The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1898-10-07
Litchfield County.
WATERFOWL.
TIE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

The ANNG AL TOW N hEEIlRCf.
The annual town meeting was very
quiet The meeting was called to order
by Selectman Harper, and FL D. Taft
was elected temper trY chairman. The
reports of the different officers were
read and accepted. 1t was voted that
the selectmen be authorized to make a
new layout of the highway now known
as Taylor avenue; also to accept Layout
presented by selectmen fer improving
road between residence of.Polk Dunnigan
and the oil Wheeler place; also to ap-
propriate SIS for Memorial day expenses.
The meeting then took recess until the
votes for town officers were counted.
J The vote on license was lost by 122 ma
| j0ritv; Ote on consolidation of schools
| lost bv 10 The votes stood ss follows
TO cOnsClidats schools: yes SO; no l04
License: No, 1876; yes, "A.
The vote in detail follows:
Town treasurer, Burton 81. Nation
| 1913, B. Ravens Heminway 101.
Treasurer RI town deposit fund, Bur
ton II. Nation 1913, B. Ravens Hemin-
way so.
Selectmen, George A. Harper TT,
James &. Skilt0n 1913, William G..
French 100
Assessor, Albert T. Blakeslee r POI,
Daniel r. Harmon 90.
Board of relief, William Fl. Smith r
206, Howard NJ. HiCkcox 207, Wallace
II. Atwood d "a.
Registrar of voters, Henry G. Scott r
POS, Daniel F. Harmon 50.
Auditor, Eugene W. Wheeler POS, B.
Ravens Heminwayd "a
Constables, Frank o. Peck 207,
Thomas Shields 206, Otto T. RoesBe 7
205, Alfred Il. Mattoon 207, Michael r
Sepples &C. Charles E. Woodruff 80,
Alberto A. Dams 90,
Grand Jurors. Emil @. Marggraff 100,
Henry j. MatGoon 1913, Edison B Lock
wood POS, Hiram L. Bishop SO, John
Purdv, Jr. So, Walter D. Place 95.
Tax Collie ctOr, James B Wooster r
POS, George L. Beardsley SO.
School Visitors, Emil G. Marggraff I
154, Charles W. Bidwell 1888, Edward
P. MCGOWAN d IS, William FL. Beers 90
To fill vacancy caused by resignation Of
James Fl. O'Donnell.
AN ABSTRACT FROM THE TOWN REPORT
The following is an abstract from thu
annual report of the selectmen. 1T con
tains some points worthy of notice. Al
though there is an increase in the ex
pense account still there are good rea.
sons why it should be SO; notably thu
county and communication tax which
Jumped from 1881 80 in '97, to 81, 855 OF
in '98. This in itself is a large item
Then there are several others which Cal
be seen by looking at the report
Schools, Center district 81, 1856 27; Soutl
district, $880.20; East Side district, $500
Poverty street district, 1928 IT; Link
field district, 1922; Polk district, 1926 10
Nova Scotia district, $3.50; Guernsey
town district, $4,000; French Noun
ain district, $278 go; town of Woodbury.
dc 900 40
ceived from Bethlehem for schools, $24
Sc; due from Bethlehem for schools
1913 20 Total $47 Sc. Paupers: Pail
$964.87; received for paupers fror
- other towns, 5000 OF. Total 1852 81
BUILDING NOTES.
George Fl. Scott, the contractor,
h pushing the work on the new house {
Il DR. Variell. The building is 36x43, an
will be one Of the handsome residence
of the town. Mr. Scott one OF Waite
towns most popular builders, has til
WO K in charge, which ensures thoroug
4 and conscientious work. Many people,
u too many doubtless the doctor think
y have expressed to him their regrets thu
he didn't have larger lot on which
" place 30 handsome house.
6
r THE NEW CENTER sCHoOLHoUsE.
% The work is now being pushed on IL
~ new addition to the schoolhouse. It
20 27x3l, two stories. Watertown's growi
, ia school population has been steady.
y time the town will have complete sy
re tenn Of graded schools, extending fro
the kindergarten to the highest depar
ment.
ar Tuesday evening, September 81, I'll
Ladies' AID society of the Method
TO church, gave an entertainment in ii
Il court room of Town hall. A barjo al
- mandolin CLUB, assisted by Miss d.
tricb, an eIocutionist, furnished the pr
q. gram which was much enjoyed by tho
. present, after the entertainment refres
ments were served in the banquet ron'
Federal lodge, No. IL, T. 6 A. \
from now on during the winter, W
hold meeting every Monday evenin
The of P's are making ready for t
glass blowers who give five. night G
tertainment in the Town hall under d
auspices of the local lodge.
Geo ge Doolittle, popular loe
painter, and men, were err agad, Ii
week, IN painting the cottages of Fra
Smith on Watertown Heights. He
recently finished the Episcopal chure
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