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time passed too quickly. Although the writer has often passed this pleas ant place, he never had the pleasure of exploring it's beauties till on the occa- sion of this visit. In the rear of his house is an immense ledge, which is reached by a stairway, where some rustic seats provide an ideal spot for
 passing a warm afternoon. When Mr
 Bacon bought this property the lot at the foot of the ledge was brush lot.
 but he has cleared up the rubbish and brush and has one corner of it under cultivation In the lot west of this ledge is pasture lot, containing some large trees, chestnut, walnut and ash,
 an ideal picnic grove, and we threat ened to bring a certain Sunday school in town for a days outing there. In this lot he erected an open shed for his cattle to run under and he finds it handy building. The mason work was done by his own hands and showed him to be an adept in this line. It was quite evident he knew something about knocking off the rough corners, the better to prepare them for the builders use. Returning by way of his barns, we had look at his Jersey stock, of which he is proud. Mir Bacon is justly proud of his pretty home, as he has right to be. It is in many respects one of the most attractive little places in town, and if our ''pile" was big enough, we should make the genial D. c. an offer. AS it is he has our good wishes and congratulations.
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HAD $I,ooo BILL.
ITALIAN FAILS TO GET CHANGED GREENBACK OF LARGE DENOMINA- TON.

ITALIAN FAILS TO GET CHANGED
 eREENBAcK OF LARGE DENOMINA-
 TON.
 An Italian, a young man who bore the appearance of being labOrer, went into Foley Brothers saloon on White street Friday morning and asked sev- eral men who were in the bar room at the time to join him in a drink. The drinks were forthcoming and the Italian threw bill down on the bar. William Foley, who was behind the bar, picked up the bill and rang up the amount of the purchase on the cash register. Looking at the blll to see it's denomination. he was aStOnished to see figure one followed by three cipherS~ The bill was returned to it's owner forthwith. MT Foley decided not to change it. In several places the Italian presented the bill but did not succeed in getting it changed. Later he went to the Danbury Nation al bank and asked to have the bill changed. Teller Williams examined the bill and pronounced 1t genuine but declined tO change it. The Italian, who is stranger in town, did not ex- plain where he got the greenback which he probably has sstill.-Danbury News
 The gentleman in question was from NewtOwn, but was not an Italian. He is of the French persuasion and a thrifty citizen.
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THIRTY NEW LOCOMOTIVES

OF VARIOUS KINDS TO BE BUILT AT
 ONCE FOR THE CONsOLIDATED.-OR-
 DER PLACED AT PROvIDENCE.-LAsT
 OF PREVIOUS LOT RECEIVED TO-DAY,
 ALSO ONE HUNDRED CARS OF PRESS
 ED STEEL TO ADD TO ROLLING STOCK
 WHICH HAS BEEN LARGELY INCREAs- : ED LATELY.
 An order for 30 new locomotives of the passenger, freight and switching types for the Consolidated railroad, has been placed with the American Locomotive Works at Providence, H., and it is expected that they will all be delivered by February l, next. Work will be begun on them at once. These machines will be very much of the same character as the 90 which have just been completed at these works for the Consolidated, the last 10 of which, all switching engines, were de- livered to-day. The road is also receiv- ing the last of an order of loo flat cars of the same capacity of the thousand new steel cars which have just been completed for 1t. These flat cars are all steel except as to the flooring and are the product of the Pressed Steel Car company of Philadelphia.
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bury in 1880 and, on February 20, 1883, bought out the store of Booth & Squires, which he has conducted with success. In 1899 he was elected town clerk and has held that office since. He was postmaster from 1894 to 1899, being appointed by President Cleve- ing children. He is a member of Bull let Hill Camp of the Modern Wood- men of America and of Pomperaug lodge of the New England Order of Protection. By energy and close ap- plication to business he has been fla vored with a steady and substantial business. The above excellent like ness of Mir Cassidy was engraved espe- cially for THE BEE. <
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broken into, for they were given the privilege of hearing most helpful sermon on theme always of interest to the Christian tOiler. His manner of delivery is rapid, his words are well chosen and form pictures for the mind, the division of his thought is clear, and people listen because they know the speaker has something to say. The text was, John 5: 2: "But we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him." Some thoughts almost at random gathered together are as follows: The question of what is beyond is always an inter- esting one, for this life is so uncertain. The newspapers tell us of life snatch ed away in it's bloom and in an ex- hauSted age; again death comes after d lingering sickness, or the life-cord is snapped in the twinkling of an eye. what is beyond: but after all has been said that can be said, there is little we can certainly know. I do not know any more than you. John was left in wonder after the visions of celestial glory had broken upon him on lonely Patmos. This great truth, however, we do know: we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him.
 Like f1lm Tn OtOy we snail DC. l cannot get away from the conviction that in the gloriied state we are to have a.body. This body is to be so fine in it's substance that great dis tances shall be covered with the quicknesS of thought. No hunger. no thirst, no sickness, no pain: but yet a body. Like Him in mind we shall be. The highest achievements of the greatest intellectS shall be the A B c of the intellectual equipment of Heaven. The mysteries of grace, the mighty scheme of redemption, the manifold cOunSelS of God shall be clearly revealed to the mind. Let us never forget that when Jesus was on earth His mind was imprisoned in a human form; and yet how his simple statements have baffled the keenest minds! When we come to moral like ness we reach the most difficult part of our theme. What an inspiration this should be to the discouraged pill grim who regards his own attain ments in grace with little satisfaction! In character Christ was faultless. In action. in motive, in word, in thought He was pure as the angels of light.
 One could hardly help saying when Dr Markwick had done: The vision of what l shall be is so transcendently beautiful that 1 wish l were passing through it as reality nOw.|*
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The OUTLOOK.

