The Newtown bee., 1877-10-18
LOCAL J0TTIH6S.

Smith < Perkins are painting the resi- dence of Mir James Henderson.
 Try Marsh's washing compound if you
 would make Mondays work easy.
 Tho bridge over the Pootatuok river, leading to Gloyerville, Is being built.
 Thomas Aldls Is repairing his house in Zoar district. Mir. B Terrill is about having the roof of his house newly shingled.
 Queen Esther, Danbury, November 18th and 18th
 The democratic senatorial convention meets at tho Central House, Tuesday, Oct 3Dth.
 The sacramen of Baptism will be ad, ministered to children in Trinity church next Sunday, Oct 2lst. in the afternoon.
 Chauncey Donalds moved his Photo. graph wagon into Sandy Hook last week.
 The North Centre school district voted Saturday night to repair the school. house.
 E. Williams, sewing machine agent, is in town this week, prepared to repair your sewing machines.
 Services in the Methodist church, San. dy Hook, commence in the. evening, on Sunday, a, 6.sO o'clock; seats free,
 The time of meeting of Olive Branch Juvenile Temple, No. IA, has been chang. ed from 5 to 5.a0P. M., commencing next Sunday.
 Patrick Carroll's wagon got sadly de. moralized by coming in contact with a fence, near his store, on Saturday night. Charley Gay don't care.
 A new door has been put in the place of the one that burglars attempted to destroy last Spring, in the store of Glov. CT, Warner & Clark.
 Patrick Mccarthy, of Walnut Tree Hill, dug up a monster field turnip, which weighs 8 IA pounds Who can beat it?
 The Meriden Temperance Corps are on Q colporteuring tour. They had better visit Danbury Fair grounds, when the next Fair is held.
 Mr, Isaac Beers, of Sandy Hook, is having the south wing of his house new ly shingled. E. W. Wilson is doing the work.
 Mir. Wm. R. Leland picked quite large quantity of peas from his garden, ast week, and could show blossoms on vines which are of the second crop.
 Nicholas N. Hawley, of Hswleyville, las newly shingled the roof of his house built an addition to his kitchen, and oth- ,rwise improved his home.
 Major Greene is a great lover of i'm but he failed to inform us of lis new hen coop. which he has recently built, M. A. J. this will never do.
 bir. David Botsford, of Botsford Hill, .ho returned home from California but short time since, is very ill, of typhoid ever.
 Mrs. Fred Wentzel picked some ripe aspberries Oct 11th, on Walnut Tree Hill, and sent them for exhibition to the neat market of Minott Augur. They were very nice berries.
 A man named Campbell was tried be- ore Justice Betts. charged with violat- ng the law by keeping open his place of business on Sunday. He was fined $40 nd costs.
 Rev. J. P. Hoyt exchanged pulpits 'ith Rev. Mir. Hetrick, of Sherman, last unday, and the latter gentleman was cry highly spoken of by those who card him.
 Persons desiring 10 attend the Lyeeum purse of Lectures, in Danbury, can pur- nase tickets of c. B. Taylor, at the De- Ot, or of John T. Pearce, Sanford & 'awley's store, Newtown. The offerings in Trinity church next uuday will be devo to Diocesan mis- ons. This parish has been assessed for l50 % as its share towards the support ] the same.
 Amusing. enter taining and instructive, e three claims which Prof. Sedgwick's purse Of lectures are fully deserving of { i'd as fully concurred in."-Long h- ] ndsr.
 Now is the season of the year when { 'ery other man has a length of stove i pc under his arm. 8 black patch of ot on his face, the skin off his knuck- 3. and desperation in his eye. | An exchange says that "quail's are [ Ibls to cause inflammation of the bowels C those who eat them" Our local sports en, will please make note of this fact g d seRd their quails to this office, thus . oiding all risk. Foster, Dudley $ Go. offer for sale rse blankets for 80 cents, that cannot 6