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The Newtown bee., 1899-10-27
left the statesaocordipg to promise, it is

left the stAtesaccording to promise, it ia hoped never to return.
 Hotchkissville has few old people. Mrs John Ward, over 90, is recovering g from fall that she received few weeks since. John T. Hall, aged 82, is still wis., ting in Danbury. K. L. Carpenter, aged 80, is still wo king at his trade at wagon making and is bu iding new house, do- ing the work himself. Ex-Poatmaster William H. Allen, aged 76, is quite active for one of his age, taking his dog and gun off to the woods for day's sport.
 John W. Rogers, former resident of this place, made 8 flying visit, last week. MT Rogers is 86 years old and was born in the old house on the back road and lived here for 50 years. He raised six sons, two of winch served in the War of the Rebellion. He was baggage master at the Seymour depot for IS year,. He now lives at Beacon Falls.
 Another old lady, Mrs l.. L. Hotch. kits, over 90. is In feeble health, but Is well cared for by her son. L. H. Hotch- kiss, one handed veteran, who lost his hand while fighting for his country.
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IN GRANGE CIRCLES,

Middlebury Grange enjoyed 8 good time at Beacon Valley Grange, Octobe r 17. Alter the lecture r's hour, they were treated to a fine supper.
 Cards are out for the wedding of one of our prominent young ladies. The event takes place November 2.
 Charles Kirchberger of Morris was in town the first part of the week.
 Arthur $. Judd is still confined to his bed with il fl ammatorg rheumatism.
 QuIte number of new books have re gently been added to the public library.
 A. W. Bissell, our enterprising mer- chant, was in Morris, last week.
 Mir Burley, the new teacher at the High school, is liked very much.
 Hart N chols and wife are moving from Mnlville to their place, formerly known as Newell Osborn's.
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ROXBURY.
NUGGETS OF NEWS,

Mrs Harmon Treat is quite sick with pneumonia at the home Of her daughter, Mrs Charles Sanford.
 Charles Sanford spent last week with his sister, Mrs Vorce, in New Haven.
 Rev MT Pike of Waterbury has moved into the Methodist parsonage and will preach in the Methodist church for the remainder of the church year.
 MT and Mrs Willard Hodge of BIidge port spent few days in town, last week
 Mortimer Warren has been hired to. teach the Booth school in place of M T Sour6elot, who was sick and returne d home.
 MT and Mrs Wood, who rented the Is- ham cottage for the summer, have re- turned to Brooklyn.
 MT and Mrs George H, Warner have a son, born October Is.
 Mrs Huff and Mrs Shelton of Bridge port spent few days at Charles Lewis last week.
 MT and Mrs Harry Morris spent last week in town, visiting Mrs Morris many relatives and friends. z MT Scramble has moved his family into the house vacated by Mir Olsen. Mrs Charles Lewis, who has been quite sick the last four weeks and under the care of Dr Pons, is improving and able to sit up part of each day. Sunday morning reminded us of our winter clothing, g above zero and Satur day 3S above through the middle of the day. Fire and warm clothing came in play we'll after two weeks of hot mid summer weather.
 John Morris is renovating the inside o1 his house, tearing out the chimney, building smaller one, changing parti- tions and fixing things up in modern style. WiIsey is the mason and Tyrrel the carpenter.
 ". A. Wilsey is doing mason work al the Spar 6 Quartz Co.'s mill.
 Strayed from the premises of c. II Squire about October 9, small sized roan colt, four years old. When last seen or heard of by Mir Squire he was going towards Southbury from SoutE Britain. Any one having such cell will be suitably rewarded by informing Nr Squire.
 The Sergeant has no end of trouble His wife Is an invalid and needs his con atant care. Now his old reliable horse one that has done him service, for ls these many yeara, is lame, and lamt horse is not pleasant to the eye for I person like him.
 The apple crop has been sold at vers fair price, and is still being sought after II The Quince trade Is slow except in tn hands Of c. B. Eastman. He finds reads sale for all his extensive crop st $1 pc bushel. at home. No packing In barrels just as they como from the trees.
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IN SECRET SOCIETY CIRCLES.

