The Newtown bee., 1896-05-01
SHELTON.
HORopGU AND PERSONAL x,

HOHODGH AND PERSONAL NOTES.
 The praying band will meet Sunday afternoons at 5.3O o'clock.
 John F. Burelgh of Arsonia was ar | re-ted for assault, breaking fl window il | a dwelling malicioualy and for iutoxica | ti"n. He WAS fined S25 and costs HnC ! given 60 days in jail, from which decision
 he took an appeal.
 1 William G. Booth has gone into the | meat business with Edward Stevens il l Derby.
 | There are several dwellings in process of erection in various parts of the village
 D. C. B'insmade and $. T, Palmer at l tended the state republican convention as l delegates from this place.
 The Asaph Concert Co.,, a col0rec quartet, gave concert in the Town hall
 last Wednesday evening, which was very highly commended. There were but few
 in attendance. On Thursday evening
 they sang in the Methodist church after prayer meeting and had good audience
 John Hubbell, aged 57 years, died from pneumonia, after q few days illness, last Thursday, and was buried on Sunday afternoon in the Riverside cemetery.
 Arthur II Beardsley has res igned the position of organist in the Methodist church. He is d talented musician and will be much missed from his position.
 The marriage of Miss Florence Holmes and Leonard A. Davis occurred Thurs day afternoon it the Episcopal church in Derby.
 The. engine and machinery for crush ing the stone for the street railway has been brought here and placed in Ken driCk's quarry.
 The street sprinkler has been in opera tiOn the past week and the demand has been so great that two are run.
 Ayoung man and woman were married by justice of the peace, last Saturday, the chief of the police being best man
 Rev J. N. Earle gave a lecture on the Bible, Illustrated by large chart, op Friday evefifg in the lecture room of the CoDgreg gationai church.
 Next Sunday the bj-m0nrhiy com muni0n services will be held in the Con gTegauOnHl church and there will be reception of new members.
 The special town meeting was held, last Monday afternoon, at the Town hall in Shelton. Charles Warner was appoint ed chairman. There was 8 large attend anCe for 9 town mee, ing. The object of the meeting was to act upon the petitions for macadamiziDg a section of road on Long Hill and another on the highway leading from this borough to the Center The latter was asked for under the state appropriation. J. H. Mcdonald, one of the state highway commissioners, was present and addressed the meeting. He explained their mode of improving the roads and gave much information to the voters. Both petitions were granted and the improvements voted, For the Long Hill road an appropriation of $500 was. made the work to be commenced near the residence of George s. Webster and go- ing south unf1f the appropriation was us"d up The oad towards the Center was place in the hands of the seIectmen to locate the section to be improved and a sum not to exceed $1000 was voted This being under the state law. like sum will be appropriated by both the county and state.
 A Frenchman by the name of Eibl was found in the woods in the vicinity of Melln Rocks in an almost unconscious condition, last Saturday, by A. E Cran- dali, he having been beaten by some one. He lived in hut built for wood choD- pers. The selectmen were notified and Nicholas WakpIee brought him to the village where he was placed in the lock-