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VOLUME XII. NEWTOWN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1889.--- SIX PAGES. NUMBER 36. Miss Lulu W. Orgelman is in Brooklyn with her cousins, Mr and Mrs Brosman. EAST J. Beers has one of the largest of A small building, scarcely more than a shed, ha lieen erected at llawleyvllle, Just above the brick house, for a milk HtuMon, from which tho Ilotimitonlc milk tr:i In will ho loaded. The family of II. K. Kimberly of I Bridgeport has been with James Weaver and O. B. Johnson. ' EEDDINO. I Thomas Sanford says that the publish-- " A family at J. II. Warner's, this week, comprised Augustus Warner f Chicago ; Austin Warner, with his son Lawrence and daughter Miss Jessie of Vlcksburg, Miss. Paul and Mis3 Mary s- - Warner, who have been at the moun- - Additions te Newtown Library. The United Motherland, Motley, Vol 1 lftKi " " i M.V7 " " " 8 IMS i, " . - 4 ioki ltise ot the Dutch 1(01)111)110, Motley , Vol.1 10K0 " " t 10B1 " " ' " 3 inrii David Hubbell lost a watch, last week, while in the berry field. W. T. Eastwood and his Star attended the bicyclist meet in Hartford, Monday and Tuesday. . Mrs Mary Eastwood arrived from Bethel, last week. Mrs Willard Oliver and children of Danbury are with Mrs II. A. Patchen. Miss May Hall of Pleasantville, N. Y., with her grandmother, Mrs Benjamin Hall. Station Master French says that he isn't through with his improvements yet. Those already completed are a great ad- dition to the depot and Its At the town meeting, Saturday,August 31, George Wlnton presided as moderator and M. J. Houlihan as clerk. Town Agent W. II. Glover was Instructed to transfer Newtown's Interest In tho new Iron bridge to the counties of Now Haven and Fairfield and tho selectmen were instruct- ed to confer with tho selectmen of South-bur- y and the stockholders of Bennett's bridge to bring about the transfer of said bridge to the counties. It is said that tho price wanted for Bennett's bridge is t:ioo. Over a year ago, Supt W. K. Lyon of the Housatonlc issued notices that the practice of Jumping on and off trains at stations must be stopped. They have again been sent out, with the further in- formation that the practice is on the in- crease and that it nmst be stopped; if necessary, offenders are to he arrested. After nearly two mouths of confine- ment, James Callahan had recovered from his broken leg sulueieiitly to walk with little aid, when, Saturday eveuing, he sustained a second fracture of the same leg. He was In Warner, Clark & Taylor's store und, hi cane slipping on tho lloor, he threw almost hi entire weight upon the lame leg. He was tak- en home and Dr Smith called. hydrangeas, measuring over 40 feet in circumference and some 10 feet in height. It contains over COO large blossoms. A. J. Beers says that he has yet 25 acres of hay to get. Two of the tame foxes which Oliver S. Blakeman raised are still at his barn; the others have escaped or been shot. is M0HK0E. Miss Benkard of Brooklyu has visited her auut, Mrs A. Goldsborough. Harmony Grange, No. 92, and friends to the number of about 150, had a glor ious old fashioned basket picnic at B. S, Hurd's Maple Grove Farm. The table that was spread by the ladies of the Grange would make an epicure happy. After dinner, the young men engaged in an impromptu game of base ball, with s score of 7 to 7 and the later hours were 6 spent in tripping the light fantastic. The Grange has a class of aliout a dozen awaiting initiation. Mrs F.. W. Wheeler entertained Miss Hoffman ; Miss Grace Wise of Brooklyn has been with Postmaster Stevens ; Miss Stockwell of Bridgeport has visited Misses Beardsley; Miss Minuie Lewis has been in Bridgeport. Miss Harriet Judson, accompanied by Miss Essie Judson of Hartford, who has been visiting her, has been with relatives in Bethel. Mrs Rufus Way is proud of a hydran gea, which has borne, at one time, over 50 blossoms. She has also a fine assort ment of other plants and flowers, includ ing 17 varieties of roses. Rufus Way and wife, who-hav- enter tained a baker's dozen of Fresh Air child- ren from New York, sent the last batch home, last week. Mrs Aluion Wakeley of Bridgeport has visited her cousin, Mrs Charles B. Nich ols. Martin J. Mallett has purchased cattle of E. B. Seeley and W. J. Candee. John X). Beach, with the assistance of other Monroe horsemen, has purchased fine stepper in New Haven. Ernest M. Peck of Bridgeport is in Monroe, engaged in fishing the Housa- - tonic river dry. John II. Hawkins and wife were at Milford Point, Sunday. Mrs Andrew Clark suffers with rheu matism. F. D. Hollister, Jr, was home from Brooklyn, Sunday. STEPHET. Mrs George Thompson and Miss Fan nie Buckwater trom .ew or ana friends from New Haven have been guests at the Baptist parsonage. Mrs George McLane's boy has whoop ing cough ; she is home from a visit with her daughter in Roxbury William Brothwell and Sherman Bots ford are roofing the old blacksmith shop and carriage house at B. Curtis's, and will also roof the saw mill and horse sheds. ' A team belonging to Burr Hawley, loaded with hay, was stalled at the de pot crossing, Friday, by the breaking of the harness. There was just time to re- move the horses before the freight came down and dashed into the wagon, splin tering the pole and wrecking the forward wheels. A pair of Fairbanks scales, furnished by the government, have been added to the Stepney Depot post office. They weigh from half an ounce to four pounds and almost rival the clock in the corner, which is enclosed in a glass case, Sanford Hitchcock, who has been away, returned, Saturday night Mr Bernard, who is to be butter maker for the creamery, was expected here, this week. As soon as possible after his arrival, the creamery will begin oper ations' ; probably about the middle of September. The machinery was tested by the workmen who set it up and found satisfactory. Miss Grade Brouson has been guest at L. O. Osborne's. Willie and Winnie B.uddington of Strata- - ford and Fred Godfrey of Norwalk have been Summer guests at Mrs Moses Hull's Misses Etta and Carrie Hull have visited their grandmother, Mrs Sylvia Northrop of Ilattertown. Miss Etta began her school, Tuesday. Misa Irene Leavenworth returned to school at Shelton, this week, Dayton Andrews, who was guest at Bradley Wheeler's,has returned to South ing-ton- . James Lynch has a number of hoard ers at his new residence, Blanket Mead ow, which has been dubbed Bull's head. Rufus Dutton, the Bridgeport contract or, has bought about 5 acres of timber on the Guinea road of he Capt Blackman estate and w ill cut it off for pile and tie stuff; Charles Piatt has the contract for cutting, Patrick Lynch and Theodore French the job of hauling it to Botsford. Literary society at Miss Iouiae French's, Friday, 6th. L. Burkhardt has about 100 bushels of nice potatoes and is not troubled with rot. Ben Burkhardt ot Hopewell and Mrs Lewis Burkhardt of Shelton have been at the paternal home. Misses Fan- - nie and Jennie enjoy a week at Glen la- - land. New Y'ork friend spend the Summer with E. V. Schwartz's family Mrs Thomas 'Goodsell and children have spent a few days at James McTam-ney'- s. Miss Lucelia Wetherhee ot " aipoie, Mass., has been guest of Miss Emma Leavenworth. James Butler Is building a Summer kitchen for John Hurley of Gas Street and has work nt Mr Graham's and else- where. Landlord Taylor's couch is again on the road, blight In new paint applied by C. II. Gay. Belts weighing 30,000 pounds have been shipped to an elevator at Minneap- olis by the Bubber Co. There are sev- eral sizes, tho largest weighing two and a half tons each. George A. Sauford and family of New Haven are at Mrs James Turner's. Mrs Silas E. Fairchild has spent a week In Naiigatuck. B. C. Fairchild has been busy all Sum- mer, taking photographs of scenery in the Street, and elsewhere. He secured several good negatives in Danbury, La- bor day. A. F. Clarke and Misses Glover have been at Mil ford. Miss Julia Peck has spent a week at the shore. John F. Kelly, now in Xorwich; Mr nnd Mrs Edward Kilbride, Mr and Mrs, Thomas A. Eagan, Mr and Mrs Simon Donellan, Joseph Ijivery, Dennis Michael J. Lyons of Jersey City, Bernard Monahan and Miss Sadie Carroll of Bridgeport and John Kilbride have visited Newtown friends. Harry C. Fairchild has returned from week's viwit in Brooklyn. BETHEL. Editor Smalley states that the sub- scription a price of the Bethel Enterprise w ill be 75o a year, with premium. Mrs E. L. Smith and son of Seymour have visited here. Harry Wilson has moved from Center street to the house vacated by Frank Mackenzie. Misses Edith and Lizzie Mead of Or-- mge, who have visited Mrs Chapman. lave returned home. I.iialley i. Hubbell, who continues the manufacture and sale of the tapping ma- - hiues patented by his father, I). T. Hub- - bell, sold two, last week, to E. II. Haw-Ie)- -, the hardware dealer and the other went to Morgantowu, West Virginia. a Mr and Mrs Lindley . Hulibcll sjicnt Sunday and Labor daj at Mrs Hubbell's old home in Woodhurv. George E. Baird, who has been quite sick, is improving. The Grassy Plains store formerly oc cupied by Gorman Bros, is being lit ted up for Wichtman & Gorman. Airs Willis J. Mallory has visited in vtateroury, bringing Home with tier a niece, Miss Ilattie Peet, who will attend school in Bethel. Charles E. Judd has sold his Center street market to C. W. Goer, who took possession, last week. Geer, who is a hatter by trade, formerly kept a jewelry store here and is also a painter. Bev G. P. Torreuce and family left, Tuesday, 3d, for a two months' vacation at Cincinnati. Miss Rebecca Torrence will remain here, however and Mrs Tor-rence- 's sister will also be at the rectory. Misses Susie and Mary llinwood have returned from a visit to Brewster. Newsdealer Owen say that, since March 8, there has been but one week in which he has not had work at weaving rag carpets and has just finished the last of 700 yards. A few weeks