The Newtown bee., 1893-02-24
SHELTON.

F. A. Bushnell of New Haven has been engaged as bookkeeper at the Der by silver company7s factory.
 The friends of Mrs Silas o. Dwinnell called on her on the evening of her birth day and presented her with an easy chair.
 Francis Devlin has purchased lot of Horace Wheeler on North Park street and will build d home thereon.
 The borough board held meeting on Saturday evening to audit the accounts for the year.
 The borough election will take place on meet, next Monday evening, to complete and perfect the voting list.
 Workmen in digging to set a telephone pole, found the frost over four feet in depth.
 The second iron span on the railroad bridge will soon be in position. There are several cases of importance from this place to come before the crim- inal term of the superior court in Bridgeport. Matthew Mark, for keeping house of ill fame; Philip Kendrick for criminal assault; William Randall for burglary; John J. Hadlow for embez- clement, two infOrmations, and Mrs John Hawley for murder, though it is under stood that the latter will be deferred un- l til after the hearing on her husbands ap- peal.
 Patrick Hennessy, while in the saloon of John H. Donovan, Thursday night, got into scuffie and in the meleee he | fell and broke his leg and was taken to the New Haven hospital. The ladies of tue Methodist church gave supper in the Town hall, Wednes' day evening, in honor of Washington's birthday.
 The free library is very much appreci- ated by the public and up to Friday last, I little more than two weeks, about 300 books had been given out. Fiction is drawn on very extensively. i Miss Annie Beard has left the employ of/J. Burkhardt & Co.,, as bookkeeper and will take a course of lessons in steno- graphy. Miss Bessie Hart takes her place | in the store.
 The weekly prayer and conference meeting of the Congregational church | I1p1I 1I-F oI- f ,,f Joseph NJ. Beach. There was not large attendance, but a pleasant meeting.
 The Birmingham corset company are fitting up their new factory with new machinery and expect to move in about March l.
 John Moore is suffering from a broken collar bone, the result of fall on the ice.
 Rev J. J. Cooper held meetings the past week for several evenings, and there has been a good degree of religious inter- est manifested.
 Arthur C. Turner and Miss Minnie NJ 1 kOpp were married in New Haven. last | Thursday. Mir Turner is the young man who was recently arrested and tried for d nliiioi iCuldlt ItOIl i1tE IltJiDt and the friends on both sides mutually arranged this mode of settlement. Town Clerk TomlinsOn went to Hart fore, last Wednesday. at the request oi Bridgeport gentlemen, to appear before the committee on education in favor oi the normal school at that city.
 John Hawley, who was convicted o1 the murder of Mary Munson, is reported to be very low and not expected to live
 A number of the Episcopalians of thi
 place gathered in the Town hall, las
 Wednesday evening, and a committee
 was appointed for the purpose of select
 ing site for chu ch. Charles c Burr, John H. Barlow and others a:t members of tue committee. The Shelton city fathers held their las
 meeting on Tuesday evening of las
 week and did much towards closing ul
 the business of the year. An additiona $100 was voted to the wardens salar, and $25 to that of the clerk.