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SOUTHPORT.
DEATH OF MRS JOHN .sPICER.

DEATH OF MRS JOHN E.SPICER.
 Mrs Spicer, wife of John E. Spicer, died at her residence, Monday morning. She had been in failing health for sever- al years and suffered from complica- ton of diseases. Mrs Spicer was 27 years old and had been married for six years. The funeral was held from the residence of her husband on Wednesday afternoon. Rev Dr Guilbert officiated. The inter- ment was in Oak Lawn cemetery.
 The Grange held meeting in Green field Hill, Wednesday afternoon. Many interesting topics were discussed
 Herbert Jennings has put his yacht. "Ramona,' in racing trim. She was launched, Monday.
 A large and very enthusiastic audience greeted the second appearance of the Southport Dramatic club, at Washington hall, last night. A fine program was ex- ceedingly well rendered. The jokes were good. The end men funny and the play, "The Haunted Hotel," by Capt RoWley, was we'll acted and brought down the house. A good sum was netted for the educational fund for the Daughters of the King, of Trinity ,who are educating a ! boy.
 Mrs Lot Bulkley and Miss Bulkley have returned from New York, where | they have spent the winter.
 Sidney Hawkins is quite sick again. He is still confined to his house. MT Clarke, who formerly conducted the St Marc hotel, Fairfield, has leased Halls block, and will renovate the building and open a hotel. He will apply for a li- cense. The hotel will be opened in few weeks. The St Marc will be conducted | by a MT Warner of New York. Wheeler Godfrey is going into business | in New York soon. He offers his place for sale or rent.
 | Fred Sherwood is renovating A. o. Jennings yacht, Nereid, preparatory to | the summer season. At the Methodist church, Sunday, Rev Mir Boswell, father of Rev G. c. Boswell, preached an eloquent sermon. 1 Prof Stoddard delivered the last of his lectures on Monday. It was on ''Elec- tricity."
 Saturday an auction was held at the store recently occupied by William R. | Elwood. The entire stock of groceries was sold by k. $. Banks, trustee. B. F. Bulkley auctioned off the goods, which went rapidly for fair prices, in most cases. The sale was forced by the in- solvency of Elwood. H. B. Sherwood is out with new ice wagon, which attracts considerable at- | tention.
 | The road between Bridgeport and this village is being put in first class order. Crushed stone is put in all spots needing | it and then covered with stone dust. MT Francis of Norwalk was the guest of Capt E. M. Bulkley, last Sunday. Mrs J. A. Wakeman and family are wis., 1 iting in Danbury.
 Edward J. Taylor of the Farms is building new greenhouse. Increase in business necessitated the erection of an- other building.
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LONG HILL.

Charles W. Dayton mas returned to his home in Sandy Hook, after spending a few weeks with his daughter, Mrs C.. Hall.
 Miss Lillian Hurd of Bridgeport has visited her grandmother, Mrs M. Hurd.
 Mrs G. E. .Dunning is visiting friends in Bridgeport.
 MT Hadley's shop was shut down for few days.
 Mir Platt is putting on an addition to his tenant house next to the store.
 Miss Gothrie has returned to the New England Conservatory of Music, after spending some weeks with Miss Edna Wheeler.
 Miss Lillian Hurd spent Sunday at Mrs Harvey Hurd's.
 There will be social at the hall, next Tuesday evening Music will be the principal feature of the evening. Supper will be provided for 10 cents.
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A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT.

Miss Olive Thompson appeared before very large audience at the Pythian hall, last Friday evening. Miss Thomp- son is good elocutionist, as was shown in the rendition of the 'Mason's wife" The impersonation of the newsboy eclipsed any thing ever given in that Talmage was immense. Miss Thompson is a good singer and can handle the ban- jo in masterly style. She was heartily encored several times and gracefully re- piled. The citizens band expect to have Miss Thompson come again, when she shall appear under more favorable con-
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FOR FIRE PROTECTION.

Another fire has aroused our con- munity again, that of Christ church rectory, to provide better means of fight ing fire and this time it promises to amount to something. Citizens propose to ''chip in" and get some kind of an ap- paratus and have an organized company, so that in time of fire there will be some organization with head to it that will direct how the work shall be done, there by working more effectually in putting out the fire and in saving property that is now destroyed for lack of the proper directions.
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MAIL ORDERS.

band and family of seven children. The funeral was held Monday morning Much sympathy is expressed for Mir Hal. pine in his sad bereavement.
 J. E. Hungerford has brought home his three-year-old, Hot Shot, and will commence driving him preparatory tc putting him in training for the coming season. This is one of Oxford Chief: most promising colts. As a two-year-ol6 he trotted half in 1.23.
 H. l.. Randall was on the sick list two or three days the first part of the week but is out again and able to attend. tt business.
 Frank Howell of Poughkeepsie was il town, Wednesday,.
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RoXBURY.
ROUND THE CENTER.

