The Newtown bee., 1893-03-31

will he closed for the greater part of the day. Get your mail early.
 Thomas Ryan of Monroe, Ct, paid a short visit to friends in town, last week.
 Miss Helen B. Fairchild has been con- fined to her home on Elm street for the past few days by severe cold.
 Andrew J. Halleck and men are en- gagged in building lime kiln in New Milford for c. E. Griffin of Danbury. Howard Beckett is confined to his home by an attack of pneumonia. Myron c. Schoonlnaker, of the firm of Burnes & Schoonmaker, was in New York City last Monday on business for the firm.
 Burnes tS Schoonmaker, who for the past few years have occupied the factory near Andrews, Mackenzie Co.,, on the line of the railroad, have moved their manufacturing equipments to the facto- ry, known as the "Willows," on West South street, which they have purchased. Their new factory will give them much more room than they had before and they expect to increase their production to large extent.
 Frank W. Mackenzie was in New York City on Monday. A. H. Dmond is having the new tene- ment house, he had built on Hoyt Hill, painted.
 | House cleaning time is near at hand and the thrifty house wife begins to make it uncomfortable for the ''other half"
 If one would see some nice blooming house plants just walk along Chestnut street and cast your eye up to Mrs Walk ker Ferry's conservatory, and there you will see that which will please it.
 Lady Jefferson council, No. POD. of L., gave an entertainment on Wednesday in their council chamber, corner of Chestnut and Center streets,to which they invited the members of Wooster council, No. 2S, o. U. A. M., with their wives and daugh- ters. The evening was passed ill very satisfactory manner to all who attended, and all who did not attend missed treat.
 Rev Isaac Emery of Bridgeport preach ed in the Town hall, last Sunday after noon at o'clock.
 Mrs Henry Timaners spent last Sun day with friends in Brooklyn N. Y. Henry Burr of the new hat firm of Leigh & Burr was home from Westerly R. l., over last Sunday.
 Tomorrow afternoon a baptismal ser. vice will be held at St Thomas chnrch al 3 o'clock. It is expected that 8 large number of infants and adults will be pre- sented to receive this the first sacrament of the church.
 The McGibney family are expected tc give a concert in Nichols opera house. some time in the near future.
 The Methodist and Congregations church societies will hold a union servict in the Methodist church on Good Friday (to-day) at Il o'clock. To-day Good Friday) services will bt held in St Thomas church, 10 30 in thu morning and at l o'clock in the after l noon. The afternoon service will be th' usual three hours service and the medi 3 tations and instructions at this servic, ? will be upon the last closing scenes 0 = our Savlours life.
 , Baird X Levy are now fully establish ed in their new hat factory, which the.
 have had erected on the site of the on
 burned, last fall. Their new factory i
 model of convenience and is so arrang ed that they can get out their goods witt much less trouble than before.
 Arthur H. Senior, the builder, is build r. ing new veranda on to the front part 0 ? his residence at Depot Place. f Charles W. Geer, the grocer, has clos |, ed up the store he has occupied in En l glish Brothers block. He has moves . his stock of goods to his house on Hick g ok avenue and will continue to suppl, s his customers from that place.
 A vast amount of sickness is reporte,
 all over town and the doctors are kep
 busy answering calls.