The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-31
Cn ESHTRE,

Jan' SO.-Mr D. D. Bishop was brought before Justice Stebbins last Saturday in the court room on the charge of one of the officers of the Humane society Tor abusing and not properly taking care and feeding. his stock of cows and also the sanitary condition of his stables. After hearing the testimony of the witnesses the justice decided there was not sufficient evidence of- Tered to prove a conviction and the defendant was discharged
 Mrs. w. B. Rice is spending a few weeks with her parents in Newport, N. Y.
 Mrs. Mary Cornwall, with her daugh- Ter, Minnie. are spending the winter in Florida.
 The Cheshire Literary club held its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon With President Stoddard. The subject was Lincoln and His Cabinet" Many interesting incidents and anecdotes con- nected with the subject were given by number of the members.
 A very interesting whist party was held in Odd Fellows hall Wednesday evening.
 Quite a number of our town people are confined in their homes with La Grippe.
 Dr. Cornwall has taken care of Dr. Dennison's parish while he has been away on bridal tour.
 Rev. J, P. Hoyt, who has been con- fined to his home several days with a cold or grip, Is once more able to be out. Rev. MT. Phipps of Prospect preached in the Congregational church last Sunday.
 There Is some prospect of Cheshire having boom In the near future, as bill has been introduced in the state legislature for the Cheshire street rail way.
 The Cheshire high school pupils went to New Haven on 8 sleigh ride We'd nesday to visit the Peabody Museum. The First District school presented the high school scholars with set of colors before starting.
 The late snow has made the sleigh ing first rate about town.
 The book entitled "Historic Homes of Cheshire" prepared for publication by ID. R. Brown and J. R. Paddock is now in the hands of the printer, and will be ready for distribution to sub scribers sometime in March next It will contain sixty-four illustrations in- cluding portraits of Governor s. A. Foote, Admiral A. H. Foote and others, with some historic matters relative to each. The subscription price is placed l at the low sum of $2, and already quite | a number have sent in their subscrip- | tions. This book will be of special in- | terest to those who reside there whose | ancestors resided here, or to those whose | childhood and youth were spent in | Cheshire, to whom, by association, this | book will bring pleasant and tender | memories. Only a limited number of | copies will be published, and persons desiring a copy will do well to early | confer with either of the persons above named who are residents here.
 The pastor of the Congregational church being unable to preach last | Sabbath on account of a severe cold the Rev. MT. Phipps of Prospect oc- cupied the pulpit in the morning. He took for his text the following: And shall not this woman whom satan hath bound so these eighteen years be loosed from her in1rmity on the Sabbath day?" It was discourse of unusual interest, giving evidence of much re- search and thought upon the subject. He proved conclusively that the evils which effect individuals and society were not sent from God, but the re- suit of satan's finding power and in-