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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-09
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.
MEETINGS.


A regular meeting of this n
Lodge will be held at Masonic 49,
Temple this (Tuesday) evening M
at Sis o'clock.
z. A. Degree.
Members of sister lodges and tran
silent brethren are cordially invited.
BENZ. F. FINNEY, w. NJ.
JOHN S. HAINES, Secretary.
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wATERTowN.
THE LOCAL FINANCIAL MUDDLE.

Affairs of the bank have been dis cussed, the past week, more than town affairs, but in some features are closely connected. Several directors meet ings have been held and the annual election of bank officers occurs We'd nesday, the 10th. Notice has been given of suspension of payments at SkiltOn has received a notice from At- torney General King that he cannot legally recognize other than the treas urer of town in the payment of state funds. The selectmen have demanded that Mattoon furnish further bonds Jas treasurer) for S20,000. THOSE sOCIABLE aUERNSEYTOWN
 PEOPLE.
 A very enjoyable social was held at Morris, Bethlehem, Woodbury, and Waterbury were represented. It is estimated that more than 125 were present. The next social will be held at Myron Wheeler's, January 29.
 Herbert Booth Of the Salvation army spoke three times in the Methodist church, Sunday. In the morning hi S subject was "Crippled Christians;" al SD. m. it was "The Giant who played the FOo!;" and in the evening, "The Great Day of Wrath" These services will continue for week. His lecture. on "Early Christian Heroism, " will bt delivered on Thursday and Frida, evenings.
 Superintendent H. Stadmueller O Waterbury spent last Friday evenin, with friends in the village.
 E. Bartlett, Jr., is reported on tht sick list.
 After a short illness of pneumoni ia Jonas Hungerford, aged s8, died at hi rooms in the residence of N. B. Miller on Wednesday last. His twin brother died In this town, last June. MT Hun
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FATAL NO LONGER.
Dread Locomotor Ataxia Robbed of
 it's TerrOrs.
The Very Doctors Amazed the Astonishing CureHepes And Hopeless Miss Phebe Ett Enos recovers the
 Strength and Activity of Youth.

No legend of the widely famed val ley of the Susquehanna surpasses in strangeness, and certainly none ap. breaches in vital significance, the story of the long struggle in which Phebe Ett Enos has conquered frightful form o1 disease, the very name of which physi. clans shrink from telling to it's victims because it has come'to mean..inevitable death. The story which Miss Enos told a reporter at her home at Oneonta, N. Y., will be read with intense inter est throughout the whole world:
 My trouble began six years ago with numb feeling in my feet. They pricked and stung as if needles were being stuck into them and the numb
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"This was discouraging enough, but l do not give up easy and I kept on with his treatment. By this time I could not rise from my chair without being pulled up by the hands. I could not walk without a cane, and could not walk at all in the dark. ,Tbe dis ease kept spreading until had to keep to my bed most of the time. could neither dress nor undress myself and when wanted to lie down my sister had to lift my limbs and put them on the bed. Ihad no power to raise them myself.
 "You see I was in pretty bad shape when l first began to take Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. How did 1 hear about them? We'll, my nephew told me about man he had met, some where down south, who could walk only with crutches the first time my nephew saw him but was entirely we'll year afterward, and gave all the credit to Dr Williams Pink Pills. Then a neighbOr showed me a news paper account of a Schoharie county man who had been cured of locom0tor ataxia by the same remedy. I sent for some the very next morning. stuck to it too, for it was five weeks before I saw any benefit. Then I noticed less pain and I could walk without a cane, and had left of my former trou- ole only little dragging of my right foot.
 "One day, when I went out, saw my doctor. He was greatly surprised and exclaimed: You certainly are better. What has done it? If you had not got better you could not have raised hand or foot by this time."
 "Well, I kept on taking the pills and improving. Now am as we'll as any one, go about freely, do my own house. work, even run up and down stairs, and sometimes think I am young again. All the credit for my recovery is due to Dr Williams Pink Pills, and surely no one can recommend them more highly than cans
 A remedy proved capable of curing the most dreadful form of nervous dis ease known, may be used with conf. dence for all minor disorders, such as sciatica, neuralgia, nervous headaches, ! St Vitus' dance and nervous debility Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all druggists throughout the world.
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MARBLEDALE.
W, O. CORNING TO BUILD.

w.o. CORNING TO BUILD.
 W. O. Corning is getting out timber to build, in the early spring, large ad- dition to his Wheaton place barn, which, when completed, will be one of the most attractive places in Marble dale. Merritt W. Beers and assist ants will do the work.
 The residence of MT and Mrs Samuel H. Clark looks very fine in it's new coat of paint.
 Merritt w. Beers is building fine house near the residence of his father, Wallace Beers. It will contain all the modern improvements.
 A Leap Year dance will be given by the Marketable Hall association on Friday evening, January 29. A good supper is promised, and good music by Whitney's orchestra of New Milford Tickets soc each. AS Leap Year comes but once in four years, and with a full moon to tighten the way home, anc this being the last one this season, z pleasant time is anticipated.
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WOODvILLE.
ITEMS JOTTED DOW N.

