The Newtown bee., 1897-01-29
WESTPORT.
IN GRANGE CIRCLES

IN GRANGE CIRCLES.
 The fficers of the Westport Grang were installed Wednesday evening, Jan uary 27. J. H. BIakeman, overseer Oronoque, did the installing. A grant spread was served by the ladies.
 Pomona Grange, No. 9, installe4 thei officers at Shelton, January 20, when il was Voted to hold a special meeting witt Westport Grange, No l4s, February 10 for conferring the fifth degree. All mem bers wishing to take this degree must improve the opportunity now as they will not meet again till late in the ] fall. B. c. Beckwith, overseer of the State Grange, will be the installing of. 1 icer.
 E. N Sipperley, the hustling miller of | Milfield, is drilling we'll at Northport, L, I.
 Miss Hattie V. Thomas is visiting rela. l tives in New York. Mir and Mrs J. H. Thomas of New York are guests at the residence of William H. Thomas, Compo street. Miss Frances Bennett is spending a week with friends in New York. William Brnie has secured from the Consolidated road, large contract for work at Cos Cob.
 Mrs Peter R. Foote has been visiting friends at Portchester.
 Large quantities of pickerel are being Caught in Lees pond.
 Miss Lotte Beardsley of Monroe is a guest ot Mrs William G. Staples.
 Rev Kenneth Mackenzie of Trinity church will deliver an address on Temper snce at the Methodist Episcopal church in Stratford on February z.
 Mrs Almond Waterbury and Miss Edna Gault have been visiting in New York during the past week.
 The Sons of Temperance are to give a poverty and box sociable on the ening of February II.
 Morris White of Lyons Plains has pur- chased the Jessup Sherwood homestead on Burr avenue.
 The Sons of Temperance are to replace their old furniture with new and also purchase piano.
 John W. Wood is having his West Side meat market painted and papered. Peter R. Foote and Charles Olmstead are doing the work.
 Max 0. Huncke and family will move to Brooklyn, N. Y, their former home, this week.
 The annual meeting of "The Fifteen" club was held Thursday evening with Edward W. Hubbell at Saugatuck and the following chosen to serve Tor the en- suing year: President, B. l.. Toquet vice president, Gould D. Jelleffe; treasurer, W. F. Osborn; secretary, Edward w. Hubbell. The club voted not to hold any more dances until after Lent. After the business meeting was over refresh ments were served.
 The Band of Hope celebrated it's second anniversary, Saturday evening, with ex, ereises appropriate to the occasion.
 Vigilant Engine company are to hold fair in National hall on the evenings of February B and 24.
 William Stoothoff of Long Island has been guest during the past week of MT and Mrs Samuel A. Purdy.
 State Deputy J. H. Blakeman of SGrat- ford will install the newly elected officers of Westport Grange, Thursday evening.
 Miss Eva c. Sturges has returned from a months visit with relatives at Brook. lyn.
 Fred M. Wood is clerking for W. S.. Guyer 6 Son.
 Saugatuek people have filed remon. strance with the county commissioners against Lott Dsagan's application for 2 liquor license on the ground that the place is unsuitable for saloon.
 Two of the large maple trees in front of the residence of Capt Henry P. Burr, were cut down last week by Theodore Taylor and Herbert B. Nash.
 Lloyd Nash attended the state dairy mens' convention at Hartford, last week,
 Itis expected that James Bradley, Will. liam McCree and Daniel Harris. the men arrested for burglarizing the smoke house of Hull B. Bradley on the evening of January 6, will not be tried until the April term of the Superior court, Harris' sentence of II m Coats and ao