The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-08-28
BETHEL.

tertained Anna Judd of Danbury.
Gilbert Bros. will build John Chinn's
new house and have William Leighs ten
ements on Railroad avenue well along.
Twelve hundred feet of new hose has
been bought by the borough for the two
fire companies.
G. w. Geer, is to be principal of Beaver
Brook school, next year. Miss Geer is a
member of the first graduating class of
Bethel high school and has successfully
taught in Stony Hill and Plumtrees.
Merchant c.. w. Geer does not find that
the cry of hard times and dull trade ap-
plies to him. He has been in his present
location two years and has done con-
stantly increasing business, requiring
three and sometimes four men and two
teams. He keeps the best of goods and
sells at a close margin.
Postmaster A. L. Benedict has been in
Mantle.
Baker d. r. VanRiper and wife return
ed, last week, from visit in New Jer-
sey.
Extensive alterations have been made
at the o. Benedict place, now owned by
Mrs Griswold. A. H. Senior has done
carpenter work, A. III. Dimond & Son
plumbing and G. E. Senior painting. The
outside has been painted French gray
with bronze green trimmings; on the in
side, woodwork and walls have been
painted and papered and cornices decor
ated.
The new house of Mrs Davis ON Fair
view avenue, Danbury, built by A. II.
Senior, is being painted by C. E. Senior.
1t is expected that St. Thomas church
will be ready for service, next Sunday.
The painting is being done by C. E. Sem
ior. Nearly all the putty was off the
sashes and there was hardly enough to
keep the glass in place.
G. E. Seniors paint store has been
greatly improved by the l2-foot addition
recently built.
New signs have been painted ON John
Reid's paper box factory.
A Danbury painter and paper hanger,
w. L. Carter, a former employee of Tay-
lor & Crawford, worked for G. E. Senior
10 days and then left for New York, say
ing that he was to take his wife there and
hac nj
his wife. who has been married four
years and has three children, has given
the case to the police. She has no mon
ey and no food.
Work is good at w. S. Wortman's
stitching shop.
Many of the men at Cole 81 Ambler's
are interested in the new town of Marion,
Ind, ''the marvellous city of gas, coal
and OIL and number of shares of the
stock are owned here.
No excursion will be given by the
Knights of Honor. Labor day.
w. E. Stevens, under whose charge the
new rock plaster is being put ON the
house of William Gilbert, was former
resident of Bethel
1t has been decided by the committee
in charge of the memorial monument for
the village cemetery that the design sub
mitted by Miller & Luce of West Quincy
shall be accepted and details were to
have been arranged, this week. The de-
sign is for monument IA feet inches
high, with base 60 by z feet. 1t will
probably be of Sowhegan granite, partly
rough cut, and polished only on the pam
els at front and back and the motto at
the top. On the front, it will bear the
inscription, directed by the people of
Bethel as memorial of the soldiers of
the town who lost their lives in defend
ing the Union in the war of the Rebellion,
1S61-1s65." Above this will be the eagle
and emblems, with motto Union and
Liberty and the State coat of arms.
The eagle at the top and the soldiers
equipments at the bottom of the shaft
will be brought out in bold relief. On
the rear will be cut the names of the
Bethel soldiers who, dying on the battle
field or in camp, aae buried far from
home or in unknown cemeteries. These
names are now on memorial board in
the cemetery and the monument will
stand on this site, near the entrance of
the cemetery, facing north. The grounds
will be graded and terraced, under di-
rection of the committee, Henry A. Gil
bert, Charles Bailey, Arthur S. Judd.
The cost will be, possibly, $4,000 for the
monument and grading. OF this, $1,000
was appropriated by the town some little
time ago and the rest will be obtained by
popular subscription. The movement for
soldiers monument in Bethel has been
on foot for years, but is now in compe-
tent hands and will be pushed to compile
ton at once.
G. A. Durant has bought horse.
Bethei's supply of water is low, but
water commissioners say that there is
no immediate danger of water famine,
provided the people exercise proper econ
omy in the use of the water. Their re-
cent manifesto was issued to manufac-
turers and families to save the supply,
that hat shops may not be cut short when
the busy season comes. The daily con-
of water in Bethel has been es-
bimated at 100000 gallons, though care
full computations show that 100000 gall
Ions should be amply sufficient. The res
sryoir, which has nominal capacity of
Loo, 000. 900 gallons, is rather more thana
third full, but the sources of supply are