The Newtown bee., 1889-11-08

1 en, November II, by Df G. l.. PorGef. Subject, s"The Aqueduets of Rome" The second, December 3, by Isaac Holden; subject, ''A trip to Biscayne Bay" The third, December l9, by Rev pr II. c. Hovey; subject, "Tornadoes. ' The fourth, January 9, Dr w. T. Van Yorx, ''The Cave Men of Devon." The fifth, January 2l, A. Steward, s'Wonders of Insect Life.'' The sixth, February 1, l w. NJ. Peck, subject not announced. The lectures will be Illustrated by stereopti- con views.
 The base ball club has been re-organ- ized into foot ball II and will play Il match game with Southport club on Saturday, 9th, at that place.
 Postmaster Spall has been improving his barn with a new roof. ... -. =..- Rev Mir Livingston, former pastor of the Methodist church, has so far recov- cred his health as to take a trip to Flor ida with his father.
 Cheney Brothers, the silk manufactur- CTS of South Manchester, have presented each member of the veteran association with handsome silk flag. A very successful fair is being held in Town hall by the congregation of St. James church. E.. Presiding Elder Cheney attended the quarterly meeting of the NJ. E. church, last week. Mrs Cheney is daughter of Rev John Pegg, the preacher in charge. Ezra Wheeler had about POO tons of coal in his bins when he was drowned, which his son Will has been delivering A. B. Fairchild, brother and brother-in- law of Mrs Wheeler, are to be adminis- trators on the estate.
 Merchant John Hard has been moving an interior partition, to increase the fla teilities of his store. Frederick II. Eel lows artist.
 | A partridge crashed through d window at Lewis Judson's, at 10 a m one day last week and was caught alive. The bird was afterward killed.
 Mrs Frederick A. Benjamin is better.
 Miss Ada Smith of New Haven has vis- tied Miss Vina Smith.
 G. W. Craddock has moved to his new market.
 Philo Osborne delights to recall how, as a boy of 1G years, then carpenters s apprentice, he climbed to dizzy height on ladder on the Bedding Ridge church, then building, and straddied the rooster vane on the steeple, greatly to the fright of Merchant Starr on the ground below.
 w. II. Benjamin is experimenting with English mushrooms, the spawn for which he procured in New York. Mushrooms sprang up of themselves in his grapery, recently, for which he got $1 pound in
 Bridgeport.
 John $. Downes has built shed 20x22
 feet at the rear of John Bonds saloon at the lower wharf.
 I C. II. Warmers father, Harvey War ner, once made parts of clocks in Sandy
 Hook, NeWtOwn, removing to Farming
 ton when C. il. was four years old. Y James smith has painted Mrs Charles 1. Gilbert's house white, with green blinds
 John W. Thompson has sold all but
 about l5 of the lots on Strawberry hil
 and will open a street there. He now
 has his weather eye on Prospect hill
 He has rented the Richards place on East , Broad street to E. w. Watkins of New . York.
 William Y. Curtiss and wife and Mrs Cox, their daughter, started for River side, Cal, last week Wednesday. , The production of the historical tab
 leaux is booked for the 11th and l2th f Principal Peck has resigned the leader e ship of the affair.
 n School street is suggested as the prop r CT name for East Broadway. , The vicinity of Monument hill has beel z greatly improved by the repair of the ol' ;, Judson house, the new houses of Messr " Sammis and Wheeler and the improve
 ments at the Harry Curtis place. I = would complete the surroundings shoult :. some one buy and improve the corne - owned by Seymour Curtis, which, it i y understood, could be bought at reason o able price. s The selectmen are carting gravel on t' 8 the roads, instead of tearing up the who'll D road, to remain quagmire all Winter Mir and Mrs Allen are with Mrs Tal
 bolt, but will occupy the old Sterling house on Main street after Mir Hodge moves to his fine new residence. Rev Mir Ives received w. M. Wheeler f John c. and Miss Nellie NJ. Booth, Mis- Cornelia B. Thompson into the Congre
 gational church, Sunday, on profession of faith and Mir and Mrs John w. Fort f by letter from the South church, Bridge l port. The missionary meeting at th' church, Sunday evening, was in eharg' !, of the Y. P. s. c. E., Miss May L. Smiti l leader.
 It is to be hoped that those who voted for license will be satisfied at seeing tn sign post covered with applications fo an open saloon.
 The rumor that Principal Peck was t, p occupy c. E.Stagg's house was incorrect I he having concluded to remain in tn
 Curtis house, where he has been Twin: a for two or three years.