Morgan's family, will soon be settled at their Summer home, Bennibrook. w. s. Hooper, with his force, is paint ing in Bridgeport, driving to and fro every day.
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SPORT HILL.

Miss Herma Lyon has been guest of Miss Fra nces Seeley.
 Miss Frances Seeley and Miss Herma Lyon are guests of her sister, Mrs George Sturges, Weston. They attended Miss Lulu Sturges's final reception, before her appearance on the matrimonial stage.
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STEVENSON.

The stove fever is raging, s. Stevens, $. Sherwood, c. Sherwood, H. c. Love- land having each bought one.
 Miss Ella Bradley visits friends in Tyler City.
 Miss Hattie Bradley visits friends in New York city.
 J. B. Downs, Carl Smith and W. $. Bradley put in one day at Long beach clamming.