The Newtown bee., 1893-09-22

All who wish to become voters in the town of Bethel, should present them selves at the Town hall tomorrow be- tween the hours of 9 a. m., and p. m. Misses Maggie and Ella Wixted have returned from visit to the Worlds fair.
 Mir and Mrs John P. Coltman are vis- iting friends in Westfield, Mass.
 The ladies' foreign missionary society of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs George R. Osborne on Greenwood avenue, and reorganizead1 for their winter work. A new set of officers were also elected.
 The new road around the reserviOr has been completed and accepted by the Danbury authorities, in which town 1t is situated.
 The Sunday school of the Congrega- tional church. is making arrangements for an entertainment to be given some time, next week.
 All members of Wooster council No. 2S, O. U. A. M., should bear in mind the open meeting to be held on Monday even- ing next, and make arrangements to be there, and also all Americans who have the interest of their country at heart should be there too, and bring their families
 The Eagle guard are rehearsing for the minstrel entertainment which they in- tend giving soon in Nichols opera house.
 It is expected that Grand Chancellor l.. F. Martin of New Haven will visit Putnam lodge, Knights of Pytheas, of this place on Monday evening next. A full attendance of the members is re- quesCed.
 The intermission at noon in the public schools of this place, has been length ened by l5 minutes; the afternoon ses- sion now beginning at l.15 o'clock.
 Frederick Whitney of Oregon is spend ing few weeks in town visiting at his old home on Grassy Plain street.
 The ladies' sewing chapter of St Ihom- as church have resumed their work after few weeks of inaction. They meet every Thursday afternoon at the parish house, and ask all who are interested in the work of their department to attend and lend hand.
 There were quite a number from this place in attendance at the teachers meeting, which was held in the Metho- dist church, Redding Center, last We'd nesday afternoon.
 George G. Durant is having a fence built the length of the new street he has recently had opened up on his new pro- perty, north of the depot.
 Charles Leppert has been confined to
 
 days, by illness.
 The foundation for Charles Shermans new house on Beaver street has been completed. Contractor E. T. Andrews had charge of the work.
 George A. Kinner and family have re- turned from a visit to the Worlds fair.
 Mrs Joseph Banks is spending few months in Chicago and Cleveland.
 Mrs Julia Beard has had large new monument erected on her plot in the Center cemetery.
 pr Florence Sherman of New York City has visited her father, William W. Sherman, at Depot place.
 Henry Osborne is cutting down the lot east of his house on Elm street, and when done he will erect there on a new building, which it is reported will be oc- cupied by D. k. Hull, the harness maker.
 William Trowbridge is very ill at his home on Chestnut street with typhoid fever.
 The Sunday evening services at St Thomas church, now commence at o'clock instead of 7.30,as formerly.
 John Bicheny has moved his family from Prospect street into A. H. Di- mond's tenement house, on Hoyt's Hill street.
 The infant child of Mir and Mrs | Charles Comstock died, last week, and was buried Friday, September l5. Hobart c. Fairchild of Bridgeport was in town a few days, last week. Ernest J. Bell has moved his family into one of William kyle's cottages on Oakland Farm.
 Mrs Thomas A. Evans, who has been quite i'll with typhoid fever, is now on the road to recovery. Starr c. Barnum, whose goods and store were damaged by fire short time since, has received new new stock of goods. He has made a reduction from his former prices and will sell strictly for cash.
 Postmaster Andrew L. Benedict has been confined to his house for the past two weeks, by illness.
 D. R. Van Riper is paving his bakery at Fountain Place repainted. Frank Staples is doing the work.
 Last week Thursday, as Bolivel Knowles and wife were driving on Grand street, their horse become unman- ageable, and in turning the corner into Dimond avenue, overturned the carriage. spilling out the occupants. The horse ran nearly the length of Dimond avenue when he turned up into some open lot and started back again, when he was caught in hedge in the rear of WaDer tons place on High street. The carriag' was badly wrecked. but MT and MT Knowles escaped with shaking up.