The Newtown bee., 1896-06-05
SHELTON
lINruIAL DAl uU~EtH ANCI.S.

IMMORTAL uAN uH,EIi} ANCrS.
 UJ Memorial day kellogg post ot D.ny. came oyer and formed ut Howe avenue at 1 o'clock. They vrrr uc- ,oupln.rd lv thr Sons of Veterans, a rommu5 of ,Eillrru und th, ladies of hr Veteran E,.n.l Corps, the later Iii rarr ages. samuel Mhtrr of thjs place WAS chief marshal and the l'h"ojx band of Il. rby lurui~h,d thcmu~lc TLrt0wn aud nur"ugh Officials of Hunt in2rou md shelton followed in rarll. gr. with others, but ao', f the Derby city cnirinls were u Ii C.. After marching through some of lu streets thry returned to Derby and to the cemetery where the grave, of their fellow com rp1o~ were decorated with appropriate ,a [. nniJr.. !htlrHrc G7 veterans bur .rd thrrc, For ra"*r in uu,sidc crmrtrr- I,- -prcul UrI, gutj,u- were sent out in he fnrruoon. The line again formed and marched t. tn" green where the -u,iicrs mouumcul wa~ properly drcor- .,tcd yyith nDwrr~. Then to the opura puu-c vh.rr thr sp,cia} program WAS ra -rird out w j.r rhu dire c.lon of Capt <. F.. Ch,u- -c. The memorial address wa~ by Ex. romuaudcr Henry r.. Taiutor .tud w"~ very appropriate as well as rIc qurnt. The opera house was filled. rho veterans occupi d seats in the front body of the house. Their ranks are thjnu,d year hy year.
 The bids on the nong Hill road were oprncd by the scIectm,n, Saturday even irg, and they ranged from 7l.I2 to l5c per running foot. The lowest bidder vas Ser nmtn Beard.
 The sclcctmcn selected @G names for jurors and forwarded them to the clerk of the court of Bridgeport. The jury commissioners will select Is from the li-t to serve. Not all those selected last cur were drawn for service.
 Tbc fire complnY WAS called out by false alarm, Tuesday night. It proved on investigation that the alarm, which has lately been putin (Sanford's patenf1, went tn ti,rif.
 The windows of x, V. B. IEubbard's irwclry store and Bvmis' restaurant, were appropriately draped for Memorial day.
 The Scattcrgood Mission held an al day service, last Sunday In the after noon the local clergy made brief ad- dresses and in the evening reformed men from out of town missions gave inter- estiug talks. There were large audiences ateach session.
 Many of the graves at Riverside cem- etery were decorated with hDwers on Memorial day. Three soldiers are buried there and in the morning del 1 egation from the Neterans' Union went down and decorated the graves of their comrades.
 James F.. Hitchcock has sold his place and expects to move back to ButrtIo, N. r., much to the regret of his many friends.
 The electric railway is being construct- ed along Howe avenue, Two gangs of workman were digging, lay ing ties and rails last week. They have met with some Instructions by rocks which had to be blasted. The V on Bridge street has been put in.
 The store of the Shelton Tin and Plumbing Co.,, was broken open, last night, and about $25 in hardware was stolen.
 The warden and burgesses held $ meeting, last Wednesday night, and con sidered the Adams block nuisance. A concert was given in the Congre gatlonal church, last Wednesday even ing, which was well attended.
 The Beardsiey Building Co, have pur chased of the Perry Brothers the lot ol
 which their office and workshop have s' long stood and are making many im proYements tbere. They have built