The Newtown bee., 1880-03-03


 MT. Samuel Scudder is repairing hi tenement house in thorough manner Mir. Dennis Nash Is doing the work
 Mir. Charles Clark, and his siste Nellie, have been guests of Austin Cannon of Monroe, for the past week.
 Rev. Father McCartan is somowha indisposed, having contracted sever cold. The collection which Father Nc Cartan intended to take up, Sunday, wa postponed until next Sunday.
 The work on the Woolen Mill, il Sandy Hook, Is progressing rapidly. two-story brick building, 30x40 feet, is t be built on the south side of the presen structure. The old wooden water wheels are being removed and turbine wheels put in the place of them.
 l Mir. Isaac P. Blackman, of the Rub Der Works, who for about six weeks ha: suffered a severe attack of whoopinf cough, Is out again. looking somewha used up. Our friend Isaac should have paid more attention to the girls when go ing to school, and caught the diseas, earlier. May be--no, we don't believe it Willie Peck, son of MT. Elliott NJ Peck, Is quite successful trapper. Week before last on visiting several of his traps | he found one in whic there was a large owl; in another trap was fine mink and a third contained a large muskrat d fourth trap had disappeared, and the supposition is, that Mr. Sly Coon carried it off.
 Mir. NJ. M. Davis, of 1115 Washing ton street Boston, Mass, desires infor- nation concerning his father, Willard E. Davis formerly of Newtown. Anyone knowing the whereabouts or address oi MT. Davis will do his son a favor by send ing word to him to his address as given above.
 Mir. c. A. Bidwell. engineer and sur veyor, has been appointed in place of Col. L. J. Wright for this section, while Col. Wright has been assigned the sur vey between Brewsters and FishkiIl, N. Y. Mir. Bidwell's office Is at the resi- dence of Mrs. D. Belden: MT. Beach Nichols and MT. W. B. Terrill are his assistants.
 Tho excellent offer which 6 gentle man of this town. made last week. to build factory in which the manufacture of hats could be carried on. provided that responsible parties applied, has not yet received q response, but we confidently expect to hear from some one soon. A friendly notice from the press in this sec tion would give more publicity, and doubtless some one would gladly accept of the proposition to manufacture hats, if they kEew that a factory would be built for them. The water privilege is excel lent, and the location near the railroad depot.
 Persons residing In or near Sandy Hook, desiring to send items, will ad- dress all communications
 To THE BEE Box 159
 Sandy Hook, Conn.,, without prepaying postage, as we have arranged with MT. Ezra Patch, Postmast- CT. to pay for letters not stamped and mailed to our address.
 -yennor hit wonderfully wide of the mark when he predicted that February would be particularly noticeable on ac- count of the cold weather, snow storms, etc, that would characterize it as one of the most disagreeable months of the year. Throughout it was remarkable for it's mildncss; tho trees are budding, the farmers are blowing in the fields, from all quarters comes the tidings that vio- lets and pansys are in bloom, the blue birds and robins are with us again, and last, but not least, an Italian with a hand organ, which Is Q true omen of spring, has been upon our streets. If MT. Ven nor hopes to keep up the reputation he has heretofore gained, he will have to be more careful in his predictions.