The Newtown bee., 1880-03-10
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 Business Is good. Manufacturers look for fine spring trade.
 Randall < White contemplate fur ther enlargement.
 -Beckerlie X Co.'S new buildings are progressing finely.
 --E. s. Davis has sold his house on Elm Street to Albert D. Platt.
 ! The new railroad continues to attract many visitors, especially on Sunday.
 The special meetings which have been held in the First Congregational Church for the last five weeks with mark ed interest, have been discontinued.
 The old equipments of Company G have geen ordered to the State Arsenal, to be replaced with new ones.
 Rev. MT. Hodge, of the Universalist Church. was surprised on Friday evening week by his friends. Pleasant speaking. singing and good eating prevailed
 - On Sunday week the rite of circum- cision was performed on a child of Mr. Samuel Myers by Rev. pr. Rosenthal. of New York
 It Is said there are over five hundred communications daily through the tcle- phone in Danbury. Business is good, or some communicate" for fun. | Miss Kate Fields "Eyes and Ears in London," at the Opera House, on We'd nesday evening, last week, was not large ly attended. Laid to the weather.
 An organ concert at tho First Con- greg gational Church and Widow Bedott" at the Opera House, on Tuesday evening" Mother Goose" at the Universalist Church and the firemen's sociable on Wednesday, evening are the principal i entertainments this week. At the latter the betting for the tiremen's trumpet will close. The Kohanzies are ah cad on the trumpet so far.
 It has been decided to unveil the Soldiers monument on the 27th of May Efforts are being made to raise funds sufficient to make "res, ectable show" This thing has been long time develop ing. The consummatiA iAn will be some thing for Danburians to Dc proud of. A Bailey Temperance Association" 1 has been organized in Birmingham named after our genial B. F. Bailey. If he, like Washington, is childless, many reformed men and reform organizations call him father, Mir. B. is now laboring in Now Haven. and papers there speak highly of his efforts.
 The Dnnbury and Norwalk railroad propose to put in a rival.to Parlor Rock. The old camp meeting ground at West Bedding has been purchased, and will be fitted up for the coming picnic season.
 The Sons of Temperance held a sociable OF Wednesday evening. last week. There were yisitingsfriends from ] Brookfeld, also from Now Canaan. A good time is reported. Good eating, of course, was a leading feature, as they were not allowed todrink. An accident detained the New Canaanites several hours beyond their intended visit.
 On Thursday evening the Grand Army, James E. Moore Post, had visitors, Custer Post of Sandy Hook, paying them q fraternal call, it being the occasion of a ! camp fire by the Danbury boys. It is said that hard tack bean soup, etc. pre- vailed, and old battles were fought over again. Pleasant speaking by Commander Vile of Custer Post, Rev. E. C. Amber, (who had taste of Libby Prison,) Capt H. N. Fanton, Col. Samuel Gregory, Rev. $. H. Bray, and others. It seemed to be a pleasant affair all around.
 Bridgeport reformed men conducted the services at tho Methodist church Sun, { day, both morning and evening. The same men, or some of the same. were here three years ago, and initiated the ''blue ribbon reform."
 T do not know whether Prof. Vennol or "old Prob" was responsible for the winds last week. Possibly March, which is generally able to blow its own gales, was alone responsible. It blowed fear. fully here; trees were dismantled of theil dead limbs, or broken down entirely chimneys ducked and roofs demoralized. The tall spire of the First Congregational church vibrated several inches, (perhaps the imagination of observers added some inches), but it weathered the storm, and still sublimely points skyward. On Wed. nesday, sudden gust or frolicsome eddy capsized valuable show case of one of our fancy dealers, and made hash of it's contents, and covered the sidewalk with broken plate glass. HORACE.