ago, the ScientiJic Ameri can published full page cuts of the great Sodom dam on the Croton, which is to j increase Xew York's water supply. The general superintendent of the works. William E. Langler, is brother-in-la- w of S. S. Owen, the newsdealer. He ha been In the employ of tho city for years and lias been superintendent at the Cro ton aqueduct. , Two years will probably be required to complete the dam. Upon the petition-o- some 40 tax pay- ers, the selectmen have issued a call for a special town meeting for Saturday, September 7, at i p in. The selectmen have been looking up the matter of the old Sherman turnpike, already referred to in the Bee and will report nt this meeting, which will probably take act- ion. It Is stated that, as- - the State has appropriated $20,000 for the Putnam nl park, with a possibility that more will be asked for, Bethel can hardly do less than to provide a road, especially as a part of the park is in the town and Bethel is the nearest station. , Arrangements are being made by Bethel's selectmen to procure ballots and booths . for voting, this Fail. booths will be required for the town and it will also be necessary to divide the Town Hall into seven or more compart ments, in order that the required privacy may be obtained. These compartments, however, need be only six or seven feet high and are to bo removable. The booths have been ordered from Hartford, where several styles, all designed to come within the requirements of the new law, have leen patented. Last week, Gilbert Bros, were awarded the contract to place the booths in position and to erect the partitions. The cost will be, probably, about $100. , Joe Knowlton finds business good, he says, anil does considerable wholesaling as well as retailing. Besides his store on Center street, he runs wagons through the surrounding country and visits New- town several times a week. Miss Mattia Baldwin will teach the Westville school, Danbury. ed renort that he is to spend the Winter . in Mow iinvon is lnonriwet.. Alt.housrh business requires his presence in the Elm City two or three days a week, he will still retain his residence here. S. I. Sherwood is building a $3000 res- idence at Springfield, Mass. The game of ball between the Fireflies of Weston and Alerts of the Ridge, Sat- urday afternoon, proved a fizzle. The visiting club became dissatislled with a decision of the umpire and said "they wouldu't play any more." The Bedding boys got up a game among themselves and had an afternoon of enjoyment. Charles Sanford has dug over 300 bush- els of as fine potatoes as ever caaie out of the ground. They are of the White Star variety; planted early,they escaped the blight and did not rot. Mr Sanford has his cider mill in order and Is prepar- ed to receive apples to gsir'l, lie will buy cider apples and hopes ti. tough the law forbidding the adulteration of vine- gar to get a fair price for good cider vin- egar. Sam C. Shaw has visited Brooklyn friends ; he returns to Yale soon to com- mence his junior year. a Miss J. O. Sanford will commence her select school, Monday, Kith, for the Fall termr Xo teacher has been engaged for the Academy and there is but a faint pros- pect of its being open, this Winter. Mrs I). Sanford and Miss Belle return ed from Martha's Vineyard delighted with their sojourn in the "city by the sea." M. W. Stevens of Xorwalk has erected line monument of Westerly granite for S. S. Osborne in the Ridge cemetery. It consists of a base, a plinth and a die, surmounted ' by a cap and urn. It is what is known as a cottage stone and presents a beautiful and substantial ap- pearance. Mr and Mrs Fiauk Lee rejoice over the advent of a young son. .' Mr and Mrs II. S. Shaw are happy over the birth of a daughter. ; Prayer meeting at J. L. Sanford's school room every Sunday afternoon at The hospitality of Mr and Mrs T. R. Ludway has been taxed to the utmost by host of visitors from Xew Y'ork. But they proved equal to the occasion and gave their guests a royal welcome. Miss Jennie McDonald will commence the Fall term of the Ridge school on Monday, 0th. J. R. Hill and Ben Bassett have been painting with G. T. Sanford. They have finished II. Whitehead's store and the job does them credit. ' EAST0H. Iain very much grieved to hear the malicious and slanderous stories that have been gotten up by some enemy detriment- al to the memory of one we so much lov- ed and was so dear to us. They are tru- ly false and should not for one moment be entertained. There is no parent liv- ing that loved his two- - dear little child ren more than he, and had he been con scious that the parting was so near his sufferings would have been even greater than the agouy of death. His recent losses and hi inability to meet his credi- tors' demands caused by those losses re- sulted in sickness and I sincerely' desire for the sake of the widow and fatherless that his memory may receive the honor it justly deserves.' Ida M. Benedict. D. Davis has set several thousand strawberry plants. Charles F. Gilbert and wife have been in Danbury. TASHOA. Louis Philip, the colored man who has worked for several farmers here, i3 again in town and is employed by A. B. Mai-left- . . HOYDEN'S HILL. Mr Mudisou Wakeman has been dan- gerously sick; Dr Dunham attends. M rs liemuel Johnson of Fairfield Woods has visited A. Jennings. Miss L. E. Jennings and E. B. Sher- wood have visited his old home at Rock away Beach, L. I. ' Mr and Mrs A. Jennings attended the funeral of their brother. Stiles Wakeloy of Bridgeport. ' William II. Wilson is building a new barn; I Johnson does the vtotU-- ' - Mrs Charlotte Noah of Elizabeth, X J., has visited her sister, Mrs Henry Wil- son. Alonzo Staples is ablu to be about. Mrs Eunice Screder of Stratfleld has visited her old home at Mrs Brown's. Mrs Ilattie Grey, Miss Alice M. Ben- nett and Miss Josie Bennett have visited Miss L. E. Jennings. ' WEST0H. Mis Elolse Eauton will teach In Mid- dle district; Miss Flora B. Fanton at Good Hill ; Rufus K. Fitch in Upper Par- ish ; C. II. Uo well at the Forge ; George Guernsey at Avon's Plain. David S. Parsons is chairman and E. Fitch secre- tary nftti.. St hool Board. A Communion services were held at the Congregational church, Sunday, also a baptism and admission to membership. Several farmers cut up their corn in August, something new in this latitude. Miss Addic Godfrey of Plattsville is in town. George Phillips has returned from New York. lalns Wlt t Pty trom the South, re turned home with them. James Weaver's family has returned to Brooklyn with the throng bound home- ward. I - W. It. Skidmore of Bridgeport has vis- ited William Botsford and other New- town friends. Mr Skidmore is in the ex- press busiuessbet ween Bridgeport,Brook-ly- n and New York. Frank Thompson and family have vis- ited II. L. Manvillc. STRATFORD. ItlVEKSIUE DUCK FARM. "V 'rfic Riverside duck farm of Willard R. Miller has reached the capacity of its prcseut quarters nnd he is reducing stock, hoping to be able to sell it, that he may embark in the business more extensively elsewhere with W. T. Eastman, who has recently beeu associated with Mr Miller, after an experience of several year fit- ting up brooder in the New England and Middle States. - This is Mr Miller's fourth year in the business, the second ou an extensive scale and his fowls com- mand a ready sale among the epicures of the shore towns along the Sound, easily commanding more than the market price. His present quarters have a large capac- ity, a novice would think, being capable of accommodating 10,000 ducks in the duck season from New Year's to July 1, 10,000 chickens in the chicken season from October to July and from 1000 to 2000 geese, which are ranked most profit able of all, since they eat more grass and less feed and grow faster. Some gos- lings have gained over a pound a week, weighing 15 pounds when 12 weeks old. Ducks, chickens and geese alike are hatched in incubators, which is some- thing new in goose culture. There are seven Monarch incubators, made , by James Rankin,-wit- a capacity for 5000 hen's eggs or 4000 duck eggs. These in- cubators are heated by hot water warm- ed by kerosene, automatic in operation and are kept at a temperature of 103 de- grees. The egga arc turned by hand twice a day. After the ducks are hatch- ed, they are put into brooder pens for two or three weeks, where heat is sup- plied from a boiler kept running the year through, the warm air being mixed with fresh air brought in by pipes from the outside of the building. Ducks require more workrthan chickens, but are found to be hardier and but few of those hatch ed are lost. They are kept in a warm building 'until they begin to feather out and are then confined in dry, open runs surrounded by wire netting. Ducks in tended for market are not allowed to go near streams of water nor mud, as .that would make the flesh strong and fishy. In heavy rains and showers, they must be looked after, or they would stand with their bills up in the air and drown. Feed is supplied in abundance, for the young ducks are killed for market when 10 or 11 weeks old, before the pin feath ers get started. They will average near ly five pounds dressed at that age. ihe best of the flock are sorted outforbreed-ers,th- e test being the purity of plumage, clear yellow color of the bill, perfect shape of the head and reddish yellow legs. One man is kept busy picking through the Summer and he wiil pick 40 to 50 ducks or CO hens in a day. The duck feathers bring CO cents a pound and pay the expense of picking. Mr Miller's choice among ducks for market is the Pekin, whose pure white plumage makes them a noticeable feature of the landscape. lie also has Rouen ducks, prize bird and the finest in the State, Brazil lian and Muscovys. He prefers Plymouth Rock among the different va- rieties of chickens, marketing them at six weeks and employs others to hatch some of his supply. The raising of geese is a new venture, but 50 goslings