The Newtown bee., 1895-07-19
SHELTON.

1 THE BOROUGH AND -VICINITY.X4L 3ij Tie school committee held two meet4 jugs last week and elected D.. e, Brins5 made chairman and Horace Wheeler secretary" Under the new Arrangement of consolidation these duties, compared with the board of education are much in
 creased They have re-engag ged Principal Smith for the high school and for first assistant. Miss Jessie Brewster, gradu- ' ate of Vassar, who has taught in the
 school with the exception of last year, for several years.g Theygar expecting tto secure another college graduate for the terms of office by selecting Messrs Durand and Bennettsfor one year, Brins- I made and Booth for two years,-and ! Wheeler and Hawley for three years.
 l About a dozen members of the I. P. l s. c. B. went to Boston, last week, to attend the great gathering in that city. ! J. H. Carnall has been elected vice
 president of the knife grinders union.
 John A. and Fred c. Wilkinson are in 1 North Carolina to look, after the gold mine in which they are interested. fo 6t5 In the ball game between the Shelton and Danbury clubs the former was the victor. n, Tke infant child of William E.g g1yther died, last Wednesday, from cholera in- Chief Tomlinson will receive the state reward of $100 for apprehendlng and l bringing to trial and conviction the horse l thief, James Thompson, who was a resi- 1 dent of this place when he started out on
 his thieving tour. He received light sentence of two years in prison, where he
 will not be a novice, as he has been there 1 several times. fe. fg;.,, rrr,alt i foundations for the new block on the cor ner of Howe avenue and Center streetoe l. Someone broke into the residence of
 Mrs Martha J. Curtis, last week. while | the family were absent, but nothing of | value has been missed. It is thought l that local talent did the job. q The Metallic Bedstead Co. reports bus:
 mess prospects to be very good for the fall trade. sS2AAh@SA ss.abss sss Heavy showers passed over here, last Il I,Saturday afternoon, with some ail.-It became very dark so that lights had t, be
 used iD offices and stores. LIMA
 Chief Tomlinson went to Rhode Island. last Friday, and on Saturday captured in I Bristol one of the -Italians who it is, al legged murdered Thomas Laredo in Derby I two weeks ago. He seems to be very
 successful in hunting out evil doers.-- At the Congregational church, last
 Sunday evening, Miss Emerson of the
 American Missionary Association ad. dressed the people on the work of the so- Ieiety among the Indianss poor whites and Leolored race Ssgeaa s sSA sass.6~ al7'
 The Shelton baseball club were rejoic ing, Saturday night, over another victory I gained that afternoon over the club from Ansonia. s4 e,,syfa ,ss;,.f .5oJ toncf+7o,,
 l. The Silver Plate Cutlery Go. have
 started up with many orders and an nsdls ful urlr time. -...r aas ,,o
 The Congregational and Methodist Sunday schools were to unite, in 8 picnic
 to High Rock Grove, last Tuesday, but owing to the rain there was not 8 large
 attendance. About 175 left on astrain at
 9 o'clock.
 | At the Congregational church theyfirst
 Sunday insJuly, there were II who join led the church, e three on profession oi
 faith and eight by letter.
 The public library has received severa
 valuable works onsedueation in the diff
 ferent states in the Union.
 Postmaster Wheeler has received wor6
 from Washington that the office has beer
 raised to a third-class office with & salary O $500. The receipts for the last quarter have
 been nearly 5000. It seems to be conclusive ly proven that the people were right wher Hthey asked for a8postofice here and iron which they were deprived so long.