The Newtown bee., 1891-07-03

i'll Pike, last week, tried before Justice
Wells and found guilty. Mr. Jones paid
costs of $21 Is, besides Sc Is for Ii
cense for year.
Wheeler & Furniss have been in IVES
ton, tin-roofing house which Perry &
Sons are building for Charles Parsons.
A platform has been built in front of
the store of Woodward & Spicer.
Alexander Washington is carting lum-
Der from Bridgeport for c. Buckingham's
new house.
James w. Dalling and wife have NOV
ed from Simon Banks's house to the Pine
building.
E. l.. Gregory has bought horse of
Mrs Buckley of Mill hill.
Besides his duties as general selling
agent of the Green's Farms creamery, E.
L. Gregory spends a day or two each
week, for the present, at his old position
as bookkeeper for G. O. Jellitf 81 Co.
Mrs w. T. Northrop and Mr. and Mrs
E. Baker attended the funeral of her
aunt, Mrs Rilla Baker, at New y ork Sat
urday afternoon. Mrs Baker was 90
years old, had been sick for some time
and died from old age. She had enjoyed
unusually good health for one of her adj
vanced age and had been active and Wig
orous. She was we'll known here, and a
sister is buried in the old cemetery at
Green's Farms. Her husband has been
dead for many years and she leaves a
number Of children in New York.
The frame of the Chambers house was
raised, early this week, by Northrop
Brothers.
Not satisfied with doing a goodly share
of the plumbing hereabouts, Woodward
& Spicer have taken a contract in Bridge
port. They are plumbing and fitting for
gas the house of C. III. Cole of West End {;
the house is being built by Mills & Allen.
G. F. Nickel and family of Bridgeport
spent Sunday with j. E. Spicer.
NJ. V. Woodward and wife spent Sum
day in New York.
Semi-annual election of officers by Con-
gregational Y. P. S. C. E., this week
Friday night.
Prayer meeting of the Y. 2. S. G. E. at
Miss Emma Wakeman's, Thursday of
this week.
Station Agent Purdy has made brief
visit at his old home in Sing Sing, n. Y,
his mother and aunt, Mrs Hyatt, return
ing with him.
Daniel Darling Whitney and family of
Brooklyn are at Miss Smiths for the
Summer.
E.B. Monroe has come to Southport
for the Summer.
The iron for the bridge at the Elwood
crossing arrived. last week, ready to put
up on Sunday.
Southport national bank has declared
its regular semi-annual dividend OF pei
cent, payable July /.
Dr. Osborn has been at Norfolk, Conn.,.
with his family.
Drs Durham and Wright were called,
last week Wednesday, to attend josiah
Hawkins, whose horses ran with now
ing machine while he stood on the pole
fixing the harness. He was thrown II
front of the knives and had two fingers
on his left hand cut off, another finger OF
the same hand and the palm of the left
hand lacerated and his right arm injured
The annual report of Matilda M. Sher
wood. treasurer of the Sasquanaug asso
citation. shows $197 "a on hand June 10
1890, and yearly receipts of Sails 40
making the available cash of the veal
s2646 ii. OF this amount. $40 90 wal
still on hand June 10, 1891, the largestex
pense of the year having been Sl674 q
for the stone walks the care and light
ing of lamps cost s21s % and oil ST OF
Of the receipts, 1925 46 are credited t
the account Of the stone walk; sSl2 y
to the famous festival of Pequot council
last summer; 1924 % to the harvest sup