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Show SETS FIRE TO CHURCH IN FIGHTING BEEP TARRYTOWN. N. T.. July 29 Tho Flrsl. Reform church here, an edifice which has llgured considerably in Amerl-!uni Amerl-!uni literature and revolutionary annals, will require $1000 worth of repairs as the result of a. successful attempt vestordny to drh'i! out a colony of bees which had mado their homo In the steeple. Two painters who were at work in the church found the boos. Their blow lamp was brought out and Its flames turnod on the nest. The church was set on tire, but after the lire department had worked hard for half an hour tho flames were extinguished. ex-tinguished. Tho damage was estimated at ?1000. The painters accomplished their object n getting rid of the bees, but at a cost of about $5 a bee |