The Newtown bee., 1880-12-01
Local and Otherwise.

Mr. and Mrs. Minott Augur are visiting friends In New Haven.
 1IG. Chprles Gately returned home last week for few days visit to his parents. NJ. c. Hawlcy, Esq commenced cutting lce Tuesday of last week, for storage in his new iee-h ouse.
 Mir. Ed. K. Morgan, son of Mrs. Han- nah Morgan, Is at present residing in Madison. New Mexico.
 Mir. Vim. H. Hoy returned home Mon- day. Nov. 22d. and since then he has been sick with chiIls and fever.
 Mir. Stanton Mullee, we arc glad to learn, Is rapidly recovering from his dual rttack of lung fever and measles.
 Mir. John Troy, who accidentally frac- tured one of his legs, Is getting along fine- ly. Mir Troy is at his fathers Mr. Pat rick Troy,
 Services Thanksgiving Day at St. Johns church, In the morning, also let the M. '. church In the evening. were ap- proprlate and interesting.
 Conductor J. R. Smiths family, also Mr, and Mrs. Ezra Hall and Mrs Susan Hall spent Thanksgiving Day with the family of II. l.. Whsrlcr, Esq.
 Rev. Mir. Griswold, of Now Milford, conducted the services in Trinity church, last Sabbath. Next Sunday Rev. MT. whittlcsey will occupy the pulpit.
 Willie Sanford and Geo. A. Judd re- turned from Yale College. last week, to attend to the ancient custom Of eating turkey, and also enjoy Thanksgiving Day.
 Mr. and Mrs George II. Browne, of the Grand Genital Hotel, left towh, Saturday noon. for Cheshire. where they will Visit their relatives and friends for few days.
 The ice-house of hr. Frederick Sanford at the Factory Pond" is to be enlarged aud used by Mir. Ainott Augur, whose h. crossing consumption of ice In his meat market requires 1t.
 Our friends wishing to send us items will please send them In as early as pos sible. We alm to go to press every Tues day afternoon Articles reaching Us after noon will come too late for insertion.
 Mir. Wm. Botsford returned from Bell Crock, Nebraska. last week, after an ab- sence of about three months. MT. B. owns n large farm in the West, and 1t Is in the hands of his son, Mr. II. B. Bots. ford.
 The eommlttramen of Tin,icrfeld dis triet deserve credit for having secured the Services of Miss Lizzie Turney as teacher for the school in that district. Miss Fur ney is good teacher, and he: school ir well conducted.
 Only thirty more days, and 1881 will walk in-and your subscription wake out Come, do not delay sending in youi renewal, as we cannot seud after the first unless your order is sent u5. The price will be s1 50, In advance.
 Thanksgiving Day Is over, and, iron the number of visitors to the town, WI judge that many families enjoyed the da! in the usual manner. On the street. there were but few that braved the chill. air, thus giving the village quiet, Sun dsy-liko appearance.
 The annual meeting of tho Newtow Library Association will be held on Tues day, December 7th, In the psrlors of tn Grand Central Hotel, ut 7.S0 P. m. Mem bers of the mssociation and all other pei sons interested in the welfare of the | brary are requested to attend.
 The Housatonic and Shepaug railroa companies change their timetable which went Into effect last Monday. Tn early morning train on the Housatoni road was the one that our citizens fe most interested in when compelled get up cold mornings and start at 6.l5.
 Mir. Edward Murray butchered ts hogs, last Friday, for the following pc sons: Daniel McSlahon. two hogs weigl ing GOO; Patrick Ready, two, ,36a lbs HAtflek tNNt o'o A'H' 'tNO Kelly, two, Gl4 lbs; Henry Sanford, tw .one.year-oid hogs, SIG lbs, making total of Q lo6o pounds.
 The Southbury correspondent Of Ii Derby Transoript writes that the liqu that was seized last Summer. from Isai Watson, of Southbury, and Charles oatnan, of Southford, has recently be- returned. The cider and ale they ha refused to take buck. and nave called Il on the selectnen for damages"
 Last week we made ' mistake in pu fishing the hour of services in St. Johi church. Services were changed ire I.30 D. m. to l o'clock. The childrci services as usual. 10.45 n. ni- We rcgi this error, because it doubtless gave sor of our readers some annoyance II tn went to church at 10 o'clock instead oi o'clock.
 There has recently been erected in t Sandy Hook cemetery, to the memoIy the late Dr. Frank W. Tucker, a hea Italian marble tablet of new and uniq design. The tablet Is placed on bic of the same materi I, the whole resti upon solid granite base. We und . stand that this irst-class piece of NC was executed by Mir. J. w. Parmaiee, his marble works in Bridgeport.
 In our lssu. O. last week we forgot mention the entertainment given by Young Mems Minstrel and Variety Co hination. of New Haven. in Sanfor