The Newtown bee., 1880-11-17
Local and Otherwise

Trinity church last Sunday. Mir. and Mrs. Douglas Falrchild are the guests of Mr. Bennett Blackman. The Mantle Mills present a beautiful appearance after being 1t up at night. Mir. Daniel Camp, our popular tinman, Is having quite rush of business at present.
 Mrs. Emma Beers goes to Towanda, Pa. to visit her brother, Rev. Mir. Beers, this week.
 The N. Y. X N. E. track Is laid about half mile beyond the Housatonic rail- road bridge.
 Mir. Harvey Dikeman and wife, Of Dan bury. visited Mir. Thomas Scales oi Sandy Hook, last week.
 The next term of the Newtown Acad- emy will commence Monday, Nov. 22d. See advertisement.
 Wooster Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Danbury. will give n ball in Wildmans Hall, "Wednesday night. Nov 24th.
 The Fairfield County Sunday-school Convention meets to-day, at Bridgeport, in the First tCongregational church.
 There will be q hop given in Glover's Hall tomorrow evening. Music by Peck's Quadrille Band. Tickets, 75 cents.
 Mir. Charles Curtis, formerly of Nauga- tuck. but recently of Southbury, called lust Friday to visit Mir Daniel Camp.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. L. Wheeler of Sandy Hook visited Bethel last week, and spent a social time with David T. Hubbell Esq. Miss Jennings, assistant teacher at the Academy, left town last Saturday for Ashtahula, Ohio, and will return next Saturday.
 Rev. Mir Mansfield of Trinity church. Philadelphia, will conduct the services of Trinity church next Sunday morning and afternoon.
 Mr. Frank Chapman, of the Grand Gen. tral Hotel. left town last Friday for New Haven, on a business and pleasure trip, for few days.
 Rev. D. NJ. Hodge, pastor of the Chi versalist church of Danbury, has received 0 call from the Second Uniyersalist Soci- ety of New York city.
 Mrs. Truman Pierce of South Britain, who was so severely burnel a short time ago, when her house was destroyed by fire, is suffering greatly from her wounds. We offer to all new subscribers who will send us S1.50 the NEwTowN BEE from this date to January 1st, 1882. Send in your subscription and secure the BEE Those of our friends who have had the BEE sent from this office to their friends will please call or send word, so we may understand whether to continue the sub scription or not.
 MT. Wm. J. Dick was taken i'll while in Bridgeport, Friday. He was attended by Doctor Wicoxson. Sunday Mir. Dick recovered sufficiently so as to be up and Is getting we'll.
 Mir. Frederick Andrews of Taunton has built new house just south of his moth- CTS residence, 17x20, two stories high Mir. Le Grand Fairchild had the contract for the carpenter worK.
 ThIrty-two head-stones were shipped to New Haven by D. W. Whitney of Troy. N. Y.. who has the contract for furnish ing head-stones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers in this State.
 Supt. L. B. Stillson has taken unto him. self a wife. The lady whom ne married was Mrs. Kate Williams. The marriage took place in Brooklyn, Thursday, Nov. 4th. Our best wishes attend them.
 The election of Mir. John Pierce US rep. ressntative appears to give general satis. faction in Southbury. He is very popular and live, wide-awake citizen. Mir Pierce was representative two years ago.
 The tobacco warehouse of Mir. George Mitchell. of South Britain, is u fino build ing and reflects credit upon the owner and tho builders. Mir. John D. Seeley, ,wt believe, had the contract for the carpen ter's work.
 A sharper went from town to town il New England takin, from the publi library in each place the most valuabl book that he was permitted to draw, am finally selling the accumulation of rar volumes in Boston.
 The Rev. David Swing of Chicago say that the lie has declined in popularity "It Is quite certain" he asserts, 'tha the Hebrews and Persians and the Greek surpassed America in the steadfastness c their Justification"
 Mir. Ben Miller goes to New York thi week to meet his wife and children O their return from Pennsylvania, wher they have been on visit for severa weeks. Ben says there is no comtol keeping bachelors hall
 A stack of hay containing three tons belonging to Mir. Peter M. Nash, was dt stroyed by fire Sunday evening, about o'clock. Mir. Nash cannot account fc the fire. The stack was in a lot opposit the house of Mrs Laura Nichols.
 The building in which the town clerk of1ce Is situated needs a new roof, and covering over the south door, up stairs Mir. Peck says that the rain beats in { the door and leaks down into his offic, Mir. Peck has furnished his office wit two very neat benches.
 The Mexicans are fond of dancing bl at Santa Fe the waltz is not countenance in good society and can only be seen the low public dance houses. 'At fasl