The Newtown bee., 1891-02-20
SHELTON.

 kearney, Neb., to whose Baptist church he has been called.
 Eugene Crofut, who talked for an hour and quarter, at last weeks meeting of the commissioners on the new river road made one of the best speeches heard ill the Town hall in many q day He an- peared for the remonstrants and owns a tract of land on the line of the proposed road. Lawyer Gager of Birmingham spoke on the side of the town. This week Tuesday, the commissioners met for the last time to render a decision.
 The going away of the dam has caused new islands in the river below the bridge. Shelton's island has increased at least one fourth in size.
 Two coal boats have unloaded at the wharves during the past few days, the first of the season. It is unusual for wa ter craft to arrive so early.
 The stocks of coal are getting low, ow- ing to the severe weather in December. which caused coal to be burned rapidly. Perry Bros received q large load, q few days since.
 Mrs Abigail Tomlinson of Stratford has visited her daughter, Mrs William Wilkinson.
 Officer Tomlinson has been assisting to secure witnesses for the coroner's in vestigation into the death of Thomas Collins of Birmingham, who was thrown out of the saloon of Michael Flaherty and died in consequence of fractured skull.
 The postal card works are doing nicely and turning out 100000 postals, each day. Albert Daggett, the proprietor, was in town, a few days since.
 
 tist church, read his resignation, last Sunday morning. He expects to leave, April l, for Nebraska, where he has a call to a larger church. He will be miss ed here, as he has largely increased the congregation and has been an acceptable preacher and pastor.
 The borough officers have closed the books for the year and are figuring up the accounts.
 Next Sunday evening, Rev A. A. Latin bury of the Methodist church will preach to the members of Ousatonic lodge, I. o. o. F., who will attend in a body.
 Borough election one week from next Monday. The Republicans expect to run Dr G. A. Shelton again for warden.
 James H. Beard has beeu appointed administrator on the estate of Phebe A. Wheeler.
 It is expected that the committee on the new road will give the owners of the land through which the road will run enough to pay for the fencing and per haps. in one or two instances, a little more.
 The Derby Rubber company are fitting up the old electric light buildings and will double their capacity, which has been nine tons of rubber per day.
 The ladies aid society of the Metho- dist church are preparing to hold fair.
 Five boys were arrested, last week, on Grand Juror Hubbard's complaint for obtaining pies, cake and fruit from Wheeler Bros.' store under false pre- tences. The amount procured was about SIS. They have had a good many good feasts in this way. One was sent to the State Reform school and the others paid the costs and their share of the plunder.
 The double house of William Hadley on kneen street is to be completed about April I.
 The rain in the early part of the week raised the HOusatonic river so that spill ing for the coffer dam had to be suspend- ed. It is expected that in about two weeks water will be running ill the canal.
 The Housatonic road is doing large freighting business over the extension.
 Roger Sherman council, o. U. A. M. and the Daughters of Liberty have inter- esting debates and other attractive exer- cises.s .severy Saturday evening.
 The grand list of the town of Hunt ington has increased about $16,00O, the past year. The assessors have reduced the assessment on farming property gradually, for the past two or three years.
 The subject of raising the town and borough building one story and making q large hall is being agitated, as the present hall is much too small for many occasions. It is expected that the pro- ject will be voted on at the annual bor- ough meeting. March2.
 The annual statement of the Silver Plate Cutlery company shows good sur