The Newtown bee., 1896-04-17


 Mrs Goodg is at Lehman pcct's, this week.
 Mr and Mrs Ives attended the funeral of little Marguerite FNther at Mir Wal drou'- in River di-trict. last Sunday.
 Miss Jane Fcun was with her aunt in Kew Milford part of last week
 MY KINGuoM FOR 4 HORSE.
 Everybody, that is, nearly everybody, i'd all who u4u make Hu exchange or buy, are Cumjng out with new horses, this spring. IiHy Squirrs is expected home to-day or to morrow with another ear load ut horses from the north, he hay- ing disposed of tn" last lot brought in a -hDrC time agr. others areuI4u bringing in horses which have beCn readily disbas- ed of. We notice u fine looking turnout being driven by II. Leroy Randall and family which WIS brought to town from Danbpry.
 Al thc republican ranrue held at Town hall, Saturday, April II, the following were chosen as delegates to attend the convention to be held Ht New Haven, next week: Hon A. B. Mygatt, W. Frank Kin ncv. Charles fl. Noble, Charles II. Os- born. Also for republican town commit tee for rhp next two years, William C. Green, Edwin J. EmmOns and George W. Anthony.
 C. II. Booth outdjd himself in arrang- ing his display window of millinery goods, this season. It is a work of art and bpaury and worth stopping to look 1t carefully. Only N suggestion of what going on in side, however, and MT Booth gives most cordial invitation not to stay outside looking in, but come in and see the rich display of goods he is showing for ehis seasons trade.
 The Consolidated road had 8 gang of WOrkmcn OH sunday last placing the new iron bridge over the new highway crOsa- ing and as soon as the town authorities complete the roadway, work on which i5 now being done, the crossing at or near IubbeL's building will be discontinued and the travelng public will be much more safe by eros. ing under the railroad l than over It.
 Improvements are being made quite ex. tensivcly in Mygatt'5 block. Many i chunge@ in partitions, doors, stairWAys. etc, for the various stores and offices al- | ready rented. C. A. Todd office is be- ing enlarged and will be more conveh- l eutIy arranged. Lewis store will b. enlarged. Also the store recently vacat- | cd by D. McMahon is to be fitted up for ! a grocery store and will be occupied by | George II. Jackson as soon as ready. IC Is said that the store that George Fl. ] Jackson is to VaCAte is rented by Frank 1 F. Soulc, who will deal largely in bi- 1 cycles.
 How are your farming tools? No bet 1 ter place to get new ones than at EVitts & Staub's popular store.
 New goods in millinery at w. G. Bar l ton & Co.'S, this week. In fact new l goods in all departments, ready for iE- | spcctOn.
 The new clothing firm of Thomas X | LaHait, successors to Jerome k. Castle, are already in possession and are filling up the store wish new goods and quanti. ties of them. John J. Pickett, who hao for the past several years been head clerk and bOUkkeeper in the grocery and bak cry establishment of Charles w. Starr has engaged himself as salesman for the new firm.
 D. McMahon will soon leave his pres ent quarters and move into the store OI Fuller E Hoyt, which is soon to be va cated by J. W. Ellsworth, the shoe deal CT.
 George W. Anthony, tax collector fol the 1895 taxes, has received the new book and IS receiving payments quite en couragingly, to both himself and ths town authorities.
 | B. D. Kane, successor to Henry Harris is filling up his store with ready madt clothing and gents and ladies furnishing goods and IS meeting with success muct beyond his expectations. His store is 8 present in Humeston's block on Railroad street.
 There has been quite a thrOng of peo , pie witnessing the workmen for the pas few days engaged in removing the stump of two large elm trees which were lief standing through the winter. One O them was iu front of the New Englan, hotel and the other in front of the post office. The latter was taken out MOnda and hauled away and it's cavity filled Il
 while the one at the New England house
 being much larger, will probably take
 day or so longer to get it out of the way
 There were great many guesses as t
 the weight and lots of suggestions as t
 how to remove them have been made, ,bu
 the curious have had pleasant pastime The removal of these stumps wipes ou
 the last vestige of two ancient and yer
 old landmarks of New Milford.
 The store occupied by Thomas ". Kin
 lin, successor to Charles w. Starr, is b.
 ing changed over In various ways. DooI
 where windows were and windows whe1
 the doors were and the office change
 which greatly adds to the room and col
 venience of the proprietor, clerks an
 patrons.
 1t is reported that Messrs Hall & Strau
 nave taken quite large contract of tf :, Consolidated road on the work to besdoH ! in changing and strsightening the raj ! road track at or near South Kent, I'll work will begin at once.
 William Schoverling and Edward {
 Wildman are having their residences
 South Main street dressed up with
 brand new coat of paint.
 Spring has surely come The wealth