The members of Good Shepherd lodge the evening of October 26, when they have the troll call'' and also the secret work exemplified, and later in the even- ing banquet, followed by smoker. A large attendance is anticipated.
 New Milford lodge, No. 292, N. E. o. F., will hold grand ball in Roger Sher- man hall on the evening of November 8 The tickets come high, $1, but every one who has had any experience with the above ''order" will only be all the more eager to invest, fer it means a royal good time.
 Waramaug lodge, No. 67, A. 0. U. w., are to hold an annivt rsary service at the Methodist church, next Sunday evening, commemorating the 3lst anniversary o1 the order.
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Fairfield County.
MONROE.
EAST VILLAGE ITEMS.

EAST VILLAGE ITEMS.
 Mrs Edwards of Stepney is visiting at her brothers, D. Blakeman's.
 Mrs Jennie Cassidy and Mrs Smith spent Sunday at O. J. Sherwood's.
 Mrs Dikeman of New York is spend- ing few days with her daughter, Mrs Stevens.
 Mrs Philips and daughter of Bridge port are with Mrs s. D. Sharpe for week.
 Mrs Edward Johnson is st her mother's in Shelton under the doctors care.
 Mrs Celestia Curtiss rides after 8 new horse, bought of John. Ley.
 Oscar Sherwood entertained his cous- ins from Orange, last week.
 Mrs A. J. Beers entertained her niece from Milford, Sunday.
 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
 The work of grading the first hill of the mail line, leading from the Center, was commenced on Monday, beginning just above the cross road and continuing some 50 rods or more.
 Dea and Mrs D. A. Nichols have been sick for some little time. The deacoa is 8 little better at present.
 Il. Bradley of Brooklyn was In town over Sunday visiting his mother at Mrs Mary Beardsley's.
 Joseph Gum and daughter, Mrs Ellis, of Strstford, spent Sunday at Mrs R. B. Curtis'. Mrs Dwight Sharpe is very sick with 8 congestive chill.
 Mrs Jane Beardsley has fallen and hurt her knee badly.
 MT and Mrs Charles Smith of Milford were at F. W. Wheeler's on Sunday. J. H. Brewster of Shelton has been in town, this week, hunting.
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the Seymour Manufacturing Co. in Sey- mOur,

"When our boys were almost dead from whooping cough, our doctor gave One Minute Cough Cure. They recovered rapidly" writes P. B. Bellies, Argyle, Pa. It cures coughs, colds, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. HI. Beers & Co.,, Newtovn; S c. Bull 6 Co.,, Sandy Hook; A: B. Blakemsn, Botsford; B. Hawley & Co.,, Stepney.
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STEVENSON.
LOCAL EVENTS.

The next meeting of the Old Mill Hall club will be at c. B. French's, next We'd nesdsy evening, when music and whist will be the program.
 MT and Mrs Emory Sears are spending several days at R. s. Hinman's. MT and Mrs Howard Stevens were at Charles Bradley's, last Sunday.
 J. B. Downs and son are working on 8 wood job at HawleyVille,
 Mrs Fred McEwen is visiting her son, Charles Gray.
 K. N. French has been with his cousin in Seymour for some time.
 Samuel Stephens, who has been very sick, is now ale to be around the house.
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KENT.
A RUSH OF WEDDING NEWS.


 It is 8 noteworthy fact that everything ! m Kent goes by threes and now it is Wed- ! dings. IT they only came one at & time ! with sufficient space between to allow people to get over the surprise and catch heir breath again, we wouldn't mind so much, but to have two in one day and ! another only week away is too much \ for us.
 On Wednesday, October IS, at the home of the bride in Flanders, Miss Jen- nie $. Bissell of Kent and Rev W. Nj. Goodwin of Hsr Rinton were united in ] marriage by Rev H. K. Job. Only the immediate relatives were present at the ceremony.
 On the same date at the home of the brides parents on Kent Mountain, Miss aal riet E. Rowland, daughter of Mark aowland, was married to O rin W. White of Torrirgton, Rev Mir Conro of Gavlordsvjl1s officiating.
 On Wednesday, October 25, at the home of the brides mother on Kent Mountain, Miss Cora l.. Benedict was united in marriage to Merritt 0. Page of South Kent. Rev B. M. Wright of Orange performed the ceremony.
 CoNGREGA- icNAL CHURCH NOTES.
 Rev H. B. Job and family l fit town, Monday, for two weeks vacation. During his absence of two Sundays there wi l be preaching in the morning. The communion service will be postponed to the second Sunday in November.
 MT and Mrs K. I. Smith are away for a vacation nf two weeks. R lin Frink If Cornwall is actirg as depot agent while Mr Smith is away.
 The steam boiler at the new creamery was found to be of insufficienG capacity to supply steam for the engine and other necessary purposes 80 1t has been taken out and they are putting in new and larger one.
 The injunction suit of the town against B. G. Pratt came on in the superior court at New Milford on Tuesday of this week.
 A surveyor who was in town, Tues day, informed us that our Soldiers mon- ument stood on ground at an altitude of 400 feet, inches above sea level.
 A red flag, evidently about 10 feet long, floating over the top of the Schagh- ticoke mountain, the past few days, has excited some wOn6 erment among the people as to what it Is there for.
 Mrs Nellie Swift of O5taws, Tll., is wis., iting her mother, Mrs Helen Vincent.
 W. F. Gaylord of Gaylordsvile has the contract to furnish desks and seats for the new school room in the village.
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New Haven Co.
MIDDLEBURY.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