Irrigation Our last Congress passed Law. ,~, an irrigation law look
 ing to the reclamation of some of the arid lands of the west. It is said that of the six hundred million acres of
 vacant land in the country that sixty million acres may be made available for cultivation if irrigation is used. This work is guarded from trusts by a provision that no person shall have water rights to more than one hundred and sixty acres of land. The reclama- tion fund is to be raised from the sale of the public lands in the states which are to be benetitted. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exam inc survey and construct the irriga- tion works and report the cost to Con- gress at each session. In New England we have no need of any irrigation, this year, for the clouds have given us ful measure. Yet there is no doubt but what many farm could double it's productive capacity if it had little irrigation plant which could be put in without any very great expense. These small ponds which should hold the water would be ofgreat value; also in furnishing fish food and in securing an ice supply. Start an irrigation pond, farmers of Western Connecticut, and beautify our landsc ape and in crease your crops.
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G. w. Fairchild & Sons, the Bridge port jewellers, are having for a short time only special sale of cut glass and sterling silver mounted toilet and desk goods. The reason is that they have not complete lines and need the room for the new fall patterns which will soon be here.
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HE FILLS IN AN HOUR OF VACATION
 TIME BY DOING SOME EXCELLENT
 PULPIT wORK.-THE THREATENING
 WEATHER DOES NOT KEEP THE PEO-
 PILE AWAY.
 Sombre skies, ill becoming summer days, have been the rule thus far as the golden weather (that ought to bel has rolled along. Sunday seems to have been particularly selected out as the time for leaden clouds to cover the azure blue, and ministers must have an unusual talent for keeping sunshine at the heart not to develop into pessimiStS of most pronounced type. The dull clouds came as usual on Sunday morning, August 5; put the people came, too, to the COngrega- tional church. and the well-tilled pews made up for the Out-Of sorts weather. If this cozy editice could keep through the year such audiences as it has in the hot days of summer, the problem of the country church would be solved and there would not be so many rural ministers with strong pullings city wards.
 wick, pastor of the AnSOnia COngreEa- tional church, dropped into our beau- tiful town. we may whisper it softly, on a honeymoon. The renown of our fair hostelry is spreading so wide that who shall say that Niagara and the National Capital may StoH some day eaHe ave goal of those recently struck by Cupid'S s dart? Of course Dr Markwick liked fine place, and why should he not? Most people will like Heaven, too 1when they get there). That is not saving that Newtown is Heaven, but the comparison holds in that, during fine summer months, it is decidedly pretty spot. !, Dr Markwick is one of | those busy men who deserve vaca-
 tion and know how to njOy it. One
 day was spent fishing in the waters Of
 Taunton lake, and fishing IS lazlness
 in the superlative degree. For eleven
 months this earnest clergyman mas
 kept busily at work, pounding away,
 we might say, not at his pulpit all the
 while, but on the anvil of efficient,
 alI-round service. For years he has
 been chairman in Ansonia of the com
 mittee on school books and teachers and city teeming with children fur niSheS abundant opportunity for work along this line. He has also writer
 many books for supplementary read
 ing in the schools, and lately has beer
 engaged in translating several of thes'
 into Spanish for use in the Cubal
 schools, for the young republic l
 waking out of her sleep and is going t.
 hold up her head proudly among tn progressive nations of the earth. D Markwick is man who has forged t. the front by the application , of the three g's: grit, grac and gumption. At seven years of az l he sold papers on the streets of Lon don, and after that had scarcely an } schooling save as he got it for himsel r by rising at o'clock in the mornin t to study and walking four miles afte l work at night to recite. These ar ! the men who succeed because the ? have it in them to succeed. Dr Mark s wick is now pastor of church of 3e : members in the humming little manl ? featuring town of Ansonia. He ha i, been over this church for F years, f very long term of service as pastorate d now go: and his people hold on to hil
 with hooks of steel. It is fortunat " for the Newcomers that this man ( e cloth was willing to have his vacatio
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or spectators. as everyone who saw the game Saturday went away we'll Ss,tis- fled. We congratulate you, Newtown, on your we'll earned victory. but more on your SpOrtSmanlike conduct. And to WOodbury we say the same, and hope to see you here again.-[#
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Miss Susie H. Smith, who has been assisting with the work in THE BEE's composing room for several weeks, re- turns on Saturday to her home in Plymouth.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SOMETHING ABOUT J. Il. CASSIDY

