The Newtown bee., 1893-01-20
HAPPY CUPHEAGS.

The Cupheags had disagreeable night for their annual ball, but goodly num- per were present and all report splen- lid time. They are arranging for mas querade ball, to be given early in Febru- ary.
 The railroad company have had par " of surveyors running lines through the center of the town preparatory to the work of four-tracking the road.
 Minott Smith and Stiles Juds"n are to open new road from the Ferry road to the river, on the line which divides their respective properties.
 The sleighing is fine on the air line road to Bridgeport and those who have good horses and sieighs are improving it. It requires very careful attention however, from the drivers, to keep their best girls from freezing to death.
 Letters from Prof Bartley, received by friends in town, speak in the highest terms of his new position at Maiden, Mass.
 James Golden has an addition to his family of a nine-pound boy.
 Mrs Thompson, mother of Mrs W. B WilcOXson, is seriously ill.
 The Cupheags held their annual elect ion of officers, Wednesday evening.
 The fire bell rang, Sunday evening, just at the beginning of the evening ser led many to believe serious fire was in progress near the light house. Many thought it was a large vessel on the Sound, but on Monday it was pretty gen. erally believed to be some building on the Long Island shore.
 Norman Amber has been quite ill.
 F. NJ. Hawley, past master of New Canaan grange, installed the newly elect ed officers of Housatonic grange, Satur- day evening. The usual spread" and social time followed the installation cer- emonies.
 Elliott J. Peck is seriously i'll at his residence.
 Rev and Mrs Cornwall are giving very pleasant "at homes' on the Tuesday evenings in January.
 Edward w. Buddington, the foreman of the Naugatuck ice company, who was killed by the cars at North Bridgeport, last week, was we'll known here.
 The granite works have received direct from Scotland, large granite monument for parties in Newtown.
 The board of relief have held their last session.
 Interesting revival meetings are being held in the Methodist church.
 Mrs Edgar Osborne is still very ill.
 Black duck are plentiful and our sports men sare having good luck in bagging them.
 Mrs Lewis Beardsley is i'll, threatened with pneumonia, and Mir Beardsley is down with the grip"
 A lodge from Milford assisted District Deputy Grand Master E. F. Hall in in- stalling the newly elected officers of Evening Star Daughters of Rebecca, Wednesday evening.
 Mrs Brown is expected to sing in the Congregational church, next Sunday.
 Mrs Elizabeth F., daughter of Eli c. Hawley of Nichols, died at hospital in New York last week, aged 3S years. Rev Joel s. Ives conducted the funeral ser vices at her late residence in Bridgeport and her remains were taken to Nichols for burial. She was we'll known in town
 Our telephone conveniences will be greatly abridged, owing to the increased rentals asked for by the telephone com pany.
 One or two cases of measles are re- ported in the lower part of the town.
 Bedell Benjamin and wife are in New York.
 Mrs Capt John Miller has been visiting friends in New York.
 The Down Town Euchre club held their first meeting this winter at the res idence of MT and Mrs E. R. Silliman, Tuesday evening, on Stratford avenue.