Presiding Elder Adams held his fourth quarterly conference, last week Thurs day afternoon, in the vestry of the Meth odist church. It was not liked very we'll as the church year is only little more than half gone.
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CANNON.
PERSONAL CHAT.

c. T. Gregory made business trip to New Y,rS, last Wednesday.
 Mrs George Pole of Ridgefield has been visiting her father, J. R. Miller.
 E. A. Henderson has been laid up with malarial fever.
 Miss May Allen returned home, Mon day, after spending few days with her aunt, Mrs Josephine Hurlbutt.
 W. H. Allen of Brooklyn spent Sunday with L. R. Hurlbutt.
 A son was born to MT and Mrs R. l.. Gilbert, Tuesday.
 D. White of Yale college spent Sunday at his home in this place.
 Chs r!es Carver and young lady frien enjoyed 8 drive to Ridgefield, Sunday.
 B. M. Olmstead and family of Nofwalk passed Sunday with his parents here.
 MT and Mrs A. B. Gilbert of Ridgeiel6 spent Sunday with R. l.. Gilbe It.
 Miss K. White returned, Saturday from visit with friends in New York.
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OXFORD.

AN INTERESTING LECTURE IN PROSPECT.
 Rev F. A. Holden of Morris is to give an illustrated lecture entitled"From Ply mouth Rock to the Golden Gate" in the Town hall on Tuesday evening next, the those who attend will undoubtedly pass an instructive and enjoyable evening. The lecture is under the auspices of the ladies society of St Pete r's parish and st the conclusion of the entertainment 8 collation. of cake, sandwiches and coffee will be served. Admission 20c, children 10c.
 Leonard Nichols has taken 8 position to work at his trade of carpenter with she E. c. Sharpe Co. in Seymour and day.
 l.. F. Armstrong has new cider mill which is run by steam power. With an hydraulic press he can rapidly turn the apples into cider of excellent quality. Walter s. Hine of Orange was in town recently and made quite an extensive deal in cattle with J. B. Pope. David W. Fairchild of Danbury, broth CT of Mrs Kate Nj. Davis, died on Thurs day afternoon, last week. His funeral 1 took place from the home of his son, Charles G. Fairchild, on Sunday after | noon.
 | Lewis and Stiles Tucker of Shokorat Seymour, have been spending vacation of week at the home of their parents
 MT and Mrs B. s. Tucker, on Chestnut Tree hill.
 J. filling on Christian street hal
 over 1000 bushels of apples of differen vs reties. He sells in Naugatuck ant Waterbury about 30 barrels each week MT and Mrs Charles N. Adams of Nor
 walk spent Sunday with her mother, N V Carrie Riggs, on Chestnut Tree hill.
 Charles P. Beecher of Riggs street ha
 a position in the picklipg department o
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Joseph Stockford, Hodgdon, Me-, healed se re running for seventeen years and cured his piles of long standing by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Il cures all skin diseases. R.H. Beers 6 Co.,, Newtown; s. c. Bull 6 Co.,, Sandy Hook A. B. Blakeman, Botsford; B. Hawley &; Co.,, Stepney.
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Mrs Will c. Jessup of Norwalk was 8 guest of Mrs c. H. Jessup, last week.
 Farmers in this section seem very busy moving apples and, empty barrels to the mill and returning with full barrels of the juice of the cider berry.
 Mir and Mrs A. B. Mallett and daugh- ter, Florence, spent Sunday with friends in Danbury.
 c. B. Thompson was in New Haven, last week, making arrange ments for 8 Urge increase of business for the coming winter.
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Litcfeld County
NEW MILFORD.

