The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-04-03


Miss Frances G. Blush is spending a
few days in Sheffield.
Miss Lila Van Etten spends the school
vacation with her mother at Milford,
Penn.
The 18th anniversary of Pequonnock
lodge, No. 80, l. O. G. r., was celebrated,
Friday evening, with large attendance
of members and friends, with number
of grand officers, including Grand Chief
Templar o. j. Range. The lodge was
organized March %, 1866. The total
number of members initiated since is
nearly 100; the present membership is:
Brothers II, sisters rs, total 155. There
were II charter members, each of whom
was an officer; of these, but one is left,
Charles B. Buckingham, who was the
first outer guard. The Juvenile Temple
in connection with the lodgewas institut-
ed February Z, 1891, and has member
ship of 80, with Mrs Nettie Bray as SUI
perintendent. Officers of Pequonnock
lodge:
Chief templar, Ii. p. Rugg; vice templar Mrs
A. Palm ertOn; superintendent juvenile tenn
pie, Mrs Nettie Bray; secretary, Mrs A. NJ.
Guernsey; A. secretary Louis Waldhaus; F
secretary, Mrs M. f. Burnham; treasurer, Mrs
III. Banta; chaplain, Ii. J. Shaw; marshal,
Charles Kirby; deputy marshal, May McDon-
aid; guard, Mrs Minnie Wells; sentinel, Will
lie Harvey; P. c. T., l. B. Hutchinson.
The Consolidated road has ordered the
tenants out of the buildings opposite the
station, August l, when they will begin
on their new station, which is to cost half
a million dollars. The Consolidated
tracks are to be elevated through the
city.
John E. Foster of Foster, Besse & Co.
bought a fine Jersey COW and calf of A.
S. Middlebrook.
j. c. Tallman was driving on State
street, at the corner of Organ, as large
truck was turning the corner. In trying
to get by, one of Mr. Tallman's horses be-
came unmanageable, rearing and plung-
ing and caught one leg in the wheel of
u
the carriage. After much labor, it was
extricated; it was found that the skin OF
both legs was badly torn and the horse
will be laid up for some time.
II. H. Blackman has sold out his groc-
cry at $50 Main street.
Rev F. e. Hopkins of New Canaan.
formerly of the Park street church, has
accepted $4,000 call to Dubuque, Iowa.
Editor Waldo of the Standard has been
laid up with rheumatism.
Christ church was taxed to its utmost
capacity to accommodate the unusually
large congregations, Easter Sunday, at
four services. The chancel was profuse-
" filled with beautiful flowers. Rev
Beverley E. Warner, rector, and l.. w.
Shey. assistant, conducted the services.
The choir of 30 voices, under the leader
ship of Prof A. j. wilkins, with Organ
ist George w. Roberts and Miss Mary l..
Peck pianist, assisted By Miss Florence
Klein soprano, Richard Fuessell, Miss
Edith Waldo, Master T. Waldo, John W..
Wheeler violins, DR. G. B. Adams viola
and DIR Leonard Waldo viOloncello, rem
dered fine music, not surpassed in the
city on Easter day. At the a m SER
vice, about $50 partook of communion :;
at IL NJ a much larger number. At
3 As m, the children's service was held.
The singing by the school was fine and
Is children were baptized. The Easter
offering from the school amounted to
$3.50 As, which, added to the morning
offering, made the Easter offering over
5000. The p m service Immediately
followed. The rector and members may
feel proud of the rapid increase and
growth of Sunday school and parish, as
every year shows large increase in reg
ular attendance at all services and the af-
fairs of the parish are now in a more
than prosperous condition.
John Wiggleworth, SO Lewis s4reet, is
the happy father of a bouncing boy.
George Brakeman, residing on Burr
Road, when he returned from work, last
week Wednesday evening, found baby
girl awaiting him. Mrs Brakeman and
daughter are doing we'll.
John H. Killian of the Providence
Betting Co. and Mrs Killian have been
with friends in the city.
Mrs 2. II. Barnum is busy superintend-
ing the identifying of the groudds sur
rounding Marina. New and prettily
curved drives are taking the place of the
old ones and like Mr. Barnum, who wants
everything to be the greatest on earth,
Mrs Barnum is having many fine trees,
naples and elms, 80 to 35 feet in height,
set out upon the lawn, thus securing
shade, this year. Many would suppose
that lady in Mrs Barnum's position in
life, whose time is largely taken with So
ciety and deeds of charity quietly done,
would not have time to direct and super
intend the planting of trees. Instead of
Marina looking as if recently erected, it
will, under her artistic landscape ideas,
be turned into an old homestead, which
very much pleases the great Snowman,
Hon P. L. Barnum, who, although not
able to be out, watches the workmen car
rying out Mrs Barnum's ideas. Nearly
everyone who ever saw the old home,
Waldemere, thought it the finest place in
the United States, but the new home,
Marina, although its grounds are not as
large, will far surpass it, being more sub
stantial, with all comforts of first class
home and the grounds laid out with such
taste that they cannot be surpassed
IA S. MI.