The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
Bethel.

Hold her hard Jim. Sal is only got
 store teeth. l Mir. Frederick Ferry Is having a porch
 built to his house.
 Mir. Joseph Becker haa had his house considerably enlarged.
 Russell White of Long Ridge Is digging the cellar of c. F. Fairchilds house.
 Last Saturday MT. Sherman Smith killed his dog because he discovered that he had gone mad.
 Mir. Geo. H. Hickok is having large barn built in rear of his house, Gilbert Bros. are doing the work.
 Mrs. Thos F. and Miss Jessie Eos ter are visiting their brother, Mir. Vim. Eos ter, of Thomaston.
 Col. G. $. Crofut's residence looks very attractive with its new coat of paint. Ed ward Crofut and Will Taylor did the painting.
 Miss Jessie Foster returned home Mon day, and again loft for visit to Wappiug- CT Falls. Mrs. Wm. Daily accompanied her.
 o! he Is happy. This is true of MT. Lafayette Bevans, who has a fine son weighing ten and one hulf pounds, only few days old.
 Eugene Moffatt, James Curry, and Tim othy Mccarthy were elected delegates by the Makers Society, and will attend the convention in few days.
 MT. c. E. Fairchild having purchased d fine building lot on South street next to Hon. W. H. Judson, will soon erect dwelling house.
 MT. Geo. A. Hi 3kok is having a sub stantial walk laid from his house to the Ferrys' Block. John Buckley Is doing the work i'll a neat manner.
 Adams Bros. have about completed the on the factory of Juud X Dun- ming. With plenty of room we hope the firm will have plenty of work.
 Mir. T. B. Foster is having the course Of the brook, which runs in the rear of his house changed, so as to prevent the fiood- ing of his cellar. Albert Wood Is doing the work.
 Mir. Geo. A. Shepard was taken III last Thursday. He had been complaining for some ten days we believe. Mir. Shepard's sickness is nothing more serious than chills and fever.
 Mir. Christian Ritzmond of South street mas had his residence very much enlarg- work and c. E. Senior the painting.
 Mir. William Lee Is having fine house built next to the residence of his uncle, Mir. Wm. McWatters. The carpenter work Is being done by a builder named Butler.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Wood, of Spring. field. Mass, returned home Saturday af- ter pleasant visit of one week as guest of their father. Henry Williams, Esq, 
 Mir. Frank W. Smith, has a large fine, lot of potatoes growing in the rear of the Congregational Church. His many friends wonder why he stoops to raise them in front of the church. Were they lost2 who lost them2 Say, tell us.
 Our city fathers met Tuesday night and voted to lay walk In front of Cole < Greens and Eli c. Barnums store. AL so walk on the south side of Green wood Avenue. extending from tie Bee hive to Blackman Ave, Meet again.
 The delegates Charles Mansfield, Henry Gilbert, William Green, and P. who went to the Matters, Con- last week returned Saturday and report having n very pleasant timelWixted thinks the water is not very good. Vie. from his color looks as if he had drank out of dye kettle. Vice President E. R. Barnum of Bethel wasre-elected. The Convention will be held in Danbury in 1884.
 The parson, and one of his fold met, and after taking notes of each others phiz the parson said Bro S. if I looked so much like the "old boy" I would be ashamed. good deacon Bro. B-said to parson w let me tell you what I heard, Some one said you looked like Catholic priest. This tilt was occasioned by these gentlemen cutting off their boards. The parsons Is after his mustachc again. ' Dr. Geo. Benedict was taken suddenly i'll Wednesday night and came near dying. The doctor went to Easton Wednesday and was In his usual health. until he reached home. Dr. c. R. Hart was call ed and immediately rendered necessary medical aid Thursday Dr. Benedict re- mained in nearly the same condition as that of Wednesday night excepting that being under the influence of morphine, his sufferings were not so marked. On Friday morning we were pleased to hear that the doctor was much better, with fair prospect of again being restored to health and usefulness.
 Michael Mccarthy, whose home is In Newtown, but at present engaged in the ofico of the Bethel Ledoer. met with quite painful mishap last Friday morn- ing while ut work on job press Michael was engaged in printing enyel- opes and in attempting to replace an envelope which had slipped. insarsad his right hand which was caught by the grip per and held. The press was running quite fast and Mi,hael was unable to re-