The Newtown bee., 1878-01-31
Local Joitiungs.

Mir David Mobiles, is having his house painted. John Ferris is doing tho work
 Plenty of water and full time makes the factory employees rejoice
 Blue birds were out In fall feather. enjoying themild weather, last Sunday -nni so were the ladies.
 Last week q large quantity of ice was cut and stored away. NIT. M. c. Flaw. Icy put away obout 10 tons.
 When man is trying 10 reform, give him room. Going to church is one good step toward reformation.
 Watch your dogs cl6 scly, and If you discover anything wrong in their actions dispatch them at once
 A new hat shop is about being started in Ilawleyville, near the depot. MT, Saml Barnum will build the shops A cross marked upon your paper is in. tended as reminder that your subscrlp ton to the BEE has expired. Charles Hall recently shipped off two or three tons of tobacco from his ware house in the Hook.
 Muzzle or confne your dogs Dog chains and muzzles for sale cheap at L. B. Booths.
 Miss Josie E, Gaffney, of this town, graduated at the State Normal school, New Britain, Jan 2elh.
 Miss Emma F. Terrill is visiting her friend Miss Alice Smith, of Brookfield, this week.
 A bbl. of St Louis Patent Process Flour for S9 warranted, at Sanford < llawley's.
 Wm. Baldwin, the blacksmith at ilawleyville, ,bulchered hog last Friday, which weighed 650 pouods. How is that for high 2" ...t.. ..
 MT. Edwd. Egan captured live grass hopper in the Catholic Cemetery, on the 2lst inst, and it wasn't supposed 10 be much of d day for 'Hoppers either
 Last Friday night an election of off. cers took place in the lodge room of Granite Lodge, Installation of officers will take place to-moTow night. Nr. F. N. Hawley has entered into partnership with MT. Charles Dodd, of New MilIoGd. A new blacksmith shop, 20x40 feet is being built near tue mill. Other Improvements arr talked of. Several persons of this town went to Dahbury, Friday evening, 10 hear Emma Abbott sing It was grand affair. Any map would be fooling away vau- able timeip attempting to describe if.
 A couple Of Sandy Hook fishermen made visiI to SQuange Pond, day or two since, and relqrne,l safely with string of one piekffeI, peighiag four pounds.
 Though lost to sight, to memory dear, , is what the traveller says, as he passes over a poriinA of the road 10 Beny nett's Bridge Where oh where shall' --the eoniractur hc found
 A lad named Iland took oar adyice tn koep off of the rotten ice in Black. mans Faclrry pond, and found out that inc. hole that he went into was about fonr feel deep Next,
 3Ir. John II. Backman caught pike in fannton pond few days ago. weigh ing 4 ponnds 9 ounces. Since then he has been to Neyersink fishing. and brought back fioe lot of fish.
 Mr. Charles Benedict, of Hattertown. Mir Charles Beardsley. Mile Hill, aud NIT Wheeler Drew. of Taunton, were drawn as jurors, for he February term o court
 Last Friday evening sociable was held at the residence of Mir. A. B. Judd. and was well attended. Another socia- ble was appointed for Wednesday Of this week, at the residence of Wm Ter Till. Esq.
 While the hhcksmiths are mourning over the mild weather. Inc dentists are happy,if we can judge from tho numbers who come from Dr. Belts office holding on their jaws, and hoasting of how much more courage they have than their neighbors
 Five life memberships, S95 eacll have been taken in the N6wtown Library. with a fair prospect for more The yearly subscriptions now number eighty seven. One gentleman win take life member- ship provided seven others will subscribe Only two more names required
 Selectman Sanford gave his personal attention to the fixing of the road. at the point where the ice made it danger ous, 10 pass, of which mention was made last week A ditch has been dug to carry off the water, and iii future there will be no difficulty because of ice.
 We have received new advertisement from Messrs, Foster, Dndley & Co, of Bridgeport, which will appear next week They are still offering bargains that put competition all in the background, and now is your time to buy first-class goods al reasonable prices
 Last Thursday Hr. Norman B. Glover, and Wm J Dick went to New Haven to attend court Johnson Sanford sued Mr sGlover for malicious prosecution, The Judge on hearing a true statement of the case, threw it out of court. Mr. Dicks case with the same man, Sanford,