The Newtown bee., 1893-10-20

 from getting to Bridgeport, at suitable hour for business, and the probable eX- tra amount of wading through sand and mud, to get to the railroad station at US present location, detracts for the present time from the many attractions when the town offers as a residence. For elght months in the year it is the pleasanGest place to be found; for the other four the least said the better. With electric cars, electric lights, public water and side walks, all of which are sure to come in the near future, the equal of this place for a residence the year around Will De very difficult to find.
 David l.. Rhoades is enjoying the sights at Chicago. The next best thing to go- ing yourself will be to listen to his graph c rectals of what he saw, alter he re- turns.
 W. H. Fryer is now living in the Cal win Curtis house on King street.
 B. H. Merrick and family are now oc- cupying their reconstructed house.
 R. H. Russell is chairman and A. Will coxson secretary of the newly elected board of school visitors.
 District Deputy NJ. W: F. $. Stevens visited St Johns lodge, F. A. M ,on Mon day evening. A number of visiting breth- ren were present and after the meeting an elaborate collation. was served. St Johns lodge enjoys the reputation of be- l ing exceedingly well up in the work and also of being first class entertainers.
 MT and Mrs Charles Wolf celebrated their silver wedding, Monday evening.
 We have now two opposition news of fees, both doing their best to get the custom of the people.
 Mvorl hoe hnn, ro1nivn6 of inc CpTiOuS illness of Henry Curtis, a former Strat- ford boy, now in business in New York. He is a brother to Charles E. and Robert W. Curtis, well known toWnspeOple.
 Miss Lewis of Jamaica is visiting Mrs Frank Thompson.
 Charles Coon of Binghampton, N. G., has visited friends in town.
 Mrs Dunbar and Miss Fairchild are at Chicago.
 Lighthouse Keeper Judson drives a new horse.
 Mir and Mrs William Bartram and child of Western New Nork, have been visiting his parents, Mir and Mrs George Bartram.
 T. B. Fairchild has found in the attic of one of our old houses, a crackle at least 100 years old, used in old times for breaking flax. He presented it to the . Fairfield county historical society. The Lundys Lane Baptist church was crowded, Sunday afternoon, at the enter tainment given by the Sunday school Ly- ceum, connected with the church. Rev Mir ShackeltOn made an address and sing } ing, readings and declamations made up very attractive program. The young ladies missionary circle and
 the womans' foreign missionary society
 .i,,,,, in
 room of the Methodist church, Saturday
 afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock.
 Our colored citizens are making great Q preparations for a concert to be given in l Town hall, November g. l Mir and Mrs o. B. Sterling celebrated s the 25th anniversary of their marriage,
 last Saturday. Many friends from this and adjoining towns were present.
 John w. Beach is slowly improving. MT and Mrs J. II. Blakeman are visit ing Chicago.
 8 MT and Mrs Frank Curtis are the hap @ py parents of twins.
 One of the twin children of George
 Skaats, of lower Main street, died Satur'
 day, aged II months. Funeral services were held on Sunday. t Husbandman's night was celebrated ir
 
 ;, Saturday evening.
 . The railroad company is moving the
 old freight station to a point east of the present passenger station.
 Burr Curtis is moving the old Fairchilc
 house to Capt Plumb's lot on Elm street The house lately occupied by Judge
 Robert Russell will be moved also to Eln e street, very soon, to make room for the c new public library.
 e MT Tomlinson, the cornet player, as 7. sisted the choir of the Congregations : church, at the Sunday services. , J. K. Thomas and George E. Chevel
 went to Hartford, Tuesday, as represent Il atives from Pequonnock council, O. l., e A. M., to the state convention. e Dr George Lewis has been quite i'll . with malarial fever, but is now able t' =, attend to his rapidly growing practice. n James Sanford, the milkman, is build ing a new house on Long Brook avenue
 George Tomlnson of Oronoque is con
 fined to his house with a broken jaw . caused by being thrown from his buggy '' while driving in Easton. He was driving
 a new horse, which suddenly shied ant
 threw him out, causing the accident.
 Mrs Andrews and her daughter are wis
 ting friends in New Haven.
 E.J. Bond has gone to Florida to re
 main till spring.
 l. The small building next to l.. Il. Todt ?. & Co.'s store, which is occupied as sho' Ie shop, took fire few evenings since, iron 's an exploding lamp. Happening so earll n in the evening there was plenty of hell IT about to put out the flames. If the acci T. dent had occurred few hours later, aa very different result might have beei d brought about.
 le E. R. Siliman and family will remove 5f to Bridgeport for the winter about No D. vember l.
 V Herbert Judson of Terryvlle spen c. Sunday with friends in town. ld The Chautauqua circle met with Mis e. Lottie Lillingston, Tuesday evening. a. Observer Cox of New Haven telegraph d ed Postmaster Spall, last week, of tn m approaching storm, asking him to notif ,e ail interested. This is the first time rs special dispatch has been sent to the post s, master concerning approaching storms x The agent of the Humane societ ut might find occasion for complaint, if h IT. 1T. would look after some of the teams tha h. are working on the railroad improvement " The Stratford boys who went to Bridge port on Saturday to play football wer
 beaten by score of 20 too. 4. ~~x----~rm