The Newtown bee., 1880-03-03
Jottings.

Farm of eighty acres for sale on easy terms. Read adv.
 Mrs. Harriet Botsford, of Cold Spring Is the guest of Mrs. II. T, Nichols.
 -"Gentle spring" has come again, Read adv. of J, K, Morris, Danbury.
 --Business Is booming in and around town; Sandy Hook especially, appears to be brisk.
 MT. David S. Peck, of Mt. Pleasant, Is building a large barn. Geo. W. Stuart is doing the work.
 Capt. Michael McCartan, of New Ha- ven is the guest of his brother. Rev. James MeCartan.
 Travelling on the several roads is bad, Newtown Is not the only lace that Is blessed with poor roads.
 Correspondents will please send in their communications promptly and ear ly. First come, first served.
 Misses Florence $. and Mamie Glov- CT returned from Now York, last Friday, where they have spent the winter
 Mir. John L. Nichols, of Trumbull, father of Mrs. Horace Northrop, is very Ill. Mir. Nichols Is aged S1 years.
 Mir. Edward Murray Is having g barn built upon his premises In Wheelertown John Halligau is doing the carpenter work.
 A Danbury firm advertises to make to order new and second hand carriages Bridgeport will have to Prindls up to beat Danbury.
 Mir Wnf. Minor has moved from his late residence in Tinkerfield, to Toddy Rill, in the old maEor house of the late Daniel Botsford.
 Mrs. Richard Blake presented her husband. last week, with 6 fine pair of boys weighing sixteen pounds. The smiles arc all over Richards face.
 Darius Hoyt. of Mile Hill, brought to this village. last week, an OK that bal anced the scales at 2,5S0. This is the largest OK raised In Newtown in many years.
 MT. Patrick Crow, of Cold Spring, who injured his hand in a hay cutter about two weeks since, is doing nicely. Dr. Vile attends hi m.
 Anthony McMahon was quite serious ly Injured. last Friday, by a rock that fell from the roof of the N. Y. and N. E. R. R. tunnel near Hawleyvilla.
 A little boy, son of Mir Robinson, of Hawleyville, was injured Tuesday by having an OK cart wheel run over his leg The child had narrow escape from be- ing killed.
 Capt. George A. Staples, of Bridge port, was elected Grand Chancellor Com msnd of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias, hold in the city of Hartford, February 18th and l7th.
 We publish with regret tho death TO- tice of the only child and son of Mir. Ed ward S, and Liilia Locket Peck, of Brook lyn. Their many friends here, we feel assured heartily sympathize with them.
 -Somerby's gift entertainment has oc- cupied Sanford's Hall two nights. and will close tonight, at which time bed room set will be given away. A gold watch was given away last night, and fell to young :man named Brennan, who held the lucky humber.
 Mss Mary Morgan picked vlolets In full bloom from her garden on March 1st. Mrs. Belden picked pansys in full bloom from her garden on the 30th day of January.
 At q meeting of the Board of Trade, hold recently, at which MT. Wm. J. Dick was present, an invitation was 'giv- en by him to the members of the Board to visit Newtown and enjoy the hospi- tality of his hotel.
 HI. NJ. Robinson, of Danbury, has an advertisement this week which those In need of jaweiry and other articles in his line will find it to their interest to read. Call and see him.
 Subscribers to the BEE who have not paid will please forward, or hand in their subscriptions, in order to insure con- tinuanee of tho paper, as we intend to discontinue to those who do not pay, be- tween this and the 18th, inst.
 MT. Douglas Fairehild of the Fur nsr House, Danbury, will retire to pri- vate life April 1st in consequence of the III health of Mrs. Fairchild. Mir. Fair child has many warm friends who will miss him. The Turner House will be conducted by gentleman named Broas, of K ingston. N. Y.
 --Dr. Frank ". Tucker, stepson of II. L. Wheeler. Esq, died of consump- ton, at his fathers residence, on Sunday evening, at eight o'clock, aged 8 years. The funeral will take place to-day at two o'clock, from the Methodist church.
 ---Mr. Joseph N. Galway. of New For k who with hi. family was the guest of the Central House, two summers ago, ln- forms us that Mir. o. H. Barnes, who with his family was guest of the Gen. tral House. at the same time, visited Australia on business and returned to San Francisco about the 1st of February and was taken i'll and died. He leaves 6 wife and one child. Mir. Barnes was a warm hearted, genial man, and his many sincere friends mourn his loss.
 The usual letter of our valued cor respondent, Horace, of Danbnry, failed to appear this week. We regret to know