The Newtown bee., 1893-02-03

The members of St Thomas society will give an entertainment in Nichols opera house on the evening of February 9 and 10, for the benefit of the church choir. Further particulars will be given later.
 The Eureka Hook and Ladder Co.,, at a recent meeting, decided to procure new uniforms throughout. They have order ed them and expect to be able to look as fine as pcacocks very shortly.
 A number of yOun 2 men, members of one class in St Thomas Sunday school, attended the temperance lecture in Dan- bury Sunday afternoon.
 Patrick Dolan has b cen engaged in filling in his lots at the end of Grassy. Plain street, during the past week. An infant child of John F. Nichols, who has been very ill with lung fever, is now on the way to recovery. Miss Mary E. Stebbins, who has been spending several weeks with relations in New Haven, has returned.
 After an illness of but very few days, Mrs Elmer Treadwell died at her home on Elizabeth street, Friday, Janua- ry 20,aged 26 years. The funeral was at- | tended from the house, Sunday morning, at 9.30 o'clock, Rev Mir Morrell officiat- | ing. The remains were taken to Lyons Plain for interment. The deceased leaves husband and one child, an infant about three or four weeks old, to mourn her death, which was caused by peritonitis. | Two colored boys and two white boys became engaged in quarrel, last Satur- l day night on Greenwood avenue, which 1 resulted in one of the combatants by the name of Thompson being stabbed in the back. Better stop right where you are | boys! Such deeds are not an honor to the town. Neither by such criminal means 1 will your own honor be vindicated. | George F.O'Dell formerly of this town, was in town Tuesday and Wednesday,.
 He is a salesman for large cracker firm in New York city.
 Frank w. Mackenzie, of the firm Of Andrews, Mackenzie < Co.,, was in New
 | ork yesterday,ou business for the firm. Following is list of the letters which remain uncalled for at the Bethel post office: Gussie Da ling, James McHan, lJ.T.Lynch, Samuel Smith, l.. Wood
 and Mrs Nell Wood. Any one calling for any of the above letters will please say "advertised."
 Hanna, the tea merchant, who former
 ly occupied the store now occupied by
 the Bethel pharmacy, will soon occupy
 the store recently vacated by w. T. Mas.
 son the jeweler.
 Mrs Middlebrook, who has been holding
 a school of instruction in elocution anC
 physical culture in the Town hallfor the
 past few months, gave a reception in the
 Knights of Honor hall on Tuesday even
 ing week, to which the public was invited to be present. The object Mrs Middle brook had in view was to make the pub lie better acquainted with her work anc of interesting greater number than al present in it.
 The Philo May concert company O Boston will appear at Nichols opera house on the evening of Friday, ,Februarl
 3,under the auspices Of the Bethel higf school. This is the second appearance of this company, (which is made up O the following members: Philo May, Mar.
 Raymond, Wilber McColl, and Louis | Miller) in this town. .and they should ant i doubtless will be, literally patronized / more especially as the concer
 is to be given for the high school. Re . served seat tickets can be procured in ad f vance at A. w. Twiss' drug store. Four a tain place.
 t Leroy Hickok who has been on a tri
 through the west in the interest of G
 H. Hickok & Co.,, has returned. S Mrs c. NJ. Boughton spent Sunda with friends in Newtown.