Miss Pearl Beeman called at Maple Road farm the other day.
 Woodville is sending seven chiIdr en to the Christian Street school nd there are several more to go, who are waiting for the school to open in Woodville.
 Runner says that the cards are out for the wedding of certain young man of this place.
 Walter Osborn is drawing ties to the depot for Truman Wedge.
 Joseph Cheney is drawing logs to the sawmill for MT Shanley. He is also drawing posts to Romford to be shipped to New York by the carload.
 William c. Brague plays the violin for a wedding anniversary at Edward Sanford's in Milton next Tuesday evening, January 26. James Anson is working at South Farm Inn, Litchtield, where he has taken a contract to do all their paint ing and to paint the new Hotel. Seth Osborne is working for him.
 Prime Wright had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse, recently, while drawing wood from the woodland he | bought from Mrs Charles Tompkins, last fall.
 The news reached here, this week, of the death of Mrs Florence DeRos: arY of New York, who boarded at Maple Road farm a number of sum. mers. She is the grandmother of NJ lam c. Tilden, who has travelled with the Richard Mansfield Go. for the past three years.
 Mrs Edward Knickerbocker, who has been visiting at Merton Tompkins' has now gone to visit in Litchfeld.
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tional church gave a very successful sociable at the chapel on last Monday evenin ng and $16 was added to the treasury.
 Edson Roswell, who has been quite ill with pneumonia, is said to be lit- tile better at this writing, at his home in the southern part of the town.
 A masquerade will be held at the Grange hall on Thursday evening, Jan uary 28.
 Mrs Edwin c. Randall was the guest of friends in Roxbury on Saturday.
 Mrs Thomas Richmond of New Mil ford was the guest of her mother. Mrs Margaret Greer, last Saturday.
 Marketable Hall association was held in the Guild room of the hall, Monday evening, January II. The treaSurer's report shows that the hall has cost in- cluding the stage settings of four scenes, ,parlor, kitchen, lawn and street, a Chickering piano, kitchen range with spring water connections, crock cry, cutlery, lamps, chairs and seats, about s25OO. All paid for but S75 and part enough funds in the treasury to pay that. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. Mrs c. P. Denslow, president: Rev T. S. Ockford, vice president. Joseph B. Watson, secretary. 1 w. o. Corning, treasurer. l V. B. Hatch, s. D. Warehouse and Merritt w. Beers, trustees.
 Henry c. Sanford spent Sunday in New York City.
 Mrs L. s. Weeks of Bridgeport has been spending few days with S. R. Weeks.
 l The Ladies' whist club were enter tained by Mrs B. R. Wooster, last Sat- urday.
 Mrs Harmon Treat is seriously i'll at her home with her son, H. W. Treat. Dr POnS of RoxburY is in daily attend ance.
 Elmer Frost has been indisposed but is now able to be around the house.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
LYONS PLAINS.

NEWS CLEANED BY OUR SCRIBE.
 A sleighing party of young people went from here on Sunday last to wis it MT and Mrs Albert Williams at their home in Fairfield.
 MT and Mrs John Williams and son, Douglass, spent Sunday the guests of MT and Mrs William White in East Norwalk.
 Residents of this section are enjoy ing the coldest weather now that has been known for great many years. Many of the young people say that they never remember such cold weather.
 Mrs Frank GOrham and Miss Flor ence Perry have been recent guests at the home of Mrs c. c. Salmon.
 Mrs Rachel Banks has come to spend the balance of the winter with her daughter, Mrs Bradley White.
 The whist clubs last week were en- tertained by MT and Mrs Eli Wake man and Mrs John Fitch. Mrs Philip Gerhardt, who has been ill for some time, is so far recovered as to be able to attend to her household duties.
 Owing to a defective pipe in the fur mace the church was very cold, last Sunday. The furnace is to be-cleaned and fitted up with whatever new pipe it needs, this week, so that the church can be properly warmed: Mrs 1. N. Thorpe is in Bethel help ing her daughter, Mrs Elmer Tread we'll, care for sick child. The child has been very ill with tonsilitis but ii
 reported much better now.
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ness spread until both limbs were affected. The pain was so intense that I could not get to sleep. The best doctor in Oneonta attended me and I took his medicine faithfully but kept growing worse.
 "One day asked the doctor to tell me frankly whether he could cure me. He hesitated a while and then said, T might as we'll tell you one time as another, Miss Enos, that you will prob ably never be active again. Your trouble is Iocomotor ataxia and that is incurable. I can probably make you comfortable, but that is all.' He was very serious and before he went away he advised me to put all personal mat te IS of importance into satisfactory shape.
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gerford leaves a widow and one son.
 Guy c. Lampson was in town over

