The Newtown bee., 1879-06-10
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The season for strawberry festivals has arrived. The Catholics and Baptists this week. the former pn Monday and Tues day evening-a promenade entertainment by St. Peters Band and strawberry accompaniment latter on Tuesday evening.
 Burglars tried to enter the house of MT. c. H., Bigelow.F Were frightened away by the house dog.
 On Tuesday noon last week some thief succeeded in opening the safe at H. Bar nuns elevator and got away with over Il hundred dollars.
 One of our preachers announces a sermon on "Red Eyes"
 Millions in it--that blessed rain last week.
 Sudden death. On Tuesday afternoon last week Mir. Martin Lewis, who had just delivered load of hay to Mir. Samuel Barnum, was driving along with his hired man In West street. when he suddenly swooned sank back, and fell heavily out of his wagon to the ground and expired instantly. Thought to be appoplexy.
 A hot shaft at Rundle X Whites set fire to q quantity of combustibles, and came near enough to setting the building on fire.
 New York parties have bought the Meeker hat factory and started business there.
 Rev. Mir. Hubbell of the First Congre- oatjonai church preached an interesting sermon on "Women and Temperance" Sunday evening.
 The platform of the depot has been fenced in. Agood idea.
 The Drs. Bennett recently removed a tumor from Mrs. Abel Ritchie, q very worthy woman, who has the sympathy of many friends. The operation was suc- cess.
 MT. c. Ernst Friedman, so long the efficient leader of the choir of the Meth odist church, has resigned, and Miss Florence Savers has been engaged as leader. She Is sweet singer and un- derstands music thoroughly. Miss Car rie Allen, also fine musician and beau tiful singer, will preside at the organ. MT. Geo. K. Ives, than whom there is no better musician, will continue.as cornet- ist. The church is fortunate in securing this trio of musicians.
 Business is overdone--too many hands employed in the same business. Stand ing on street corners even Is overdone. A good besincss. but too much competi- tion spells it.
 Mir. Bradley. of the firm of Bradley & Crosby. brought in some eighteen horses from Canada recently, which are said, by good judges, to be fine animals.
 Lumber and labor are cheap compared with former years. Perhaps that Is the reason that there Is rather more than the usual amount of building going on. not withstanding the hard times. A dozen or more dwellings are we'll under way, and some nearly completed, besides sev- eral are in contemplation. Carpenters are busy.
 The good people of New Fairfield have had q grudge against Danbury ever sin % the battle of Charcoal Run. They now propose to pray for our physicians. 1 Slight frost Saturday morning. There was quite a severe thunder storm here of short duration, on Friday after noon. The house q Mir. Geo. H. White was struck by lightning. but not much | injured. A MT. Lake was stunned, by ar electric shock. A tree near the south end of Deer Hill avenue was struck and shivered to atoms and the fence near II thrown down. The house of MT. Zers Hoyt was struck and considerably dam. aged. MT. Hoyt was stunned but not per. manently injured.
 The other day Mr H Clay Judds horse of Bethel when On the borders of oul town suddenly got high and shook the dust of his feet ns Q testimony against Danhury and slfd for home. He will come back again. That Is the way with some people from over Goalpit hill wher I they como among us; get they lever SC X high and go ofr in hui they forgive us . and como back the next day. Hc RACE.