The Newtown bee., 1881-01-12
Local and Otherwise.

week granted new lease of life to sleigh ing.
 Landlord Browne, of the Grand Central Hotel. has added to his livery two fine sleighs.
 II. B. Bigelow, Esq. was inaugurnted governor, last Wednesday. at Hartford. with the usual display.
 man named Roswell Taylor. aged 66 Danbury, Jan. 4th.
 The Danbury Republican will In future be issued only once each week. The .Semi has "climbcd " the golden stairs."
 Master Root. Lake. of Hawlsyvill.. re- turned Saturday from q pleasant visit of two weeks among relatives in New Ha- ven.
 Mr. John II. Blackman and Mfr. Alfred fIiscoe went to Bantam Lake last wee. and brought home Afty-two pounds of nice fish.
 MT. Smith, proprietor of the Peoples Liue" Steamer Rosedale, has leased wharfage room at Bridgeport for the term of five years.
 Mrs. Geo. ". Mitchell and child, of South Britain. have gone to Ouii".~n, Georgia. Mr. Mitchell will ioin them in a short time.
 Mir John F. Peck. wife and son, who for several weeks were the guests of G. c. Peck. Esq. returned to their home In Chicago, Ill.,, last Thursday.
 George Tyler. who runs the stage line between Woodnury and Newborn, has discontinued making daily trips. II" runN now every Tuesday. Thursday and Satur- day.
 People In Dodgingtown are getting high-toned as we'll as patriotic by putting fancy ridge boards on their out-buil'iings and painting them with eolors of the na- tioual snlblem.
 Our last appeal is made in this issue, and opportunity given to those whose sub scrlptions have expired to send in the amount necessary for another years sub scrip,ion to the BEE.
 Mr. Patrick Cannon was out Thursday morning with "Old Bill" and the snow plow. breaking paths, which proved a great accommodation to the residents of ths Street and others.
 Miss Essie Camp returned to Lebanon, N. r.. last Monday. after q pleasant visit bom. of about two weeks duration. She IS highly pleased with the school and her instructors. She N!ll remain away six months.
 Uncle Peter Krsler was up early Thurs thst dsS RR99 skWfr +adSaofkFdspY n SINS is life than it did at that hour. The snow was on hand to substahtinte the tact that 1t had fallen In large quantities.
 Mr. Lewis Perkins, of Sandy Hook. died sudd.piy Thursday. aged 5i. Ills remains were taken to Millcrton, N. T.. Saturday, on the 10. 9 Housatonlc train. Mir. Per kins was In the employ of Curtis x Son, button manufacturers, as engineer.
 Sherman Foote gave New Yeer's din ner to his friands from Bethel. what's left of his nock cf turkeys would hardly make a feather dustpr.
 The Brookneld scribs of the Danbury Repu6Iscan of last week Is rss 2onsible for the above.
 A man from m adjoining town called at aDahhury store on Monday to buy some krroseia. The merchant, upon attempt ing to draw 1t. found tho .ntcnts of the barrel frozen nsolid.-Rcpubliean.
 Too thin-we mean the whiskey; and 1t is sn outrage to endeavor to pass whis- key or under the pure name of gerosene.
 Mr. c. II. Flatt has resigned his posi- ton as superintendent of the Shepaug railway. to take effect January lst. He ha. been with tue road about nine yes rs "io wiIi bc missed" writes Litchneld citizen. "by the travelling public and ein- ployees of the company, as they were nl- ways sure of being treated In gontie. manly manner by him. - Danb,try Nelcs
 Ws publish an article in this issue that will interest consumptivss. The remedy seems 50 sinpie and inexpensive that If it does no real good It will not do any harm to give 1t a faithful trial. and all those af- nict-d with this dread disease should try it and. after fsir trial. let thpr, give the pnbiic the benefit of their experiment. by acknowledging either It's worth or worth lcssness.
 w. have receivod information from n reliable sourc. that a request was madr to the newiy-appointsd officers of tEe lst Eccls-iasticai Society of Eewtown. at their annual meeting that. as Sunday was not deemed a proper time on some evening during the week tb. "poor sin ners" might have \ hearing In their own defense. 1T they desired 1t, at the confer ene.-room.
 lady In our town was very much an- noyed. short time since, In searching for some hogs f.et. Last year her hus- band purchased whole hog. and this year only half of one. The good wife found two feet only and. thinking there must se two moro somewhere, hunted dil- igently from 6 rret to cellar for the other two feet. and. not finding them. concluded that the ,ats had carried them on. After wHrds 1t came to her that Daniel had only purchased two. How they laughed. how they giggled when her friends heard of it.
 Both houses of tho Legislature met at l0o'clock on Wednesday morning of last week. The House was organized by the