The Newtown bee., 1879-03-18


 on hand, at 349 Main street, corner o1 John street. Bridgeport, Conn.
 Ut is earnestly requested that al
 members of the singing school (havins their names on the list) who have not as yet settled for their tuition, be in attend
 ance Friday evening, and come prepared to meet said obligation.
 1 MT. $. c. Northrop, of the Beehive Bridgeport, has taken the agency for the Celebrated Bazaar Glove Fitting Patterns
 said to be tue best i'll the world. He also
 has very superior needles, full descrip- ton of which will be found in his adver-
 tisement on third page.
 THE LIBRARY MAGAZINE for March will | be ready on the 2Sth--not dated in ad-
 vance, us is the custom-its contents be-
 ing mainly from the foreign publications
 of the same date. thus giving what is new
 est in the literary world. $1 .00 a year,
 or 10 cents number. AMERICAN BOOK | EXCHANGE Publish .rs, N. Y.
 Miss Eliza Blakslee, of Bethel, was in town on Wednesday last, seeking in- formation concerning the formation of d class in music lessons. Miss BlakSlee
 has received thorough musical educa- tion, and those desiring to know her terms can address her through the post-of1ice.
 The roads in Newtown are in very bad condition, and in some places almost impossible The Church Hill road will take considerable cash to make it as it should be, and prevent the rains and frost from destroying it, The road wants sand and gravel muck applications do not pay.
 Tho agent of the Swedish Lady Vocal Quartette Concert Co.,, was ill town last week, and after consultation with some of the citizens concluded not to eX- hibit owing to the great cost attending each concert and the probable small at tendance should the company appear.
 Last Tuesday the national flag was raised and considerable inquiry made as to what great event was the occasion ot the demonstration. few gentlemen when approached on the matter had a decided weakness in their right eye lids, and the inference to be drawn was that some one had arrived, and as Mir. Edgar F. Hawley was in town we guessed that 1t was him. A little girl CampGng) in town, hearing some one say that West, the great painter, died March 11th,- went to school and told that the flag was up for man who died out Vest
 When hitching your horse, examine the post. A horse belonging to MT. Da-
  morning, and for while it lookedsas if we were to have smashing item, but the horse did not stay frightened long enough. Dr. Bennett caught the horse, and MT. 'ErilIin led him back to Mir. Beers barn.
 The item which we publish below Mr. John Russian, who was killed about three weeks ago, is sad one, and illustrates the uncertainty of life and tin,, ,IN f,Nt hot al hn hnir livelihood on railroads. Mir. Russian was fine, cheerful man, and when we last saw him he was the picture of health. | This gentleman was Q brother-in-law of Conductor William Fahan:
 Some of the employees on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad have raised S25 for the four small chil- lren of brakeman John Russian, who was killed few days ago. He was em- )loyed on Conductor Fahan's freight train md when the train reached New York le was missed. Conductor Fahan took m engine and went back to look for him md found him on the bank at Mount Yer lon where he had crawled and d ed from lis terrible injuries, exhaustion and cold, liter having his arm and leg cut off His wife is also dead which leaves the children orphans.--Sta3adcrd.
 | Ile bIlil Ol EuWln I1Oyb, ciitESeu with the murder of his father, occupied he attention of the Superior Court at Bridgeport last week. Judges Sanford md Beardsley were present. There were 'ery few. additional facts brought out turing this new trial. State Attorney offered in evidence on Friday Ifternoon three letters written by Hoyt ince his confinement in jail. Two of heletters were dated July 20th and 27th- he last one in January. These letters we're damaging to Eoyt. The Court ad- i burned until Monday (yesterday) to ? 'cloek. An inoffensive pair (whose modesty is qual to their worth), residents of Il not far of" county, after raising a small rood of ducks, silenced the musical uack and assisted in eating three of hem, and at last sold one forthe pecu- the effect of gathering stones or rockery. GrCpes cannot be gather d from vines too closely trimmed, nor figs from thistles." TRANCIENT. ( "A Native" sent US a long poem over year ago. and we publish the same this 1eek. There has been so many changes , n the last twenty-five years, Tn and around , own, that the rhyIhing Of some of the f ines may not be exactly true particularly , Q of Toddy Hill and Dodgingtown. There as been great change, and "A Native" , night not be aware of it.. , Round trip tickets to and from New ' Iilford, Danbury, Bridgeport and inter- lediate stations, are now sold at reduced | ates at the several stations. To gratify ( ublie demand for low rates, the Housa- I Dnic R. k. Co. have issued these tickets q xperimentally, trusting the travelling | ublic will appreciate the advantages to | e derived therefrom, sufficiently to ren- | CT their sale a permanent one. ( Mir. George Tyler, who is well-known [ 9 the travelling public on the stage route I etween NewtOwn and Woodbury will ( un, commencing April 1st, daily stage Sundays eXcepted.) His stage will leave Voodbury 7.3O a. m., passing through onthbury and South Britain and arriv- lg ut the depot to connect with the trains A oing north and south, on the Housatonic oad. The stage will return to Woodbury n the arrival of the down train at noon, C ach day. MT. Tyler invites the patron- | go of the travelling public, and will do | is work faithfully at living prices. 2 Middle District school meeting was T. cid Saturday evening. The meeting f 'as called to order and Dr. F. N Bennett a lected Moderator. The resignation of | IT.. w. H. Hubbell as committee was of a cred and accepted. MT. Wm R. Skid { lore was reelected teacher There will [ e another meeting called to elect u com | littee. Ere 'tis too late and that cough ]: hs4D .,fsx |