have heen raised, this season and they have proved a profitable investment. ; Emdens are ranked highest, but there are a few China and African geese on the place. These go to pot when 15 weeks old. These ar- mies of poultry require a number of buildings : A two-stor-y feed house and stable, with a boiler in the basement ; a brooder house 250 feet long by 15 wide, supplied with the ifathmonton system of brooders, though Mr Eastman prefers box brooders for cold weather; a hen house 30x15 feet and two other buildings 70x18 feet. The farm cannot supply the demand upon it, the August, prices for ducks ranging from 10 to 18 cents pound, though the earliest ducks often bring 50 and 60 cents a pound. The cret of success here has been faithful, hard work, excellent care and the best of feed, especially ground for them. But they have reached the capacity of their present quarters and want to cross their Rubicon to larger fields of success. The Nichols brothers have roofed the barn of Seymour Curtis. Edgar Osborne laid the floor for Mr Ordner's house on Clapboard hill, after which the family moved in while he shingled qver them and completed the building. Charles Birdseye Sniflen's children are the ninth generation in direct desceut from John Birdseye, who came to Strat ford from Milford in 1(541 and the family has many historical souvenirs. i James Smith ha painted the Edwards place a light brown with darker trim- - j aUo pftintcd fence8 for K. J K. Beach. Thomas Welton works with : him. Eey Mf Ives ag apuroJ)ritite to these days of celebration, read the report or a conference of churches held here in 1828, during the pastorate of Rev Dr Joshua Leavitt, at tho preparatory lecture, last Friday. v. Mi's liuland of Brooklyn has visited her sister, Mrs C. B. Snillen. An excursion to Hudson ltiver, New- bury, Ioiijr,hkeepsle ami West Point, Wednesday, Ith, by tho New England road. The special excursion train left llawleyvllle at 8 15 n in. George G. lllakti of Wiilllmin, Max."., hat Niit several day at ". V. Beardsl- ey'!".. The hoard of director of the Odd Fel- low Aid association ha voted 8:2000 to th helm of K. 11. Trice of Xorwalk. At the reunion of tho Seventeenth Con- necticut Volunteers nt Noroton, last week, Newtown was honored hy the election of Albert VV. l'eck a fourth vice president. Police Ollleer .lohn II. Porter of Bridgeport is secretary and P. Wade, Jr, ftUo of Bridgeport, treasurer. Over MX) men are employed nt Wilson Point, under the direction of Superin- tendent Payne, the hurned wharve. and freight houses of the New England Terminal Co. The steamer Cape Charles U ut the floating dock, re- ceiving the parallel tracks which will transform her into a freight car transfer steamer. Mis Minnie Weed of Danbury lenient of Charles It. Nichols Wilfred Matson of North Adams, Man., has v 11 ted his father, . lame Mat-ko- n. Mr Philo Nichols and Miss Kutli, who have spent the mouth of August, in the White Mountains, have returned. a Austin I.. Peck and family of Hartford fK'iit Sunday with his father, Z. S. Peck. The new button lathe atGrillln's Ilunt-Ingtow- u shop Is a marvel of solidity and precision. It wait made by James M. Beers, nn old Newtown boy, at his New Haven machine shop mid will cost nearly 1000. Mrs Martha Botsford und children have been with rclatlvss In I.otig Hill. The families of U. F. luucombe, C. 15. Taylor him! A. O, Moore enjoyed a clam- bake, last week, on the hanks of the llous-aton- ic jiiJ n corn roast at A. C. Moore's. " Mabel Smit"" '"' Mallett Tiishmi, nccom-,.nie- d by Ids daughter, Miss Lily, were here, last week. Arthur Wilson and w ife of New Haven have been guests of F. C. Sauford, Iltiw- - leyvllle. Uruce K. (trilling, who has been In the mapping s with 1. J.- - Lake, for- merly or Monroe, will soon go Into part- nership with his brother George In- the Iluutingtowu button business. .lohn 1l. Hawkins Is building wire fence along the Y nt Botsford. Henry Nichols, w holms made h lit home with James M. Mntson, has rented George Grilllu'i tenant house In Iluntlngtown. About $I(X will be required to meet the hill for repairs on the Iluntlngtown school house. Orvllle Downs ha paint- ed it cream color with Potnpellan red trimmings; the seats have not arrived, which delays opening school till Mon- day, Oth. Miss Chatfield, who will teach and board nt Orvllle Johnson's, returned to New Haven, lust week. Ivl C. Gilbert's children nre recover- - lug from measles. A quantity of lump plaster ha been thrown oil' at the crossing at L. B. Lake's for W. ('. Johnson. Miss Susie Scudder went to Sprlngwa- ter, N. V., Saturday, to care for a rela tive w ho Is nlllicUid with cancer which her doctor says will prove fatal. Mrs Lucy A. Beardsley has tpent sev eral weeks at the Lake Pleasant, Mass Spiritualist camp meeting. Mrs Philo Northrop has visited her daughter In Shelton ; Chester Northrop has liecn home from his work In Nauga-tuc- on vacation. . Mrs A. M. Lyon returned to her Bogus home, last week, after ft few days with Mr E. V. Benedict. ... Clarence Sears Is tho proud owner of a new 2Hnch Superior safety wheel. Miss Llllle Falrman was guest of Miss Adella Gilbert, last week. Henry B. Cogcr bought 05 acres of the W 11 Ham B. Beardsley estate In Jockey Hollow, at the recent auction, paying $1070. A strong and substantial Jeaui wagon has been turned out for W. C. Johnson by C. II. Gay SOUTH BRITAIN. Dca X. V?. Mitchell has a notable col- lection of oil jiortrait of llev Zcphanlah Smith, his wife nnd five daughters, and paintings of one of the daughters. They were purchased, some months ugo, from a relative of the Smith fattlly In Hart- ford and are tho work of a Hartford ar tist who was popular In the earlier part of the century. The paintings of one of the sisters, of which lxa Mitchell has several, are considered of unusual merit by those versed in art matter tfnd repre sent scenes In tho earlier centuries. Tho Smith family lived to a ripe old age, all but one died maiden and one of the sis- ter died every sscven year. The Strange Ail ventures ot a House- - Dont. Black. logi Tony the Maid. Howard. ltwt Annie Kllhurn. VV. 1). Howells. ' 1(XUI Go Prime. UMiS Gertrude' Marriage. Huimburg. HM7 Undo Max. Hone Nouchotte Carey. lfl8 Grclfcnstoin. Crawford. '" HUM The Five Talents of Woman. 1070 Miss Lou. K. P. Roe. '. 1071 A Modern Adam and Eve in a Gar-do- Douglass. 1D72 Esther. Itoso N'ouchette Carey. KITS Millbank. M.J. Holmes. 1A74 The Open Door. Howard. 1075 Our New Mistress. Yongn. 1070 The Midnight Marriage, Douglas. 1077 Agues of Sorrento. Stowe. 1078 We Two. Lyall.' 1079 Steadfast. It. T. Cooke. . 1080 A Pretty Sister of Jose. Burnett. 1081 Passolto.se. Hardy. 1082 Bureaiieracy. Halzuc. 1083 From tho Lakes ot KSllarney. Field. 1084 llayniond Kershaw. Cox. 1085 A l'hyllis of tho Sierras. Uni te. 1088 Jonathan and His Continent. Max Oitcll. 1087 The Midnight Queen.- - Fleming. - 1088 Tho Alpine Fay. winter. 1089 DAHBDEI. Uuubury is to have an accident insur- ance company of its own, the Home Mu tual Benefit society. It was incorporat ed by the last Legislature and will be ready for business in a week or two. Its corporators and officers are among the best and most substantial business men in the city. HULL'S HILL. A. T. White spent Suuday in Water-tow- n and Waterbury ; Mrs David Cary and daughter were in Waterburv. Miss Lillie Gray returned to Hartford, Saturday; Mrs Mortimer Scott and son returned there, Monday. Mrs John Bristol of Naugatuck visited here, last week. Miss Ida Tucker is in Ajisonia. Miss Martha J. Stowe has returned to school in Bridgeport. Mrs George Wakelee has visited her daughter in Union City. WOODBURY. ' llODKMCK'S LATEST SUIT. The hearing on the will of the late Elijah Atwood was commenced, last Fri- day, August 30, before Judge Eastman. Roderick, whose voice is soft and sweet and low as an angel's, conducted bis own contest, and pretty soon there was a full circus. This continued till Judge Hunt ington, out of all patience, administered a severe verbal castigation and the hear- ing was adjourned till September 23. Mr Atwood divided his lands among his heirs some 15 years ago, possession to be given on his death and the heirs have re corded their deeds and are now in pos session. As we understand it, Roderick's grievance is that, several years ago, the deceased made a codicil changing the will where he had given certain property to Roderick and his wife jointly and their one heir, sole-seio- of their house ; the codicil gives the same property to the wife alone and said sole heir. It also makes the wife sole executrix. The re maining change is to give $400 to the wife, which had been bequeathed to daughter, who has, since the date of the will, come into the possession of a very handsome estate from another source. Roderick's proportion of the lands given by the original will was not changed. It would seem that this is a small matter to howl about. Roderick had his prelude. He hied himself to the ancient William of East Watertown and communed with him diligently and William "threw him self." The result was that there appear ed, last week, in a local paper, a copy of the will, codicil, a series of wonderful statements and a bill of particulars, which disclosed his whole case and all the weak points, perfectly "giving himself away" to the enemy, if he has one. The burden of the reiterated complaint seems to be that for a considerable number of years Roderick boarded his father in his own family. He neglected to state, however, that, till quite recently, his father had the care of his home business and the re markable crowd of . helpers he kept around him, while he himself was absent on his multitudinous lawsuits. And that thus the old man far more than earned his board. lie also neglected to state that for about a quarter of a century he has had the use of all the lands w hich had now come to all the heirs, a use worth the board of many such old men, A3 it appears to an indifferent observer, Roderick will wake up some fine morn ing and find that the estate has brought him largely In debt S0UTHP0BT. C. O. Jellill has gone to Ocean Grove for a week. The postponw M. E. picnic was to be held at California Grove, L. I., Thursday, 5th. The Jessie B. was to convey the passengers across the Sound. Miss Skinner of New York is with L B. Jennings. Florence Jennings, who has been very ill with scarlet fever, slowly improves Miss Etta Jennings has returned from Danbury Eva D. Lewis will return to school In Mamaroneck, N. Y., Oth. The lecture at the M. E. church, Sun- dav eveninsr, was well attended. The subject for next' week is "Christian En tering flie Palace Beautiful. Simon Bradley & Co. of Greenfield are camping out at Pine Creek. Edwin Gray attended the picnic at Par lor Rock, Labor day. Miss Gertrude Corbusier entertains friends from New Haven. Mrs T. Bennett of Weston i at C. A. Grumuian's. Mrs Susan Osborne exhibits the shell of a Plymouth Rock egg, which, when found, weighed five ounces and contain- ed three yolks, each perfect and each as large as an ordinary egg. It measured. 