The Newtown bee., 1890-02-14

Though trifie late in starting, the prospect for good Spring trade in hat ting is said to be encouraging.
 E. c. Senior is painting the handsome new house of John Damn on Fairview avenue, Danbury. It is one of the most elegant residences in Danbury.
 Coon < Sing are to open laundry on Center street, next to Trumpbour's bak- cry. were burned out at Danbury. decided to take up their future home in Bethel and will occupy rooms at Misses Smiths.
 E. C. Senior has been decorating the interior of Mrs Fairchild Judd's Chest nut street house.
 Three candidates were initiated into Bethel lodge, K. of H., last week. The membership is now 9s and a jubilee will be held as soon as the full 100 is reached. Gilbert Bros. are building 2Ox24 ice house, with 2O-foot posts, for W. K. Daley. + ~ -.......
 George s. Fairehild has entertained his brother-in-law, Arthur Shrine of New l York. . A pleasant social reception was held by the Masons and their wives in Mason ic hall, Tuesday evening, ,l1th. It was not formal dedication of the handsome new hall, but simply asoeial gathering. Those who have used the new Mason < Hamlin piano placed in the lodge rooms of the Knights of Honor are loud | in it's praise. Some of the Knights feel slightly aggrieyed at the recent state | ment that the piano was purchased with portion of the proceeds of the K. of H. fair; instead, the profits of the fair were but small part of the purchase price. The refrigerator of tEles Village market has for some time been supplied with ice from Signor's pond by Mir Stone. It is of good quality, from an inch and half to three and half inches thick. MT Stone varied his ice-cutting, last week Thursday, by picking full-blown dande- lions. -
 Besides his large store in Dimond's new block, 20x75 feet, with l1-foot cell ing, E. H. Hawley, the hardware dealer, has a basement filled with spare goods and 3Ox4O barn, three floors, filled with everything appertaining to the trade. Mir Hawley, who still occupies aS tin shop his former store on the upper part of Gen. ter street, is young man of push and ability and is carrying forward success fully the business started six years ago
 by A. H. Dimond. From September, 1888, to June, 1889, the firm was Dimond
 6 Hawlay; at that time, MT Hawley bought the business and is now conduct
 ing it personally. Six helpers are now employed, more in the busy season; as Mir Hawley says, "It doesn't give much
 time to play" -. , John Wheeler placed an attachment for about $30 for wages on the Hawley. lsville hat shop and the case was heard be fore Justice Romayne Barnum, last week
 Attorney Walsh of Danbury appeared fol
 Wheeler and MT Whittlesey of Brewster ITweedy & Scott for Holmes & Farnum
 who have been running the factory. Jus tiee Barnum reserved his decision until
 Saturday. +s
 Water rents are now being collected remember that they must be paid on ol
 before the 18th of February.
 The Fred Cole place has been foreclos
 ed and is now owned by Holmes & Keelel of South Norwalk i,
 P Egbert s. Benedict, of Danbury ana Town Clerk Woodinan Commissioners ol
 the estate of SchoOnmaker & Benjamin
 held meeting, last week. Bills breugh
 in by workmen were examined. Anothe meeting will be held, April 26, the las day that claims can be presented.
 At an expense of $60 to $70, probably
 the upper rooms of the new truck hous' Il on Elizabeth street will be handsomel,
 papered. The furniture will be rathe !. more elaborate than at first intended ant - the rooms will present fine appearance !, Clifford Bassett, who has spent som Il time in Fernandina, Fla, writes hom that, although his health is improving 7 and he has.a 8 good appetite, he is no a pleased with the location and will sool ? return.
 , Pred H. Finiow, recently resident 0
 Bethel. has left for North Carolina, hop l E.. f~s ~se1e ek.u ~aI family remain in Ridgefeld. A -sub
 scription was raised to help defray ex
 penses.
 a Some weeks ago, an agent of the Amer
 ican building and loan association O Minneapolis appeared in town and sue , ceeded in inducing number of resident . to invest in the association. At least 10t shares were sold in town, at $1 50 :
 share. Several investors, however .ssmelled aamice" and dropped theil
 stock when an assessment became due , Last week, the papers contained an ac
 count ofthe closing of the concern by
 Public Examiner Kenyon of Minnesota j who found the company in bad shape
 it's accounts showed large deficit.
 The Musical virtuoso club of Danbur,
 will giveaa select sociable at Militar, r hall, Tuesday evening, 18th. Admission 3 5Oc, but no one admitted without an in vitation card.
 K. M. Crofoot has been sick and tn high school is closed until Monday, 17th S -e 2 WooDBURY.
 Sheriff q. M Gnodsell has been yer,