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GREENFIELD HILL.
MISS WALES-MR WATSON.

MISS WALES-MR MAISON.
 A quiet family gathering occurred at the home of MT and Mrs Joel Wiggins, Tuesday, at 7.30 p. m., to witness the marriage of their niece, Miss Mary c. Wales, to Edward J. Watson, the mar riage ceremony being performed by Rev MT Child of Fairfield. The parlors were tastefully decorated with ferns and wild flowers. After the usual congratulations a bountiful repast was partaken of, after which dancing was indulged in. Mus ( was furnished by musical talent from among the 30 relatives who were present The bride was handsomely attired in old rose cashmere, trimmed with silk and cream lace. The bridesmaid was Miss Mamie Merwin, who was dressed in a gray suit trimmed with silk. The best man was Raymond Watson, brother ot the groom. The bride and groom start ed for their newly furnished home ir Southport village the next morning. The presents were numerous, costly and use 11l
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Chatfield was the widow of the late Divine Chatfeld of Huntington, and daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Weed) Stevens of Bridgeport. She leaves to mourn her loss, three daugh- ters. Mrs l.. M. Follett, Mrs c. W. GIis- wold and Miss Mary Chatfield, all of Bridgeport, and one son, William Chat field, of New Haven. A sister, Miss Henrietta Stevens, now in her Seth year, survives her.
 c. II. BENNETT's GREAT FIRE SALE. Why these goods are sold so ridicu- lously cheap is explained. The fire in- surance companies have paid Wellman Osborn of Lynn, Mass, 1000 damage on his stock. c. H. Bennett, Bridge port, bought at his own price, and he is selling these shoes two and three pairs | for the price of one pair. Mems $3 patent leather shoes at $1.79, mems best hand sewed shoes, regular price 50 and $6, at | $2.49, children's russet shoes sizes D to at 49 cents, children's fine kid button shoes, sizes , to at 26 cents, ladies' vici | kid hand sewed button shoes worth 80 at $2.49, are among the bargains he ad- vertises.
 | A site for the new orphan asylum to | be erected in Bridgeport. has been se- | CuTeu HI bue VlCIHIby oI DiaSh ISoohs on l the corner of Fairfield avenue and Church street, which is very fine location.
 being on the main thoroughfare between
 Bridgeport and Fairfield and on suf-
 ficiently high ground to overlook the | Sound. The incapacity of their present | quarters on Lafayette street, necessitates
 the movement above inaugurated.
 The family of the late Nathaniel
 Wheeler presented to the board of educa
 tion at their regular meeting, Monday
 evening, May 2S, crayon portrait of Nil
 Wheeler, with the suggestion that it bt
 hung in the Wheeler school on Highland
 avenue. The portrait was accepted by z
 rising vote of the Board and will bt
 hung in the Wheeler school as suggested by Mrs Wheeler.
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ed death amid snakes and flame rather than denounce the faith Such were they in the church during tue times of persecution Christianity makes men noble citizens and makes patriotism nobler still. "Be strongs" be strong not in our own strength, but in the strength of Jesus Christ, and where any are weak, strengthen. them. q write unto you, young men, says the apostle John, ''because you are strong" Many incidents ot courage ousness, was then related by the speaker il- illustrative of the war. He closed by saying, the bngle has again sounded for young men to gird the armor on, be up and about tor the interest of our land. What is called for is a
 free ballot, a free school, free church in a
 free land and equal right for all men. On
 Wednesday next you will visit your com
 rades resting-places, you will strew their
 beds with flowers and the flag they died in
 defense of, the "Stars and Stripes" of our country" The flowers will wither, the flags will fade, but the memory of the noble boys
 in blue win be fresh and fragrant until time | shall be no more. May God bless you and help each of you to await with patience toI | the muster roll, and be prepared to meet the | Captain of our salvation, in the mansion he
 has gone to prepare, and where many com l rade Is waiting to join with you in the ranks | that shall never be broken and where death | shall never come. The Glee club then sang l "Our Nations Dead, "afterwards the audience | arose and joined heartily in singing, "Amer l icn ''
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GREENS FARMS.
MIR THOMPSON INSTALLED.