1- -1 by 8 8 inches. HATTEkTOWJ. Charles Morgan has sold timber to John R. Toralinson, which he is hauling to his Cold Spring mill. D. B. Parmelee lias traded blooded stock with William R. Ferris of Walker's Farm. Charles Piatt ium! Fred Porter have laid wall for Eli Beers in Palestine. J. W. Penny has built a 14x24 addition to his barn ; Isaac Patchen was his car- penter. Mr .Penny's tobacco crop is good, but his potatoes hardly worth dig- ging, so many have rotted. T&UMBULL Frank X. Burr has returned to his work in Pennsylvania. C. B. Sherwood's horse, which was left with W. O. Beach and advertised in the Bek, has been sold to S. D. Sharpe of Monroe. Miss Katie Morris of Elizabeth, X.. J., has visited Mrs A. S. Nichols. Nichols & Roberts have orders for 1C0 sets of cars to be furnished before the holidays at 65 and 83c. Mr and Mrs Frank Hall of Shelton spent Sunday with his sisters, Mrs Ed- gar Clark and Mrs Beach Lyoli. Henry Lyon and wife of New Y'ork are with his brother Beach. Mr and Mrs William Black man of East Village and C. P. Gaylord of TerryvUle were recent guests of S. M. Briusmade. Jennie Hallock of Bridgeport has vis ited her brother, H. V. Hatloek. S.M. Briusmade has sold the haddsome ld Durham cattle weighing 4400 pounds to Cyrus P. Gaylord of Ter- ry ville. One of the pair of blacks owned by John A. Henrietta fell into the cellar of the old Methodist church and was rescu- ed uninjured. . About CO of the residents of Daniel's Farm street took a trip to the beach, stoppir? at Meadows End, Milford. All :... report, an cujujaurc biuic. Gaylord and Brinsmade have been with M. W. Morehouse of Greenfield Hill. Nellie Brinsmade has been with her uncle, H. C. Brinsmade of Nichols. Mrs Jesse Chalker is not yet able to re turn home from the Bridgeport hospital. Miss Mary A. Beach has visited in Deep River. j Miss Lucy Elwood, who teaches Chest- nut Hill school, boards at Mrs Samuel French's. j . Mrs M. J. Ackerson, who Is now em- -' ployed in Bridgeport, was home, over Sunday Lawyer George Loomls Sterling of New! Y'ork spent Sunday and Labor day-wi- th h!a father. Stenhen U. Sterhnsr, Stakes are driven for a new house, op-- j posite Capt D. B. ninman's, which will be built by Mr Wentworth. 5 . HtnrnxGTOX. Considerable routine business was transacted at the meeting of the direct- ors of the Union fair. More applications for space than ever have been received and prospects already far exceed other years. It is proposed w nave i roi Northrop ascend in a balloon and drop with a parachute. A committee was ap- pointed to make the necessary arrange- ments. Every one, when they are Is Bridgeport, should viisit Joseph H. Lutx, 38 Wall street., and try a glass of his "Old Time root beer. It bos no equal. -- It goes right to the spot, said an old gen- tleman, who found great relief In Ayrs sars. aparilla. He was right- - Derangements of the stomach, liver and - ItMneya are more speedily remedied fay thia mxBclne toaa bj any other. It reaches the trouble directly. - Bridgeport Dry Goads Xitm. What tends more Una .asqrUiioa; else to strengthen the eonfldeBne aT those who buy over retail dry gooto Waaler is the evidence that the worth ot wtrmey paid exists in the goods obtained. There to such a thing aa find- ing on inspection that :an article is worth more than it costs. .The buyer in such ao in- stance will tt the v counter where a bargain of that kind was secured. Now the bouse of W.B. Hall Jb Co. has for ten years been striving to tftaf tll value for money paid. During that period, through the bankrupt stock aeore ot times re peated and selling them at low rate,the shop- per has realized not only foil valna, but often much more. . ; - But where this great honae bas chiefly won favor has been in the steady course maintain- ed in its trade, by offering what people stand most in need of ami by ratwrtasj I hose who buy from necessity, to gratr-nAneT- .te while wa. 1. ,mA W Km AatSb. jama JA MknMi- - sentativesof all these classes,, no matter la which season of the yearibey called, have been able to find exactly what they sought and at a living price. The ancceea el this house has been so great that they have added the building of the Young Hen's Christina ae- - J. K. Parsons, wife and son Percy of New Haven have visited his mother, Mrs M. E. Parsous. Undertaker Edson W. Wilson is spend- ing a week among the Litchfield hills. Speaking to a Bek reporter about Wil- son Point and the work now going on there. Col W. H. Stevenson of the Hous- atonlc system said : "Yes, we're doing a little nt the Point. We'll spend a couple of hundred thousand dollars and then, in a few wok8, probably, we'll be in shape to run through cars from Boston to Xew York, by way of the Xew Engl:ind,Dan-bur- y &, Xorwalk division of the Housa- tonlc and freight car transfer steamer from Wilson Point. But only the through cars will be sent this way; all freight which must be transferred, or is In broken bulk, will come to Bridgeort, be unloaded there and sent to New York ; the freight steamer Philip D. Lefevre will continue to run on this line. Oh yes, the Housii tonic's still booming." This, from Col Stevenson himself, is proof con- clusive that Bridgeport will not lose through Wilson Point's for all workmen who .transfer freight will remain in the Park City, notwithstand- ing the rosy views of Xorwalk jieople. mm n SHELT0H . A horse belonging to Henry A. War- ner broke its neck in the pasture, last week. H. T. Patchen & Son, cnnti actors, have ceccnl.ly received a large load of cement. Dr G. A. Shelton Is spending a well earned vacation at Saratoga.. George A. I!ose has just painted a new sign for the. town clerk's ollice. . B. Buggies I administrator ou the estate of Sarah B. Buggies. Mrs Susie L. Sheldon of White Hills has purchased the business of Mrs Susan P. Sackett, who, for a number of years, has kept a first class boarding house, cor ner of Howe avenue and Bridge street. Mrs Sacfiett will go to Xew Haven, w here her son is to enter college. B. W. I jit tin is to move from Hill street to 21 Cherry street, Birmingham; Charles Bushey has moved to Oak street, Birmingham. Tho old gas mains, which ( were aban doned after laying the new mains, are he Ing taken up by a gang of men under the supervision of W. W. Bowman. Principal Foreman will take his "meals with Mrs Bissell on Hill street and have rooms In the residence of I X. Clark. Mr and Mrs William Wilkinson sjent a pleasant vacation at Martha's Viiu yard. ; ' ' F. B. Munson is putting a slate roof on the new factory for the Excelsior Bit company. , A. B. Buggies I moving out from the wooden building on Howe avenue, where he formerly manufactured toys and the shop I being fitted up for the comb works 'which are to move here from Xorthhoro, Mass. AH the postal card for the next four yeftrs will be made and printed in Shel ton. Wilkinson Bros. A Co. will furnish the paper, about live or six tons per day The spur tracks and depot are being rapidly pushed to completion. The one thing Shelton needs Is a post ofllce, to give the place a full Identitlca tion, though many would miss the cou venience of the free delivery which we so much enjoy at the hands of the genial Carrier Bennett. L. Piatt & Son are out with anew sgn advertising their boot and slim; and E. Cushman displays another over the new fruit and fish market next to J. II. Beard's store. Miss Annie Beard, A. L. Hubbard and wife and others attended the celebration of the settlement of Milford. The Shelton brass band will furnish music for the fair of the Union agricul- tural society. ' Theodore S. Bassett has purchased the house and lot just below the school house of John l.arkin. Rolort Adams of Xew Yoik has been in tow n. Mrs S. E. Brewster entertains J. W. Mil! and wife of Brooklyn. ' Elizabeth and Charlie Buggies return- ed, Saturday, from a visit In Southbury. Horace Wheeler has lost one of his largo oxen. ' soemuon anion rwiuruay wi awi, teiuber 7 ami y, the uew rooeend new ud frixxla will be thrown r--i u - mibixs. Vt- - for clonk and diesauiaanugiwaaa.
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Miss Lulu W. Orgelman is in Brooklynwith her cousins, Mr and Mrs Brosman.
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J. Beers has one of the largest ofA small building, scarcely more than
a shed, ha lieen erected at llawleyvllle,Just above the brick house, for a milkHtuMon, from which tho Ilotimitonlc milktr:i In will ho loaded.
The family of II. K. Kimberly of I
Bridgeport has been with James Weaverand O. B. Johnson.
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f Chicago ; Austin Warner, with his sonLawrence and daughter Miss Jessie ofVlcksburg, Miss. Paul and Mis3 Marys- - Warner, who have been at the moun--
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David Hubbell lost a watch, last week,while in the berry field.