Charlie Ohmen of New Preston was in own over Sunday starting, Monday, for a trip to Maine.
 Mir and Mrs c. Dean of Danbury and Mir Fowler of Woodbury, were guests of W. K. Newton over Sunday.
 Miss Lena Tyrrell has been quite ill with measles.
 The little son of R. T. Blades has the quinsy.
 Mrs William Newton was suddenly called to Danbury, Monday, owing to the severe Illness of her brother.
 Leroy Beardsley had serious time in the snow storm, last Wednesday, on the way home from the Center. He got home safely, but he was obliged to leave his buggy stalled in snow drift. Many of the roads about town were inn passible.
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shed. The only accident was a slight damage to one spring.
 The school here began, Monday, with George Guernsey for teacher.
 Mr and Mrs Howe and son from Bridge port are occupying MT Gregory's house with MT Dew, instead of MT Nichols, as reported in the last issue.
 Mrs William Wilson and little daugh- ter visited at l.. N. Reynolds, last Sun day.
 Miss Alice Seeley has the humps.
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NEW MILFORD.

w. c. Morchouse, wife and child of Poughkeepsie, are visiting his father, F.. L. Morehouse.
 School commenced, this week, after nearly two weeks vacation.
 Ruby Stone spent few days in Sher- man, last week.
 Harry Sanford, who has been very sick, is reported better.
 Mrs Ellen Ramsey of New York city, Is visiting at Alonzo Lamson's.
 Mrs K. E. Stone, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs M. G. Leach, took her little girl to New York, last week, to be treated for spinal disease. She was put In plaster cast.
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STEVENSON.

William Jordan is doing carpenter work for Albert Lum of Oxford.
 Roads impossible and blowing through snow drifts have not been common oc- currence for the April farmer. If the young folks will lay up copy of THE BEE, 50 years hence it will be good to refer to. Over foot of snow on the 11th and 18th of April and lasting until the 20th, is not a yearly occurrence.
 Mrs Nichols French has finished nov
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STEPNEY AND VICINITY
DEATH OF AMOS BIRCH.

DEATH OF AMOS BIRCH.
 Amos Birch, familiarity known as "IJncle Amos,'' one of our oldest men, died on Sunday afternoon, very sudden ly. He had been out aroand the village good part of the day enjoying the pleasant weather, but when he came in- to the house in the afternoon he com plained of being very tired, and soon was taken with congestive ehills, which were very severe, and in less than an hour he was dead. He was very friendly man to all, and consistently refused to let old age remove his young feelings of activity and enjoyment. He was nearly S2 years of age. The funeral service will be held in the Methodist church on Thursday afternoon. The interment was in the village cemetery where his daughter, the wife of John Eastwood, is buried.
 Daniel J. Platt has left the employ of F. Wheeler, and has engaged to work for Behn Brothers of Bridgeport.
 Miss Kittie c. French has visited a schoolmate in Newtown.
 c. w. Edwards is painting his barn.
 Miss Annie Platt, so long in the en- ploy of J. T. Porter, has taken posi- tion in Stratford.
 Miss Ethel Patterson is with Mary Beers.
 An epidemic of severe colds seem to prevail.
 Sunday afternoon the Baptist congre. gation united with the Methodist people, to listen to pr Merwin, who has been re- turned to this place for the third year. He has host of friends about him, not by any means confined to his church. but numbered throughout the commun- ity. He was called upon three different times, at the session of the conference just passed, to preside in the place of the | Bishop, proving his standing and useful ness in that great body of ministers. | Miss Kate Forfar of Brooklyn is the guest of Miss Winnie Wakeman.
 Mrs Lathrop of Bridgeport, teacher in the training school of that ci y, ha: rented the George s. Turner property il Easton.
 | Mrs Brown of Southbury is the gues | of Mrs Orrin Platt. | Frank Fowler of Danbury has visited at Zalmon Purdy's.
 Bradley Wheeler is in Southington.
 Mrs A. l.. Winton of Bridgeport i visiting at c. B. Wheeler's.
 F. B. Elwell of Troy has visited MT c. A. Elwell.
 Several of our young people are quite sick with lung fever, Elan and Benjamil Corning, Carrie E. Osborne and M | Sturges' little boy.
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WESTPORT,
SIPPERLEY'S MILLS,

