The Newtown bee., 1888-01-13
SHELTON.

The Ousatonic Water Co., has so old Hor- ace Wheeler, Esq. quite tract of land in the vicinity of the park
 Donald Ross, for a long time in the em- ploy of c. P. Nettleton, has rented room in the building owned by Henry E. Plumb and will begin business for himself. He is good tinsmith and plumber and oug ht to succeed.
 JIG. Field is ill.
 Mrs James H. Beard is very sick. Ruggles & Clark have sold, thus far this season, 200 pairs of skates. Edward Allen was called to Bridgeport, few days since. by the illness of his sister. The condition of Mrs Charles V. Paries, who has been i'll for the last half year, is no better.
 Mrs Horace Wheeler entertains Mrs Frank Sherwood and daughter of South port.
 Theodore Perry has just completed the house for John Hanley, who will move in it at once.
 While Lewis Burkhardt was on his way to Shelton from Stepney ,one of the wheels of his wagon broke down near Woodside, but no serious injury occurred.
 Gideon Tomlinson is taking the school enumeration.
 The demented man. Eugene Palmer. is again in town and declares that his head is full of electricity.
 Harry Platt of Milford is with his brother.
 William Wheeler is in Stepney for a short time
 c. E. Clark is gradually regaining his usual health.
 Miss Agnes Hotchkiss is home from Middletown
 Glover Ewell exhibits large portrait of his grandfather, the great astronomer George Beckwith.
 It is rumored that a millinery store is to be opened in the Ewell block The enter prise should succeed, There is work enough DrB F. Leach lost two volumes of en- cvelopedias between his residence and of flee, recently.
 !. W. Esholme. formerly foreman in the shelton Brass Hardware company. has de- eided to go to Hoboken, N. J. As a token of their esteem, the men who have worked under him presented him a handsome dia mond ring. George Wolcott made tht presentation speech.
 Mrs s. k. Woodward is better.
 Mrs Welcome Wheeler is in Stamford Mrs Edward Hathaway and childrer are in Windsor.
 Mir Wilcox of Wilcox & Howe is regain ing his health.
 Mrs Samuel Bissell entertains her sister in-law, Mrs Henrietta Bissell of Southfield A certain goat, which may have strayeC away from the fold of some secret society has caused much merriment on Howe aV enue.
 Robert Fulton is in Woodbridge; Harr. Moore and wife, Mrs c. E. Lewis ant children in Bridgeport.
 Miss Lottie Clark made New Year visit in Milford.
 Henry Berry, Esq and wife recently wis ited friends in New Haven.
 Freddie Wilkinson and Lillie Burrit have returned to school in Mechanicsyill, NY.
 W, J. Miller, Esq, superintendent ( the Derby Silver company, has just returl ed from western business trip.
 Mrs E Still entertained Mir Gowdy an wife of Bridgeport, formerly of Shelton . New Years.
 Miss Ella Church is back from Meehar icsville. .-.
 MT Dimon writes from Brooklyn tha Mrs Dimon is quite ill.
 There are only seven surveys across Il Burritts Ground farm, occupied by w. Sturgess.
 Mrs G. M. Wakelee is still dangerousl ill.,
 The railroad commissioners were in se sion on the 4th and Selectmen $. Eyre Brownson and Warren Hubbell were pre- ent to look after the interests of Huntin ton.
 Mrs Mary Perry mother of John Perry. is quite i'll. Being S1 years of az her hopes of recovery are not bright.
 s. K. Beard is building a house on El street for Miss Grace Wheeler.
 l.. V. B. Hubbard is distributing t prizes which he promised to his patro and has thrown in some $50 worth mo than he agreed to give.
 The Sentinel gives the following grap ic account of the hearing before the ra road commission: The rooms of the enl neers' headquarters of the Derby railro extension in Flahertys building present an animated appearance. In the seco room from the front sat the railroad co missioners at table and, standing ne them, were the engineers of the road wi maps of their surveys spread out beft them. Col Stevenson and Simeon E. Ba win were earnestly chatting in one corn Lawyer W. S. Downs stood near with smiling conntenance in conversation wi Edward N. Shelton and others while c or two farmers were looking over the pla and showing where the route ran o' some of their stone walls and into tn apple trees. The portly form of Geor W.Chessman and the slim one of Engine Brinsmsde sat side by side listening to t