The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09

Mrs Robert Russell and Miss Alice Curtis are visiting in Merwinsvlle. Rev Joel 5. Ives and two children have gone to Chicago for a two-week's visit. Newton Lewis of Jamaica, l.. l., visit ed his home on Memorial day. E. c. Lyon and sister of Danbury spent Sunday with E R Siliman. There was large audience present at the Congregational church, Sunday even- ening, at the children's day exercises. | Mrs Brown sang. | Miss Floy Allen has returned from a | three-month's visit to Chicago. The town is rapidly filling up with Italians, who will be employed on the
 railroad improvement. William Holmes and wife are rejoicing 1 in the advent of a baby girl. | Frank Beers and wife have an addition | to their household of baby boy. Fred WilcoXson and wife are visiting
 friends in Washington. | Mrs H. NJ. Lay of Mt Vernon, the wid-
 ow of we'll known artist, is occupying
 her summer house at Putney. The Boards of Huntington received
 another carload of stock, last week. MT and Mrs Jones, who have been wis. 1 iting Mrs Jones mother, Mrs George
 Fox, have returned to New York. The Methodist church was crowded,
 Sunday evening, at the children's day | exercises.
 Dr Carroll of Milford has purchased 3 | building lot near East Broadway. | AMinott Smiths hotel will be opened
 about July l.
 Principal Chaffee is to occupy the Cur
 tiss house on East Broadway. l The Maple drum corps have had sever
 al offers of engagements for July 4. 1 Russell Thompson of New Haven spent
 Sunday with his sister, Mrs Judson. | Work is progressing rapidly on Mi 1 Todd's new house. I Will Fryer leaves the employ of l.. H I Todd & Co.,, this week. He will probab
 ly go to Bridgeport. Mir Hughes has recently placed very
 handsome granite tablets at the grave o1
 Guy Hand and wife and Miss Emma Coe
 in Union cemetery. He has also placed
 an elaborate marble tablet at the grave
 of the late Mrs Walker in the Congrega. l tional cemetery. I The Eagles brought home majority
 of the prizes eontended for at Seaside
 park, last week, between the Bridgeport
 high school club and themselves. Their
 score was 63 points to their opponents 47
 Two of the Italians working at the gravel pit were badly hurt while unload ing the small cars and engine which the contractors will use in their work for the
 railroad company. Dr Lewis attends the injured men, and sent one to the Bridge 1 port hospital and the other to his board ing place.
 Miss Lottie Baldwin and c. F. Tabor
 were married at the Congregational par
 sonage by Rev J. s. Ives, last week. Mr Appleyard and family have return
 ed from Chicago.
 The Methodist Union, Bridgeport met
 in the Methodist church here, Thursday
 evening.
 The meeting of the alumni of the grad.
 ed school, has been postpon ed till June
 2S.
 Quite number of the Y. P. s. e. E
 members went to Nichols, Tuesday even ing, to attend meeting in the church there.
 A Pole working for D. c. Wood. at his mill, had finger taken off by buzz
 saw, on Monday. l MT Kennedy, one of the railroad ifn- l provement contractors, is to occupy the house in which ". Wilcox has recently 1 lived.
 The truck company held it's regular
 meeting, Tuesday evening The annual meeting of the Veterans association, will be held Saturday even l ing.
 Sunday next will be observed by the Odd Fellows as Decoration day. Hon Chauncy Depew was invited to attend the flag raising at Putney school house. on Decoration day, but declined accepting the invition in neat letter of l thanks, to Miss Olive Wells.