sIPPERLEY'S MILLS.
 J. G. Sipperley has just returned from a two weeks visit at his old home in Melrose, N. Y.
 William J. Sherwood has been trading oxen with Dewitt c. Bradley.
 The district schools are having week s vacation.
 George Hale is out with new road cart purchased of E. N. Sipperley. E. N. Sipperley reports the sale of steel harness and farm machinery the best in years.
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WATERFOWL.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

Sunday morning, Rev George c. Ray holds, M. D., of Van Apiatic, Turkey, preached in the Congregational church, from 1st Corinthians l: 22-24. With the aid of large map, he described his field of labor, and then he gave an exceeding ly interesting account of the needs, methods and results of preaching the gospel among the Armenians. In the evening, Dr Reynolds addressed union meeting in the Methodist church. Large audiences greeted him both morning and evening. For 25 years he has been a missionary of the American Board, the Congregational foreign missionary so- cietV.
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ditions. stage, footlights, etc. Mil be arranged for the ne xt time.
FRATERNITY NOTES.

Federal lodge. No. r., F. and 4. NJ, exemplified the third degree, last Mon- day evening. Visitors were present from Continental lodge of Waterbury and Rising Sun Lodge of Washington
 Thursday evening, April l9, Columbia lodge. NJ. F, k- of F., worked the first and second rank on two candidates. For the past term this lodge has had work almost every night of meeting. and the outlook for the future of the lodge is very encouraging. They have been in existence only three years. In that time the lodge has lost only one member by death, has q good treasury and large and growing membership.
 The chimney on Samuel Cooks house caught fire, last Wednesday morning, and as the wind was blowing hard, serious damage might have been done had it not been for prompt action on the part of the neighbors. As it was, no damage was done except by water.
 James White has broken ground for a new house on Dublin street. H. William Warner has the contract.
 Orren Estey has been laid up for the past three weeks. At the present writ ing he is improving.
 Charles Woodruff and Joseph Luffa each got their hands badly cut at the fire on Friday.
 A new play, written by Mrs O. w. Nobles of Waterbury, was presented to a full house at the Parish Rooms, last Wednesday evening. The play is very good and ought to encourage Mrs Noble to try again.
 William Foote has the best pair of Holstein three-year-old steers in Litch- field county. They are twins and beau ties
 Miss Catlin from Morris is the teacher in the Guernseytown district.
 MT and Mrs Jonas Hungerford have been on the sick list for two weeks.
 Orange blossoms will be at their fra grance soon.
 H. B. and Joseph Atwood were ap- praisers on the Henry Skilton estate, last wpal
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In Fairfield County.
BEDDING.
THE NEW METHODIST pAsroI

Rev B. c. Pillsbury has been assigned to the Methodist church as pastor for the next conference year. He preached his first sermon Sunday morning and gave good satisfaction. The church is to be congratulated in having their petition to the appointing powers granted in being set off from Long Ridge and securing a minister to themselves. Mir Pillsbury is comparatively young man and is grad uate of Wesleyan university. He is son of Rev B. Pillsbury, formerly presiding elder of the Bridgeport district and also q graduate of Wesleyan. Itis to be hop ed that under the new arrangement the church will take new start and prosper in all it's interests.
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Rev E. l.. Bray has been sent to Yales- vile, a growing manufacturing suburb of Meriden. He leaves, honored and below ed by all, who will surely wish him suc- cess in his new field of labor.
 Dan Perry has started butcherng. With new and stylish meat cart and a tempting display of meat nicely arrang- ed, he made q good impression on his first trip and ought to receive his share of patronage.
 Mrs Swan returned on Monday from 8 visit in New York.
 J. B. Sanford, our enterprising cream cry man, has erected a cooler in the cream cry and will supply the neighbors with first class meat.
 The storm of last Wednesday came near being a repetition of the great bliz- gard of 'SS. Some of the roads were inn passable for day or two and communi- cation with Bethel and Danbury were had by going through Dodgingtown.
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GRANGE NOTES.

