The Newtown bee., 1878-11-21
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Last Saturday evening, at ? o'clock, Mr. Nel,on sI. Brown dlod at his resihenretn prldaeplrt, after lew weeks illness The announcement of hls death caused heartfelt sorrow to hi- numerous lrlent'h' e.pcriully among those who were Mt'- mntely rounerted with him in tho mah- ngemunt of the Housatonlc Road, all "I whom speak in the highest praise oI h'm' Mir Brown was mau of sterling quail ties, and business Integrity, and hy hiH excellent management the hou7n'onle rnllrond hu5 become one Of the b'7' 'nl'' dueted roads In tho country und inc traveligg public were outspoken in their con,me l,latlon. We clip from the Daily S,apdpa of Monday the following
 ro.lny we ure called upon torrcori the dcnth ot Nuleou NJ. Brown, -upcrlntenH- nrt of the uOu~ntonlr rilrHd Nul'h tonk plare at 7o'clock Saturday cN''lIu'e' IU, health has been poor Tor many NSI7' lie has suffered from asthma ana i'N'S difficulties and a crisis was rrLtll"u lHIte week, ago when ltc went over lh' to't'' ,,ith the rnllroud commissioner" on Uh'l' r,,,,,,l,r ,..,.,p.ipafion. After his return hn,ne he was pt,arkcd WId hcm.f,n.ar and since that tim" uas 4rAGu'l'y 'ail'' i'm spite of lhcbo7t medicI a't'nu""' Nlr. Brown wns fifty years o'd' W" ""7
 @ , S%ii-mrYo noAS,imt&I mtIG !Ga,I&2 ira7 a!Sfi tii'i of the iIuusatuuc railroad company Hl Canaan. He remained there ,rtrI" wears and then went to Falls Village Il next went to Pitl-lleid as stulIon a-c'i. During those years he wit7 coiHo''e' with inc Huu~atOnic railroad rontinupuo- lr with the exception of four years Wh"' h, kept store. in April l0C}, nr accept rl fine position oG station agent In lhi7 city uud removed here. Superintendent II w Franklin died in December lS'u and inc 18th oI march, lHiL Mr. Brown wa. nupaiulcd assistant Superintendent, a nosiion he had hlled since Mr. Frank Uh's death. crclinquishcd ti1 position os 'stotion agent Oct lat, lotG and the 93rd of the following February he waS promoted to tae superinLlndchry oi lh'' road.
 The funeral took place yesterday at his late rrsidrnca and at lO:l0 special train consisting of eight ears heavily draped in mourning conveyed the re- n,,irs and a large number of the friends of the deceased gentleman t" Canaan where the body of the beloved and la mented Superintendent were dep,osiIrd' Thn irraUgemGnt of the funeral were carried out in a very satisfactory mml- ner. Tic train reached Canaan at twenty minutes to two, and the ceremony "I Hi- termen, was conducted ny Rev. MT HUh- hell of inc Methodist Church, and the Odd Fellows rites by Rev. Dr. MaNey, their Chaplin, a beautiful oGc W'la sung by the Odd Fellows, after which sprs Of evergreen was deposited ill the grave by the order The display of floral oi- fering d, the house ill Bridgeport were beautiful. and the attendance of friends very large, and the address of 1.ev Mir. Hunt, formerly Of CanaaA, very impress sive. Through tAe courtesy of the Odd Fellows lunch was served on the traln on the return trip which was highly ap- preciatcd. We regret that space Wlli not allow us to give d more deialieu ac- count of this solemn occasion.
 Just previous to, and since the death or Mir. Brown, Conductor Stillson acted as Superintendent. This gentleman has been in the employ of the company for over twcnty-three years and is not only very popular, but is fully convef5ant with the road and it's workings, and tie many friends of Mir. Stillson believe that he will make a worthy successor of the la mented Superintendent.
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