The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
Bethel.

Starr G. Shepard, Esq, will be on hanc
 June Il.
 Cole < Amber have had an addition built to their barn back of the factory.
 The Bethel Cornet Band has been en, gagged to furnish music at Brewsters May 30. Mir. and Mrs. Smith Beers were visit ing friends in Roxbury and New Milford last week.
 The Thursday evening prayer meetings will commence hereafter at 7.45 instead of 73C o'clock.
 Miss Carrie Wheeler visited New Mil ford last week, and the guest of Miss Nestie L. Baldwin during her stay.
 The rite of baptism was administered to the child of MT. and Mrs Asa Wheeler by Rev. G. F. Waters in the Congregational Church. Sun day. May f.
 | Rev. George F. Waters and George A. Hickok. Esq wote chosen as delegates to the Fairfield East Consosiation. which meets in Dan bury to-day, May 20.
 The timetable of the D. and N. RR. has been changed. The first passenger train leaves Danbury at GAO and the second at I2 M instead of G.35 A. M. and l P. M.
 Rev. E. c. Pattison, of St. Thomas's Church, preached stirring sermon Sunday even-- ing. May Il. taking for his text: For without holiness shall no man see the Lord"
 DECORATION DAY.-We have not as vet heard anything in regard to the preparation made for observing the day in Bethel and we trust that the soldiers graves honored here as eisewhsre.
 O. H. Hubbard has removed the wood house in his yard and built fine grape arbor in its place. Dr. A. E. Barber has had g ape arbor erected also. Mr. Warner, of Taunton, did the work.
 MT. John Gilbert and MT. George W. Taylor were drawn as jurors for the Superior Court. which met last week in Danbury and ad- journed uAtil this week Tuesday,
 John Ronk has made a new depar- ture. He now assumes the role of a "Bowerv Boy bootblack and shines 'em up for five cents He will get the creanl of the business unless some one sours him and enters the field ill opposition at three cents A shine.
 The list of letters remaining in the Post-offce, May 19: Josiah Atwood, Theodore Bird Andrew Fawls, R. o. Long, James Morrell Mrs Bridget Naughton, William Rockford, Messrs. sey mour X Co. Persons calling for the above will please say advertised" A. WooDMAN. Postmaster
 We clip the following from the Dan- bury RepnoIictn of May 10. It is from the pen of feilx, the Bethel correspondent: "Dr. Dunning has returned from his trip South. He thinks the atmosphere better here for d. Yankee, as that is the way theysar spoken of there" Mir. and Mrs. Dunning both say that they could not have wished better treatment than was extended them during their visit by the strangers Whom they met; they really liked the place, and would not hesitate to live there. The item does MT. D. injustice and is not what "he thinks"
 Pulford x Wheeler have the contract for painting the addition to George A. shepard's house. Persons passing on the street would not notice the improvement Mir. Shepard has made but it is there and good too. He has added story to his kitchen, making extra rooms above and enlargln8 the portion down stairs. During recent visit at the residence of Mr. Shepard we were shown many things that tend to make that gentleman's home model of comfort and con- venience particularly the furnace and gas, both of which are arranged after the latest improved pat terms. We also had the pleasure of hearing some excellent music from Master Frank Shepard. who is fine performer on the piano or organ Frank is not only pleasure to his parents. but he belongs to that class of young men that proves blessing to society and an ornament to any town. 1 Between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock Friday morning the building belonging to MT John M Signor, situated in Grassy Plain. and formerly used by him in the manufacture of hats was discovered to be on fire. The alarm was sounded by Mir Beard at the Bethel Hat Formino Factory. The fire department responded and the Grassy Plain fremen were on the ground and at work. The Alert Company turned out promptly. but their services were not needed We are in- formed that when the fremen arrived the whole building had been burning some time and the blaze lighted the whole town but, no sooner had two streams been turned on from the hydrants than the light went out as if snuffed like candle The fremen and citizens are enthusiastic over the working of the water-works, The loss on building and tools stored is about $70O on which there is no insurance. Tie loss falls heavily on MT. Signor, and he has the sympathy of the citizens He has been unfortunate with the property. The main building was destroyed by fire about three years I ago.
 The May parade of Company A, of this town took place last Wednesday or the grounds of Michael Wixted. Coalpit Hill. Danbury. Company ! c, of Danbury. was out also. In the morning the exercises devoted to company drill and in the afternoon battalion drill under command of Col d.s. crofut Adjutant D. T. Hubbell. Major Doty and Assistant Surgeon ". C. Burke were present ] their armory in Bethel and numbered about forty men, under the command of Captain Frs derrick Cole The citizens of Bethel furnished the company with lo.s of good things to eat. which the men b.