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The Newtown bee., 1895-01-18
STEPNEY AND VICINITY.
REV DIR BEACH IN TOWN.

REV DIR BEACH IN TOWN.
 Rev Dr Beach of Middletown has been the guest of Dr MerwiD. pr Beach recollects this village as called sEd- wards store," and Stepney Depot as "Gregory's," and Long Hill was better known as ''Middlebrooks'." He was for about eight years president of Wes- leyan university, and man of rare force and ability, both as preacher and an executive.
 Mrs B. H. French visited her daugh- ters in Newtown over Sunday.
 c. L. Smalley, who has had a severe attack of pneumonia, is slowly recover ing. George w. Sims. Mr Smalley' s right hand man, has full charge of the shop and gives general satisfaction.
 E. s. Beardsley has bought regis tered Jersey COW of c. W. Edwards.
 A. B. Curtiss filled his ice house Tuesday, with nine-inch ice.
 Mrs J. T Porter is quite sick with $ fever.
 c. W. Edwards has disposed of th' horse, harness and buggy advertised il THE BEE.
 1 Mrs Milo Norton and Miss Addie Bar mum of Bristol have been entertained b, Mrs Samuel Powell. They were school mates in the springtime of life.
 Miss Lillie Gilbert of Newtown ha been the guest of Miss Carrie M. Hull.
 Mrs Mallett Hall is in Monroe carini for her aged mother, Mrs Clarke.
 In last weeks BEE the item in regar to B. Hawley's supply of granulated su gar was little crippled; 30 barrels averaging 335 pounds, would be owe five tons, not one and one half as printed And at the present $1 takes 9 pounds c sugar, an increase of one pound.
 Henry Seeley has returned from vii it in Hartford.
 The little Fields girl, sick with dipi theria, being treated by anti-toxine, improving nicely.
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SOUTHPORT.
POsTOFFICE ROBBED.

A burglary was perpetrated at the postoffice at about o'clock Wednesday morning. At that time Fred Cate, who keeps saloon and who resides nearly over the postoffice, was awakened by a noise resembling the heavy slamming of a door. Jumping out of bed he went to the window and raising it looked out. On the sidewalk below him he discover ed man whom he describes as being about five feet nine inches in height and wearing a dark suit of clothes and a white turned down collar. He called to the man, asking what he was doing there at that hour of night. In answer the burglar pointed a revolver at MT Cate and commanded him to get his head out sight or he would blow the top of it off. MT Cate compiled quickly and in short time the men-he thinks there were three of them-departed. Two other men, George Gregory and Charles J. Banks, both of whom live in the building, also saw the burglars, but thinking discretion the better part of valor, they made no noise. Meantime the robbers, who had blown the door off the safe, had sorted over the contents and had taken about S5 in small change and all the postage stamps, amounting to about $200 in all. Postmaster Jennings had eplenished his stock recently. A number of notes, mortgages and other valuable papers were also carried off. The burglars got in by boring around the lock of the door and removing that portion of the wood which held the bolt. To do this they used brace and bit and chisel, which they left behind them. The blowing of of the door of the safe was done in a very scientific manner, only small half-inch hole having been bored. Dynamite had been inserted and the door blown off it's hinges. It is thought to be the same gang that so successfully burglarized the postoffice and other business places in Westport, recently, while they held ur the watchman.
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can do justice to in order to lesson ex- pense, or to keep within the appropria- tion. False economy!
 Last Thursday evening, Columbia lodge, No. 12, K. of P., worked the rank of Esquire.
 John J. Galley, H. H. Bartlett and Daniel F. Hammon attended the annual meeting of the Masonic grand lodge in New Haven, Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
 Hiram L. Bishop is improving.
 Monday evening wound up one of the most successful festivals ever held un. der the auspices of the St Johns church Everyone worked with will, which con tributed to the success.
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STAMFORD.
A FERMENTATION TO MISS BOOTH