Rev Robert Thomson was installed as pastor of this church on Wednesday of last week. A large representation of the Fairfield West Consociation was gathered at the church. Rev Mr Bal lantine of Ridgefield acted as moderator and Rev J. Backus as scribe. The ex- animation resulted in unanimous vote to accept MT Thomson as pastor. Dinner was served in the lecture room. At ? p. m., the afternoon services com menced, when an interesting program was carried out.
 Mir and Mrs Fred Bedford are now oc- cupying their beautiful cottage on the sound.
 Miss Annie Harris is here at her sum- mer home for the season.
 E.. B. Jennings is the possessor of a fine new horse.
 Fred H. Bedford pulls the reins over a new pacer.
 Mir Phipps is having huge reservoir built for the purpose of supplying aI abundance of water at the Beachside.
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STEVENSON.

Miss Rissa Downs of Bridgeport visit ed her brother, last week.
 Edward Radcliffe of Ansonia, visited his sisters, last Sunday.
 Mrs James Clark's parents of South Britain, visited her, last week.
 Fred Isbell is having wind mill put up to pump water from his spring to the house and barn.
 Charles Booths wife, died the 24th.
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Her remains were taken to New York for burial. She was S2 years old.
 Miss Emma Webber visited at William Jordan's.
 William Jordan has job of carpenter work, at Charles Davis in Qnaker Farms.
 Friday morning, two inches of water fell. May has given the full average of rain fall, for the last 20 years. Harvey Warner of Bridgeport was a guest at c. E. Bradley's, last Sunday.
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building, wrecking the wagon and har- ness, but escaping serious injury himself.
 Lieut. Selfridge, formerly of the navy, has rented Benjamin Holmes new house on Main street.
 Cortez Wheeler lost horse on Tues day, from collie. The sewer put in by the railroad com pany has pretty thoroughly drained the lot of Philo Osborne and he has plowed and planted it, with a fair prospect oi getting good crop from what was for. merly swamp hole for about nine l months of the year.
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Miss Anna Perry, of Bradleyville, spent Sunday at home.
 Messrs Bradley and Geoppler have again started the big road machine an it's semi.annual roads.
 In addition to the regular Sunday services a prayer meeting will hereafter be held in the Norfield church on We'd nesday evening, at 7.30.
 Friends here were pleased to meet Mrs Thompson of Brooklyn, at the musi- cale, last week. Mrs Thompson was formerly Miss Lillie VanDyke, wei known summer visitor here. The Congregational Sunday school practising music for children's day.
 Charles Godfrey of Wilton, spent Saturday with R. K. Fitch. Mrs F. B. Wakeman has visited hel daughter in East Norwalk. George Allen spent Sunday in Nor walk.
 Mrs E. A. Hoyt of Ridgefield is tho guest of her sister, Mrs Harriet Godfrey
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BRIDGEPORT.

THE LATE MRS JANE CHATFIELD.
 The funeral of Mrs Jane Chatfield was held on Monday, May 2S, at the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs l.. M. Follett, No. 94 East Main street, her death oc- curing on Friday, the 25th, at the ad- vanced age of S2 years. Rev J. N. Emery of the Church of the Redeemer rendered the service. Her remains was inferred in Lakeyiew cemetery. Mrs
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BETHEL.

PERTINENT SCHOOL MATTERS.
 The Plumtrees school district held a meeting, Saturday evening, and voted to rescind a vote passed at a former meet ing to turn the district property over to the town. There seems to be a great deal of dissatisfaction in the out districts against being taxed to build two expen- sive school buildings in the Center and Grassy Plain districts, which will not benefit outside people in the least. By adding four rooms to the High school building, which belongs to the town, would supply all the necessary room needed for number of years and would be of equal benefit to every district in town, and no question about the legality of the matter. The consolidation of the school districts was never properly carried through. The vote in the last town meeting to build two district school buildings, town wise, was against town council. Would the voters of the said district think it would be wise to tax themselves to the amount of from $15, ,00( to $20,000 at the present time and witt the present prospects for the laboring man to pay taxes? There seems to be g disposition on the part of some to loaC up posterity with debts. They want tC bear in mind that the interest on these debts must be paid yearly.
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WASHINGTON.
AN AGRICULTURAL LOOK.