W. T. Eastwood and his Star attendedthe bicyclist meet in Hartford, Mondayand Tuesday. .
Mrs Mary Eastwood arrived fromBethel, last week.
Mrs Willard Oliver and children ofDanbury are with Mrs II. A. Patchen.
Miss May Hall of Pleasantville, N. Y.,with her grandmother, Mrs Benjamin
Hall.
Station Master French says that heisn't through with his improvements yet.Those already completed are a great ad-dition to the depot and Its
At the town meeting, Saturday,August31, George Wlnton presided as moderatorand M. J. Houlihan as clerk. Town AgentW. II. Glover was Instructed to transferNewtown's Interest In tho new Iron
bridge to the counties of Now Haven andFairfield and tho selectmen were instruct-ed to confer with tho selectmen of South-bur- y
and the stockholders of Bennett's
bridge to bring about the transfer of said
bridge to the counties. It is said thattho price wanted for Bennett's bridge is
t:ioo.
Over a year ago, Supt W. K. Lyon ofthe Housatonlc issued notices that the
practice of Jumping on and off trains atstations must be stopped. They haveagain been sent out, with the further in-
formation that the practice is on the in-
crease and that it nmst be stopped; if
necessary, offenders are to he arrested.
After nearly two mouths of confine-
ment, James Callahan had recoveredfrom his broken leg sulueieiitly to walkwith little aid, when, Saturday eveuing,he sustained a second fracture of thesame leg. He was In Warner, Clark &
Taylor's store und, hi cane slipping ontho lloor, he threw almost hi entire
weight upon the lame leg. He was tak-
en home and Dr Smith called.
hydrangeas, measuring over 40 feet incircumference and some 10 feet in height.It contains over COO large blossoms.
A. J. Beers says that he has yet 25acres of hay to get.
Two of the tame foxes which Oliver S.Blakeman raised are still at his barn; theothers have escaped or been shot.
isM0HK0E.
Miss Benkard of Brooklyu has visitedher auut, Mrs A. Goldsborough.
Harmony Grange, No. 92, and friendsto the number of about 150, had a glorious old fashioned basket picnic at B. S,
Hurd's Maple Grove Farm. The tablethat was spread by the ladies of theGrange would make an epicure happy.After dinner, the young men engaged inan impromptu game of base ball, with sscore of 7 to 7 and the later hours were 6
spent in tripping the light fantastic. TheGrange has a class of aliout a dozenawaiting initiation.
Mrs F.. W. Wheeler entertained MissHoffman ; Miss Grace Wise of Brooklynhas been with Postmaster Stevens ; MissStockwell of Bridgeport has visitedMisses Beardsley; Miss Minuie Lewishas been in Bridgeport.
Miss Harriet Judson, accompanied byMiss Essie Judson of Hartford, who hasbeen visiting her, has been with relativesin Bethel.
Mrs Rufus Way is proud of a hydrangea, which has borne, at one time, over50 blossoms. She has also a fine assortment of other plants and flowers, including 17 varieties of roses.
Rufus Way and wife, who-hav- entertained a baker's dozen of Fresh Air child-ren from New York, sent the last batchhome, last week.
Mrs Aluion Wakeley of Bridgeport hasvisited her cousin, Mrs Charles B. Nichols.
Martin J. Mallett has purchased cattleof E. B. Seeley and W. J. Candee.
John X). Beach, with the assistance ofother Monroe horsemen, has purchased
fine stepper in New Haven.
Ernest M. Peck of Bridgeport is in
Monroe, engaged in fishing the Housa- -tonic river dry.
John II. Hawkins and wife were atMilford Point, Sunday.
Mrs Andrew Clark suffers with rheumatism.
F. D. Hollister, Jr, was home fromBrooklyn, Sunday.
STEPHET.
Mrs George Thompson and Miss Fannie Buckwater trom .ew or anafriends from New Haven have beenguests at the Baptist parsonage.
Mrs George McLane's boy has whooping cough ; she is home from a visit withher daughter in Roxbury
William Brothwell and Sherman Botsford are roofing the old blacksmith shopand carriage house at B. Curtis's, andwill also roof the saw mill and horsesheds. '
A team belonging to Burr Hawley,loaded with hay, was stalled at the depot crossing, Friday, by the breaking ofthe harness. There was just time to re-
move the horses before the freight camedown and dashed into the wagon, splintering the pole and wrecking the forwardwheels.
A pair of Fairbanks scales, furnishedby the government, have been added tothe Stepney Depot post office. Theyweigh from half an ounce to four poundsand almost rival the clock in the corner,which is enclosed in a glass case,
Sanford Hitchcock, who has been away,returned, Saturday night
Mr Bernard, who is to be butter makerfor the creamery, was expected here,this week. As soon as possible after hisarrival, the creamery will begin operations' ; probably about the middle ofSeptember. The machinery was testedby the workmen who set it up and found
satisfactory.Miss Grade Brouson has been guest at
L. O. Osborne's.
Willie and Winnie B.uddington of Strata--
ford and Fred Godfrey of Norwalk havebeen Summer guests at Mrs Moses Hull'sMisses Etta and Carrie Hull have visitedtheir grandmother, Mrs Sylvia Northropof Ilattertown. Miss Etta began herschool, Tuesday.
Misa Irene Leavenworth returned toschool at Shelton, this week,
Dayton Andrews, who was guest atBradley Wheeler's,has returned to Southing-ton-
.
James Lynch has a number of hoarders at his new residence, Blanket Meadow, which has been dubbed Bull's head.
Rufus Dutton, the Bridgeport contractor, has bought about 5 acres of timberon the Guinea road of he Capt Blackmanestate and w ill cut it off for pile and tiestuff; Charles Piatt has the contract forcutting, Patrick Lynch and TheodoreFrench the job of hauling it to Botsford.
Literary society at Miss IouiaeFrench's, Friday, 6th.
L. Burkhardt has about 100 bushels ofnice potatoes and is not troubled withrot. Ben Burkhardt ot Hopewell andMrs Lewis Burkhardt of Shelton havebeen at the paternal home. Misses Fan- -
nie and Jennie enjoy a week at Glen la- -
land.
New Y'ork friend spend the Summerwith E. V. Schwartz's family
Mrs Thomas 'Goodsell and childrenhave spent a few days at James McTam-ney'- s.
Miss Lucelia Wetherhee ot " aipoie,Mass., has been guest of Miss EmmaLeavenworth.
James Butler Is building a Summerkitchen for John Hurley of Gas Streetand has work nt Mr Graham's and else-
where.
Landlord Taylor's couch is again onthe road, blight In new paint applied byC. II. Gay.
Belts weighing 30,000 pounds havebeen shipped to an elevator at Minneap-olis by the Bubber Co. There are sev-
eral sizes, tho largest weighing two anda half tons each.
George A. Sauford and family of NewHaven are at Mrs James Turner's.
Mrs Silas E. Fairchild has spent aweek In Naiigatuck.
B. C. Fairchild has been busy all Sum-
mer, taking photographs of scenery inthe Street, and elsewhere. He securedseveral good negatives in Danbury, La-
bor day.
A. F. Clarke and Misses Glover havebeen at Mil ford.
Miss Julia Peck has spent a week atthe shore.
John F. Kelly, now in Xorwich; Mrnnd Mrs Edward Kilbride, Mr and Mrs,Thomas A. Eagan, Mr and Mrs SimonDonellan, Joseph Ijivery, Dennis
Michael J. Lyons of JerseyCity, Bernard Monahan and Miss SadieCarroll of Bridgeport and John Kilbridehave visited Newtown friends.
Harry C. Fairchild has returned fromweek's viwit in Brooklyn.
BETHEL.
Editor Smalley states that the sub-
scriptiona
price of the Bethel Enterprisew ill be 75o a year, with premium.
Mrs E. L. Smith and son of Seymourhave visited here.
Harry Wilson has moved from Centerstreet to the house vacated by FrankMackenzie.
Misses Edith and Lizzie Mead of Or--
mge, who have visited Mrs Chapman.lave returned home.
I.iialley i. Hubbell, who continues themanufacture and sale of the tapping ma- -hiues patented by his father, I). T. Hub--
bell, sold two, last week, to E. II. Haw-Ie)- -,
the hardware dealer and the otherwent to Morgantowu, West Virginia. a
Mr and Mrs Lindley . Hulibcll sjicntSunday and Labor daj at Mrs Hubbell'sold home in Woodhurv.
George E. Baird, who has been quitesick, is improving.
The Grassy Plains store formerly occupied by Gorman Bros, is being lit tedup for Wichtman & Gorman.
Airs Willis J. Mallory has visited in
vtateroury, bringing Home with tier aniece, Miss Ilattie Peet, who will attendschool in Bethel.
Charles E. Judd has sold his Centerstreet market to C. W. Goer, who tookpossession, last week. Geer, who is ahatter by trade, formerly kept a jewelrystore here and is also a painter.
Bev G. P. Torreuce and family left,Tuesday, 3d, for a two months' vacationat Cincinnati. Miss Rebecca Torrencewill remain here, however and Mrs Tor-rence- 's
sister will also be at the rectory.Misses Susie and Mary llinwood have
returned from a visit to Brewster.
Newsdealer Owen say that, sinceMarch 8, there has been but one week inwhich he has not had work at weavingrag carpets and has just finished the lastof 700 yards.
A few weeks ago, the ScientiJic American published full page cuts of the greatSodom dam on the Croton, which is to j
increase Xew York's water supply. Thegeneral superintendent of the works.William E. Langler, is brother-in-la- w ofS. S. Owen, the newsdealer. He habeen In the employ of tho city for yearsand lias been superintendent at the Croton aqueduct. , Two years will probablybe required to complete the dam.