Woods handsome new residence last Thursday evening. A large company were present and all were thoroughly en- toying themselves, when much to the surprise of Miss Jennie A. Booth, Rev MT Ives announced that owing to her faithfulness in leading the choir for the past 15 years, the congregation were de- sirous of showing their appreciation for her patience and kindness in so many years of successful service by present. giving her very handsome purse con- taining $50 in $5 gold pieces. It is need- less to say Miss Booth was completely surprised.
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Haven has been looking over the ground here, to see if the prospects were favor able for starting a local paper. From his dejec-ed appearance when he left town, we surmise tbat he did rot meet with the success that he anticipated.
 A number of the Grangers went to New Britain to the convention.
 The annual reception of the Eagle athletic club will De given February P.
 A plucky brakeman on the 9 05 morn- ing train, saved colored woman from serious accident at the station, few mornings since.
 The third of the popular Eagle assem- plies was held in Town hall, Thursday evening.
 The Cupheags are looking forward with pleasant anticipations to the time when they will occupy their new rooms in McNamara's building. What they can't see from the bay Ewindow of their new location won't be worth noting. IueTe Is Galh Ol d ueW Cluu UcluS oI- ganized in town to be called 1.-The Pro. gressive." It is not stated as to whether the Village Improvement society are eli gible to members ip or not.
 The pupils of the graded school take part in prize speaking contest in Town \ hall, Friday evening.
 Charles Wolf has purchased the Elmer son place on Main street; we'll located and valuable piece of property. l The high tide and the rain caused the water to stand three feet deep under the railroad bridge at Main street. 1 Capt Alonzo Gray has sold his farm and will occupy the Curtis place on Eas Broadway for the present. The Chautauqua circle met on Thurs day evening with George A. Fairchild.
 A thoroughbred goat, chickens ant gardens formerly filled with valuabl shrubbery, make up the elements of dis cord in a fashionable section of the town
 c. H. Wells and Charles Wakeley sen chickens and turkeys to the poultry shoy in New Haven.
 The ladies of the Congregations church have sent several barrels 0 clothing and other necessary articles t the sufferers in Nebraska.
 William E. Peck is filling his ic house, this week, with clear 12 inch ice
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Millionaire D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, who has made his name famous by ma y noble gifts to Western colleges, has re. gently added another to his list of bene- factions. This time it is Whitman col lege at Walla Walla, in eastern Washing ton, to which he offers to give $50, ,000 as part of $200,000 endowment. Whit man college has been a small and strug- gling school, founded years ago in mem- ory of Dr Marcus Whitman, the first mis- sionary who penetrated to the Pacific the Rocky mountains in a wagon with his wife and few associates in 1886, and also to have ridden from the Columbia river to Washington, D. C., in the winter of 1s42 3, in order to persuade the gov ernment not to relinquish Oregon to Great Britain. The college has lately received an infusion of new life from a company of eastern divinity students who have settled in it's neighbo-hood. One of them, Dr s. B. l.. Penrose, graduate of the Yale divinity school, has become it's president. The small western colleges are doing most important educational work, by the way. People of wealth generally would get more happiness sout of life if they initiated MT Pearsons' ex- ample, in giving away share of their property before their death, instead of leaving It to heirs to fight over.
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The fame of Newtown is being herald, ed far and wide through the press of a neighboring city, and that, too, in rath- CT a discreditable and uncalled for man. her. It all comes from a school war in Gray's Plain school district, the pros and cons of which are already we'll di- gested by the thoughtful reading public, and an alleged attempt at arson. But it is to be feared that so much outside mo- tice as we have been getting of late in repeated intimations that these disturb ances are the result of the A. P. A, or a race war, comes from somewhere inside our borders. This sentiment is the merest rot, and unworthy any person who claims citizenship under the Amer ican flag, whatever his nationality. Let us hope that this "stuff' is written for sensational purposes and for the dollars and cents it may bring the writer, for it is hard to believe that anyone would be so base as to try to create an uncalled for disturbance within our borders. We have already had notoriety enough to last long time. Such sensational trash sent abroad cannot help but hurt our town. Happily, however, the so-called trace war" exists only in the imagina- tive mind of the verbose correspondent of the daily press.
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BRIDGEPORT.