gerford leaves a widow and one son.
 Guy c. Lampson was in town over Sunday.
 Marcus G. Merwin Taft, 'O3, was visitor here, lately.
 Frank Norway lost valuable horse, last week, by it's becoming mired in springy place which it attempted to cross on its way from the stable to the water. The horse struggled hard to extricate itself when it began to sink down, but of course by it's efforts con- tinued to get deeper and deeper, until Mir Norway, finding himself unable to get the horse out, was obliged to shoot Chicken thieves have lately visited the roost of Charles Hubbell for the second time and about 30 fowls were taken. MT Hubbell recently lost val uable heifer through sickness. Coasting by the young people on the hills in the village is the chief sport of late and some "clOse slaves" and narrow escapes have been reported where collisions have been avoided. Some complaint is made by the citi- zens that the dangerous sport is allow | ed.
 The Pancake sociable held at the pdTlSu TOOulS, WcuucSudy cVculDk, W dn well attended and over $500 is report ed to have been realized.
 Mrs Eliel Daley has been spending the winter with friends in Washing ingtOn, D. c.
 J. D. McLane has moved into the tenement of H. T. Dayton at East Side.
 Mrs George Skilton is reported dan gerously i'll.
 Miss Ada M. Skilton has recovered and is able to attend to her duties 11 the school.
 Edward Barton is on the sick list
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ALL HAD EXCELLENT EXCUSES.

Rev MT Post preached an earnest sermon here last Sunday morning upon '"The Hindrances of Christians" A lack of the male membership present was apparent, all probably having good excuses for remaining away.
 MT and Mrs George 0. Hopkins pass ed the latter part of last week and over last Sunday in Sharon.
 MT and Mrs B. D. Douglass visited East Kent, last Sunday.
 Hon c. P. Lyman and wife passed last week in New Haven, the guests of Col c. w. Pickett and wife. They returned to their home here on Satur- HS George % V. Kinney was called from here: last week, by B. A. Perkins of Torrington to superintend job of electrical work in Putnam, which will occupy Georges time for several months.
 On account of the indisposition of Miss Shillito, teacher of the primary department, District school No. 10 was allowed an extra holiday, last week.
 The Judea chapter, D. A. R., met on Monday afternoon, with Mrs Ccgs- we'll, and after business heard very interesting paper from Mrs William Brinsmade. Delicious refreshments were served.
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KENT.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
 The Congregational church held it's annual roll cali, January 14: A goodly mum Der were present, considering the weather, and a good many letters were received. Rev w. M. Goodwin was voted in as deacon, and Mrs Margaret Bull, Miss Arita Bull and Mrs Flora Berry were voted in as members of the standing committee. A very social time was enjoyed by all, ,and it is hoped it will help to increase fellowship.
 GRANGE INSTALLATION.
 The Grange holds it's public installa- tion on Wednesday in the new hall over the Town hall.
 Rev MT Job lost his family horse, Sunday morning. They very much re- gret his taking off, especially the boy in the family.
 The thermometer registered IA de. greeS below zero the morning of the 18th ,and on the 2Oth it showed heavily
 The Mutual Ice Co.'s ice house is
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BRIDGEWATER.
GRANGE TOPICS.


