The Newtown bee., 1880-12-29

promptly in regard to their subscrlp- tion.
 Miss Charlotte Nichols tas engaged to take charge of the Newtown Library for another year.
 It r. about time to lay aside your old Diary and bay new one for 1881 of San ford & HaMley.
 Miss Bridget Dwyer, of Bridgeport, spent Christmas week with her father, Mir. Owen Ryan.
 Gov. Redstone emptied the depot more perb imitation of the locomotive whistle.
 The train, last Friday night, was very late in reaching Newtown. There WAS about the usual number 0; visitors to the town to cat turkey.
 Los Lillis issued bulletin. last Friday night, at the depot, and walked around so that the boys could read it. Los will crush Kelly. the newsboy, some day.
 Mir. B. Bocheat, who has just started a beer hottlinY establishment in Sandy Hook, favors us with m advertisement, which those desiring to patronize him will do well to read.
 Mir. Minott Augur butchered two more of Chas. H. Beers two-year-old steers, that weighed S55 and S15, dressed wei Int. Mr. AuSur's market was palace Of the finest beef that we have seen exhibited In any market during the holidays.
 The Knights of Pythias, of Bethel, Putnam Lodge, No. 36, will give first class ball in Fishers Hall next Friday evening, New Yeur's Eve. A number of invitations have been sent to citizens of N-wtuwn and vicinity. Tickets 10 the ball. $1; to the supper $1 extra.
 Fred Loveioy WAS arrested, and tried before Justice Betts, several days ago, for cruelty 10 horse. He was bound over to appear before the Superior Court. Lovejoy seems to have a failing for cru city toward horses, and was before the court once before for a like offcnse.
 
 monthly paper, published It Bethel, ap- peared week before last. An advertise tisement appears this week from the Sun beam Publishing Co.,. which we invite our readers to examine. The publishers promise to improve the paper ill many re- spects. It Is gotten up In good style and ls entertaining.
 At stated convocation of Hiram Chap. ter. No. l Dec. 23d. the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Jas Nj. Blackmau, H. P: Jas. A. Wilson. K. Philo Nichols. S. Wm. I. Sanford, c. H. | John l.. Sanford, P. s.; Geo. WoffeEden R. A. C.; A. F. Clark, Sec. and Treas. S. D. Crofutt, M. 3d V.; Chas. Payne. M 2d ": Ammon Taylor, Ii. 1st V. Pubic installation of the officers at Lodge room this (Wednesday) evening.
 Our town clerk, c. H. Peck, Esq, k collecting the Connecticut Register iron 1850 to 1880, and in order to fill up he de sir-s registers of the following dates l85i 1867, 1869, 1873, 1875, and he would esteem It favor If any body having th' above copies would let him have them Mir. Peck has in his office two register' dated 1905 and 1908. The representa- lives from the town in 1895 for the Ma, session were Josiah Fairchil,l. Gideol Botsford; in October, Gideon Botsforc and John Sanford.
 Michael Keenan came to Newtown. las Friday, and took In a cargo that loose' the main-stay of his tongue, and whil thus limhrred he opened his battery uI on Officer Camp, and next on Squir Beers. who finally got tired of it. Office Camp arrested Keenan, and, with tn assistance of Beach Nichols, landed him after some difficulty, in tho lookup Keenan, broke the iron bars and smashe the glass in one of the lookup windows Later In the afternoon Justice Wilso came up and opened court. and the resul of IL all was Mir. Keenan was fined on tw counts. which, with costs, amounted t
 about s3o. He paid up and was al;
 charged.
 Gnv. Redstone received from Hon. Wn
 Platt. as a Christmas present pair (
 fur mittens. supposed to have been mad
 out of the hide of u Russian bear; also
 pair of house Esquimau slippers take from the backs of two animals of til
 Northern regions-no one animal couI
 have furnished the material used. hen, he guesses 1t took two at least. The Go
 ernor was also enem bered hy Mrs. Phil Nichols. who presented him with mint
 pie and Il large pound cake. Mrs. Dani
 Camp had compassion. also. and contri uted a pie for the Governors Christm; dinner. Tn the evening the Govern, hitched up his horse and sailed for Bot fords Station. and made harbor at il . residence of MT. George Griffin. The ly. The Governor availed himself of NJ ' GrifIin's invitation to take supper Al
 such supper the Governor had not SC, . in years. After filling himself down the guards. the Governor took shippir !. and sailed back to Lis old home. ful |, persuaded that Christmas had been e him. if to no one else. happy one. ,. The Danbury Universalists turned 0 ' in considerable numbers to attend chur, r social at James Barnum's, Dodgingtow
 ia>t week Wednesday, evening. The '' were two large wagons or carryalls VI Y filled, besides some who went by priva conveyance. The Ne,cs last week ve tured to wager a new hat that Il good tir
 was in preparation. Those who attend ,. came back with the welcome informati O that the Nelrs had won the hat. The on