The Newtown bee., 1897-08-20
ROXBURY.

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 ROXBURY.
 TWO ROXBURY BALL PLAYERS INJURED
 The ball game on the Barnes grounds between the Roxbury's and Bridgewa ter's, resulted in the Roxbury team win ming. Score to 3 Two of the Roxbury club were quite seriously injured, ,the Cal lahan brothers, one severing a ligamenI of wrist; the other had ball strike hin on the cheek just under the eye. The bal glanced upward, cutting his eyebrow and closing his eye, which was quite pair. ful. Dr Pons fixed them up so that they returned to their home at the Station to recuperate for next Saturdays game with the Washington's.
 l L. P. PAYNE ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY.
 Grand Juror Sanford and Constable 1. M. Booth arrested L. P. Payne on Satur- day on the charge of bigamy preferred against him by an alleged wife, now re- siding in Bridgeport. He had been in hiding for some days and they unexpect- edly came upon him. He passed the Sab bath with MT Booth. houo d- ded to their dairies, Mir Pierce purchasing from Horace Squire and Levi Squire from George Buckingham.
 John Morris is without foreman on his farm just at present, as Andrew Holmes has resigned and returned to his home at the Center.
 George Whitehead is acting foreman, gathering the hay crop of Levi Smith.
 If the parties that are engaged picking berries around the garnet mine and vicin- ity would put up bars and fences when going through, would confer great fa- vor upon owners of land and save lots of trouble chasing their cattle. If it is not done no one will be allowed on the prem es, as they will be prosecuted.
 There was fresh fish in abundance, last week, at the corner store as proprietor went fishing out of town. No report of the number has been obtained, as your correspondent did not stay to count them.
 H. H. Warner is marketing his surplus hay from the field, drawing it direct to his customers.
 Another terrific shower came on the morning Of the 11th, again damaging roads and causing. delay in oat harvest and having.
 Sheldon Camp is getting the immense hay crop on the farm of Miss Jennie Blakeman, having taken it ou shares.
 Mrs Homer Bronson and children from Bridgeport were guests of Mrs John Clark the past week..
 Frank Pierce has now a dairy of 20 cows which he uses for fattening calves wholly, buying his butter for use in fam lily.
 The highly bred stallion, Pokonoket waa an our atraete tho nthor avopiru an5 had quite crowd of admirers to see his kind disposition and stylish and easy way of moving.
 F. E. Wetmore, our popular miller, has returned from his farm and is occupying the mill cottage again.
 Mrs Addie Northrop has returned from her Colorado trip.
 W. B. Hodge and wife have been at the seashore for few days.
 Whooping cough has made it's appear ance in several families.
 o. s. Tyrrell, who has been suffering from gangrene of one foot was operated on last Sunday by Dr Pons, assisted by pr Griswold of New Milford. At pres ent writing Mir Tyrrell is doing we'll. His four sons, who came home for the occas- ion have returned to Waterbury.
 The picnic of the Roxbury Sunday schools was very pleasant affair, quite crowd from this and other towns at- tending. The clear and warm weather made it very pleasant. The lawn party at Henry Hurlburt's was quite success, although shower had made the grounds rather damp. Henry Larson has been rather unfortu. nate of late. Besides having had blood. poisoning in one foot, caused by shoe rubbing it. Last Saturday, while driv- ing his horse, it fell dead in the harness.
 BETHLEHEM.