TOBACCO NEWS.
 The large and finely equipped ware house of Sutter Brothers of Chicago, Vincent Sterling, local superintendent and manager, is nearing completion, the work being hustled along under the di- rection of David SOule, building superin tendent for T. Soule & Go. Following s list of the crops lately bought by M
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W0oDBURY.

HoTcHKIssyILLE AND VICINITY. Nos much nawa thia week aa Adan
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BRIDGEWATER.

REV MIR MORSE LEAVES FOR HIS NEW
 FIELD OF LABOR.
 The departure this week of Rev War ren Morse and family for their new field of labor in Vermont gives their many friends l)nes ome feeling and is much regretted. It is hoped they will find their new home and people Ilsasant in every respect. Our loss will be gain to the people by whom he has been call ed.
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THE LOCAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.

THE LOCAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
 Glorious weather favored the holding of the Sunday school convention. The convention, as far as the attendance was concerned, was one of the largest that has ever been held. The delegates in- cluded 15 clergy of the archdeaconry. The exercises closed with regular even- ing serVice. Specisl music was reudered by the choir, which was enlarged for this service. The selections were very well sung, and the leade and organist, A. L. Donkey. deserves great praise.
 Gilbt Tt L tcher Is quite seriously ill. Philo N Nurthrop, the proprietor Of Nor throO's orchestra, has alceady quite a list | of engagements. His orchestra will play at Halloween party at Bridgewster on the 31st, at an Odd Fellows sociable in New Milford on November i, at the Fire mems fair in New Milford in December and at the Knights of Columbus ball in New Milford on Thanksgiving eve.
 owing to his increasing business, our local me rchant, 0. H. Hipp, has found il necessary to secure the services of 6 lsdy assistant in his confectionery and fruiI store.
 Tue kidnapped in New York Co., gave very satisfactory pe performance tC fair sized audience, Monday evening, ,iI Roger Sherman hal l. A number of new specialties were introduced and thor lOughly enjoyed. as wGs proven by ths frequent and hearty applause.
 The sscocking main" that was to have taken place near the passenger depot il this village, one evening the firat of thu week, has been indefinitely postponed We understand that the birds (such si they were) were there, also the rules etc., and at least two sporting men, bu further information can be obtained O two popular young men on shs streat.
 A great treat Is In store for the lover Io1 mnsic, aa on Friday evening ssTh, Persian aardens will b6 given bg artist ' from Danpury, N tho faaidanea aR Eaal
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BETHLEHEM.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES
 On Sunday, the Congregational church was in order and made very comforta bic for worship by the new furnace. We had a practical SC rmon by the pastor, Rev Mr LutZ, text Psalms 122: The Nal lerys from Woodbury were in attendance, also Mrs William Huntingdon and lady friends and Misses Graham and Edith Atwood from Woodbury.
 The Mis siopary Tea, which was to be with Mrs F. P. Hayes on October 27, has been postponed for one week, which will bring the date Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, November 3.
 The praise service on Sunday was of much interest and the music, though of home talent, was very fine. The address given by Rev MT Tolles was appropriate and given in the spirit of Christian gentleman. MT Tolles said though the wt rship of the three churches in the place differed little all were aiming fcI the same object, viz, the worship of Je- hovah.
 Henry B. Peck of Derby visited his mother, Mrs J. c. Peck, last week.
 Rev Dwight c. Stone and Mrs Stone are visiting his father, George c. Stone, also his brother, Irving K, Stone. MI Stone is moving his goods from Gilberts. vile, Mass, to Chester, Conn.
 Miss Agnes Bloss has returned home after an absence of few weeks.
 Miss Dora A. Bloss has gone to New York City for several weeks stay.
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loosens the grasp Of your cough.
 The congestion Of the throat 4 and lungs is removed; all in- 4 fammation is subdued; the W parts are put perfectly at rest
 and the cough drops away. It K has no diseased tissues on which to hang.
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JUREDs
 Mrs George Murphy of this place met with quite serious accident, last week, while driving in Bridgewater. She was thrown from her carriage and had one of her limbs badly fractured. She was made as comforGab as possible in one of the nearby houses, but will be removed to her home in New Milford some time during the present week. Both Mir and Mrs Murphy have the sympathy of every one in their numerous misfortunes of late.
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If 1t was only health, we might let it cling.
 But it Is a cough. One cold no sooner passes off before another comes. But it's the same old cough all the time.
 And it's the same old story, too. There Is first the cold, then the cough, then pneu- monia or consumption with the long sickness, and life tremb- ling in the balance.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
Movement to Erect a Statue Failed.

