The Newtown bee., 1902-05-23
house the frs of the week. suffering fir Jm the effects of d severe cold.

IT Jm the effects of q severe cold
 Best line of dainty waters and crack CTS in town in bulk and tins. AS . candies at al tractive prices, at Tn Farmers Trading Co.'S. The Farmers Trading Co. carry tn. best line of fancy groceries in town Sole agent for Bridal Bell canned goods and Health Brand food products Best packed.
 C. B. Riddiford has ordered fine, large Mosler safe which will be placed in his new temporary store. MT Riddi- ford is hustler and in another week will have complete line of jewelry and will be ready for business in all lines as of yore. Meanwhile he has been looking after his watch repairing business. He reports good trade for the past week. and says his customers are finding their way to the Landon store.
 Mr and Mrs Walter s. Ferris are the happy parents of a son, born on May 12.
 A daughter was born to Mir and Mrs John A. Gloyd on May l3.
 Attorney J. F. Addis has fine new Mosler safe in his office.
 T. SOule & Co. put up small build- ing on the Park, Tuesday, for D. Rothe.
 w. E. Williams of Washington Hol- loVss N. Y., was in town on Tuesday.
 c. M. Hedding has sold 20 head of cattle to Charles Buckingham, F to Edward Warehouse and a bull to James w. Nc Ewen.
 Andrew Clark has bought 10 head of cattle of Edward Warehouse and Ellie Thomas six head from the same party.
 T. J. Collet of New York on Tues day bought out the balance of the stock of dry goods remaining in the store of L. Roman and boxed and ship ped them to New York City. MT Roman leaves New Milford with con- siderable regret. He has made quite circle of friends here. He goes to New York, this week, and will then go to Chicago, for time.
 Mrs w. D. Black has been in New York City, this week.
 On Thursday the young ladies of Ingleside passed the day at Lazy Lodge, the cottage of Mrs Black at Lake Waramaug.
 Jew weller NJ. w. Hill went over to New Jersey to stay with friend, Mon- day night, and nearly had his breath take h away by his host, who said: ''I keep pretty good track of you. read THE BEE, and so keep posted on your numerous mishaps, taking the min isteres Overct'at, going off to Kent, and your chronic habit of swapping hats" MT Hill came back to New Milford firmly resolved to be more cautious in the future in letting any of his acci- dents be known, and with profound respdct for THE BEE, which gives the news and all the truth about it.
 M.' W: Hil1 secured fine engraving machine while in New York, Monday, and will be ready to attend to the work of his former customers. He also bought fine line of clocks, flat and hollow silverware and will be ready to attend to calls for wedding and birth day gifts.
 A special sale of crockery at cut prices is now under way in the Lan- don store and the public will benefit.
 Merryall people are in hopes to have rural delivery, thanks to the efforts of the popular postmaster, George Jack son. This will make it much more convenient to mail a letter or get the mail,a many had to go to New Mill ford, some as far as seven miles, many times not getting it Oftener than once a week.
 Mrs S. Waldron has been visiting her sister, Mrs Squires.
 s. B. Hendricks is to build a new barn for Ackley, Hatch & Marsh to take the place of the one burned in the big fire.
 l "' N' AouOCC 10 iuFluS uc" oIIO put up.
 Anson Squires has lost one COW and G. N. Abbott two this spring.
 M. J. Barrett and Aggie Wixsted of Danbury and M. J. Coffee and J. B. Dixon of Newark, N. J., were the guests of MT and Mrs Simon Crehan over Sunday.
 Henry Adams made flying visit to Bridgeport, Monday.
 The piece of plate glass which is doing temporary duty over which all the money is passed to the teller at the National bank, came from the broken plate glass window in the for mer store of NJ. w. Hill.
 Mrs H. D. Hine has been passing a couple of weeks in Washington. MT Hine passed Sunday there.
 Twenty years ago the old blacksmith shop of Peter Peterson, then owned by Thomas Bray, south of Bank street, caught fire and nearly burned down. At that time the Water Co. had a good pressure and the local tiremen prevent ed the spreading of the fire although the shop was badly gutted. In that fire Charles Planz fell from the roof to the cellar of the building and was more or less shaken up. MT Peterson has some photographs showing how the building looked after the fire.