The long spell of dry. hot weather was
 injurious to the early planted potatoes in drying the pieces of cuttings into punk.
 There seems to be no trouble where
 whole, or nearly whole tubers, were used.
 There is quite a demand for seed to re-
 plant. It is doubtful if rye was ever known to be in as forward 2 condition in
 this section. The rains of last week make
 the germinating corn look as yellow as
 the seed which was dropped. A church meeting which was to have
 been held fortnight ago in reference to installment, was adjourned to last week, when by reason of the storm no meeting
 was held, is to be tried again this week Thursday, with an ecclesiastical gather ing the same afternoon at o'clock. E. K. Rossiter and little daughter were on Saturday over near k. w. Woodruff's
 residence, taking drive down Cascade glen, as wild and woody ride under um- brageous hemlocks, alongside of a rocky and capricious stream that baDbles of a departed sunshine until it's voice is lost l in the absorbing river.
 Arthur B. Buckingham was up from | Roxbury, Saturday, and took back road cart from H. W. Woodruff7s. s. H. Calhoun's favorith hound, Sport, ] which he gave to C. T. Woodruff before l he went to Ashland, Ore, nearly six years ago, died Saturday, as is supposed 1 from the effects of poison. He was an excellent dog for ridding farm of the
 woodchuek pest and keeping away yer
 min from the poultry yard. There is no attachment more single-hearted than that of likely dog for it's human friends. He will leave, and no other animal will every
 member of his own species, at the call of
 his own master. Coleridge taught the l immortality of animals. and why may we not hope to meet on some other planet l thes faithful, loving animals we have l known on this?
 l Albert Blakesley is home from New Haven on vacation.
 | Mir Reid, the station agent, was in New l York over Sunday.
 l Mrs Gum, having spent the winter ir Florida, has returned home. Peek Beach has rented his house and
 expects to move to the rent lately occu. pied by Mrs Frank Titus.
 Rev MT Fair has engaged rooms at T. 0. Jordan's for the summer.
 MT and Mrs Samuel Adams have gone l to their home in New Jersey for tho present, as MT Adams health is too pool l to keep on with his work.
 A large class are expected to join the Grange at the next meeting.
 An excellent program of Memorial dal
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The real, genuine farmer in United States-the man who is at home on his own land-is not constantly complain ing of his lot in life, is the opinion of Secretary J. Sterling Morton, in the June Forum. Census returns show that about 70 per cent of all the farms in the United States are unencumbered. What ether calling, what other industry, what other investments for making liveli- hood and for producing more capital, can make as good q showing as the farmers?
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wEsTPoRT.
CoLEYTowN.

Charles K. Wheeler bought fast pacer
 at Mitchell & Sanford's auction. Herbert Bates of Ridgefield was the guest of friends in Coleytown, over Sun day. Charles B. Meeker has cut down his
 extensive peach orchards, and has plant ed them with melons.
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DEERFIELD.

Clarence R. Lyon and family and Miss Morrison of New York have been guests at Dea Charles Nichols.
 Mrs Lewis Burr is having her picket fences newly painted; also her carriage.
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ly Miss Irene Sackett was at her former home at D. Mahoney's over Sunday. On Monday she moved her things to Milford, her new home. May joy and happiness ever dwell in her new home.
 Charles Hall entertained company oyer Sunday.
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THE EDITORS FAMILIAR CHAT.

The facile pen of Editor Bowles of the New Milford Gazette Is seen in a series of interesting articles on RoNbury, now running in the Gazette. Editor Bowles has been enjoying the fine spring mir in driving about old Roxbury.
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exercises was held by the Calhoun street
 school children at 9 o'clock in the Town hall. The church social is appointed at John Woodruff7s on the Green for Thursday
 evening.
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STAMFORD.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES

The Methodist church united with the CoDgregationalists, Sunday evening, and listened to d discourse from Rev Joel S. Ives, especially prepared for the Veter- ans Association, the veterans of Go. K and the U. A. Nj. The church was pret- tily decorated with flags and Towering plants, and large audience listened to the elouuent discourse
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WESTON
AT THE NoRF1ELD CHURCH.

Miss Ida Coley, Miss Anna Fitch, Mrs Charles Scofield and Miss Edna Bradley have been appointed by the pastor of the NorfieId church to act as collectors, for the home missionary society.
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LONG HILL.
A HOUSE BURNED

Leon Eckert's house, formerly occupi- ed by F. McMahon, was burned to the ground last week Thursday. It caught
 | fire from the chimney.
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NICHOLS.
A SCHOOL CELEBRATION.