A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT.
 J. H. Cassidy, one of Britain's suc- cessful merchants, was born at Pawl- ings, N. Y., the son of MT and Mrs Michael Cassidy. He came to South
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MT and Mrs E. L. Johnson returned, last Wednesday, from their visit at Dalton, Mass.
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Oscar Carlson, of THE BEE force of workers, is having a weeks deserved vacation from his work. He will visie Bridgeport and New York during hiB absence.
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MT and Mrs Albert Miller are at J. H. Weaver's pleasant cottage on Mt Pleasant.
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Miss Laura Whitney and Master Frederick Whitney of the Brass City are visiting at E. B. Wilson's.
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The According to some of the
 Coal papers the anthracite coal
 Strike. strike makes the country look like an armed camp in Pennsyl- vania. One hundred and fifty thous-. and men are involved and it is hard to keep the miners from sundry acts of violence. We are told that the men who try to work are stoned and hung in et1igy and shot at from ambush. An effort is made all the time to prevent any new laborers from coming to the region and the spirit of anarchy and unrest prevails. Meanwhile the price of coal goes on soaring higher and the mines cannot be operated, yet they call this the land of liberty.
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Mrs J. J. Kennedy of Bridgeport was guest of Mrs c. T. Wade at the Grand Central, last week.
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George A. Northrop and family pass ed Sunday in Bridgeport.
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A BRIDAL COUPLE AT THE INN. REV DIR WARWICK AND BRIDE OF AN
 SONIA THE HAPPY COUPLE.