 Bridgewater Grange has invited G. A. Vincent, of Kent, Master of HOus- atomic Valley Pomona, to install it's of- ficers next Wednesday evening. Janu- ary 27, and at the same time the re- tiring lecturer, Miss Trowbridge, will present farce during lecturers hour. We expect these attractions VIII draw out large attendance of members. The following is list of officers to be installed:
 M., G. J. Hawley.
 O., Levi M. Warner.
 L., Mabelle F. Sanford.
 S., Harry G. NorthrOp. A. S., Reuben G. Warner.
 O., Albert B. Mallett. IT., Edward R. Wooster. Secretary, H. w. Treat. G. K, Grover c. Allen. O., Hattie J. Allen. F., Evadnia Dickinson. F., Isabelle M. Orr. L. A. S., Abbie L. Northrep. George A. Northr0p was elected a member of the executive committee for three years. George A. Northrop attended the sessions of Connecticut State Grange at Hartford, last week. TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST. Daniel Garfield of New Milford was in town on Saturday. The young ladies of the Congrega
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Winsted and Hartford this stopping

Winsted and Hartford this stopping places.
 AN INTERESTING MEETING ASSURED.
 Just one more notice that the Hous- atomic Christian Endeavor Union meets in the chapel. February 6, and that Dr Hall, of New Britain speaks: Everyone will want to hear him and that is why we keep the notice before the public so consistently, lest they forget.
 Two new residents, Frank Funk and Karl Loeller, have come to live in the town. They are staying at the Man sion House and working in the shop:
 The item in reference to MT YutZler in last weeks BEE was not written by Miss Hallett, and the editor regrets if it caused her annoyance or anyone else.
 Miss Jessie Gertrude Wheaton is in New Haven, working on case.
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BULLS BRIDGE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MT and Mrs Fred R. Lane and Mrs A. B. Mallory were at William Good sells of North Kent over Sunday.
 Andy. Bartelson is filling his ice Co. $ dam.
 l.. l. Fletcher was in the village, Tuesday.
 Ralph Peet is having a telephone put in his house. Mrs Charles Beach has sold her horse to parties in New Milford.
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filled with ice 16 inches thick.
 Rev H. K..Job and wife started for Washington, D. C., Monday morning. Tuesday MT Job gives lecture before the National Audubon society, of which he is an shonored member. and on Wed nesday we welcome him home again.
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John Wood, who was once resident o this place and who now resides in New Rochelle, has been very ill, but is now reported to be slowly regaining his health.
 Mrs William Atkinson is in New Haven, her former home.
 M. M. Gower will lecture, Saturday evening, in the hall, taking for his subject, "The Hawaiian Islands, J with which he is very familiar, having made his home there for some time. Mrs s. T. Wartles and Alden G. Wartles are in Philadelphia. Dr J. w. Ives and Mrs Ives gave a , whist party, Friday evening. Mrs w. P. Smaller is visiting friends out of town.
 Rev Carl Stackman attended 8 , Christian Endeavor gathering in Hart ford. Hon L. J. Nickerson has left towr for few days, making New Haven
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LITCHFlELD COUNTY.
WASHINGTON.


 WASHINGTON.
 PLEASED WITH RURAL MAIL DELIVERY
 CHANGE.
 The rural carrier for the east end of the town now takes the same route each month on the Litchfield road. There has been much satisfaction ex- pressed over this change, and it is ex- pected that new boxes will be added.
 TO ENLARGE THE aUNNERY.
 It is reported that J. c. Brinsmade' intends to build dOrmitOry near the cottage. More room is needed on ac- count of the large number of pupils.
 The proverbial January thaw has not yet overtaken us. Many of the ice houses are filled and generous wOodpileS are being made ready for the steam saw. This beats the old fashioned winter New England cli- mate is not so very different after all. A. o. Titus and Mrs Edwin Hollis ter have returned from their visit to Mrs William Franklin in Bethlehem, Penn. MT Titus also went to Wash ington and had fine trip.
 The D. A. R. held a very interest," ing meeting at the home of Mrs Thorn ton Cogswell on Monday. Mrs w. G. Brinsmade had fine paper on the Historical Novel. Mrs Frances Titus of Bethlehem, Pa., is very much improved in health.
 Mrs Carhart, who has been visiting her brother, Theodore Bradley, return ed to the city on Monday.
 Joel Pearson is out with a sleigh, bought of Paul Gage.
 Wilbur Fenn has purchased sleigh of Paul Gage.1
 The Christian Endeavor sociable was held at Thornton Cogswell's on Tuesday evening".
 Mrs Carter's parents, MT and Mrs Sterling, of Bridgeport, are on their way home from the Philippine Islands and Japan. .~- A number of plays are in process of rehearsal for the near future. Mrs John Fenn of Marketable was visiting in town, last week. Her friends were all glad to see her. She attended the church roll call, being a member for many years.
 Kate Flaherty, who has been i'll for some time with heart trouble, has gone to hospital in New York.
 B. O. Warner, life insurance agent, was in town, last week, from Torring- tOn.N
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and F. N. Barton takes his place in the store.
WEST CORNWALL.
A PLEASANT SURPRISE

While sitting quietly by the fire at the close Of day, and thinking it must be nearly bedtime, MT and Mrs Dwight Handlin were surprised to see a host of friends enter with baskets full of good cheer. It was the ''one surprise party out of the ten" that proved a complete surprise. A large ing commenced. MT Handlin played the fiddle and was accompanied by his little daughter, Eva, who is also very clever with the violin.
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ROXBURY.