Upon the petition-o- some 40 tax pay-ers, the selectmen have issued a call fora special town meeting for Saturday,September 7, at i p in. The selectmenhave been looking up the matter of theold Sherman turnpike, already referredto in the Bee and will report nt thismeeting, which will probably take act-ion. It Is stated that, as- - the State hasappropriated $20,000 for the Putnam nl
park, with a possibility that morewill be asked for, Bethel can hardly doless than to provide a road, especially asa part of the park is in the town andBethel is the nearest station. ,
Arrangements are being made byBethel's selectmen to procure ballots andbooths . for voting, this Fail.booths will be required for the town andit will also be necessary to divide theTown Hall into seven or more compartments, in order that the required privacymay be obtained. These compartments,however, need be only six or seven feethigh and are to bo removable. Thebooths have been ordered from Hartford,where several styles, all designed to comewithin the requirements of the new law,have leen patented. Last week, GilbertBros, were awarded the contract to placethe booths in position and to erect thepartitions. The cost will be, probably,about $100. ,
Joe Knowlton finds business good, hesays, anil does considerable wholesalingas well as retailing. Besides his store onCenter street, he runs wagons throughthe surrounding country and visits New-town several times a week.
Miss Mattia Baldwin will teach theWestville school, Danbury.
ed renort that he is to spend the Winter .
in Mow iinvon is lnonriwet.. Alt.housrh
business requires his presence in the Elm
City two or three days a week, he willstill retain his residence here.
S. I. Sherwood is building a $3000 res-
idence at Springfield, Mass.
The game of ball between the Firefliesof Weston and Alerts of the Ridge, Sat-
urday afternoon, proved a fizzle. Thevisiting club became dissatislled with adecision of the umpire and said "theywouldu't play any more." The Beddingboys got up a game among themselvesand had an afternoon of enjoyment.
Charles Sanford has dug over 300 bush-els of as fine potatoes as ever caaie outof the ground. They are of the WhiteStar variety; planted early,they escapedthe blight and did not rot. Mr Sanfordhas his cider mill in order and Is prepar-ed to receive apples to gsir'l, lie will
buy cider apples and hopes ti. tough thelaw forbidding the adulteration of vine-
gar to get a fair price for good cider vin-
egar.Sam C. Shaw has visited Brooklyn
friends ; he returns to Yale soon to com-
mence his junior year. a
Miss J. O. Sanford will commence herselect school, Monday, Kith, for the Falltermr
Xo teacher has been engaged for theAcademy and there is but a faint pros-
pect of its being open, this Winter.
Mrs I). Sanford and Miss Belle returned from Martha's Vineyard delightedwith their sojourn in the "city by thesea."
M. W. Stevens of Xorwalk has erectedline monument of Westerly granite for
S. S. Osborne in the Ridge cemetery. Itconsists of a base, a plinth and a die,surmounted ' by a cap and urn. It iswhat is known as a cottage stone andpresents a beautiful and substantial ap-
pearance.Mr and Mrs Fiauk Lee rejoice over
the advent of a young son. .'
Mr and Mrs II. S. Shaw are happy overthe birth of a daughter. ;
Prayer meeting at J. L. Sanford'sschool room every Sunday afternoon at
The hospitality of Mr and Mrs T. R.Ludway has been taxed to the utmost by
host of visitors from Xew Y'ork. Butthey proved equal to the occasion andgave their guests a royal welcome.
Miss Jennie McDonald will commencethe Fall term of the Ridge school onMonday, 0th.
J. R. Hill and Ben Bassett have beenpainting with G. T. Sanford. They havefinished II. Whitehead's store and thejob does them credit.
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Iain very much grieved to hear themalicious and slanderous stories that havebeen gotten up by some enemy detriment-al to the memory of one we so much lov-
ed and was so dear to us. They are tru-
ly false and should not for one momentbe entertained. There is no parent liv-
ing that loved his two- - dear little children more than he, and had he been conscious that the parting was so near hissufferings would have been even greaterthan the agouy of death. His recentlosses and hi inability to meet his credi-tors' demands caused by those losses re-
sulted in sickness and I sincerely' desirefor the sake of the widow and fatherlessthat his memory may receive the honorit justly deserves.' Ida M. Benedict.
D. Davis has set several thousandstrawberry plants.
Charles F. Gilbert and wife have beenin Danbury.
TASHOA.
Louis Philip, the colored man who hasworked for several farmers here, i3 againin town and is employed by A. B. Mai-left- .
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HOYDEN'S HILL.
Mr Mudisou Wakeman has been dan-
gerously sick; Dr Dunham attends.M rs liemuel Johnson of Fairfield Woods
has visited A. Jennings.Miss L. E. Jennings and E. B. Sher-
wood have visited his old home at Rockaway Beach, L. I. '
Mr and Mrs A. Jennings attended thefuneral of their brother. Stiles Wakeloyof Bridgeport. '
William II. Wilson is building a new
barn; I Johnson does the vtotU--'
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Mrs Charlotte Noah of Elizabeth, XJ., has visited her sister, Mrs Henry Wil-son.
Alonzo Staples is ablu to be about.
Mrs Eunice Screder of Stratfleld hasvisited her old home at Mrs Brown's.
Mrs Ilattie Grey, Miss Alice M. Ben-
nett and Miss Josie Bennett have visitedMiss L. E. Jennings.
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Mis Elolse Eauton will teach In Mid-
dle district; Miss Flora B. Fanton atGood Hill ; Rufus K. Fitch in Upper Par-ish ; C. II. Uo well at the Forge ; GeorgeGuernsey at Avon's Plain. David S.Parsons is chairman and E. Fitch secre-tary nftti.. St hool Board.
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Communion services were held at theCongregational church, Sunday, also abaptism and admission to membership.
Several farmers cut up their corn inAugust, something new in this latitude.
Miss Addic Godfrey of Plattsville is intown.
George Phillips has returned fromNew York.
lalns Wlt t Pty trom the South, returned home with them.
James Weaver's family has returned toBrooklyn with the throng bound home-ward.
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- W. It. Skidmore of Bridgeport has vis-ited William Botsford and other New-town friends. Mr Skidmore is in the ex-
press busiuessbet ween Bridgeport,Brook-ly- n
and New York.
Frank Thompson and family have vis-
ited II. L. Manvillc.
STRATFORD.
ItlVEKSIUE DUCK FARM.
"V 'rfic Riverside duck farm of Willard R.Miller has reached the capacity of itsprcseut quarters nnd he is reducing stock,hoping to be able to sell it, that he mayembark in the business more extensivelyelsewhere with W. T. Eastman, who hasrecently beeu associated with Mr Miller,after an experience of several year fit-
ting up brooder in the New Englandand Middle States. - This is Mr Miller'sfourth year in the business, the secondou an extensive scale and his fowls com-
mand a ready sale among the epicures ofthe shore towns along the Sound, easilycommanding more than the market price.His present quarters have a large capac-ity, a novice would think, being capableof accommodating 10,000 ducks in theduck season from New Year's to July 1,10,000 chickens in the chicken seasonfrom October to July and from 1000 to2000 geese, which are ranked most profitable of all, since they eat more grass andless feed and grow faster. Some gos-
lings have gained over a pound a week,weighing 15 pounds when 12 weeks old.Ducks, chickens and geese alike arehatched in incubators, which is some-
thing new in goose culture. There areseven Monarch incubators, made , byJames Rankin,-wit- a capacity for 5000hen's eggs or 4000 duck eggs. These in-
cubators are heated by hot water warm-ed by kerosene, automatic in operationand are kept at a temperature of 103 de-
grees. The egga arc turned by handtwice a day. After the ducks are hatch-
ed, they are put into brooder pens fortwo or three weeks, where heat is sup-
plied from a boiler kept running the yearthrough, the warm air being mixed withfresh air brought in by pipes from theoutside of the building. Ducks requiremore workrthan chickens, but are foundto be hardier and but few of those hatched are lost. They are kept in a warmbuilding 'until they begin to feather outand are then confined in dry, open runssurrounded by wire netting. Ducks in
tended for market are not allowed to gonear streams of water nor mud, as .thatwould make the flesh strong and fishy.In heavy rains and showers, they mustbe looked after, or they would standwith their bills up in the air and drown.Feed is supplied in abundance, for theyoung ducks are killed for market when10 or 11 weeks old, before the pin feathers get started. They will average near
ly five pounds dressed at that age. ihebest of the flock are sorted outforbreed-ers,th- e
test being the purity of plumage,clear yellow color of the bill, perfectshape of the head and reddish yellowlegs. One man is kept busy pickingthrough the Summer and he wiil pick 40to 50 ducks or CO hens in a day. Theduck feathers bring CO cents a poundand pay the expense of picking. MrMiller's choice among ducks for marketis the Pekin, whose pure white plumagemakes them a noticeable feature of the
landscape. lie also has Rouen ducks,prize bird and the finest in the State,Brazil lian and Muscovys. He prefersPlymouth Rock among the different va-
rieties of chickens, marketing them at sixweeks and employs others to hatch someof his supply. The raising of geese is anew venture, but 50 goslings have heenraised, this season and they have proveda profitable investment. ; Emdens areranked highest, but there are a few Chinaand African geese on the place. These
go to pot when 15 weeks old. These ar-
mies of poultry require a number of
buildings : A two-stor-y feed house andstable, with a boiler in the basement ; abrooder house 250 feet long by 15 wide,supplied with the ifathmonton system ofbrooders, though Mr Eastman prefersbox brooders for cold weather; a henhouse 30x15 feet and two other buildings70x18 feet. The farm cannot supply thedemand upon it, the August, prices forducks ranging from 10 to 18 centspound, though the earliest ducks oftenbring 50 and 60 cents a pound. Thecret of success here has been faithful,hard work, excellent care and the best offeed, especially ground for them. Butthey have reached the capacity of theirpresent quarters and want to cross theirRubicon to larger fields of success.