 SONIA THE HAPPY COUPLE.
 Rev William Fisher Markwick, D. D., of Ansonia, who has been stopping at the Inn, with his bride, was mar ried in Ansonia on Monday, July B, at , p. m. The bride was Miss Addie Elizabeth Rider; daughter of MT and was SolemniZed at the home of the bride, on South Cliff street, AnsOnia. The spacious parlors were tastefully arranged with flowers for the occasion, and the bride wore rich gown of biScuit-cOkOred crepe de chene made over cream taffeta silk, and she carried a shower bouquet of white sweet peas. The Episcopal service was used, the officiating clergyman being Rev H. A. Campbell of the Seymour COngrega- tional church, formerly pastor of the bride. After congratulations had been extended. the friends were uShered into the dining room. where buffet lunch was served. The color scheme here was green and white, the parlors being dressed in yellow. Only the members of the families of the bride and groom were present, no outside in | vitations having been issued. The gifts were numerous and beautiful, and bore testimony to the esteem of many absent friends. Among the gifts were S1OO in gold from members of Rev MI Markwick'S church and congregation. The bridal party left on an afternoon train for NewtOwn, where they will remain for a week or two, and will then spend the remainder of the month of August at the shore. The brides going-away costume was o1 green silk moire velour, trimmed witt velvet and white lace medallions. .Dl Markwick is one of the strong preach CTS in the Congregational denomina tion in the state. The couple have naturally been the objects of a consider able attention while here.
 The ball game on Saturday last wa! very satisfactory from all points O view. Its progress showed spirit O fair play that was very pleasant t' witness, especially in view of the fac that considerable rivalry exists be tween the two teams. Each side en , tered into the play in Sportsmanlik' spirit which eliminated all "kicking' . and ill manners that the spectator get tired of very soon. Such exhibi tions are bound to bring out crowd
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Trusts and We have been think New Business. ing that the trusts were about to drown everything but a few figures go to show that great as is their appetite capacity, competition is growing faster than the trusts. For while the country has seen in the last year trusts capitalized. to the amount of four and a half billion dollars it is said that there has been five billion dollars worth of new industry started. Much of the four and half billion dollars is water also; hence, if the trusts lift the price of products too high, there will be added production and bring the price down again. There is no doubt but what there will be lot of money lost in the trusts by too eager millionaires. Some of them, however, will deserve the fate which competition is sure to bring to them. The Elm Now is the time to Leaf-Beetle. make warfare on the elm leaf-beetle for next year. Its at- tack began two weeks later than usual l this season. The caterpillars are now about through feeding and are coming down the trees to transform at the base or in the crevices of the rough bark, where they remain for ten days, when the adults emerge and fly away. Spraying the trunk and base of each ) tree and the ground under it witf kerosene emulsion, or common laundry soap and water q lb. dissolved in gallons), will kill large proportion O.
 the insects, which are very tender il the pupal condition. If sprayinl outfit is not at hand, the ground should be drenched by applying the in 2 secticide with a watering pot. Evel
 Sweeping and burning the insects vii
 result in much good if every tree owr CT acts immediately. Repeat tn spraying, drenching or sweeping ever
 few days as long as any of the cate
 pillars or the yellow pupae can |
 seen. It will do no good to apply tf
 spray after the adult beetles ha,
 emerged. Two complete defoliatiol
 may kill the trees.
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rhE CON0RE0ATlONAL CHURCH.
 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. PICNIC.

The Sunday school picnic will be held on August % at Taunton lake, Elmer w. Fairchild having kindly giv- en his permission for the use of his grounds at the south end of the lake.
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AN INSPIRING SERMON BY DR
 MARkWlCk.

HE FILLS IN AN HOUR OF VACATION TIME BY DOING SOME EXCELLENT PULPIT WORK.-THE THREATENING WEATHER DOES NOT KEEP THE PEO- PT.E AWAY.
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A VISIT AT D. C. BACONS.

HE TELLS SOME GOOD STORIES.-SOME- THING ABOUT HIS ATTRACTIVE PLACE.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-09
RAILROADERS FAVOR STRIKERS.
Some Decide to Refuse to Haul Soft
Coal, Others No Non-Unionists
or Law Officers.

