The bee., 1877-08-23
LOCAL Jor7YYos.

Ihi rouse, shturuhy nignt.
 Mir. Benj. Hawley was making cider in Hawleyvillc last Saturday.
 Mir. Rowel's new engraving machine attracts great deai of attention.
 Several articles have been crowded out this week.
 A hot box delayed the evening express train at HawleyviIle, Saturday. It took several pails of water to cool 1t down.
 Mir. Robert A. Cla-k was the success ful bidder for the collection of taxes. MT. Clark was collector last year
 Look out for the Eclipse tonight ye moonlight night wanderers, and don't both swing on the same gate.
 Mir. Charles Platt, 6 music teacher, will be in town Thursday, and will com. mence instruciing several pupils that have engaged his services.
 Mir H. W. Fairchild left at our office a sample of Hungarian grass, which he pulled out of his lot. The grass meas. ured feet inches.
 Miss Ferguson has opened her new store, and 1t is very neat and attractive She will visit the city in few days to purchase her Fall and Winter stock of ladies hats.
 An infant child of Mir. and Mrs Thos. Mcclure was buried Mondey afternoon. The remains were accompanied to the cemetery by large number of friends of the family.
 Mir. Homer Hawley has resigned bis position as teacher of the Young Mems Bible Class in Trinity church Sunday school, and Mrs. Silas Beers has been ap- pointed in his stead.
 St Peters Parish, of Danbury, will hold picnic at Parlor Rock, Wednes- day, Aug. 29'h. The excursion train will leave the Newtown depot at 10 o'clock.
 MT. c. F. Beardsley, aided by MT. George Stuart has completed the hand. some fence of which we made mention two weeks ago. It IS not only handsome but substantial.
 Coming up from the depot with pas
 
 senger, he remarked that if there was 8 sidewalk up to the street he should walk. Mir. Philo Skidmore has offered to build sidewalk half way to the station. Win not some of our enterprising citizens take hold and build the other half
 Mir. William Hoy has presented many very handsome boquets of flowers to the Congregational church society, during this Summer, but the very finest August 12th, and received from the pastor. Rev. J. P. Hoyt, a neat letter of thanks, which he appreciates very highly.
 The carriage of MT. P. H. Skidmore was upset on Tuesday, by the horse be- coming frightened at the movement of some cows, which were being driven to pound. The horse was hitched to the post, and in backing suddenly, the car riage turned over and damaged one wheel.
 Wm. Cothren, Esq, of WoodburY, presented to us volume of his "An- cient Woodbury," which, judging from our short acquaintance with it, promises to be a valuable aid to us in learning more of the beautiful town and it's peo- pie. We again return our sincere thanks to him for his kind remembrance of us.
 Wednesday, Aug 8th, two young lad ies living ou the Mountain road, killed a large black snake, measuring about three yards in length. He lay coiled on the door step, when he was discovered by the young ladies. This is the second snake of the same kind that they have killed during the last two weeks.
 The roads are sadly in need of repair especially that portion so constantly used as you go down to the depot The rain has washed it, and left the stones loose which are bad things to ride over. An ugly hole begins to show itself just be- low Queen street, and unless soon mend. ed the town may have to pay some one for horse with broken leg.
 Our attention has been called to the Sunday gathering of boys around the schoolhouse, who greatly disturb the neighborhood by throwing stones against the building. This gentle reminder may probably be sufficent to abate the hui sance, but if this fails, there are other