The Newtown bee., 1889-09-06
BETHEL.

Editor Smalley states that the sub scriptiOn price of the Bethel Enterprise will be 75c year, with premium.
 Mrs E. l.. Smith and son of Seymour have visited here.
 Harry Wilson has moved from Center street to the house vacated by Frank Mackenzie.
 Misses Edith and Lizzie Mead of Or ange, who have visited Mrs Chapman, have returned home.
 Lindley D. Hubbell, who continues the manufacture and sale of the tapping ma chimes patented by his father, D. T. Hub- bell, sold two, last week, to k. H. flaw ley, the hardware dealer and the other went to Morgantown, West Virginia.
 Mir and Mrs Lindley D. Ilubbell spent Sunday and Labor day at Mrs Hubbell's old home in Woodbury.
 George E. Baird, who has been quite sick, is improving.
 The Grassy Plains store formerly oc- cupied by Gorman Bros. is being fitted up for Wichtman (S German.
 Mrs Willis J. Mallory has visited in Waterbury, bringing home with her q niece, Miss Hattie Peet, who will attend school in Bethel.
 Charles E. Judd has sold his Center street market to c. ". Geer, who took possession, last week. Geer, who is :. natter by trade, formerly kept jewelry store here and is also q painter.
 Rev G. F. Terrence and family left, Tuesday, 3d, for two months vacation at Cincinnati. Miss Rebeeca Florence will remain here, however and Mrs Tor rence's sister will also be at the rectory.
 Misses Susie and Mary IIinwood have returned from visit to Brewster
 Newsdealer Owen says that, since March s, there has been but one week il which he has not had work at weaving rag carpets and has just finished the last of zoo yards.
 A few weeks ago, the Scientific Ameri- can published full page cuts of the great Sodom dam on the Croton, which is te increase New York $ water supply. The general superintendent of the works William F. Langler, is brother-in-law ol 5. $. Owen, the newsdealcr. He has been in the employ of the city for years and has been superintendent at the Gro ton aqueduct. Two years will probabl, be required to complete the dam. Upon the petition of some 40 tax pay CTS, the selectmen have issued s call fol Il special town meeting for Saturday September [, at P Ill. The selectmel have been looking up the matter of ths old Sherman turnpike, already referred to in the BEE and will report at tlii meeting, which will probably take act I ion. It is stated that, IS the State ha Appropriated $20, ,O00 for the Putnam Me morial park, with a possibility that mor, will be asked for, Bethel can hardly q. less than to provide Il road. especially Il q part of the park is in the town ane Bethel is the nearest station.
 Arrangements are being made b, Bethel's selectmen to procure ballots an, booths for voting, this Fall. Scvel booths will bc required for the town an, it will also be necessary to divide tn I Town Hall into seven or more conipart ments, in order that the required priyac, may be obtained. These compartments however, need be only six or seven fee high and are to be removable. Tn booths have been ordered from Hartford where several styles, all designed to com
 within the requirements of the new law have been patented. Last week, Gilbel ]. Bros. were awarded the contract to plac ], the booths in position and to erect tn partitions. The cost will be, probably about S100.
 Joe Knowlton finds business good, h
 says, and does considerable wholesalin
 as we'll as retailing. Besides his store 0
 Center street, he runs wagons throug
 the surrounding country and visits Nev town several times Il week. sI Miss MatEia Baldwin will teach tIl 'Westvillc school, Danbury.