The Newtown bee., 1888-09-21

K. N. 1laNlcy nave Solu IODacCO bO JOll Vail of Stony Hill.
 Bishop Williams confirmed a class of seven, including Dr F. NJ. Smith and wife, at Trinity, Sunday and preached an excellent sermon on watchfulness.
 Rev Mr Wilkins attended the funeral of the six-months-old son of MT Will An drev's, who was brought from Nauga- tuck for burial i'll the Taunton cemetery.
 There will be a song service at the Methodist church, next Sunday evening, beginning at o'clock. Mir Lucas invites all interested in singing to be present.
 Born, Sunday, twin daughters to MT and Mrs F. Campbell.
 A half dozen men from Hughes's Stratford granite works have been at lIawleyville, setting three large granite monuments in the Lands End cemetery for Mir Asa N. Hawley, for Mrs Robert N. Hawley and for the family of the late J. Russell .Skidmore. The two HaNley monuments are about the same size, four feet and eight inches square at the base and 13 feet high, weighing some ten tons each. They are in Cot tage style, one surmounted by an urn and the other with a carved tinial. The designs were original with MT Silliman of this concern and show thorough knovIed0e of monumental architecture. The Sl<idmore monument is in sarcopha- gus form, with q base five feet by three feet six inches and similar to one the same parties are building for Mrs D. M. Beers to be placed in our cemetery at the foot of the Street. The material from which they are built is the celebrated Mantle granite. The workmanship, stock and designs are credit to the builders and add to their well earned reputation for furnishing q superior class of work.
 Mir P. .Keane is putting 30 horse pow CT boiler into his Cold Spring shop. Mir F. A. Johnson has pressed 4600 uppcrs there in one day.
 Messrs F.. D. Frisco and k. NJ. Bots ford threshed 240 bushels of oats for Mir Stiles Clark of Monroe between a m and p m, Monday.
 Miss Maggie Leonard has been sick, but is improving.
 Mir and Mrs John D. Wood have been guests of Mir D. s. Hammond on their way home to Westport from a drive up the HousatOnic valley.
 MT John NJ. Ferris of Stamford bought P cattle of Messrs w. N. and Charles NorthrOp.
 There was q sad death, last Friday morning. at the Grand Central, that of Mrs Alfred Walker of New Haven at the age of 32 years. Mrs Walker and her children had been at the hotel for three weeks with her sister, Mrs Doty of New York and children and the family of her brother, Edward Mansfield, wife and two children of New Haven, while her hus- band, who is connected with the tailor inc firm of F. R. Bliss X Co.,, was absent t,.iI, Mt. field of New Haven, Mrs Walkers father, was temporarily absent from town, also Mrs D0tv and her mother. Mrs Walker was very gay at the supper table, Thurs day night, but was taken ill afterWard. Dr F.. NJ. Smith was called and prescrib- ed medicine that gave relief. She slept well through the night, but, on rising in the morning, ferl in q swoon, with the words, ''I believe that l am dying" and, alas, was dead before medical help could be summoned. Mrs Walker had won the esteem of all who made her acquaint- ance here and her untimely death natu- rally fell like pail upon the whole house. She leaves four young children, one son and three daughters, Bessie, Minnie and Marguerite. The remains were taken to New Haven for the last sad rites.
 Born, last week, daughter to MT and Mrs William II. Fairchild. Mir W. F. Wilcox, the Democratic can didate for Congress in the 2d district, is a brother of Selectman John B. Wheel CTS wife.
 A large Cleveland and Thurman ban ner was flung across the Street in front of the post office, last Friday.
 A number of Housatonic cars have been provided with steel springs on the backs of the seats, which hold tickets safely and conveniently.
 MT and Mrs Sidney Cornell have visit | ed shelton friends.
 Mrs James II. Weaver wishes to return thanks to the neighbors on Mount Pleas ant for many kindnesses during her re- cent illness and also for making it so pleasant for herself and family while | spcndin1 the Summer months at Maple View (formerly Burr farm).
 Mir E. l.. Johnson is at the Norwals fair ill the interest of the Vermont Farm Machine Co.
 A mammoth Blue Mercer potato growr by Widow Callahan of Sandy Hook tip ped the scales at q pound and one-half The potatoes are smooth and grow tC good size.
 MT Frank Wright has visited his sister
 
 at Steelton, Penn. The BEE office misses his cheery presence, but is consoled by the return of Mr R. D. Smith, just home from Dakota and MT R. C. Mallette, wh' has been on his fathers Trumbull farm r for the Summer. Mir A. J. Smith of tn Mechanics and Farmers bank of Bridge port has also been spending part of hi
 vacation here.
 MT and Mrs James Ives, now of NeN
 Hartford, have visited Newtown friends The sales of Mathushek pianos hay 9 increased faster each year for the las
 twenty years than those of any othe {. niano made. See them at the store ( e The Treat S Shepard Co.
 Miss Jennie Otis has spent few day a with Misses Merwin of Trumbull, goin from there to New York. She expect to return in October.
 . MT and Mrs Samuel w. Banks, wh ' have been spending the Summer at M
 Charles Northrop's in Sugar street, haN
 moved to Bridgeport,
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