The Nichols brothers have roofed thebarn of Seymour Curtis.
Edgar Osborne laid the floor for MrOrdner's house on Clapboard hill, afterwhich the family moved in while heshingled qver them and completed the
building.Charles Birdseye Sniflen's children are
the ninth generation in direct desceutfrom John Birdseye, who came to Stratford from Milford in 1(541 and the familyhas many historical souvenirs.
i James Smith ha painted the Edwardsplace a light brown with darker trim--
j aUo pftintcd fence8 for K.J K. Beach. Thomas Welton works with: him.
Eey Mf Ives ag apuroJ)ritite to thesedays of celebration, read the report or aconference of churches held here in 1828,during the pastorate of Rev Dr JoshuaLeavitt, at tho preparatory lecture, lastFriday. v.
Mi's liuland of Brooklyn has visitedher sister, Mrs C. B. Snillen.
An excursion to Hudson ltiver, New-
bury, Ioiijr,hkeepsle ami West Point,Wednesday, Ith, by tho New Englandroad. The special excursion train leftllawleyvllle at 8 15 n in.
George G. lllakti of Wiilllmin, Max.".,hat Niit several day at ". V. Beardsl-
ey'!"..
The hoard of director of the Odd Fel-
low Aid association ha voted 8:2000 toth helm of K. 11. Trice of Xorwalk.
At the reunion of tho Seventeenth Con-
necticut Volunteers nt Noroton, lastweek, Newtown was honored hy theelection of Albert VV. l'eck a fourthvice president. Police Ollleer .lohn II.Porter of Bridgeport is secretary and P.Wade, Jr, ftUo of Bridgeport, treasurer.
Over MX) men are employed nt WilsonPoint, under the direction of Superin-tendent Payne, the hurnedwharve. and freight houses of the NewEngland Terminal Co. The steamerCape Charles U ut the floating dock, re-
ceiving the parallel tracks which willtransform her into a freight car transfersteamer.
Mis Minnie Weed of Danbury lenientof Charles It. Nichols
Wilfred Matson of North Adams,Man., has v 11 ted his father, .lame Mat-ko- n.
Mr Philo Nichols and Miss Kutli, whohave spent the mouth of August, in theWhite Mountains, have returned. a
Austin I.. Peck and family of HartfordfK'iit Sunday with his father, Z. S. Peck.
The new button lathe atGrillln's Ilunt-Ingtow- u
shop Is a marvel of solidityand precision. It wait made by JamesM. Beers, nn old Newtown boy, at hisNew Haven machine shop mid will costnearly 1000.
Mrs Martha Botsford und children havebeen with rclatlvss In I.otig Hill.
The families of U. F. luucombe, C. 15.
Taylor him! A. O, Moore enjoyed a clam-bake, last week, on the hanks of the llous-aton- ic
jiiJ n corn roast at A. C. Moore's."
MabelSmit"" '"' Mallett Tiishmi, nccom-,.nie- d
by Ids daughter, Miss Lily, werehere, last week.
Arthur Wilson and w ife of New Havenhave been guests of F. C. Sauford, Iltiw- -
leyvllle.
Uruce K. (trilling, who has been In themapping s with 1. J.- - Lake, for-
merly or Monroe, will soon go Into part-nership with his brother George In- theIluutingtowu button business.
.lohn 1l. Hawkins Is building wirefence along the Y nt Botsford.
Henry Nichols, w holms made h lit homewith James M. Mntson, has rented GeorgeGrilllu'i tenant house In Iluntlngtown.
About $I(X will be required to meetthe hill for repairs on the Iluntlngtownschool house. Orvllle Downs ha paint-ed it cream color with Potnpellan redtrimmings; the seats have not arrived,which delays opening school till Mon-
day, Oth. Miss Chatfield, who will teachand board nt Orvllle Johnson's, returnedto New Haven, lust week.
Ivl C. Gilbert's children nre recover- -
lug from measles.
A quantity of lump plaster ha beenthrown oil' at the crossing at L. B. Lake'sfor W. ('. Johnson.
Miss Susie Scudder went to Sprlngwa-ter, N. V., Saturday, to care for a relative w ho Is nlllicUid with cancer whichher doctor says will prove fatal.
Mrs Lucy A. Beardsley has tpent several weeks at the Lake Pleasant, MassSpiritualist camp meeting.
Mrs Philo Northrop has visited herdaughter In Shelton ; Chester Northrophas liecn home from his work In Nauga-tuc-
on vacation.
. Mrs A. M. Lyon returned to her Bogushome, last week, after ft few days withMr E. V. Benedict. ...
Clarence Sears Is tho proud owner ofa new 2Hnch Superior safety wheel.
Miss Llllle Falrman was guest of MissAdella Gilbert, last week.
Henry B. Cogcr bought 05 acres of theW 11 Ham B. Beardsley estate In JockeyHollow, at the recent auction, paying$1070.
A strong and substantial Jeaui wagonhas been turned out for W. C. Johnson
by C. II. Gay
SOUTH BRITAIN.
Dca X. V?. Mitchell has a notable col-
lection of oil jiortrait of llev ZcphanlahSmith, his wife nnd five daughters, andpaintings of one of the daughters. Theywere purchased, some months ugo, froma relative of the Smith fattlly In Hart-ford and are tho work of a Hartford artist who was popular In the earlier partof the century. The paintings of one ofthe sisters, of which lxa Mitchell hasseveral, are considered of unusual meritby those versed in art matter tfnd represent scenes In tho earlier centuries. ThoSmith family lived to a ripe old age, allbut one died maiden and one of the sis-
ter died every sscven year.
The Strange Ail ventures ot a House- -
Dont. Black. logiTony the Maid. Howard. ltwtAnnie Kllhurn. VV. 1). Howells. ' 1(XUI
Go Prime. UMiS
Gertrude' Marriage. Huimburg. HM7
Undo Max. Hone Nouchotte Carey. lfl8Grclfcnstoin. Crawford. '" HUM
The Five Talents of Woman. 1070Miss Lou. K. P. Roe. '. 1071
A Modern Adam and Eve in a Gar-do-
Douglass. 1D72
Esther. Itoso N'ouchette Carey. KITS
Millbank. M.J. Holmes. 1A74
The Open Door. Howard. 1075Our New Mistress. Yongn. 1070The Midnight Marriage, Douglas. 1077
Agues of Sorrento. Stowe. 1078
We Two. Lyall.' 1079
Steadfast. It. T. Cooke. . 1080A Pretty Sister of Jose. Burnett. 1081
Passolto.se. Hardy. 1082
Bureaiieracy. Halzuc. 1083
From tho Lakes ot KSllarney. Field. 1084
llayniond Kershaw. Cox. 1085A l'hyllis of tho Sierras. Uni te. 1088Jonathan and His Continent. Max Oitcll. 1087
The Midnight Queen.--
Fleming. - 1088Tho Alpine Fay. winter. 1089
DAHBDEI.
Uuubury is to have an accident insur-ance company of its own, the Home Mutual Benefit society. It was incorporated by the last Legislature and will beready for business in a week or two. Itscorporators and officers are among thebest and most substantial business menin the city.
HULL'S HILL.
A. T. White spent Suuday in Water-tow- n
and Waterbury ; Mrs David Caryand daughter were in Waterburv.
Miss Lillie Gray returned to Hartford,Saturday; Mrs Mortimer Scott and sonreturned there, Monday.
Mrs John Bristol of Naugatuck visitedhere, last week.
Miss Ida Tucker is in Ajisonia.
Miss Martha J. Stowe has returned toschool in Bridgeport.
Mrs George Wakelee has visited herdaughter in Union City.
WOODBURY.' llODKMCK'S LATEST SUIT.
The hearing on the will of the lateElijah Atwood was commenced, last Fri-
day, August 30, before Judge Eastman.Roderick, whose voice is soft and sweetand low as an angel's, conducted bis owncontest, and pretty soon there was a fullcircus. This continued till Judge Huntington, out of all patience, administereda severe verbal castigation and the hear-
ing was adjourned till September 23. MrAtwood divided his lands among hisheirs some 15 years ago, possession to begiven on his death and the heirs have recorded their deeds and are now in possession. As we understand it, Roderick'sgrievance is that, several years ago, thedeceased made a codicil changing thewill where he had given certain propertyto Roderick and his wife jointly andtheir one heir, sole-seio- of their house ;the codicil gives the same property to thewife alone and said sole heir. It alsomakes the wife sole executrix. The remaining change is to give $400 to thewife, which had been bequeathed todaughter, who has, since the date of thewill, come into the possession of a veryhandsome estate from another source.Roderick's proportion of the lands givenby the original will was not changed. Itwould seem that this is a small matter tohowl about. Roderick had his prelude.He hied himself to the ancient Williamof East Watertown and communed withhim diligently and William "threw himself." The result was that there appeared, last week, in a local paper, a copy ofthe will, codicil, a series of wonderfulstatements and a bill of particulars, whichdisclosed his whole case and all the weakpoints, perfectly "giving himself away"to the enemy, if he has one. The burdenof the reiterated complaint seems to bethat for a considerable number of yearsRoderick boarded his father in his ownfamily. He neglected to state, however,that, till quite recently, his father hadthe care of his home business and the remarkable crowd of . helpers he keptaround him, while he himself was absenton his multitudinous lawsuits. And thatthus the old man far more than earnedhis board. lie also neglected to statethat for about a quarter of a century hehas had the use of all the lands w hichhad now come to all the heirs, a useworth the board of many such old men,A3 it appears to an indifferent observer,Roderick will wake up some fine morning and find that the estate has broughthim largely In debt
S0UTHP0BT.
