The Newtown bee., 1893-03-24

conStableS were also elected.
 At a special meeting of the borough board held, last Saturday evening, Eulie N. Tolles and Frank H. Hotchkiss, on recommendation of Echo hose company, were unanimously appointed respective ly chief engineer aud assistant, of the Shelton fire department. William H. Jones has sold to K. Hitch cock his house and lot on Cornell street and Home avenue. The latter will make some improvements thereon.
 Several of our citizens were caught in the North American endowment associa- tion. The inducement was held out to them that if they would pay s a month for seven years they would re- ceive 5000 at the end of that time. Most of them had paid in for one year and nine months when the institution col | lapsed.
 | Rev k. Evans preached for the Con- gregational church, last Sunday, at Me chanics hall, which was well filled. Sunday Rev Robert Patton of Yale divin- ity school, will preach.
 Roger sherman council keep the stars and stripes flying from the mast head ov- CT their hall every day in the year. The present flag having become worn and de- lapidated by exposure to the weather, they have voted to procure 2 new one.
 Last Saturday afternoon one Of the road bridge fell from the top and broke both arms and one leg. He was taken to New Haven on the cars.
 The South End mission school will March 20.
 k. Beach Clark of Me1iden intends building two or threee cottages on his lots on the Bridgeport road, this season.
 The new iron span to the railroad bridge is nearly completed.
 Roger sherman council worked the second degree, at their last meeting.
 The Yale divinity colored students spoke and sang at the Baptist church, last Friday evening, to a crowded house. They are very interesting and endeavor in this way to obtain means to assist themselves in pursuing their studies.
 Miss Lizzie Burke has been elected sec retary and Mrs W. H. Main, treasurer, of incoln social temDla
 Arthur c. Booth has purchased the meat market of James c. Fields on Bridge street.
 William Holmes, Jr., expects to go to New York soon for the purpose of se- curing false limb.
 The Beardsley building company have the contract for putting up the brick block for Dr Ferguson,son the corner of Howe avenue and White street.
 The Derby union of the Y. F. s. c. K. meet, this evening, in the Methodist church.
 The officers of the local lodge A. o. U. w., are P. M. w., Charles Sloan; NJ. w., John Lampert; recorder, E. O. Hill.
 T. J. Chadeayne received scalp wound, while tearing down building, Mir and Mrs Thomas Newcomb went to Greenfield, last week, to attend the we'd ding of a relative.
 In the probate court, William Gaylord of Bristol was appointed executor on the estate of Harriet Coppock, who lately died here.
 James P. Neary has made application for the liquor license of John McCarty who is going out of the saloon business E. F. Cotter is going to raise and en large his building on Home avenue. An addition is to be made to the cottor mill.
 A young man from Ansonia by the name of Nichols hired a team of Timothy Donavan to be gone a few houIs. The next day Donovan found it in Seymoul in delapidated condition. The young man agreed to pay him at a certain time but failed to keep his promise and Dono van got out warrant for his arrest His parents then made a settlement o1 the affair.
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