The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-11-20


peddling beer from his wagon around
town to any who desired to buy. Varga
is in the employ of Rist & Shink Of Wood
avenue, Bridgeport, who are backing
him. The day following his arrest,
Varga was seen in Fairfield selling beer
again. He pleaded not guilty. Hans
Loras was sworn interpreter for four
Italian witnesses, who testified that they
had bought beer of him at different
times. 1t being the first ofense, the de-
Tense asked the justice to be lenient with
the prisoner and he was fined $35 and
costs, making about $50. At the close
of the trial, another warrant was pro-
duced and Varga was re-arrested on two
charges, one for selling to minors and
for Illegal sale. Mr. Wren of Mcmahon
& Wren went bonds for him to appear
at the criminal court, December 5.
Mrs Joseph Ell. Sturges spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs Keyes,a lat Forestville,
Conn. Her position as organist was ac-
ceptably filled by her daughter, Miss
Helen Sturges.
Mrs Robert Campbell was admitted to
the'membership of the Congregational
church, Sunday morning. Mrs Camp
bell is in very poor health and it is fear
ed cannot live long.
The will of Miss Carrie Penfield of
Black Rock was offered for probate, last
week. The bulk of her property is CIV
en- to her sister, Mrs George Penfeld and
the remainder to her brother, William FL.
Penfie1d of San Francisco.
A number os Fairfield people attended
church, Bridgeport, Monday and Tues
day. The addresses of Prof Hamill of
Illinois and Rev I'll. III. Kelsey of Hart
ford were especially interesting and in
structive. Prof Hamill's discourse on
normal work was pithy and to the point.
He showed clearly the needs and bene-
fits to be derived from normal study of
the Bible. Rev Mr. Kelsey presented
"The Graded Schools in a forcible and
convincing manner. He vigorously at
ooShSN 1hS VIA Sy SWIM VA toauUSo
Sunday schools and advocated the adop-
ton of the plan of the graded secular
schools in Sunday school work. In the
graded secular school, we find teacher
especially fitted to teach a particular
branch and that only. The teacher is re-
quired to pass requisite examination
and to have had experience. In our Sum-
day schools, the most important of all
schools, the teacher possesses, in ma
jority of cases, little or no experience,
goes into the class with but slight prepa-
ration and is expected, i'll one half hour,
to teach everything in the Bible, as we'll
as everything Incidental thereto. She
starts with the class when they are in
fants and continues until the scholars
leave school.
John McCrann, one of Fairfield's old
est Irish citizens, died on Wednesday,
the 18th, of intermittent fever, about rs
years old. He leaves eight children. Fun
eral from st Thomas church, Friday 10th,
8 30 m.
Blasting and grading on the north side
of the track for the new road connecting
the road at Toomey's crossing with the
depot is nearing completion. The road
bed is covered with quarry dust or screen
ings, making splendid driveway. Just
above the Toomey crossing and north of
the tracks, ground has been staked out
on which to move the store bought of
Mr. Toomey, where it will be used for
freight house.
Theodore Turney's family of eight
children from Newark and Ohio are ex-
pected home for Thanksgiving turkey.
Charles Wakeley, so long active in
government service, is confined to the
house with muscular rheumatism; DR.
Donaldson attends.
Stanley Judd has taken in new car
penter; it was an eight-pound boy.