At the meeting of the Grange the by laws were adopted. The evenings for meeting are hereafter to be the first and third Wednesdays, till July and August, when but one is to be held each month. Three new members, Mrs Weld, J. w. Sagendorf and Howard Peck, were ad- mitted to the first and second degrees and one new application was received.
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GRANGE AFFAIRS.

Thursday evening, April F, Prof Mitch ell, of the Storr's Agricultural school, addressed the local Grange on 'Fertiliz- ers.'' He made it quite plain to those pres ent the results of the work of analysis at the experiment. stations. There was only a small attendance, for the roads outside of the Center were full of snow drifts.
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NEW MILFORD.
AN ESCAPE FROM A. BAD FIRE.

AN ESEAVE FKUM A. BAD FIKE.
 A fire was discovered ill the office of the freight depot, Friday noon, which might have proved quite disastrous, but for the prompt action of some of our cit izens. An alarm was at once sent out but before the hose carriage arrived the fire was under control. It was thought to have originated from lighted match carelessIy thrown in the corner of the of- flee. At the time the blaze was discover ed the office was locked and the employ ees at dinner.
 Mrs Sarah E., wife of J. Stuart Hal pine, died at their residence on Second Hill, Saturday morning. She leaves hus-
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some of them are badly broken. The rector's library was almost all saved A great many curiosities and memenlo- of the rector's travels in Europe were either broken or lost. Mr and Mrs Nichols and family are now stopping with Mrs c. T. Woodruff.
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In Litchfield COurty
WASHINGTON.
MIR BRECKENRIDGE HAS A CALL.

Rev W. W. Breckenridge, who preach- ed in the Congregational church for sev- eral mof ths last year, has received and accepted call to the First Presbyter- ian church in Hartford, Ct., and as soon as the Presbytery are satisfied by an eX- animation of him, he will commence his labors there.
 THE POQUASSET CLUB SCORES A SUCCESS.
 There was large audience at the Town hall, New Milford, Friday night, to witness the drama, "Our Boys," given by the Poquasset club of Washington, for the benefit of the Y. NJ. c. A. of the place. All the parts were well rendered and every one expressed themselves as we'll pleased with the entertainment.
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A DISASTROUS FIRE.

Fire destroyed all the interior of the beautiful rectory belonging to ChIist church. Friday at about o'clock, smoke was seen issuing from the win- dows and immediately the cry of fire was raised. Soon hundreds of people were oa the ground trying to save what they could. There was no one in the house when the fire started, Mrs Nichols being in New York and Mir Nichols on g sick call at Guernseytown. Most of the things were saved from the fire, but
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CORNWALL BRIDGE.

Frank Dean, the enterprising butcher, will run two wagons, this summer, as last season. His teams cover the Bridge, West Cornwall, Ellsworth, War ren. Cornwall Hollow and Huntsville. MT Dean is a hustler.
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BLOOMFIELD.
NOTE THIS IN YOUR DIARY.

Those who note the exceptional spurts of our cranky New England weather, can make the following entry: On April 12, there was snow bank in Obtuse district which took seven men one hour to dig out before the road could be travelled.
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WHITE HILLS.

E. q. Wixon has another fine colt.
 Preaching service will be held at the usual hour-on Sunday. Rev Mir Jones will preach.
 Bennett French recently built COW shed and Levi Rounds did the work.
 Mrs Richard Ambler drives up from
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EASTON.
SPORT HILL

The church sociable will be held at J. w. Sherwood's on Tuesday evening of next week, April 24. The young ladies are making a special effort, preparing an interesting program. A good time is anticipated. All are invited.
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J. Platt Wildman will occupy and run the Clarke Peck farm, bought by James Lee.
 Samuel Sherman has been spending a few days in New York.
 The stereopticon views and lecture by A. F. Smith on Tuesday evening was well attended. The receipts are for the will lage improvement club. This club is showing a good deal of energy and evi dently mean business. They have now over $l00 on hand.
 The BroOkfield social club had dance in the Town hall, last week, which was well attended and much enjoyed.
 Charles Pinkney is putting up an ae"- motor on his shop to furnish power for turning, saving and general work.
 Dr J. F. Smith will deliver lecture on the battle of Waterloo in the Congrega- tional church, Tuesday evening, May l, for the benefit of the Village Improve ment society.
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GUNNERY ITEMS.