The movement to erect a statue in memory of Cromwell at Huntingdon, England. where he was born, has ig- unanimously failed. The mayor of the borough, Lord Sandwich, recently in- formed the town council that of the subscriptions which had been received only two reached two figures. These were the subscription of Lord Ripon and himself Independently of these two sums, the total was under fifty pounds. Only five dollars had been raised in America. There was not one subscriber in the borough of Hunting don, and only two or three from the county. About twenty or thirty small sums had been received in England and America, and, as the local committee had done all it could, it was now time, after four months, to close the matter
 He suggested that the best thing would be to return the money to the sHbserib- CTS, and this course was decided upon.
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CONVICT ISLAND.

Where the Worst Typa of Criminals
 Have Chance for Reform.
 Since 1858 the Andamans, a group of thiekly wooded islands toward the east side of the Bay of Bengal, have been used by the Indian government as a penal settlement for life convicts. There are about 12,00O convicts in the settlement at Port Blair which is conducted as a practical reformatory convict knows that his treatment de- pends (after a certain preliminary pe- riod of severe diseipline) entirely on himself He also knows that good be- havior will of itself commute the life sentence to one of twenty years. A respited from death sentences. The newly arrived convict is placed in the cellular gaol, where he is solitary alike In his cell and during his daily walk around the ring for exercise. At the end of six months he is transferred for where he labors in a gang during tho day and sleeps in a separate cubicle at night. For the next three years he is locked up in barracks at night with prisoners of the same class and kept hard at work all day. After this pe- riod the severity is eased down, the tasks are not so irksome and his ca pacity is studied in the employment given to him and he begins to earn small allowance, which he can either spend on little luxuries or put into the savings bank. At the end of ten years he is eligible for ticket of leave, with liberty to earn his living within the island settlement in his own way. He can live in his own house, farm little land and move about within a consid erable area unwatched. He can send for wife and children, or, if bache- Tor, marry a convict woman. At the end of twenty years, if of good be- havior, he obtains an absolute release, with free conveyance to India to make fresh start as a free man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
An Embarrassing Situation.

An embarrassing state of affairs for a number of newly married couples has arisen in Algiers through the suspen- sion of the deputy mayor. An irregu- larity has been discovered in his ap- pointment, which therefore becomes null and void But directly after he occupied the position he celebrated a number Of marriages, all of which are now declared to be equally null and void as the mayors appointment They will have to be married over again.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
LAKE IN AFRICAN MOUNTAIN.
Explorer Circumnavigates the Entire
 Sheet of Water


 At meeting of the Royal Geograph- ical society in London an interesting report by Poulett Weatherley on Lake Bangweulu, in central Africa, was read. The explorer circumnavigated the entire sheet of water His party reached the lake in August, 1896, and established a camp at the southeast ern corner, 3,765 feet above sea level. The shores Of the lake are absolutely free from shells and the water has no depth. He sounded in many places, but never found more than fifteen feet. It's surface was usually still, a very strong wind raising the smallest sea. 1t appears to be nothing but a flooded district. Mr. Weatherley thinks it was formed by the water from the great watershed of the Tanganyika plateau. The overflow is checked to the west and southwest by rim Of rock, but the east and southeast has no such barrier, and in that direction there is a vast swamp from twenty to forty miles in breadth The Liposoehi and Luena to the north and the Chambeze to the east are the chief contributors to the water supply. With twenty-five men he explored the island of M'ba- Wafa, about twenty miles long and 1000 yards from the shore, and pro- ceeded toward the outlet of the Luca- pula, ultimately landing at Kirui isl and. After a stay of some time on the island, which they found low, beauti- fully wooded, well peopled and culti- yated, they passed on to Kisi island. This they found not bit like the Island depicted on the maps. It pre- sented a most peaceful, prosperous sight, and in common with the other two islands, Kirui and M'bawala, it reared good number of sheep-the Droad-ta1led kind-and goats. The people appeared to live a life Of com plete peace and contentment. Proceed ing in northerly direction, the party reached the extreme north-northwes corner of the lake. Continuing their journey along the coast, they discov- cred narrow peninsula stretching north and south, having on the west sheet of water about three miles in width, which extends the whole length Of BangWeulu north and south, but is always separated from the lake by the isthmus. There was cotton every where, but not in large quantity, and the bark-cloth tree abounded.-New York Post