The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27
CHESTNUT LAND.

l this week.
 Miss May Camp was in Danbury one day last week. 1 Miss Flora Kceler, while visiting her niece, Mrs Robert Clark, was call ed home on Saturday., by the sudden death of her sister, Mrs Samuel Hurl burt.
 | Andrew Bristol was on the sick list last week.
 MT and Mrs Peter Anderson enter tained company, Sunday. | Mrs George L. Taylor returned tC the parsonage from her four weeks visit on Long Island and New Jersey, in time to attend the great Mckinley Memorial mass meeting at Roger Sher. man hall on Thursday evening. She | brought with her for a visit her daughter-in-law, Mrs John M. Taylor, of East Orange, N. J. Myron Patcheon's colt ran away, Sunday, while being exercised, and smashed the wagon. Mrs Hoyt, milliner at w. G. Bar tons, has returned. Mrs H. l.. Grant has also been engaged for the season at the same place.
 Rev Mr~ ~Ockford of Marbledale and Rev J. F. Plumb exchanged pulpits, last Sunday.
 Viola, the youngest daughter of MT and Mrs Philip Planz, met with an ac- cident, Thursday, falling down the stairs in the Brick tower on Railroad street and breaking her arm.
 William Schoverling is seriously ill with heart trouble.
 L. Platt of Bridgeport was in town Thursday.
 Stephen Wells has given up his wood business.
 Miss Jeffries has returned to the millinery department at the c. II. Booth & Bentley Co.'S store.
 T. T. Marsh, who has been seriously ill, is feeling better at this time of writing.
 The baseball game between Litch- fields and the New Milford $ was won by the former, the score being six to one. Much sympathy is felt for the home team, not for losing alone, but for the poor attendance, there being a financial loss.
 Mrs c. Wright gave party, Tues day evening, in honor of Miss Schre- der, when upwards of 40 guests enjoy ed her hospitality.
 Miss Alkaline Buck is arranging dancing class to meet in Schoverling's hall.
 M. J.. Cassidy of Oxford has raised, this year, about an acre of extra fine tobacco but has not sold it as yet. Buyers would do we'll to look at his crop.
 Mrs R. S. Jennings is quite serious fly ill. Dr Bostwick is attending her. Virgil Hatch has two horses affiict- ed with spinal meningitis, which are under the care of Dr R. N. Todd.
 James Sullivan and Dr Todd visited the Waterbury fair, last week. sAristine,' the horse owned by G. | F. Pixley, is in quite bad shape, as the result of stepping on rolling stone. Dr R.>N. Todd has at his stables a highly bred horse belonging to Smith V. Kilmer to be operated on for a | fbrOuS tumOr.
 Merchant Golden, with commend able enterprise, has made business ar engagements by which complete tail bring establishment will be added tt the large and fine store in Schover ling's Block. The tailor shop will be in the upper story of the New Milford Laundry building next to Golden's brick store, and will be papered an( painted, and put in first class condi tion. Kelley, the tailor, will be assist ed by two men and two girls. Samples of goods of all kinds will be shown ir the front window of the main store and measurements, also, will be taker in the store for the work to be done il the tailor shop proper.
 George Cummings and sons, Leste and Wallace, visited South Kent pond on Saturday and came home with biz basket full of handsome fish.
 Hon H. O. Warner went down tt his farm on Pumpkin hill, the othe day, to shoot some pigeons which hat been bothering the people on the farm Among the lot killed was one bearing a tag, carrier pigeon, G. 25,230. M Warner regretted that this bird wa killed but she got into bad compan, and suffered the penalty.
 The popular firm of the Booth { Bentley Go. are expecting to have thei millinery opening on October 3-4-5.
 Frank Evitts' very stylish and speed. stopper has been very sick, this week but under the treatment of Veterina rian Todd it is believed the horse vii make recovery.
 President Isaac Bristol, of the Firs National bank, was taken quite seri ously ill on Sunday night, requiring the attendance of Dr BoStwick an, Dr Staub. His trouble gave back t. treatment and with his customary en 5 ergy MT Bristol walked down to tn bank on Monday morning.