The baseball team played with the Town boys on Wednesday afternoon and won the game by a score of IS to 9.
 The team is going to Hotchkissville next Saturday to play game.
 George Crowther is having improve ments made on his new residence, on the hill southeast of the Green. The house was built by Contractor Richard Bacon, and is pleasant seven room structure The dimensions of the house are 26x30. MT Crowther's house is situated on slightly spot, commanding a good view, He has had the ground plowed up and purposes to subdue the brush.
 The snow blizzard gave a great deal of work to the road men in shoveling out roads. There are some cross roads still unopened.
 A. c. Titus shipped his last load of produce to New Haven, last week.
 The merry whistles of the plowmen is heard on the hills and in the wales, while the seed sower walks in steady mili- tary step across the furrows, dropping germs of future harvest.
 Charles Prindle has moved into the handsome cottage lately erected by Peter Thorpe place.
 Miss Millie Brinsmade has been home for a two weeks vacation from her school.
 Improvements are the order of the day at the Farrand homestead in the south part of the town. New blinds have been put on, and other improvements made. This farm is carried on by Frank Far rand, who believes in keeping everything up in shape.
 The foundations for the Swedish Luth- eran church are nearly completed.
 Frank Lyons and family have returned to Nebraska.
 Miss Anna Meisel is visiting her par ents.
 The Calhoun street school began Mon- day, with Miss Julia Peacock and Miss Edith Beach as teachers.
 The repetition of the play .Our boys" at New Milford, last Friday evening was success. They received $75 over expenses.
 The Christian Endeaver social at Clarence Nettleton's was very pleasant one.
 WoODyILLE.
 School commenced, April 3, with Miss Ellen Calhoun teacher.
 Mrs Seth Couch spent last week in Kent Hollow taking care of Mrs Sarah Beardsley, who has been sick long time.
 Mrs W. Tanner, who has been visiting friends here, has gone to Warren.
 Anson Yale has moved from H. Couch's to Romford, where he has taken a farm.
 George Richardson of Bantam was obliged to spend three nights at H. Couch.s, on account of the blizzard.
 News is scarce in this place. Perhaps the high winds blew the news all away.
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ing into her house. She says she does not expect to move again as long as she lives.
 Mrs Samuel Ford of Seymour visited as William Jordan's, last week.
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SOUTHVILLE.

We are indebted to Miss Miilie R. Northrop of Southville for a spray of apple blossom. That apple tree must be several leagues ahead of the season.
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GOOD ROADS ARE APPRECIATED.

The travelling public fully appreciate the energy of our selectmen in having the roads put in good order early in the sea- son. The idea that a contractor is to have his section up to contract require ments at the time for inspection, finds no favor. They must be kept in good order the year through. Usually until June well padded wagon seats were not a lux ury but a necessity.
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Was busy day for spring garments, And with this weather you will soon feel the need of a spring garment. We gave you big Jacket Bargain, yester- day and to-day we have several more. A fine Covert cloth with velvet collar in tans and blues, this jacket we shall sell at S5, many to be seen at S7.5O, no better One of better cloth, with re- were, moire collar, S6.95; usual price of this jacket is S9.50. But the depressed business in New York gives them to us at lower prices and you are to reap the benefit
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

One of our citizens, having advertised for farm, received 67 replies, and they still keep coming.
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STAMFORD.
THE DOCTORS SMILED.

b t THE DOCTORS SMILED.
 The horse railroad company ran open cars on Sunday to accommodate the crowds of people out for ride. No bet ter aid for the development of pneu- monia could have been devised by the devil himself.
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The Connecticut Farmer has renewed it's youth. It appeared, last week, in q new dress, very handsome indeed. The Farmer promises to take on ''lively hustle." It would seem that there was place in Connecticut for live agricul- tural journal. And the Farmer means to fill that place.
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The country became heartily tired of the Breckenridge-Pollard case. It was too bad that so much "rot" had to be served up daily to the American public, through the newspapers. Breckenridge deserves to be retired to private life. It will be strange if he is not.
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In the May number of The Forum, Edward Atkinson writes of "Hhe True h. depreciation of Farm-Mortgage Statis- tlcs," explaining in full for the first time the results of the census investiga- tion. So far from proving disastrous, these statistics show great thrift and prosperity. The remarkable fact is brought out that 2l per cent of mort gages on real estate in the whole Union is on property in and adjacent to New York City.
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The New England road practically gives no service west of Waterbury, and the railroad commissioners ought to get after the receivers. There ought to be morning train east and an evening train west, in addition to the two trains each way now scheduled.