The Newtown bee., 1880-06-16
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It was welcome visitor and our farmer' are thankful
 Miss Lettie Taylor and Mir Howard Barnum. of Danbury visited Mrs. Col. L. J. Wright last Monday.
 Charles Rlninsland returned from New York city last week with 0 fresh supply ot chewing tobacco and nne line oi cigars.
 John T. Pearce paid visitto Virginia, stopping ut Petersburg, Richmond and Norfolk, and was absent about one month.
 Mir. Hosea NOrthrop has moved his barn upon new foundation and repaired the building. F. c, Sanford did the car pcntor work,
 The building occupied by J. H. Black man as meat market was treated to Il new layout of shingles. F. c. Sanford did 1t last week.
 Deputy Sheriff Vim. Glover and Mir L. B. Lake, the census takers for this town, will complete their labors thls week, probably to-day.
 
 thoroughly repaired. Mir. F. c. Sanford did the carpenter work, and Mr. George Beers the painting.
 Mir. G. H. Turner, principal of the Strat- ford public school, is on q visit to this town the guest of his brother, Mir. A. c. Moore, of Taunton.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sidney Cornell arrived In town last Thursday and are guests at Dicks Hotel, where for many summers past they have stopped.
 Simeon Peck, Esq, found this Wednes- day morning that the army worm was in one of his meadows, and that they had destroyed about one-half acre of grass.
 The new depot begins to show it's Deau- ty, and when completed and the ground graded Newcomers will take pride in 1t for 1t will be the finest station on the line. High Shcrlrf Aaron Sanford took Wm. Rucholz to the states prison last Satur- day to serve out life sentence for the murder of the old man, John H. Schulte. MT. wm. ]. Dick Is improving and en- larging hls wagon house and barn by an addition l2 < 90. Charles Warehouse and Isaac Patchen are doing the carpenter work.
 MT. wn. Platt brings from his farm every day some of tho prettiest and nic- est strawberries that we have seen this season. They arc for salo by Sanford X Hawley.
 The funeral of Mrs. J. A. Futile took place from Trinity church Monday after noon and was largely attended. Rev. Mir. whitcomb, of Brookleld, conducted the services. Hawlcyvllle appears to be 8 lively place at present, and we doubt not that in a few years 1t will be real business centre. Improvements seem to be the order in that vicinity already. r
 Mr. Isaac Briscoe caused the arrest of Mir. Daniel Gregory and had him put un- der bonds of s50 to keep the peace. The cnse was brought before Justice R. \. Betts, IT,. Tuesday morning.
 Found last Friday, between Newtown etrcet anu the residence of Ell c. Bar mum. of Taunton. two gold rings. The owner can have the same by applying to Chas. II. Peck, town ciorS.
 Mr. Charles Northrop who has charge of working the roads in Head of the Meadow distrlct has about finished his work. The roads are In better condition than we have ever seen thcm.
 sfr. Herman Pack Is having q black smith shop built for Sfr. James Shearn, who will occupy 1t this week. The shop Is located opposite Mir. Peck's residence. F. c. Sanford Is doing the carpenter work.
 Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Tousey arrived Tuesday and arc the guests of the Grand Central Hotel Mir. Tousey's coachman, horses and carriages left New York, Mon. day. and arrived here early on Tuesday morning.
 The correspondent of the Waterbury Am<vican from Litchheld says: 'Mr. Brown. the new landlord of the Lake View. has opened hls house. He has ev- erything fixed up us nice as new top, Auu h'sS hihohuf U uuiuDcr Ot DOuruerS.
 MT. John c. Halligan. is repairing the barn of Mrs. Michael Cox, of Hawley- vile. Mir. Halligan will go to New York State to erect derrick for the New York & New England Railroad. He will return soon and complete his several contracts. Mrs. Abiiah Bradley. of Newtown. Half wny Riyer District. died very suddenly Iast Tuesday evening Shc went out at tho usual tisae of milking and mixed her COW. and wac found insensible on the ground and expired at ten o'clock at the advanced age of 87 years.--Zoar Bridge cor. Seymour Record.
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 The new building belonging to St. Roses Parish will be sheathed on the in- slde with Norway pine, Father McCar- tan having contracted with George W. Stuart to do the work. commencing this Week. The work of building the parson- ese VIII commence in . short time.
 Tho eallax Tor the now residence of MT. . Ambsoss BIAokmsn, of HawleyvilIo,