C. O. Jellill has gone to Ocean Grovefor a week.
The postponw M. E. picnic was to beheld at California Grove, L. I., Thursday,5th. The Jessie B. was to convey thepassengers across the Sound.
Miss Skinner of New York is with LB. Jennings.
Florence Jennings, who has been veryill with scarlet fever, slowly improves
Miss Etta Jennings has returned fromDanbury
Eva D. Lewis will return to school In
Mamaroneck, N. Y., Oth.
The lecture at the M. E. church, Sun-
dav eveninsr, was well attended. Thesubject for next' week is "Christian Entering flie Palace Beautiful.
Simon Bradley & Co. of Greenfield are
camping out at Pine Creek.
Edwin Gray attended the picnic at Parlor Rock, Labor day.
Miss Gertrude Corbusier entertainsfriends from New Haven.
Mrs T. Bennett of Weston i at C. A.Grumuian's.
Mrs Susan Osborne exhibits the shellof a Plymouth Rock egg, which, whenfound, weighed five ounces and contain-ed three yolks, each perfect and each aslarge as an ordinary egg. It measured.
1- -1 by 8 8 inches.
HATTEkTOWJ.
Charles Morgan has sold timber toJohn R. Toralinson, which he is haulingto his Cold Spring mill.
D. B. Parmelee lias traded bloodedstock with William R. Ferris of Walker'sFarm.
Charles Piatt ium! Fred Porter havelaid wall for Eli Beers in Palestine.
J. W. Penny has built a 14x24 additionto his barn ; Isaac Patchen was his car-
penter. Mr .Penny's tobacco crop isgood, but his potatoes hardly worth dig-
ging, so many have rotted.
T&UMBULL
Frank X. Burr has returned to his workin Pennsylvania.
C. B. Sherwood's horse, which wasleft with W. O. Beach and advertised inthe Bek, has been sold to S. D. Sharpeof Monroe.
Miss Katie Morris of Elizabeth, X.. J.,has visited Mrs A. S. Nichols.
Nichols & Roberts have orders for 1C0
sets of cars to be furnished before theholidays at 65 and 83c.
Mr and Mrs Frank Hall of Sheltonspent Sunday with his sisters, Mrs Ed-
gar Clark and Mrs Beach Lyoli.
Henry Lyon and wife of New Y'ork arewith his brother Beach.
Mr and Mrs William Black man of EastVillage and C. P. Gaylord of TerryvUlewere recent guests of S. M. Briusmade.
Jennie Hallock of Bridgeport has visited her brother, H. V. Hatloek.
S.M.Briusmade has sold the haddsomeld Durham cattle weighing
4400 pounds to Cyrus P. Gaylord of Ter-
ry ville.
One of the pair of blacks owned byJohn A. Henrietta fell into the cellar ofthe old Methodist church and was rescu-ed uninjured. .
About CO of the residents of Daniel'sFarm street took a trip to the beach,stoppir? at Meadows End, Milford. All
:...report, an cujujaurc biuic.
Gaylord and Brinsmade have been withM. W. Morehouse of Greenfield Hill.
Nellie Brinsmade has been with heruncle, H. C. Brinsmade of Nichols.
Mrs Jesse Chalker is not yet able to return home from the Bridgeport hospital.
Miss Mary A. Beach has visited in
Deep River. j
Miss Lucy Elwood, who teaches Chest-
nut Hill school, boards at Mrs SamuelFrench's. j
. Mrs M. J. Ackerson, who Is now em--'
ployed in Bridgeport, was home, over
Sunday
Lawyer George Loomls Sterling of New!Y'ork spent Sunday and Labor day-wi- th
h!a father. Stenhen U. Sterhnsr,
Stakes are driven for a new house, op-- jposite Capt D. B. ninman's, which willbe built by Mr Wentworth. 5
. HtnrnxGTOX.
Considerable routine business wastransacted at the meeting of the direct-
ors of the Union fair. More applicationsfor space than ever have been receivedand prospects already far exceed otheryears. It is proposed w nave i roiNorthrop ascend in a balloon and dropwith a parachute. A committee was ap-
pointed to make the necessary arrange-ments.
Every one, when they are Is Bridgeport,should viisit Joseph H. Lutx, 38 Wall street.,and try a glass of his "Old Time root beer.It bos no equal.
-- It goes right to the spot, said an old gen-tleman, who found great relief In Ayrs sars.aparilla. He was right-- Derangements ofthe stomach, liver and - ItMneya are morespeedily remedied fay thia mxBclne toaa bjany other. It reaches the trouble directly. -
Bridgeport Dry Goads Xitm.What tends more Una .asqrUiioa; else to
strengthen the eonfldeBne aT those who buyover retail dry gooto Waaler is the evidencethat the worth ot wtrmey paid exists in thegoods obtained. There to such a thing aa find-
ing on inspection that :an article is worthmore than it costs. .The buyer in such ao in-
stance will tt the v counter where abargain of that kind was secured. Now thebouse of W.B. Hall Jb Co. has for ten yearsbeen striving to tftaf tll value for moneypaid. During that period, through the
bankrupt stock aeore ot times repeated and selling them at low rate,the shop-per has realized not only foil valna, but oftenmuch more. . ;
- But where this great honae bas chiefly wonfavor has been in the steady course maintain-ed in its trade, by offering what people standmost in need of ami by ratwrtasj Ihose whobuy from necessity, to gratr-nAneT- .te whilewa. 1. ,mA W Km AatSb. jama JA MknMi- -
sentativesof all these classes,, no matter lawhich season of the yearibey called, havebeen able to find exactly what they soughtand at a living price. The ancceea el thishouse has been so great that they have addedthe building of the Young Hen's Christina ae- -
J. K. Parsons, wife and son Percy ofNew Haven have visited his mother,Mrs M. E. Parsous.
Undertaker Edson W. Wilson is spend-
ing a week among the Litchfield hills.
Speaking to a Bek reporter about Wil-
son Point and the work now going on
there. Col W. H. Stevenson of the Hous-atonlc system said : "Yes, we're doing alittle nt the Point. We'll spend a coupleof hundred thousand dollars and then, in a
few wok8, probably, we'll be in shapeto run through cars from Boston to XewYork, by way of the Xew Engl:ind,Dan-bur- y
&, Xorwalk division of the Housa-
tonlc and freight car transfer steamerfrom Wilson Point. But only the
through cars will be sent this way; all
freight which must be transferred, or isIn broken bulk, will come to Bridgeort,be unloaded there and sent to New York ;
the freight steamer Philip D. Lefevrewill continue to run on this line. Oh yes,the Housii tonic's still booming." This,from Col Stevenson himself, is proof con-
clusive that Bridgeport will not lose
through Wilson Point's forall workmen who .transfer freight willremain in the Park City, notwithstand-ing the rosy views of Xorwalk jieople.
mm nSHELT0H .
A horse belonging to Henry A. War-
ner broke its neck in the pasture, lastweek.
H. T. Patchen & Son, cnnti actors, havececcnl.ly received a large load of cement.
Dr G. A. Shelton Is spending a wellearned vacation at Saratoga..
George A. I!ose has just painted a newsign for the. town clerk's ollice.
. B. Buggies I administrator ou theestate of Sarah B. Buggies.
Mrs Susie L. Sheldon of White Hillshas purchased the business of Mrs SusanP. Sackett, who, for a number of years,has kept a first class boarding house, corner of Howe avenue and Bridge street.Mrs Sacfiett will go to Xew Haven, w hereher son is to enter college.
B. W. Ijit tin is to move from Hillstreet to 21 Cherry street, Birmingham;Charles Bushey has moved to Oak street,Birmingham.
Tho old gas mains, which(were aban
doned after laying the new mains, are he
Ing taken up by a gang of men under thesupervision of W. W. Bowman.
Principal Foreman will take his "mealswith Mrs Bissell on Hill street and haverooms In the residence of IX. Clark.
Mr and Mrs William Wilkinson sjenta pleasant vacation at Martha's Viiu
yard. ; '
' F. B. Munson is putting a slate roof onthe new factory for the Excelsior Bitcompany. ,
A. B. Buggies I moving out from thewooden building on Howe avenue, wherehe formerly manufactured toys and theshop I being fitted up for the combworks 'which are to move here fromXorthhoro, Mass.
AH the postal card for the next four
yeftrs will be made and printed in Shelton. Wilkinson Bros. A Co. will furnishthe paper, about live or six tons per day
The spur tracks and depot are beingrapidly pushed to completion.
The one thing Shelton needs Is a postofllce, to give the place a full Identitlcation, though many would miss the couvenience of the free delivery which weso much enjoy at the hands of the genialCarrier Bennett.
L. Piatt & Son are out with anew sgnadvertising their boot and slim; and E.Cushman displays another over the newfruit and fish market next to J. II.Beard's store.
Miss Annie Beard, A. L. Hubbard andwife and others attended the celebrationof the settlement of Milford.
The Shelton brass band will furnishmusic for the fair of the Union agricul-tural society. '
Theodore S. Bassett has purchased thehouse and lot just below the school houseof John l.arkin.
Rolort Adams of Xew Yoik has beenin tow n.
Mrs S. E. Brewster entertains J. W.Mil! and wife of Brooklyn.
' Elizabeth and Charlie Buggies return-ed, Saturday, from a visit In Southbury.Horace Wheeler has lost one of his
largo oxen.
' soemuon anion rwiuruay wi awi,teiuber 7 ami y, the uew rooeend new udfrixxla will be thrown r--i u - mibixs. Vt- -
for clonk and diesauiaanugiwaaa.
