The Newtown bee., 1901-07-19

rlS BOCSTOfO. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon, Rev Otis w. Barker officiating. The interment was in BOtSfOrd cemetery.
 Miss Anne Purdy of Brooklyn is wis iting Miss Annie Mcguire of Walnut Tree hill.
 John Blake of the Park City passed Sunday with friends in town.
 Master Raymond Carroll, while wis iting in Bridgeport, fell and broke an arm. Dr Gordon reduced the fracture.
 Little Richard Carmody was so un- fortunate the other day, as to fall and fracture his arm. Dr Gordon set the dislocated member.
 William Costello of the Park City looked in on Sandy Hook friends, Tuesday,.
 Connor Haugh of Bridgeport passed Sunday at the old homestead on Wal nut Tree Hill.
 John Donovan of the Park City was the guest of his parents, MT and Mrs John Donovan, over Sunday.
 William Honan of Bridgeport was the guest of MT and Mrs Michael Don- ohue over Sunday.
 John Corey of Forestville passed Sunday with his parents, MT and Mrs Simon Corey.
 Messrs Tomlinson and Coan of Shel- ton were in Sandy Hook, Sunday, din- ing at Taylor's hotel.
 A. F. Clarke has decided to delay the time of his sailing for Europe till the 31st, when he will embark on the leu tonic.
 The ladies' prayer meeting will be held next Tuesday at 3 D. m. with Mrs Bennett at MapletOn.
 The many friends of Mrs Graham will regret to learn that she has been quite ill for two weeks under the doc- tors care. She is now slowly conva- lescing but not able to come to Sandy Hook with her husband just now. MT Graham was in Sandy Hook on We'd nesday and Thursday looking after the interests of his property there.
 Taylor, Curtis & Go. have steady call for that popular brand of coffee, the Hermitage. A splendid line of canned goods and picnic sundries.
 HOusekeepers can always find such goods as window shades, mattings and rugs at Taylor, Curtis & Co.'s. New silkateen, sash draperies, wall papers, etc.
 Mrs H. w. Wright is entertaining her sister, Mrs Mary D. Wheeler, of Shelton.
 William Nothnagle of the Park City is enjoying a sojourn at Marcus Camps on Mt Pleasant.
 Miss Anna Hamburger is indisposed, owing to an attack of rheumatism. Miss Lucy Blackman of Passaic, N. J., passed Sunday with her parents, Mir and Mrs J. M. Blackman, in the Glen.
 MT and Mrs Ernest Sniffen of New port News, Va., are the happy parents of a daughter. The young lady is a granddaughter of Sandy Hooks popu- lar postmaster, w. B. Sniffen.
 MT and Mrs David Curtis of New Ha- ven have visited friends in town, this week.
 Mrs D.. Mahoney and family of Bridgeport have arrived for months sojourn at Thomas Cavanaugh's. S. Other arrivals are expected, next week.
 Mrs A. Joy and children of Kings ton, N. Y., are guests this week of MI and Mrs Leonard Kindle of Palestine Misses Mary Hubbell and Mabe, Taylor and Master Russell Wheeler re turned on Monday from thei ir sojourr at Stony Creek.
 P. F. Bradley of Passaic, N. J., pass ed Sunday with Newtown relatives.
 Manager w. T. Cole of the Fabric Fire Hose Go. moved his family from Brooklyn, last week, to the superin tendent's residence in the Glen, which has been renovated for his occupancy MT Cole has been in New York, thi! week.
 Genial Merchant Betts of Sandy Hook had breakdown on Tuesday while out delivering groceries. H. got home all right, of course he did with rail off handy fence to hell the good work along.
 s. w. Post of Bennett's Bridge ha just harvested one of the finest spiece of rye grown in New Haven county i not in the state. It was very heav. and large portion of the straw wa from eight to nine feet high.
 One of our our efficient town official looking up hens eggs he found nes containing 14 eggs, and one old ca and five kittens. Eggs-actly wha happened to the kittees depOnen saith not.
 A "head on" collision on the depo platform, last Friday afternoon, be tween two ladies, resulted in the com plete demolition of fine globe carrie by one of them She had made tn journey from Bridgeport to Newtowl safely, with fear and trembling, meet disaster on arriving.
 Would it not be setting good example the townspeople. in general. if our NeWtow Fair Co. would clean up the grass and weec on the highway in front of the Fair Grounds It would add to the good looks of the stree Another eye-sore is the brush growing in tl highway in front of the Consolidated railroa , property near the depot on the Main stree (*
 The splendid team owned by Joseph Curti , of Sandy Hook are the wearers of the ne . fangled straw hats. Joe is bound to ha, them comfortable if he can. They deserve
 You are sure of first class work when yo , get your harnesses made andVrepaired at u Sandy Hook Shoe Store.-[W. c. Oorbett, pr