The Newtown bee., 1879-01-07
Local Jottings.

tO-uSEIOWs
 Miss Belle Lake, of Hawleyville, il visiting Miss Cora Booth in Huntington
 MT. John l.. Hughes visited Wilks barre and other places in Pennsylvania last week.
 Tho following named gentlemen have been drawn as Jurors; Jas. H. Werner Custls Bostwick and Samuel Barnh ].
 Representative John II. Blackmar md Jerry Carey, left for Hartford to-day looking fresh and ready for business.
 Shell Oysters constantly on hand at Sanford X Hawley's, 40 cents per peck Raisins, 3 lbs for 20 cts.
 Miss Fine M. Glover returned to Wellesley, Saturday.
 Mrs. M. E. Glover Is spending a few days visiting In New Haven.
 Correspondents arc requested to send m their letters early before the day of publication as possible.
 All the members of the Singing School Glass will meet for instruction next Fri day evening in the leoture-room ofTrinity Church.
 Our readers who buy at the Beehive Bridgeport, stand a chance to get present worth more than the goods they purchase. See advertisement.
 We have received the first number of the Sunday New Haven Register, and like the appearance of it. It has the dress and air of big city paper.
 MT. George Taylor while walking across lots last Tuesday, stepped upon some ice covered by snow and broke one of his legs. Dr. Judson was called and set the limb.
 The ice harvesters last week had beautiful weather and many ice houses were filled. This week the work of get ting ice is not so good, owing to the snow which has adhered to it.
 We take pleasure in calling the atten- tion of our renders 10 the advertisement of the Now Haven Register in this issue. The popularity of the Register is such that nothing we can say. can add to ,Or take from it.
 Miss Mary r. Peck instituted a Juven- He Temple In the Academy last Tuesday afternoon with eleven new members. The Temple meet every Sunday at o'clock p. m. in the Academy. Miss Essie Camp has been chosen Superintendent.
 Mrs. Lydia Morris of Zoar, sent us a jar of old-fashioned apple sauce which IS delicious. Mrs. Morris is eighty-four years of age, and we think it would bene- fit some young house wives to take les sons of this lady in making apple sauce. Mrs Morris will please accept our thanks.
 The weekly Republican Standard and Republican Farmer came out last week en- larged and improved. The Turner added four columns and the iStundard eight col umns. Both papers arc well filled with reading matter, and, we doubt not, will gain many now friends and retain all of Its old patrons.
 We regret to hear of the serious ill., ness of Mr. Vim. N Nichols, of Cincin- natl, brother of Mir. II. T. Nichols and Miss Charlotte Nichols. MT. Nichols little son, Harry, was sick with scarlet fever, and in nursing him Mir N, was att tackled with tho same disease. We trust that the next report will bring word that Mir. Nichols is recovering his health
 The walk which Mills Congo bet fifty dollars against ono hundred that he could make seventy-five miles In twenty-four hours. came off last Tuesday, in Hubbells Hall. Bridgeport st 12se clock and ended at II 30 Wednesday. Mir. Congo's actual walking time was 21 hours and 20 minu- tes. Several gentlemen from Newtown went down to see the walk.
 The cold snap Thursday night and Friday, even to the dawn of Saturday, was one of the coldest spells we have had in years. It plays the deuce with our office and if our friends find their paper looking rather lmperfectly printed, they must charge it on Jack Frost, who in de- fance Of two stoves, laid his icy fingers on the damp paper and glued them toseth- CT; that it took the starch right of them. We will try and remedy these little draw backs by the time of our next issue.
 Charles Gately and N. c. Downes, walked and ran match for 15 miles in hours, in Sanford's Hall, last Saturday. Charles Gately made 15 miles 4S laps, 54 laps to. the mile and N. c. Downes made 15 miles 38 laps. An admission of 10 cents was charged. The young men did we'll. and at the close of their walk looked none the worse. Charles North rop and John r. Griffin went around the l hall number of times to cheer the con- testants. Penn Fan Mystery, a new weekly illus trated paper published at Penn Yan, New York, by Leon and Harriet Lewis, two writers of ability, and well-known to the reading public. has inst been issued. The | first number is before us now, and from the careful manner in which we have read 1t, are prepared to say that it is what it professes to be, family news paper. The subscription price is B per annum in advance.
 We learn that the golden wedding of Mir. George Benedict of Taunton, was celebrated at his residence, New Years | night, by q large assemblage of friends seven of whom were present at the first marriage. It would have afforded us great pleasure to have been able to pres ent our reader u full account of this hap py event, but not being present and ab- sent from the State at the time. we are unable to do so. Should anyone who were present write an account of it for our next issue we will publish it.
 We received last Tuesday, New Years Day, the following articles from Mr. Nor man Northrop, for our New Year s dinner. one turkey, bag of potatoes, several pounds ofbutterand lard and onions. This was splendid surprise, and an acceptable gift, for which Mir. Northrop has our sin