The Newtown bee., 1889-10-18
NUMBER 42.
George Craddeck has returned from his trip to England.

his trip to England.
 William s. Atkinson died suddenly on Saturday evening. He has been in poor health for some time, but was around the yard during the day. He retired to his room, but was soon heard to fall. His family reached him as soon as possible and summoned physician, but he lived but short time. MT Atkinson was for many years resident of Bridgeport, coming there about the year 1888 from England. He was marble cutter by trade and entered the employ of Stephen Silliman- He remained with him for two or three years and then started busi- ness of his own, which he continued un- til about 1871, when he sold out to Ellis & Co. and remained with them until shortly before his removal to this place.
 He has been in the employ of MT Hughes part of the time during the seven years he has resided here. He was a Mason of long standing and was we'll known and respected in the community in which he lived. He was ill his 76th year. Funeral services, Wednesday and interment at Mountain Grove cemetery.
 Mrs Tucker is quite ill.
 Mir Hughes started for Gettysburg, Tuesday morning, to superintend the erection of two large monuments. The steam yacht Puzzle, Capt Claffin, has been in port for d day or two. The captain and passengers enjoyed days sport shooting rail.
 Mrs Chadwick. aged 8 years, died at A daughter of Rev Joseph Smith. a former pastor of the NJ. E. church, died and was brought here for burial. last week.
 | Edgar Osborn recently had narrow escape. The signal bell near the depot failed to work on the down track and he drove on to the track in front of a train. being only able to pull the horse of, but losing a wheel of the wagon.
 1 Druggist Benjamin Fairchild of New York, son of T. B. Fairchild and one of the orators of Anniversary day, bought the court cupboard that Mrs Talbott ex- hibited at the Town hall and an old fash toned chest of draws belonging to John R. Latin. The cupboard was long in the Coe family, is probably about 300 years old and is made of English oak Robert Coe, who spelled his name Cooe and came to the new world from lbs wich, England, brought the cupboard with him in the good ship Francis in 1854. He settled at Watertown, Mass. but roved continually, helping to start settlements at Wethersfield, Stamford and at several places on Long Island His son Robert, who founded the Strat- ford branch of the Coe family, left his father at Stamford and settled on Main street. where Miss Nellie l.. Coe owns the house now occupied by Mir Seats. The cupboard was kept in the basement of John Goes house as d catch-all for odds and ends and was prized so little that Mrs Talbott is said to have secured it by getting carpenter to build an or dinary cupboard in it's place; but this sale was fortunate, as John Goes house was afterward burned with all its con tents. Mrs Talbott had the cupboard cleaned and it is now in hands where it's antique value will be appreciated. The fitness of the choice of Stiles Jud- son, Jr. as presiding officer for Anniyer- sary day is more apparent when it is re- called that he is a direct descendant of William Jndson, the first settler of Strat- ford, who built the first house in town on Academy, now Watch House hill, in 163S. He is also the fourth Stiles in sue cesslve descent in the Judson line, the first Stiles JudsOn of the quartet having been captain in the Revolutionary war. | w. R. Miller has suffered with a felon on his hand. w. T. Eastman, his old helper, is with Mir Sherwood at Greens Farms, while Mrs Eastman has been at her Rockland, Mass, home.
 The Birdsey homestead, corner of Main street and Birdsey avenue, has been shingled by c. B. Sniffen and cornice added. A small barn has also been built for Everett B. Sniffen's new horse.
 L. II. Todd tS Co. have shingled the stove and hardware store bought of H. 1P. Stagg.
 McEwen and Lewis, the veteran paint CTS, have been painting Capt John o. NJ. Parks house and fence and will paint Mrs A. B. Judd's tenant houses.
 Robert B., son of Merchant Hard, was married as the South church, Wednes- day evening, 16th, to Miss May Stickles. Mir and Mrs Hard will live here with his father. Thursday evening, 17th, Miss Jennie, daughter of the late Stiles Wheel CT, was to wed Samuel Lessey of Bir- mingham, the ceremony occurring at the I NJ. k. church.
 B. Holmes has passed on George Rich Iardson's new house on Parrott atreet to the mason, Emmet Beardsley. Mir Holmes will build an addition, 14xI6 feet, with gambrel roof and dormer win Idows; will shingle the house of Dea Samuel Curtis and put a front stoop on |the house of Lewis Coe.
 The general committee on Anniversary day held meeting. last week, found that $500 had been spent on the great cele- bration and, after generous provision for the great throng, they had surplus of $75 left. More will probably be added to this and the proceedings of the day