The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
Bethel.

IHilu ucTIc", hIOnuQN evening, two cali di9atc8 taking the same.
 MT. Henry Sqmres, who was so badly injured last week by being thrown out of his carriage, is nearly well and able to be out. Nellie Geer is also getting along finely with her broken arm.
 A B. L0cbwood's show window and the front of his store has q city appear ance.
 Union Fast Day services were held in the Congregational church 1t II o'clock. The services were interesting and unus- ually largely attended.
 Mr. George Duraut's new make-shop is nearly finished.
 The lecture of B. F. Bailey on Wednes- day evening, Was well attended and very interesting, the speaker holding the au- dicncC for two hours and quarter. The Bethel Cornct Band was in attendance amt dispensed some very fine music which brought considerable applause from the audience.
 The slips of the Congregational church, were sold last Monday evening for about the usual amount.
 The day set for the Water Celebration in Bethel, is the 11th of June. Prepare your umbrellas.
 Easter scrvlceS wcrs held in St. Thom- as church at , O clock, Sunday. The floral offerings were very fine. and altogether the services were very interesting.
 The Rev. Wm. Brown, the present in- cumbcnt of the Methodist church, Occu- pied his position for the first on Sunday and preached two very fine sermons.
 The Rev. C. F. Waters preached the second of his series of sermons on the Family Relations. The different subjects are as follows "Nature and Importance of the Family Relation" :" Family Dis ;i- pline;" Family Instruction;' Family Amusements; Family Inhuence;" Family Responsibility" Family Dis plino" was the subject Sabbath evening, and it was well-handled. If parents will heed the advice given their children will gain the advantage and be better. The next sermon will he on Family h. struction," next Sabbath evening. Come and hear it
 MT. Henry Williams sbreaking ground for the now water tank, at the junction of Center, Elm and Chestnut Sts.
 The Town Clerk is posting the bills for the new Tramp Act. passed at the last session of the Legislature. MT. Tramp, beware ?
 The watering tanks for the accommo- datton of horses, are being placed ill po- sitiOn. Monday morning the work was commenced at the junction of Elm and Center Sts., by the digging out of the earth to receive the tank which consists of an upright boiler. Mr. l.. J. Yeomans does the plumbing work. The other tank is to be located near the Box Factory of Hugh Reid, in Grassy Plain.
 Remember the Promenade Concert and Ball, next Friday evening.
 Register and muzzle, or kill your dog before the lst of May, or there will be trouble in camp.
 See the advertisement of Geo. H Fen ner, Agent, who has opened market in Ferry's Block. MT. Fenner has a new market wagon, a fine horse and harness. The horse has been quite sislt, but is get ting better under the care Cs5George Bell and will be out soon. Mrs. Julia Beard was received into fel- | Iowship of the Congregational church by letter last Sunday: Quite a number of our young men spent Fast Day in Ncwtown. Among them, we noticed, Theo. Beard, l.. D. Judd, Thos Ferry, Rus. Lacey, Eli Judson, John En- | glish and Fred Sherman. They were the guests of Mr. Browne at the Central House.
 A UARD.-I wish to tender my sincere | thanks to the Bethel Cornet Band, for their services at the lecture of B. F. Bai- ley. CHAs. BAILEY,
 Supt. of Congl Sabbath School Bethel, April l1th 1879.
 The List of Letters remaining In the Bethel post-oflice: Meesrs Hoyt & Go. Frederick Mahoney; Mrs. Goodwin R. Wiley. Held for postage: Warner Bros, 35l Broadway, New York. A. WooDMAN, P. M.
 Mrs. Orville Johnson of Hattertown is stopping with her brother-in-Iaw, MT. A l E. Lockwood, and is under the care of Dr. Hull, who will treat her for a can cer on her face.
 MT. and Mrs. s. s. Dnnning leave town this week Wednesday for Charleston West Virginia and will be absent sever al days and will be the guest of Mir. H l.. Footc.
 MT. Welch is feeling quito unwell, hay ing trouble in his throat.
 Mrs. Justice Hoyt is suffering severely from erysipelas.
 Ambrose Douglas, who is in the news office of H. R. Northrop, went home te Litchlield last Friday and returned Sun day evening. He presented MT. NorthroI with two suckers each weighing four lbs
 
 fish, all weighing about the same. x Mrs. Edward Mcdowell, who has beer receiving medical attention in one of tn, Female Hospitals of New York City, re turned homo last Saturday somewhat i'm T proved.
 Mir. A. l.. Benedict visited Woodbur,
 last Tues day and returned Wednesday , accompanied by Mrs. Mallory, a relativ, of Mrs. Benedict. Old Jour. took it into his head to 2, } fishing. He baited his hook and bein; : called into the house, threw his line ol , the ground. When he came back. h.
 found the hook and worm down the throa
 of his best rooster, whose head was takel : off to get out the hook. Mir. Sanl Dibble, Jr., has been quit
 sick with rheumatism. Dr. c. R. Har ' attends him and reports him as improving MT. G. G. Durant is still forging ahea. : on improvements and will build an addi tion to his main factory 18x50, two sto ] ries high.
 l Mir. Granville Durant bade his shor
 mates farewell, saying that he was goin.
 to sea. Johnny Cornell intends to Q !, also, and wants Gran. to speak for a sit : uation for him. Gran. will do it, pro
 vided he can get away from his presen anchorage at Lockport N Y.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. H. Baird, will leav town Tuesday, April 22d, and will go di :. rectly to St. Paul. Minn. and from ther : visit other portions of the West. The ! will return home in about five weeks, at
 companied by Mir. John Shepard and fam Y fly.
 |. Whoa, Jacob One day last week, Mi l l.. Manion, was thrown out of his wago
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