The Newtown bee., 1888-09-21

The race for the Post challenge cup was not sailed, Monday; no wind.
 Mr and Mrs Fred c. Bonlmos celebra- ted their tin wedding, Monday.
 Benjamin Root expected to go to Mer- iden where he has business, this week.
 Gideon Thompson, who was born in Huntington in 1797 and was one of the oldest Masons in the State. was buried, Thursday afternoon. l Ira D. Sankey is promised as one of i the attractions of the annual convention of the Y. M. C. A, October 1l-l4.
 c. w. Tator of Bridgeport has finished work for w. F. Benedict. Besides cart l ing four cars of wood, sold to F. E. Sll- liman, the Bridgeport concrete walk manufacturer, he has built new wood roads and repaired others for MT Bene- dict.
 l Ethel NJ, two-years-old daughter of Mir and Mrs F.. D. Alvord of PIP Lafa- yette street, died, Sunday. Funeral on l Tuesday.
 Fifty dollars, received at St. Johns church, Sunday, have been sent to the Jacksonville yellow fever sufferers. Va rious sums have been ndad to Mayor | Coughlin to forward.
 Mir and Mrs H. II. Nettleton and little | son of West End have returned from 1
 Eight members of the Park City 'Cy : clists, three of the Rambling Wheelmen and one or two from the Pequonnocks attended the bicycle races at Hartford. l The Park Citys were handsomely enter tained by the Hartford wheel club, which has e members. On their way home, they stopped at New Haven and inspect ed the club rooms of the Elm City boys. l Bridgeport bicyclists are enthusiastic over the macadamized road from this city to Fairfield and rejoice that it is to be finished in the same excellent style for several miles more.
 Manager Harris has his polo team ready for the season, which will begin November 10. The Gem rink is now lighted by 60 electric lights and looks nicely.
 MT and Mrs DeVer II. Warner of Park place were among those uniting with the First Presbyterian church, Sunday.
 Wheeler & Wilson's band gave the last Seaside concert, Saturday.
 sam Laughlin got two years ill State prison for killing Fred Palmatier, last July.
 Christ church was not largely attend ed, Sunday morning. Rev B. E. Warner presented one of his masterly sermons and the music, as ever, was excellent; the chants were particularly smooth and sweet.
 Sidney Potter of North Main street has been sick with rheumatism.
 Mrs Hattie NJ. Pierce has returned to her home at North Haven, where her mother, Mrs EbeneZer Wheeler, visits her. They expect to come to Bridge port in October, when Mir Comley, ad- ministrator on the estate of Mir Wheeler, will be home from California. The family'Of James Robb, book keep eow I 1n hnI SOjOurn With out of town friends.
 Mrs Edward Parsons has returned to her Fairfield avenue home.
 Manager A. l.. Eugene of the local
 Western Union telegraph office deserves
 much credit for his untiring efforts to
 provide telegraphic communication 24
 hours a day. Until this week, the office has closed during part of the night and much inconvenience resulted. Andrew l.. Winton, .Jr., son of \. l.. WintOn. the we'll known feed and grain dealer,was married, last week Thursday, to Miss Celeste E., daughter of Philo NJ
 Beers of East Bridgeport. They will re- side in New Haven, where MT Winton has position in the astronomical obs CT vatOry.
 - Oliver E. Raymond, the Posts job foreman, spent his vacation ill PaWling.
 N. Y.
 Dy dII ulllOI IbulldJt IdlI 4IiS h. H. ->oi ton, for many years prominently con-
 nected with city charities, fell and broke her left leg, last week. While showing visitors through the new rooms of the Associated Charities, 24S Main street = she made mis-step and a compound fracture resulted.
 The pleasant rooms of the W. C. T. U I in Studio building, Fairfield avenue !. were formally dedicated, last week. Ten thousand people visited the big barbecue at Staedtler's park, last week
 ate roast meat, danced and enjoyed them selves. Bommos S Biltz superintendeG D the roast and were ably seconded by U their brother butchers. l Mrs Fanny Smith and daughter Hattie l of West Springfield have visited Mrs s o H. Smith of 135 South avenue: also w l H. and Samuel Smith of West Spring
 field.
 Il Benjamin Root, universally addressed
 as 'Brother Root" has returned from { :. three-months' trip to Wichita, Kansas {. where his family live.
 |, That committee on remodeling the olC e court house met, last Friday and simmer
 ed down to H. G. Scoficld, who wa! /: chosen to obtain plans from architect! I in regard to additions on the east ant l. west and altering the floors. : Conductor Samuel Arnold of the Hou
 satonic has been dangerously sick witl ? infiammatory rheumatism, which, be
 ginning at his feet, extended over hi e entire body. For number of days, ht
 could not see, so badly were his eyes af + fected. He is improving.
 A Broad street butcher has nove : device on his sign board It consists 0 s a windmill to which is attached figure
 holding in one hand cleaver, in tn 't other meat saw. Before him is a piec
 of beef at which he industirously saw | and cuts.
 T, Rev Dr Hovey's son, Edmond Otis s assistant principal of the Waterbur. |. High School, was married at Fair Hayel ,, last week, to Miss Ettie A. Lancraft. IS GREENFIELD HILL.