SCHOOL CELEBRATION.
 The school children, under the direc- tion of Miss CoomeS, lebrated Memor- ial day on Tuesday. The following pro- gram was rendered: Song, "America."
 Recitation, "Decoration Day" Jessie Cook Recitation, "Paul Revere's Ride,'
 Lizzie Chambers Recitation, "The Blue and the Gray"
 Inez French Song, "Tramp, tramp, tramp" Recitation, "Sheridans Ride." Bessie E Reed Recitation, "Barbara Freitchie,' Song, Marching through Georgia.' Address, Rev MT Whitney The address by MT Whitney was very interesting and was much enjoyed and appreciated by the scholars. At the close of the address, three cheers were given. The scholars then marched up to the cemetery, where the soldiers graves were decorated with wreaths and bouquets.
 Miss Maude Amber is guest of Mrs K. Nothnagle.
 Miss Frances Plumb is in very poor health.
 Workmen are at work moving part of the old piggery, formerly owned by Mrs Adeline k. Carr. The piggery is tc be turned into barn and will probably be placed where the old barn stood be l fore it burned down. The school children decorated the sol diers' graves, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Jennie Amber is having a new ! fence put in sfront of her residence, D Nichols doing the work.
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METHODIST CHURCH NOTES,

There will be special service at the Methodist church, Sunday, June }, at 1.30 p. m., with preaching by the pastor, Rev Mir Gurney. His subject will be sThe Christian Education of Children ? In the evening in the church at 7 30 a Memorial sermon will be given. Seats free. All are welcome
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Mrs F. Packard is recovering from her severe illness, under the efficient care of Mrs Jane Mallett.
 Mrs E. Finch of Bridgeport is at Mrs Porter's place.
 Mrs DeWolf of Bridgeport has spent a few days with her parents, Mir and Mrs R. c. Tousey.
 The Kickapoo Indian entertainment, given, last week. twas success, Saturday evening. Being so stormy, Friday even- ing, and unable to rent the hall they en- tertained the number that came, by play ing musical instruments, from the yer anda on A. A. Halls store.
 Miss Lillian Hurd of Bridgeport is with her grandmother, Mrs M. Hurd.
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fine. Present prospects are good for a great crop.
 J. $. Mayhew's horse ran down Maple avenue, the other day, to William Kyle's residence, then turned into his gateway and collided with the post, breaking shafts. A great deal of excitement was created and no one hurt.
 The schools were dismissed early, Tuesday afternoon. The children seem. ed happy gathering wild flowers for decorating the graves of their friends, Memorial day.
 Rev H. l.. Judd of Huntington, l.. l.. delivers Memorial day address at Wa. tertown, Conn. On Friday he visits Bethel with his wife and daughter, and spends night with his brother.
 Monday, the shops and schools were closed in the afternoon. A great num- Der of people went to Danbury to attend the Memorial parade and exercises. The horse cars were run to accommodate the people. One car followed another load. ed full and hanging on where ever one could get foothold.
 A. H. Dimond & Son of Bethel invite the farmers to call at their store and in- spect the Adriance Buckeye mowers and the New York Champion hay rakes These machines are first class as exper fence has found.
 WOLF PITS.
 Mir and Mrs Henry Smith has beer visiting in Bridgeport.
 w. II. Hoyt has entertained his cousin from Waterbury. William Wood will return, this week to his work In Newburgh, N. Y. G. l.. Dickens has added one more COW to his dairy, bought of Bailey Ferry
 Fred Wood has a new horse, bough in York state.
 Mrs George Platt and children of Dan bury are visiting at W. H. Platt's.
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The graduating exercises of Newtown academy, to take place in Town hall next Friday evening, ia awakening more than an ordinary interest. We learn that similar exercises have never before been held within the boundaries of the town. For this reason and the well known fact that the principal and stu dents of Ncwtown academy are equal to anything they undertake, the occasion is looked forward to with great interest. The students who graduate next week will have successfully completed four years course, and not simply the three years course, which is the requirement of many similar institutions. We ven ture to predict that the occasion will be alike credit to the school and to the town.
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Most countries, states and cities give marriage certificates, which are short and simply certify that the marriage has taken place, but in Belgium the certificate of marriage is in form of a little book which contains, in addition, much information, such as an abstract of the marriage laws of that country and hints as to the feeding and care of infants, and at the end q very liberal space Is left for the inscription of the names of l2 children.
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Dry Goods News. SMITH, MURRAY a. co. 342 & 344 MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THRONGED OUR
 CLOAK DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY

