The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
BETHEL.

John Kyle is quite sick with typhoid
fever.
william Bennett has Il little girl quite
sick with pneumonia.
The Sunday schools are preparing for
Christmas. The Methodists are to have
II cantata entitled 1.-The Good Ola
Candy Man The C"ngregationalSLs
are preparing a program. Both will
have their exercises, Christmas Eve.
Laura Baird, who has been quite sick
with dipiIthrria, is 1t little better.
William Sherman has been making re-
pairs about his place.
The two new cottages of Willie Kyle
Oh Oakland farm are nearly completed.
The monument committee cleared be-
tween $50 and $40 at their entertain
ments, last week.
Edwin Gridley, an old soldier, has
started store in the IIubbeIl block. He
j. a stranger here. is well pleased " it'll
Bethel and its people and would he
pleased to see more OF them.
An amusing incident occurred, this
week: ~ man living IL short distance
from the depot was asked to harness IL
neighbours horse. He said he would.
The barn is quite distance from the
house and, when he came back, ne had
Rho hnrst. apf,t M
He had seen the horse he was to harness
for years and did not notice the differ
ence between chestnut aud bay.
II. w. Lyon, who has been raising his
house, has it nearly completed.
Some of our merchants are preparing
for Christmas and have decorated their
windows handsomely. q. III. Cole has
one window full of Christmas cards of
every kind. The other window is filled
with toys and everything that will
please the children. ID. T.. VanRiper
has one window tastefullv arranged
with dolls and the other with Christmas
tree decorations. ). ). Owen has one
window filled with crockery and other
useful thugs, while in the other is ii
large rocking horse and other toys. Ii
is hoped that Others will fall in line, AS
this is pretty and appropriate custom.
The Daughters of Liberty celebrated
their first anniversary, Wednesday even
ing. 10Th. Quite number of speakers
from out of town were present.
The borough officials are having the
top scraped off the road Oh Center street
and Greenwood avenue.
Tracey Bros. hat factory at Beaver
Brook was burned, Sunday night; loss
$1,000, insurance $1,000.
Mary E., Gaugh4er of Mrs George Ii.
Nichols, died of diphtheria, last week
Thursday.
John Dwyer found To his cost, last Fri
day, that it does not pay to catch II ride.
lie jumped Oh the tail end of II wagon
while on his way home from school and,
becoming wedged between the wagon
box End wheel, was unconscious and
badly bruised when discovered and the
wheel taken off to release him.
Mrs Horace Wheeler has had to battle
with fire twice, this week. Tie passing
engines threw out sparks and set fire to
the dry grass near the house. This
should induce the railroad to put screens
"ii their engines, as the sparks fly con-
tinuouSly and almost every day set fire
TO some swamp or meadow by the side
of the track. Another thing, against
which "A petition with hundreds of sign.
ers has been sent to Col Stevenson. is
the blocking up of the highway, some
times for ID or 20 minutes, causing many
pedestrians and teams To wait.
Joseph Hampson, ali Englishman, I'M
til recently with A. Il. Lockwood, has
rented the store at the back Of the opera
house and started Il shoe shop.
Frank Bartram entertained few
friends at his home on Maple avenue,
Monday, l4th, the raising of his new
house ON Andrews street. Thomas Red
ford and James Tanning entertained the
company acceprahly with several violin
solos.