The Newtown bee., 1893-05-19

The party at Mrs Burr's new barn, last Wednesday evening, passed off pleasant ly. About so were present. Twenty couple came from Bridgeport to enjoy the music and dancing, with refresh ments to begule the evening hours.
 Mrs William Knapp leaves her old home on Thursday to reside at No. 517 Fairfield avenue, Bridgeport.
 Mir Brady is moving and fitting up new fish market, and expects to keep, besides, an assortment of vegetables and fruit. He has pine apples now in his win dow.
 John Nichols has sold three acres of land at the beach to MT Rowland, for $500.
 Lewis Smith, the mason, has put up new chimney from the foundation, and Mir Smith, the carpenter, is making re- pairs on the house of Mrs Charles Thorp.
 Mrs Joseph Sturges has visited her sister in Forestville.
 The cherry trees are in full bloom and the busy BEE is getting the sweet nec- tar.
 There will be vestry meeting at Mir kingsbury's, Thursday evening.
 Oak Lawn cemetery, with it's renewed verdure is looking nicely, and many graves are decorated with flowers, en- blems Of the resurrection to a new life.
 Arthur H. Sherwood of Mill Hill, is building an addition to his house, by a bay window with southern exposure, for numerous plants cultivated.
 Arbor day was not observed at the Mid dle district school, the grounds having been we'll stocked with trees and shrubs on previous seasons. The girls said it was no use to plant flowers as the cattle were turned in in vacation time and de- stroyed them all.
 The planting of crops goes on very slowly, owing to the moisture in the ground.
 The Peterson house has been framed. The work is going on rapidly. When finished it will be quite an addition to Mechanics street. A telephone has been put into the | Wetherbee residence.
 Ambrose Wilson left Mir Betts's employ, this week, to the great regret of the many patrons of the store. His place is filled by Baldwin Jensen, former en- ploye.
 | After long rest, the carpenters have again taken hold of the parochal resid- ence and are rushing it on to completion. It will be a fine addition to the street Rev Mir James, secretary of the Cor necticut Temperance Union, addressed the 1 people of the village in the new church on Sunday evening. He is rousing speaker and we hope his words may have a good effect.
 The fine team of young and spirited horses lately purchased by MT Belts, in dulged in lively runaway on Tuesday afternoon. They started from the rear of the store and were stopped near the rectory. Neither wagon nor horses re- ceiving any injury. Considerable comment is being heard, on the large Sunday traffic in drinkables at two places in the village. A third place, a residence, disposes of consider able cider on the same day. | The Craig house is being frightened up by another painting. | Miss Della Thorp is at her home. Some of the old residents will be sorry to hear that Mrs Fanny A. Beers, (for- merly Fanny Dimon), is quite i'll at St Luke's hospital, New York, with proba- ply an incurable disease. She has resid- ed many years in New Orleans. The Peterson house will be pretty little cottage when finished. It is already enclosed.
 The grounds and walks about the St Marc are in fine condition. Allie Riker, who slipped and injured