Hazleton, Pa, June Sat their
meeting at Freeland yesterday after
noon the employees of the Delaware,
Susquehanna and Schuylkill railroad
unanimously refused to handle any
t. aims carrying special officers, depu-
ties or non-unionists. A resolution so
stating, addressed to Luther G. Smith,
superintendent Of the road, was
adopted.
1t is understood the company will
not ask the men to continue doing
this work, but will depend on the
Lehigh Valley railroad in the future
to take these special trains from one
colliery to the other. Some OF the
Lehigh Valley trainmen declined dur
ing the past two days to handle these
trains and crews were recruited with
some difficulty
The Lehigh Valley trainmen held q
secret meeting here yesterday after
noon and decided that they will not
handle any coal mined at the col
heries or any soft coal sent over the
Hazleton division to displace anthra-
cite during the continuation of the
strike. They will continue manning
trains carrying officers and deputies
and men recruited in the big cities
II they are not imported in such large
numbers as to enable the COM anies
to resume the mining Of coal with
non-union forces.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June "a meet
ing of railway brotherhood men in
the employ Of the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad was held
ut Kingston last evening. TIE Ques-
ton Of hauling bituminous cosI to the
various mines, the employees Of which
are now on strike, came up for ais
cdssion. Many Of those present
thought that the crews should refuse
to handle such coal It was decided,
however. not to take any action until
another meeting was held.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-09
INTEROCEANIC CANAL I BILL.
Expected to Take Up Most OF Sen
ate,s Time This Week-Fore-
cast of House.
cast Of House.

Washington, June 9.-The greater
part OF the time of the senate the
present week will be given to the
interoceanic canal bill. An attempt
will probably be made by the sup
porters of the Nicaragua route to Sc
cure an agreement to vote on the bill
next Saturday, but the probabilities
are all against success. Senator Harris,
OF Kansas, will open the debate to-
day in support of the Nicaragua route,
and he will be followed by various
other senators for and against the
measure. Senator Fairbanks has
given formal notice of speech on
Wednesday. He will support the
Spooner bill.
Today, in the morning hour, Sena'
tor. Simmons, of North Carolina, will
speak on the bill creating national
park in the southern Appalachian
mountains, and, in accordance with
the agreement reached Saturday the
morning hour of other days will be
devoted to consideration Of Senator
Nelson's bill for the abolition of the
London dock charges until vote
shall be taken upon it,. Saturday, af
ter 4 o'clock, the senate will listen tc
eulogies Of the character of the late
Representative Stokes, of South Caro-
lima. On Friday the nomination q
General William Crozier to be CHIEF
Of the ordnance bureau will be con
sidered in executive session.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-09
PRESIDENT IS WILLING TO ACT.
Talked With Wright--one Law Be-
Ieved FutiIe-Another Requires
Request Of One Party.

Washington, June 9.-The president
talked with Hon. Carroll d. Wright,
the United States commissioner or
labor, for some time Sunday regard
ing the situation in the anthracite
coal region. Mr.. Wright came to
Washington at the request Of the
president to get his views on the
question and to discuss what might
be done under the law which gives
the commissioner Of labor the right to
investigate affairs Of this kind and to
collect information relating to them,
which may DO reported to the presi-
dent or to congress.
The president stands ready at any
time to be Of any service possible TO
aid In effecting q settlement OF the
differences existing between the op-
orators AMI the miners. II this be pos
sible. No statement was obtainable
a. the White House last night a. 70
the result of the conference between
the president and Mr.. Wright. Later
in the day the latter left Whshingtor
for New York, where he has several
days business demanding his atten-
ton. -
Under the act creating the depart
ment of labor the commissioner Is
empowered to investigate the causes
OF labor disputes that tend to inter.
fere with the welfare Of the people
Of the different states and report the
same to congress or to the president.
Persons familiar with the law, how
ever, question it's utility, saying am
pie information is already public
property through statements whicn
have been printed in the newspapers
en5 that no one has authority under
the law to take any action on the in
formation which may be obtained.
The law of 1898 specifically re
quires that the chairman of the inter
state commerce commission and the
commissioner of labor shall use their
best efforts to settle disputed labor
matters amicably upon the request OF
either party to a controversy, thus
making it prerequisite to any action
through the government channels
that the initiative must be taken by
any one of the interested parties.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-09
Found Mans Remains on a Farm.

Warren, o., June 9.-The remains
OF man who evidently committed
suicide were found on the farm OF
Lester Mathews, two miles from
Kinsman, Saturday. The body was
well dressed. but there were no pa
pers in his pockets. He had been
dead for 10 days or more. An empty
revolver by the side Of the body AMI
bullet hole back of one ear told the
story Of the mans death. He wore 4
silver ring OF peculiar design, and had
thEe1 geld teeth, enc II front