The Newtown bee., 1893-03-03
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1 ity of the snow storm which prevailed on that occasion.
 | Another death from scarlet fever oc- cured in Plumtrees, last week Thursday. | This victim was the fourTear-old son of Mrs Laura Van Scoy. The question of the amending of the borough charter of Bethel came up in the House of Representatives in Hartford yesterday, for argument. Mayor A. H. Dimond was out of town, Tuesday, on business. Powell A. Roberts of this town has procured through the agency of A. M. I Wooster of Bridgeport a patent for de- vice for holding tickets on a hat rack in 1 factories. It is a sort of spring clasp l which can be adjusted to any part of the rack. It will fill a long felt want and save much inconvenience and should meet with ready and large sales.
 Fairchild Ferry and William G. Smith have disposed of their drug business in Brooklyn, N. r., which they have con- ducted in partnership for about year. Mir Ferry has been spending a few days at his fathers home on Greenwood ave- nue, but they expect to open another store in short time in another part of | the city and on a somewhat larger scale than before. Both of the young men are we'll known here and we of course wish them great success in their business. Willie Dauchey is assisting Postmaster Benedict in the postoffice for while. | Herbert Kinner, who is attending the New ' ork College of Pharmacy, spent Sunday at his home on Grand street. Mrs Ward White, formerly of this town, is suing her husband for divorce, with alimony. She first had him arrest ed for non-support but the case was drop ped and the divorce proceeding institut- | ed.
 Selectman Arthur $. Judd has received several boxes of nice oranges from the orange grove near where he was visiting last winter. He disposed of them about town at S3 per box.
 Mrs Dr May and sons Robert and Paul, have been spending two or three weeks visiting friends in Middletown. l Frederick H. Russell moved his family Saturday last into his new house which he has had built on Fleetwood avenue.
 Richmond Brothers have visited Bak- CTS furniture warehouse at Hawleyville and purchased a new outfit of office fur niture.
 I Messrs Peterson & Westman, grocers, have moved their business into the store l formerly occupied by Oscar Seriber in I the Town hall building which gives them much more room than the quarters they I have been occupying since the great fire, l last fall. A. B. Hopkins, the painter and paper hanger, has moved his business in- to the store vacated by them. Eugene Schoonmaker of Ansonia has been the guest of his parents, Mir and
 Mrs Amos $. Sehoonmaker on Golden Hill. the past few days. Mrs Ignes Buzzer of Grassy Plain street has been quite dangerously ill with an attack of pneumonia.
 Rufus Crane has moved his family from the house he has occupied on the Plumtrees road. to Elm street. Lost, sportion of the Danbury and Bethel street railway track. between the Consolidated railroad and Fountain place. The person or persons finding the same will please leave it where they find it.
 Albert Hickok, who has been very dam gerously i'll, we are glad to report is;still gaining strength. He is now able to ride out.
 George O. Miller is confined to his house by severe attack of rheumatism. s~n------
 POINTERS FOR HoUSEKEEPERS.
 New line of Oak and Ash Chamber suits at l Taylor and McGran's this week, call and ssee l them.
 Big bargains in oranges, 24 for a5c, Havana's livery sweet IS and 25 cents dozen, choicest Florida's 40 cents dozen, at E. E. Hawley's l Choice new mackerel F cents pound, sal mon trout F cents pound, extra bloater mack erel, whole codfish, extra fine herring choic est 15 pound pails P cents also IA barrels etc. at E. E. HawIey's-
 Those long clan1s are going very fast at 10 ( Haw1ey's.
 New spring cilambrys, girghams, cali os dress goods also. prom nghams with Tor der, at E. F. Flaw Icy g.