People are always looking for some thing for nothing. but rarely do they find it. There is one place, however, in this city where you can get valuable in formation on East Side property, rents insurance, etc., for the asking. Ander' son & Mead, the hustling East Side real estate dealers, are running over with valuable tips on low rents, bargains 1T real estate or the companies to insure in Call on them at 277 East Main street ol telephone call, 454-2.
 Union Business College, Bridgeport.
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It is said that in the last century the farmers of Middlssex, the county in which London is partly situated. peti- tioned Parliament against improving the abominable roads of England. They frankly claimed that so long as the roads were bad they had monopoly of the London markets for the sale of their veg etables, fruit and grain; that if the roads were improved the farmers of other counties would Joe able to bring their produce to the London markets, which would be disastrous to the 'industry" oi Mlddlesex.
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A wax cast of the face of Napoleon was made surreptltiously the night after his death by an attending physician, Dr Arnott. It was sold by him for sl5,Ooo to the King of wurtembcrg, from whom, some years later, 1t was stolen, and put on exhibition In London. Then 1t wa
 secured by Napoleon H., on the pay ment of ransom of $2o0O0, and kept with great care at the Tuileries until, during the violent days of the Commune, 1t disappeared. Two reproductions of
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SMITH, MURRAY & co,
 BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

was read. last Sunday. It showed total membership of 34 officers and scholars with an average attendance for the past year of IS l-2. It also showed that the total collections of the year were nearly S24, which more than paid the expenses. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Super intendeut, Henry Barney; secretary and treasurer, Frank c. Cole; librarian, Ezra A. Hull; organist, Mrs F. c. Cole; Mrs H. Barney and Mrs Francis, teachers.
 Miss Alma Rylander of Litchfield is visiting her parents.
 Mrs W. A. Watts went to New York, last week.
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In New Haven County.
SOUTHBRITAIN.
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs Sally Curtis, who has been in poor health for some time, is quite sick. Her two sons from Birmingham have been to see her.
 Mrs D. NJ. Mitchell is visiting iD New Haven.
 Dea and Mrs G. A. Hoyt will spend some time in New Haven with their daughter. Miss Laura Minor of Bridgewater has been spending few days with her aunt, Mrs G. A. Hoyt. Mrs Cook of Bridgeport is at H. P. Mitchell's.
 B. c. Bradley was called to New Ha- ven, Tuesday, on jury duty. F. D. Bradley is securing his ice crop. It is the first that has been cut and is in solid looking blocks eight or 10 inches thick.
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MONROE.

UNION AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY ELECTS
 OFFICERS.
 The Union Agricultural society of Monroe. Huntington and Trumbull held it's annual meeting on Wednesday, the 9th,at the Fairgrounds and the following were elected officers for the ensulng year President, B M. Beardsley, Trumbull. Vice president, s. B. Brownson, Hunt ington.
 Secretary, E. 5. Hawiey, Huntington. Assistant secretary, E. G. Beardsley, Monroe.
 Treasurer, D. s. Clark, Huntington. Directors. F. W. Wheeler, s. B. Wales, M. B. Burr, Monroe; c. J. Wakelee, L. J. Shelton, J. M. Hubbell, Huntington c. s. French, H. s. B-insmade, J. s. Coan Trumbull.
 Miss Mamie Benkard has left for Cliff ton Springs, N. Y.
 Union Business College, Bridge port.
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WASHINGTON.
THE LATE MIR HINE,