Anxious to get at those bargains and disappointed being able to find their always things mixed people say again to-day the best styles unable get ready to-day bring forward the complete line and early inspection advisable early morning is the best time
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HANDKERCHIEFS

Handkerchief bargain like this hanot been here this shown here Thursday people could the ter soc Handkerchiefs
 Our share of this 800 obliged to think we have enough to last to- daythat rests with
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SUMMER BLANKETS,

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EARLY STRAWBERRIES

Monday, Judd brothers picked from their patch of Michaels Early Strawber- ries, a few quarts. Their berries are fine. Present prospects are good for a great crop.
, 1894-02-21

New York, Febry 2Oth.-London news
states hat at Yesterdays sitting of the House
OF Lords Mr.. Cobbs' amendment to the EN-
ployers' Liability Bill was rejected by a vote
Of 1877 to %, thus defeating the passing Of the
Bill.
II Ia announced that the Scotch fisheries
bill has been formally abandoned on account
OF thu many gUendments introduced by the
House of Lords.
In the House of Commons the Home
Secretary stated in reply to a question that
q large number Of Anarchists who bad been
expected from other countries had now as
Sembled in England. He, however, did not
consider there was any necessity to amend
existing British laws regarding hem, and
that while England was DESTROYS of co .ope at
ing with other nations againsr the enc
mics Co society she would rather do 80
byan interchange of Information and COM
bined punitive action than by expulsion. The
statement vas received with much cheering.
A London paper publishes a letter from
Mr.. Labouohele in which it is sta ed that
unless the Queens speech at the opening e
the next session promises some reform re-
gardiug the House Of Lords he will move
an amendment that the Lords power to alter
the action Of the House of Commons should
cease.
40S 16tcSt report ISSUED Oy Or. Granger
che we'll known oculist states that Mr.. Glad.
stones sight has net recently become amy
worse.
A despatch has been received in Paris re.
porting that during the advance of French
Teiueorcemrnts eli route to Tim .uctoo they
shelled - village, killing about one hun.
dred of the natives.
Berlin news announces that the Kaiser has
visited Friedrichsruhe returning the recent
visit of Prince Bismarck. 1t is also rumour.
ed that the Kaiser purposes creating all
honorary office for the Prince.
The Bundesrath have approved OF and
sent to the Reichstag the Russian treaty for
their decision.
The Commercial Bulletin Of New York has
stopped quoting four for the West Indian
market, and III et article oil tile subject stale
that they are unable to do so in consequence
OF the -four trust refusing to report sales.
Dominica. goth Februaly--His Honor the
Commissioner George Rnthven Ie Hunte
Esqr. has been appointed to the Colonial
Secretaryship of Barbados and will leave
hs:e for that Island on the Sth March next.
, 1894-02-21
(Spsctatsr ati Jan.l

President Cleveland, irwiill be remembered,
TOpudiated the action Of President Harrison
III Hawaii, and declared not only that the
island ought not to be annexed, but that the
agent Of the United States had acted wrong.
fully. and that the native Queen ought to be
rsat~red. This. would have been done at
ouoe, but tRas the Queen at first refused to
sign IN Act Of Amnesty; and by the time she
consented. Mr.. Dole, the acting ruler Of the
islands, and his colleagues, refused to yield
up power. They await the decision OF Con.
gress. which, it is said, entirely disagrees with
President Clevelad, not SO much because il
wishes to annex the islands. though the Pro-
tectiouist- Party does wish that, as because it
thinks President Cleveland should have left
the islanders (American and native) to battle
out the matter for themselves. At present,
therefore. the American Government has
come to nodecision at all; and the coutending
parties are prepared for a free-fght. That
would be far enough if the fight were really
free, but it may be taken to be certain that Il
the natives beat the whites, the American
ships III Honolulu will interfere and that il
the dark Queen wins the day, and executes
az. Dole for treason,she will not he permitted
TO retain her throne. There 10 another req.