The Newtown bee., 1897-03-19
ROXBURY.
AT THE FALLS.

perintendent Williams has just fin ished hauling 150O railroad ties to mill from John Pierce's on Toms Hill and Isaac Wentch's team is busy hauling the same to the Falls Station for the She paug road.
 The double drum and double 'cylin- der hoisting engine to be used in the garnet quarry has arrived and is being put in place by Master Mechanic Pierce, and then both mill and quarry will start up with the best of improved machinery. This will do away with most of the hand work, besides reducing the number of l men, being the result of Mir Williams and Mir Pierce's trip to Boston, laying the actual necessity of same before the company officials at their meeting a short time ago.
 MT Williams intends building another larger barn the coming season and is having the lumber sawed at MT Pierce's mill.
 Emmet Curtis of West street, Bridge water, is negotiating with Walter Thom- as for the purchase of two stage coaches ] and harness and the mail contract to New Milford for the rest of MT Thomas time, with the view of securing the contract for the next four years from July l, and if he secures it and the M. P. Leaven- ! worth property at the station, consisting of the one dwelling house attached and 1 three dwelling houses besides, the sta- l tion will undoubtedly have the greatest ! boom it has ever known. If he secures the property, he expects to fill the house with summer boarders.
 Through the kindness of Tyrren & l Jones of Orton, Rev w. D. Humphrey has team to carry him to and from his several different places be is to hold ser- vices through the lenten season. Eddie Garlick has rented the Alonzo Stone place in Southbury and will move there soon.
 Charles Miner has rented or taken on shares hIs fathers farm. As it joins his own he can handily work both places.
 W. B. Hodge has doubled his dairy by the addition of some Holstein cattle.
 Walter Thomas having purchased an
 old landmark, the Dea Josiah Bronson
 furnace, removes the same 2s an addition
 to his tobacco building.
 c. W. Ford has sold his cased tobacco and delivered it. This was about the last
 of the old tobacco in town, the new crop having been all sold. This will leave
 more room for the '97 crop.
 l Alton Wilsey has for an assistant in
 wood pile renovating, Frank Warner of Southbury. Ira M. Booth has rented to some city
 ladies his cottage rear the Center, they having already taken possession in order to secure the desirable location. l Mrs Julia Mallory of Southbury, sister of Mrs Ambrose Wilsey, died on Thurs I day, aged 79 years, and vas buried on Saturday, beside her husband, at South Britain.
 Ambrose H. Wilsey and George Barnes, having no further use at present for the
 man Woodruff from Washington, have let him return to his home and friends. The Booth school closed on Thursday,
 one day earlier than xpected, ,on account of death of MT Reeds grandmother, he going home to attend the funeral. c. W. Lendeveg is getting out material and will put up summer bridge across Shepaug river the better to facilitate ac- cess to the Driving Park. As soon as the ground aettles,a very little work will put the race track in fine order. The lovers of the light harness horse about town are jubilant at the prospect of having one of the finest half mile tracks in the state. J As sn1n Rs the ?ril5gp Ia s.amnlnknf1 thp