Our community were much saddened by the sudden death. by pneumonia of Jonathan Edward Hine, January 10 Mr Hine was 64 years old, quiet man, and much respected by all who knew him. He was faithful and devoted member of the Congregational church for many years. He leaves widow, whose maiden name was Sarah Jane Senior, two unmarried daughters, and one son, Henry, who married Miss Hattie White head and lives very near. The farm of the late MT Hine was occupied by his father, which makes four generations His mother died few years ago, an old lady. Miss May Hine, the eldest daugh- ter who is in Pennsylvania, was not able to be present at the funeral, which was attended on Sunday by Rev Mir Carter, his pastor. How appropriate in MI Hines case are the words of Longfellow
 Were a star quenched on high,
 For ages would it's light
 Still travelling downward from the sky
 Shine on oar mortal sight.
 So when good man dies,
 For years beyond our ken,
 The light he leaves behi Id him, lies
 Upon the paths of men.
 METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
 The annual report of the secretary and treasurer of the Methodist Sunday school
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MT Pease, Jr., principal of the South port public school, has the grip. MT Miller, principal of the Oyster Bay acad- emy, which is closed on account of sick ness in the school, has occupied MT Pease's position since Monday. MT Pease will be out again soon.
 Miss Hermann, who has visited Miss Elsie Bulkley, has returned to Boston.
 The trouble at the chemical works has been settled and there is now no danger of strike.
 The Bridgeporters are already coming to Southport for dances. Friday night trolley car loaded with young people came here and danced in Washington hall.
 MT and Mrs George Benson are the happy parents of daughter, born Sun. day.
 The trolley cars are still jumping of the track. Our people are wondering when it is to stop. State Referee Parks has rendered judgement in the case of the Rogers Sill yer Plate Go. vs. Jennings Brothers fol $4500.
 Mrs Boswell, wife of Rev George c Boswell, is rapidly improving. It turns out happily that Andrew B. Wakeman, doorkeeper of the House o1 Representatives at Hartford, was mol hurt as reported. MT Wakeman is at tending to his duties as usual. Speaker Fessenden appointed Repre- sentative Buckingham member of ths committee on agriculture and Represen- tative Lacey on the committee on claims
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Ford, last week Wednesday evening. Three violins, one guitar sand one banjo rendered fine music. A good prompter was in attendance and young and old enjoyed dancing until late hour.
 The funeral of Mrs Lang was attended at the home of A. Castle, Wednesday, at II a. m.
 Miss B. Bostwick was the guest of Miss E. R. Northrop, last week.
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We judge that the New York people are not 80 fond of milk as they once were, for we hear of considerable short age, and not up to standard milk. Per- haps milk stews and punches are not so plentiful as they were when the times were better. Many farmers also have been requested to hold back their milk for one or two days in week. Gentle men buy pig or two, and what is New York's loss will be the pigs gain!
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ROXBURY.
METHODIST CHURCH INTERESTS.

METHODIST CHURCH INTERESTS.
 Rev MT Nelson has been preac hing in the Methodist church series of interest ing sermons on the Life of Christ" Last Sunday he took for his text, "Be- hold the Man." this sermon being the 25th in the series. In connection with the sermon he had illustrations of views in ''The Holy Land," ;s it probably was in Christ's time, to add to the reality of his theme.
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aSo dHu was uuduic GO get duOu'. Though Sl years old, she was quite cheery, and bore her suffering with great forttude.
 w. and H. Bronson, the blow manu- facturers. are at present turning out blow beams and handles for the blows they are getting ready to put out in the spring. They are prepared to furnish all parts both for their own blows and also for the Wakeley blows. They have got ten out some very handsome castings. the past season, and all parts sent out by them are carefully fitted before leaving their shop. They are looking forward to a good trade in the spring, both with their own and also the Wakeley blow. Eugene Ward has been putting togeth- CT very convenient toel and wood house, 13x26 feet, in the rear of his dwell ling. He has done all of the work on the building himself.
 Carpenter Eugene Bradley finished g very neat smoke house for c. E. Prindle last week.
 Henry Hinkley, accused of theft by John Gaffoey, was brought before Jus tice c. E. PTindle, recently, and found guilty and fined $7 and costs. Marsf and Addis of New Milford were the at torneys. The case was appealed.
 Mrs Mary Mallory, who has been ii Hartford, returned to the home of hel daughter, Mrs Charles Botsford on Bots ford Hill, last week.
 The reception to Mr Jones has beer again postponed, this time on account O the concert at Washington. Unles something else happens, it will be helt on Friday, the 25th.
 A few sales of the '94 crops of tobacc' have been made at rather unsatisfactory prices to the raisers but not enough t, say what the ruling price will be.
 We are very glad to report that MT H. H. Warner at this writing is nor comfortable and it is thought that nothing causes any drawback, she is il a fair way to recover.
 Some of the children who attend schoo at the Warmers Mills district have beel detained at home the past week with tn chicken pox.
 Miss Emma Beers, being unable t satisfactorily market her lambs, is nov having them butchered and selling then to her neighbors at satisfactory price to the consumer.
 Minott Bar Der of Clinton county, N Y., is spending a few weeks here il town with his sister, Mrs Mark Bradley and calling on other old acquaintance and relatives here.
 | c. B. Squire and wife, who have beel with their father, c. T. Squire for tn past 21 months, have removed to thei . grandparents, Mir and Mrs Philo N Hodge, to care for them in the declinin, years, as they are both nearing 90 year of age and are feeble. needing some on !. in constant attendance.
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this remarkable cast, one in full face and one in profile, will appear in McClure's Magazine for February, and it's story will be told by the man who had the cast in his kee ping while it was at the Tuileries, Baron de St Pol, formerly private secretary of the late Emperor Napoleon III.
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Litchfield County News,
WATERTOWN.
SERIOUS coAsT1Na ACCIDENT.