A SOC fable will be given at the home of MT and Mrs Walter Booth, on Tues day evening, January 26. All are cor dially invited.
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srEPNEY.

Miss Rosetta Reid is visiting friends in New York.
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NEWPREsrON.
MIR WRIGHT'S LOSS.

Prime Wright met with quite a seri- ous misfortune, last week, in losing his best horse, fine colt he purchased of William Johnson of Kent Hollow, and had we'll broken him to harness. The cause of death was purely accidental. A fence Stake partly buried in the snow over which the colt was driven with it's mate, punctured and disem- boweled him before he;could be released from the harness, became so restless he could not be saved. His throat was cut by his owner at last, to end his Sufferings. He had recently refused $25O for the colt and was looking for ward to the colts development as a trotter. His friends are raising a purse to aid him, Postmaster Hosford having taken the good work in hand.
 MIR DUCK ORDAINED.
 Rev A. H. Post as pastor and Sher- man Cogswell as delegate attended the ordination services at Washington on Tuesday of this week, at which time and place Rev MT Duck, former teach CT at Upson seminary, was ordained a minister of the gospel, thereby entitling him to all the rights and privileges of the sect, Congregational, to which he has joined himself.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-09
MINISTERS IN SESSION.
Inst Meeting Of the season OF tn " in
0Oski Association.

The WinooslN Association of CunGrcea-
,%.onal Ministers hold tho Last meeting Cf
tho season in the parlor of the First
Nhurch Monday morning and aftern, ON.
"rhe meeting was called to order by tho
hpresident, the Rev. q. Glenn Atkins.
SPrayer was offered by the Rev. L. II
lElliott of Waterbury. The minutes of the
fpreVous meeting We're read 10y the sorihc
fAnd approved The Rcv. T. y Treat e
kRichrnoad was received into membership
by letter from the Orleans association. The
IComruittec On programme for next year
heported a. follows: From INTERPRETER
btstive Studies in Modern Religious Move
knentSt: l. The High Church Move
bnenr'; 2. Tho Religious Education Move
kment'; 3. The Young Peoples Move
Hnent'; a. THE Settlement Movement
kAlso four papers on parish problems Pro-
lfessor Hungerford reported fer tn" com
Fnittee on church federation and tho Scribe
Nor the committee on place of meeting.
land the Row Il. T. ]Icrrick proposed resp
Buttons on the death of the Kcv. $. L.
BATES. which were passed unanimously.
-Four papers were read. Tho first by
the Rev. Edward Hunserford on "Tho I'm
slerial Church. The Rev. G. &. Adams OF
aaIinesbureh read paper on Guilds.
sCraftsm"u ana the Kosimc Of Hand
Work" The Rcv. N. l.. Severance read
- paper ~ Modern Church Types and
hTheir Value" and the Rev. r X. Davies
! one on "rhe Social Unrest and the Way
out Owips tn lack of time the papers
We're not discussed
The election of officers for next year re-
suited follows: President, the Rev. Dr.
Gerald IT. Beard; scribe. the Rev. Evan
Thomas
Among lnasc present wcrc the Rev. J.,
II. Elliott of Waterbury. secretary Of the
Vermont Bible society, and tho Rev G. T.
Harvard Of Putne~. for several years
pastor AT jericho. and at one time SCRIBE
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TUESDAY IN CITY COURT.

Thomas Baker ran up against the license
law Tuesday for the third time ana he
was sentenced by Judge Hawkins to serve
30 days in jail and to pay a tine of sl5 and
costs of sl0I9, the alternate sentence he
ing III days in the House of Correction.
George J.. Morse of Milton was arragned
for soliciting insurance for the Ridgcly
Protective association. lie pleaded not
guilty and hearing was had the case
being continued for "A decision.
Another prosecution for concealing and
otherwise disposng of milk bottles, the
property of II. II. Chittenden, was dis
posed of Tuesday in city court, when
Ira l.. Chase was fined 81 and costs lie
took an appeal and furnished bail in the
sum of $50