The Newtown bee., 1897-08-27

pleasantly at Putnam Park in Bedding. James Cosgriff, Merchant French's right hand man at the Depot, has been spending the week at Vandeusenville, substituting for the station agent there during vacation time. His brother, M. G. Cosgriff, has been attending to his du- ties at the Depot during his absence.
 Mrs William D. Bigelow entertained her brother. Henry Hiilman of Bridge port, over Sunday.
 Mrs Louisa French and daughter were the guests of Mrs Charles Sanford of Bedding, last week.
 Mrs Nj. K. Beers has rented the lower part of her tenement house to German and his family who have been living in the old Julius Hawley place.
 MT and Mrs Bert Joyce entertained friends from out of town, last week.
 Mrs Charles Lyon joined the Grange picnic at pleasure Beach, last week We'd nesday.
 Henry D. Burr of Elm street has had some handsome samples of plums on ex. hibition and for trial at Merchant French's store. They disappeared rapid ly enough. The quality was all right.
 Miss Risley of Utica, N. Y, has been g guest at Coley Fields fol a few days.
 Miss Carrie Wellman of Clinton has been passing 8 week as 8 guest at tht Methodist parsonage.
 Mrs Guernsey and daughter, Maud who have made an extended visit witt Rev and Mrs Whipple of Tashua, have returned to their home at Plattville, Wis
 Miss Wakeley of Chestnut Hill hal been entertained at J. W. Treadwelps.
 Miss Edna Warriner passed last weel as the guest of Miss Sherwood in Easton
 Charles B. Lane of Rhode Island ha been guest at Moses H. Thorpe's.
 Charles F. Nichols has been passing few days on the sick list.
 Mrs French of Bridgeport has beer passing a few days as a guest of Deput! Sheriff and Mrs Hull.
 Benjamin Corning has entertained { Brooklyn friend for few days.
 Marshall s. B. Hayes and family ant Miss Nellie Birdie enjoyed last Friday 8 the shore.
 Miss Iva Sharp of Seymour, who ha been engaged to teach rhe village school will make her home with Mrs Elizabetl Beardsley. Miss Hayes will succeed her self, teaching the Lower Stepney schoo another year.
 Adelbert Hubbell and family exjoyet an outing at the shore, last Saturday.
 Mrs Lewis J. Wheeler, daughter ant son, of Shelton, are guests of Dea ant Mrs Burr Hawley.
 Mrs P. E. Abbott has visited her par ents, MT and Mrs George s. Coley, re gently.
 Mss Julia Fields has visited friends a Oronoque for few days.
 Humane Agent George H. Lyon fount some bad gals on an ice cream peddler' horse during his visit to Stepney ant upon his promise to treat his beast nor kindly he let him off without prosecution and sent him home.
 Mrs Charles k. Lyon passld last weel Thursday and Friday in Fairfield, thu guest of Mrs William Judd.
 Miss Jessie French and Miss Pearl Di mond of Ansonia were guests of Mis- Bessie Hayes, last week Thursday.
 The lamps purchased by the Village Improvement society have been placed on the green, and will do duty as guides for travellers on dark nights, hereafter.
 Robert Beach of Bridgeport has beer the guest of Merchant M. B. Hawley.
 Levi Blackman has had Dr Henry Nichols nurse very sick COW back to health, and complete recovery is looked for.
 Wallace Davis was robbed of $50 and a silver watch, one day recently. The money was in dime banks belonging to me mbers of the family, which were bro- ken open and the contents taken. Harry Van Allen, who has lived there, disap- peared at the same time and some fears were entertained that his fingers might have strayed into light ways.
 Libby Mclean, who lives on the road toward Hattertown, has made herself more famous or infamous by getting in- to print as comedy widow advertising for husband, and after bleeding her victims of all the money she can, drop ping the correspondence. A recent Western victim has exposed her trick by trying to trace her up.