The Newtown bee., 1902-08-15

Ter the uFSU, SeCOnU anu UllrO degrees the same evening.
 Noble Bennitt has had erected in the Center cemetery handsome mOn- ument of hammered Barre granite.
 Walter Peck, Livingston Peck, Ray mond Osborne and Carl Northrop are enjoying camp life at Calf Pasture Beach, South Norwalk.
 The infant son of MT and Mrs Rob- ert Burr of Brooklyn was brought to New Milford for burial in the Center cemetery on Tuesday. The boy was a grandson of John T. Burr, who has a summer home at Lake Waramaug.
 Paul Beardsley,- employed at the store of c. M. Beach, is away on a weeks vacation, passed at New Haven and other points.
 A special sale of secondhand and new watches is now in progress at c. B. Riddiford $. MT RiddifOrd has some great values in watches taken in trade, which he would like to close out before range from g. to $1O, according to the grade. He invites you to call at his store and look them over. His watch repairer, MT Parker, is giving good sat- isfaction. He is also an Optician and will give special attention to this work in the new store.
 The new firm of Duncan X Garfield expect to begin business in the cloth ing and boot and shoe line in one of Noble Bennitt'S stores about October l. Charles Duncan was for seven years with McMahon, and Sherman Canfield is son of Daniel Garfield.
 Frederick Van Wyck, of the law firm of Van Wyck & Mygatt, of New York, was the guest of F. B. Mygatt over Sunday.
 Jarvis Somers and son, Homer, of North Woodbury, have been guests of
 Mrs H. D. Hine is in New Haven, the guest of her sister, Mrs w. A. Watts.
 Miss Minnie Shaffer, one of the affa- ble clerks at w. G. BartOn.'s establish ment, is passing her vacation at Pitts. field, Mass.
 Miss Helen Ives, who has held a DO. sition for some time with the New Milford Hat Co.,, has left to take a position in an office in Bethel. HeI many local friends sincerely regret hel departure.
 Mrs Brown and her grandson, Willie Pickett, are passing the week in Wash ington, guests at William Pickett's. MT and Mrs A. W. Coon of East Orange, \, N: ;,s! j., and S.oeij Mai B; Wheeler expected, this week, at George w Squires' in Merryall. Bennett Peck of Bridgewater has been appointed administrator on the estates of John B. Peck and Esther Peck by Judge A. G. Todd in the loca Probate court. T. F. and William Trowbridge o | New York passed Sunday in town guests of M. w. Hill.
 A. J. Partridge has secured tin, block horse for his express wagon O Pliney Squires, the local horse expert
 John Anderson of Grove street ha secured a nice bay mare of Pline, SquireS.
 c. A. Hayes, the fish man, is holdin, the ribbons over a bay horse, bough of Pliney Squires.
 Howard Reede is driving a new ba horse, bought of Pliney Squires.
 George Warner, 1St, went to tn New Haven hospital, Saturday, fo treatment.
 John s. Irwin of Greenwich passe' Sunday in town.
 Work on Andrew Borelli's new hote is being energetically pushed by Davi Soule. The roof is now on. At tn front end of one of the roof timber some one tackled an American flag He expects to begin business in tn new hotel by October 15.
 William Hamlin has taken a position with Henry Griffin.
 Miss Mary K. Warehouse is visitin in Bridgeport, the guest of her broth CT, Andrew Warehouse. MT and Mrs Henry Griffin have re turned from vacation passed in Troy Albany and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. F L.. Warehouse took MT Grifiin'S plac
 in the blacksmith shop during his al Sence.
 David Leach of Church street