The Newtown bee., 1888-07-20
DANBURY

DANBURY.
 Dea John F. Beard, Danburian by long residence, though not a native, died at the home of his son-in-law, Philip Somers, in Galesburg, III. and his. re- mains were brought to Danbury, last | week, for burial. He, with a partner, i built the Danbury & Norwallz railroad. Older Danburians remember him as a man of more than ordinary push and bus mess energy and generally successful. He was for years president of the Dan- bury Agricultural society and ranks with John W. Bacon as an efficient promoter of the Danbury fair in it's early days. In the memory of longtime Danburians, his name is associated with those of George Ives, Eli T. Hoyt, Edgar S. Tweedy, Frederick $. Wildman and oth- CTS, as promoters of early enterprises that have helped to build up Danbury. Edward P. Fairchild was married to Mrs Crosby in New York, last week. Felix Gallagher fell on the track of the street railway, Monday forenoon in Main street near the Danbury and Norwalk l depot and car ran over him, the wheels passing over both legs below the knees, crushing them badly. The driver is not blamed.
 The Penny Press, a Republican daily. made it's appearance Monday, a clean nice looking, four-page, five-column pa per, we'll filled with general and local news.
 The News estimates that there have been $50, GOO worth of property destroy z ed by fire in this town in about nin' ; weeks.
 Miss Hattie Pulling, Franklin street , has received teachers certificate. Platt $. Osborn has exhumed a cannon 3 ball on Main street, supposed to be Britisher fired during the raid on Dan bury in TIT.
 The pavement in White street is gener ally higher than the sidewalk. For year - w llltt SbICCu ldS DCCH llbC up, until it is higher than the foundatio of the buildings. Since the. pavemen has been completed, property owners ar raising the grade of the sidewalk. l the near future, perhaps, the building will have to be raised.
 Two brothers named Mead, natter: were poisoned, last week, by drinkin coffee that had been kept two days in tin vessel that had become rusted. I. K. M. Baldwin is building residene on West street, which will be one of tf ' finest in Danbury.
 The borough owns splendid pair gray horses to draw the truck of Wasl ington Hook and Ladder Co. and Do ough work They are Michiganders al s are a pleasure to the eye. They ha' been boarded at one of the city Istable Recently the borough has fitted up COT fortable quarters for them in the rear the truck house.
 A carpenter named Edward Ambl fell from Grif1in's block and had an al broken.
 IS. Last weeks Register was an excel
 ionally good number.
 w. H. Hawley of the Barnum-Hawl
 affray has sold out his drug business
 White street.
 Rebuilding is going on finely in
 burnt district near the White street s
 ton. J. T. Bates is building larg fnll Meeker is rebuilding the old Hendr ~, Barnum elevator, also on much lar: 'itn scale. Henry Perry has nearly compl ub- ed the repairs on his Elm street prop isfy ty. Repairs are pushed on the ot ros burned property.
 ns' Another fire. The interior of te
 ment house belonging to MT Henebry
 Railroad avenue was burned out, ca
 Sunday morning; thought to be lncel
 ary. m
 Another fire. About 30, Tues
 morning, dwelling owned by John
 Cosier and occupied by William Eos
 late superintendent of the street raiiw
 near the station of the railway, was
 covered on fire by boarders in the rr ily,. employees of the street railway Y. energetic action, it was eXtinguis
 without calling out the firemen.
 fire had been kindled in a back room
 the first floor Window cases had ap
 ently been treated to kerosene oil
 then fired. A clear case of incendiar
 The damage was slight, owing to tin
 discovery.
 And another: Tuesday afternoon
 dwelling house and barn belonging - Benjamin Lynes, half mile or so yond his own residence, ,On the road tt 0's fair grounds, were totally burned, ,,l', d.. ysas ths borough 4ga 1%ts and af tSs Sat 9t s eW known. The damage is consideraol