The Newtown bee., 1879-04-08


 MT. w. A. Judas house and bent one of the lightning r0ds fiat upon the roof. ballast in the shape of a tin pail was at tached to the kite but the kite .rnKcaw"y again anl the pail fell upon the town | unp. Ire neXt da., Velae day, anothrr trlal was made, and the cord doubled and still It wHS not strong enough. The kite fell upon noyts Hill. The sport Of kite living brought out large number of the worIlmen from the shop and much fun enjoyed by them all.
 In our last issue wc@ailed to mention the name of the first gentleman named IS one of the delegates to the Methodist Conference which met last Wednesday in New Haven. Mir Eli W. Gilbert was the gentleman named to attend with Mir. Charles Green and Mir. Henry Dimou.
 Mr. Henry SIuircs was in Danbury, on Saturday, with two little girls; Alice Bouton and Nellie Geer. and while driv- ing along near Wooster St, his horse be- came frightened and threw the occupants out of the carriage. MT. Squires was se- riollsly Injured about his breast and little Nellie had her left aEm broken. Dr. Bar Der set the broken arm,
 There was kind of widOwcrs' con- ventiOn held in the store of Willie Kyle, Thursday night. For further nforma- tiOn inquire of the President.
 Messrs Kyle & Lyon are making a handsome coupe for Mr. George G. Du- rant and will have it completed in two weeks. The woodwork was done by ''Zeke" Drew in his best style; the carriage iron ing by Deacon Kyle and Johnny Reod, and those who know theil skill in this line can iimagiuc the neatuess and dura- biIity of the work. The painting is the work of Mir. G. NJ. Lyon, who has q rep pt ,,ti ilr lt11 painting, and it i5 not necessary for Us to tell the public how that coupe will shine upon our streets when 1t makes it's appearances. The trimming of the coup" i9 in the hands Ot Mir. John H. McrEen- dahl and it will be trimmed and painted in artistic style. Mir. Mcrgendahl, who has d shop in DanbIrv, does all the car riage trimming for Kyle & Lyon and has worked for them in their shop for sev- crul wears
 The Citizens Cornct Band of Grassy Plain expect large turnout to their promenade concert and ball Friday evon- ing. April 18th. Those who do not de- sire to patrouizr the dance can purchase tickets for the concert, which will i've duubt n0t) br a fine one and of such a character that all will he fully repaiI for attending. Remember the object of this entertainment iS tO purchase uniforms for the members of the band.
 Gilbert Bros are building the new make Shop for G. (I. Durant. The work of raising the frame of the new shop com m"uccd Friday by Gilbert Bros. and it WuS quickly done with the assistance of Hank and the Bridg" Market man. The liuishcr4 found som" difficulty in getting steam. owing tO the fact that the boiler fires had to he put out and the pipes re- moved. However in the afternoon, Mir. D. Y. liuhhrll came and fixed the pipes in place. and ere this time there ia plenty of good steam,
 Jnmc, Rowlry graduated, March 22d in Cole X .imhlrr'4 shop. and gave a free i blow to the workmrn, consisting of two i barrels of oysters, crackers, cheese, &c. Sound mnu. Jimmie.
 1 William English gave free blow of . oysters. rlauS, Hr.. to the makers of C. i C Durtut'~ '~ shop uu completing his ap- prnutir"~hip The WOrkmcn enjoyed the feast. very much Whoa Jacob was here and went home with his underwear intact. George II. Cole has taken a desk in the factory of Cole X Amblcr and iS undo r the instruction of the gentleman residing in ElmWOOd, who has q COW that gives what ] ie called tWu-StorN cream, that is tO say that h" has to skim if twice. He is going tO get out a patent rhuru. Hr Wa~ telling thc hoy~ in Cole & Amhlrr'9 shop of his immcue" opportunities "~t0makrHrirh thing out of his COW. Tine boys Say the lnad will not pan out like the Eenuin" Com stock lode.
 Mr.. Gcorg" II, IIoyt k quite sick with diphthrria. Dr. \. F.. Earh"r attends her,
 Mrs. Srllrrk Booth, who for eomc time past has been u great sufferer, i4, we are GINd to report more comfortable. Mrs. . Booth ha~ luHt the sight of her eyes, and iutil within few days suffered intense pain and had to be kept under the inllu- oUro of laudanrn, A few evenings ago in WiPiug her eyes, she diNIOdGc,l d piece of hard -uh~tHurr. the sig" of an tyc-Ntont and since then ~h" has not suffered sC much paiu though prrvIousIy she ha, said that her eye felt H. if it had some thing in it the size of walnut. Mrs
 Booth has had the best of ear" and mrdi cal attention, hut without avail in rcstOr ing her sight.
 R. F. Bailey lectures to-morrow nigh
 in Fishers Hall. Go aud hear him.
 The Alert Fire Co, extended vote o
 thanks to Miss Ida PolIitt for a yer, handsome motto presented to then.
 Monday. March 3I4t. was the twenty
 second birthday of Mr. Will Oakley, un(
 in tn" evening he was the recipient of
 ~orcuad" from his comrades of the Git iz"ns' Band. The Band, after playing
 several of their best pieces, were Invite, into the hous" aud made ComfOrtahl with the hospitality shown them by Mir
 ". Oakley and Mr. F. Curtis Oakley
 The band were entertained in good styl . and found that Un"io Curt. knew how l. make tn" inner man rejoice.
 , There will h" a meeting held in tn ; PMmtrr"s ~chool-hou@e, on Friday ever ing of this week.
 The following is the list of letters r, maining in tn" poSt-otIre: Edward Az CTS, G. II. ArkIuud, Mr.. l.. Burr; Dan , Collins; Mrs. Maggie Collins; Patric
 Duny: Mr-. Hannah Edwards; Mrs. Be
 Knapp; Patrick Lee; F.. L. Loudon~ {. D. John O9biu; Arthur Pratt; Cha5. 1 < Rosa; Granville Warner; Geo. F.. Webb . \. WoUDMAN, r. Nj. W.