The Newtown bee., 1889-05-10

Silver butter knife,
 Bronze statue,
 Glass fruit dish
 Floral lamp,
 Silver nut picks,
 Silver berry spoon,
 Wine set,
 Silver syrup cup, Standing work basket Paper holder, Fancy comb and brush holder, China cake plate, Ornamental lamp, Frosted glass preserve dishes and tray, Bronze parlor lamp, Plush mirror and whisk broom holder Floral vase,
 White satin hand painted photo holder Chair scarf
 | SIC check, Charles Wheeler $10, W. W. Jennings, l $5, Dea Sidney Staples. Wakeman Bradley has had 10 men at work on the road south from the Mar rows, which he has contracted to build at $2700. MT Bradley says that he finds the route less difficult than he anticipat- ed and expects to drive his wagon over the road two weeks from Saturday. He has lifted out the big trees with dyna- mite and, besides the big bridge over | Mill river below the dam, he has eight small bridges to put in. The town got $500 net for the road flooded by the wa ter company and the assessments made on account Of the new highway amount to SIS, of which S600 is assessed against the water company, s33 against Joseph Wheeler, S20 against Horace Wheeler, S25 against Ransom Beers, $20 against Almon French and his wife's estate and S20 against Nelson Hall. This makes about S200O that the town has to set against the road that was sold, to offset which the town will have S27OO to pay, the amount of Wake Bradley's contract and the cost of it's lawsuit with those who sued to have the new road built. a sum estimated at $500 or S2000. So that it amounts to about this: Easton has it's road through the Narrows valley shifted from the east to the west bank of Mill river and pays S2500 or more boot. The town has this to show for the $25O0 which it is out of pocket: That it is dan gerous business trifiing with highway, unless you know what you are about and, furthermore, that it would have been cheaper to build the new road, once the old was closed.
 Charlie Grey recently captured Vir- ginia opossum in steel trap. The ami nal is uniniured and is quite curiosity. .- loxx st .,, parts.
 J. Scholey of Shelton and his son-in- law, George E. Bennett, visited the lat ter's parents, Sunday. l Miss Irene Perry has visited Miss Es- telle Wheeler. @z.. .-. On May 1 occurred the 94th birthday of Mrs Cynthia Wheeler, the oldest per- son in town. Although feeble in body, Mrs Wheeler's mental faculties are we'll preserved.
 Mrs Daniel Davis has visited her moth CT, Mrs Charles Briscoe of Botsford Hill.
 Rev Dr Alfred Louderback, rector of Christ church during 1861 and 1862, died at Chicago, April l2, at the age of v. l Service at Judd school house by Rev MT Bulkley, Sunday, 18th, at z o'clock. Mrs Baldwin Beach expects her niece from Bridgeport, this week. I The union meeting at the Baptist church, Sunday evening, was decided success. The church was we'll filled. a good sermon and fine music. Hope they may continue. The next is at Lee chap { el, first Sunday in June. Robert Scholey has rented s. N. 0s- born's blacksmith shop and is to do first class carriage painting. He has just fin ished a carriage for J. l.. Perry, which looks fine and has several others engag- ed.
 The Sunday school of the Congrega- tional church are busy preparing for Children's day.
 Johnson Ward is repairing the Baptist parsonage.
 s. N. Osborne has greatly improved the turnpike from his store to Mir Gallo ways.
 MT and Mrs Charles Beers of Bridge port visited Mrs William Sherman, Sun day.
 Wakeman Williams has bought a fine pair of horses of ". Bradley.
 AIr and MIs William MeCauley have returned from their wedding tour; they attended the centennial at New York.
 Mrs James Wilson of Bridgeport cares for David B. Wilson. l s. R. Wells drives span of grays. W. ". Jennings and wife have been in town.
 Miss Ella Fanton of Weston is at her grandfather's.
 Born, son to Mr and Mrs George Me Dersnott.
 Misses Bertha and Hattie Silliman of l Norwalk visit friends in town. Mrs Walker Thorpe is very sick. Mrs David Silliman has been in poor health for five or six months.
 Mrs Charles E. Booth has visited her mother, Mrs Philo Hall.
 Samuel Clark of Hartford has been here repairing the houae of John Freeze, also the house of his uncle, .eYi Erench.,