The Newtown bee., 1888-05-25
EAST0N.

ling.
 EASToN.
 Fred Silliman and sister Maud, Miss l Minnie Wheeler, Mrs Charles Silliman, John Leverett and l.. Turney went to New Haven, Saturday afternoon, to wit | ness a game of ball, by invitation of Sam Shaw and Edward l.. Smith. Edward l.. Smith spent Sunday in town, guest of the Misses Seeley. He will continue his studies, this Summer, at Newton, Mass. George Gillette and wife have moved into the McVane place, having bought the farm. It was sudden notice for MT Heaxt and his sister, their first notice of the sale being the arrival of a load of goods.
 Yan Phou Lee, the young Chinaman who graduated at Yale, last Summer and who is known to Easton people from his lecture in the Congregational church, last January, has become father. This is the first child to the Yale class of 1887. It's name is Jennie Lee.
 Howard Wesley, infant son of Daniel and Julia Edwards, was baptized by the Tashua rector, Sunday, 9th.
 The Young Peoples Christian Endeav- or society are making preparations for sociable.
 Mrs Mamie Drake, daughter of Mrs Hanford Beers of Bedding, died, Mon day, 21st, at the house of Benjamin Beers.
 Arthur Curtfss and friend came over from Birmingham, Monday, on their bicy- cles to visit his uncle, $. N. Osborn.
 Monday, James Ward, wife and son visited his father, William Ward.
 James Walsh was in Norwalk, Satur- day. Miss Sarah returned with him to stay over Sunday, accompanied by a friend, Miss Eva Webber.
 Work at the paper mill has commence ed again; the company have received a large order.
 Henry Wheeler has bought register ed Jersey COW in Bridgeport. | A little daughter has come as a sun- beam to the home of MT and Mrs Han | ford Lyon.
 | Theodore Butler, colored, has been sick during the Winter with rheumatism and says that he owes his recovery to a bottle of medicine purchased at $. N. Osborne's store, left there by the doctor recently in town.
 MT and Mrs William Hardy of New York have visited Frank Gould.
 Mark l.. Reynolds of Bridgeport and friends from Long Hill and Tashua were l
 Mrs Dea Staples has lame arm.
 Will and John Patterson have taken Charles Clarlz's farm to work.
 Born, May B, daughter to Mir and Mrs H. W. Lyon.
 Wake Bradley has sold horses tt George Tomlinson of Oronoque, pail of matched bays to Mir Jennings o1 Ridgefield, work horse to Ambrose Lockwood and pair to Burr Hlll NJ Bradley has dog not year old that Ii making a record killing woodchucks over 20 up to Saturday.
 Jimmie Walsh works for Charles Seel ey of Tashua. Tommie Walsh has bee1 selling Aspetuck trout at $l pound. : Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Burr, wa quite sick, last week, under Dr Dunham' care.
 Marion Williams raises onions instea of tobacco, this year.
 s John H. Ogden sold cattle to Perr s Meeker of Weston, cows to 5. w. Post ( Bennett's Bridge, George Gregory ( Plattsville, George Nelson and Georg
 Bolowitz of Weston; traded horse an
 wagon with Ed Fanton of Westo1 'a He bought cows of James E. Miller
 Bedding. Benjamin Burr, John Barlo of Greenfield Hill and recently sold a
 odd OK to Lawrence Mitchell of Nes j. town.
 Roswell V. Nichols has one of the if
 est seven-year-old steppers in town.
 Charles w. Candee raised his ne U barn, 30x52 feet, last Friday. r, When the Citizens Water Co. of Bridg r. port decided to build dam and reserve
 on Mill river and had completed the
 surveys and plans, it was found that z, part of the Park avenue road, known
 the City road, would be covered. Tn ; part was finally sold by the town =, Easton to the company for $l50O. II T
 plaints were made that parties in the ' Is cinity were unable to reach points {
 other roads without circuitous driyin
 This feeling grew until petition, sign' to by Ormel Hall and others, was presef is ed, asking that a new road be construt
 ed on the west side of the reservoir.
 q town meeting held October 24, 1Se x Charles w. Blakeman, Moses Thorpe al
 Charles Wheeler were appointed a cOl of mittee to inquire into the legality of u = discontinuance of the City road and y examine the route for the proposed ne
 highway on the west side of the pond, es to it's feasibility, probable cost and I < cessity. This committee reported, D
 cember 24, 1886, that ssthe selectm
 could legally discontinue said highwa or with the appreciation of the town, pr
 vided said highway was not of comm
 convenience and necessity. The rou ga on the west side of the pond was feasit
 and the cost of highway would be fire $2O0O to $3000. The necessity for ga T highway is equal to the convenience al ts ! necessity existing on the 11th day so May last for the continuance of the Ci
 roadr It was then
 if- Resolved, That the selectmen be and {
 hereby directed to survey and lay out q crt
 highway from the most practicable point a the highway below tlle dam of the C1t1zt
 Water Co. to a point near the west side of s.
 dam and from thence highway rlnni + northerly by the most feasib ble roIte to 2 DO
 caspied by tho Wheeler Bros and thence