SERIOUS COASTING ACCIDENT. Monday evening Cutler street was crowded with young people enjoying the health giving sport of sliding down hill, when a ripper came down like as on the wings of the wind and went into the bridge at MT Kielty's with terrible crash. Cries for help soon brought willing hands to extricate the coasters out of their perilous position. Two young girls, lila Griffin and Lottie Platt, sustained broken legs. Miss Platt's brother, who was steering the ripper, es- capped unhurt as we'll as the other pas sengers. MT Plat5 says: "The sled was going so fast lost all control of it and knew nothing until after the crash" ]" The two girls were carried into MT Kiel- tvs, where they were made comfortable until the arrival of a surgeon.
 MAY ORGANIZE A LODGE OF ODD EEL LOWS.
 For several months the Odd Fellows of Watertown, representing lodges from uduy Ol bHO stdbOSf daSS pSSAi iAASOpsA'S Q the first Sunday evenings of each month l for mutual benefit and instruction, not being any lodge nearer than Waterbury to attend. Many pleasant evenings have been spent in this way, but outsiders thought it must be good thing, this Odd Fellowship and would do no harm to pass it around. Consequently com- mittee was appointed to look into the matter of founding lodge of the ''mys- tic tie iu lthe triple link" Anyone not an Odd Fellow interested can gain in- formation by applying to Benjamin Gwilym, c. c. Cook, John Benedict or George W. Barton.
 AT CHRIST CHURCH. l Wednesday evening, January 23, a meeting of men will be held in the parish rooms to take into consideration the feasibility of starting church club. Supper will be served. Tickets can be had of John Scott for 50c each. Several speakers will address the meet l ing.
 Burnet F. Gibson is again on the sick Hist.
 The board of education have decided
 not to open the unused room in the Cen l ter district school, preferring to crowd
 more children into room than 1t car
 accommodate and more than teacher
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CHILDREN'S
 GRETCHEN'S

Ages from to 4 years, good heavy Clotf garments, price S269, value s.
 Ages from to 14 years, mixed cloth gar ments, price 8 50 value $7.
 All ages of Heavy mixed cloth, with plaid hood of silk, price $4 95, value s9.50.
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Saturday morning the remains were talk en to South Glastonbury, and the burial was from St Luke's church in that place on the afternoon of the same day, and was attended by large number of friends and relatives. This service was conducted by the rector of the parish, Rev J. P. Cameron, assisted by Rev Thomas B. Fogg, and the interment was in the old family plot.
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Connecticut's annual military encamp- ment is being scored on all sides, and judging by reports, the encampments have not been much of credit to the state. Chaplain Kelsey of Hartford, who by the way is clergyman in good and regular standing, speaks right out in meeting. He says:
 "The state pays the members Of the nation. once year, and not to go on a weeks bum." He declares that he has seen the debauchery of camp lite and the orgies, and has noted their effect upon the men, and that the state camps, as they have been conducted, are an abomination and disgrace to the state. On the subject of reforming the guard, Rev Mir Kelsey says that he would begin at the top with the governors staff, and not have them in camp at all. He is ia favor of regimental encampment. The colonels would then have more direct control over the men. He would have officers set the men example by re- ducing their consumption Of liquor, which he says is now enormous. He thinks that most of the inefficiency in camp is due to the famil- | iarity between officers and men. He woulu | abolish all excursions of citizens, which make it scene of revelry and give it the appear | ance of a fair instead of a military camp. MT Kelsey tavors a legislative investigation, and
 says that all assertions regarding drinking. | revelry and dissipation at camps oi the nation al guard can be fully proved by indisputable | testimony.
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PLATTSVILLE.

Miss Mae Seeley has entered the New town Academy.
 Union Business College, Bridgeport.
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TRINITY TO HAVE A NEW ORGAN.

A special meeting of Trinity parish was held in the chapel, Monday night It was voted to leave the purchase of an organ with the vestry and Rev Dr Guil- bert, Dr A. B. Sturges, R. P. Curtis and o. T. Sherwood were appointed com. mittee to purchase the organ, under the direction of the vestry.