The Newtown bee., 1902-08-08
WOODBURY.

THE HOTCHKISSVILLE NEWS. Charles Dyson, Jr, has gone to Gen. tral Falls, R. l., to work. Four cows of Alfred Johnson were killed in the severe thunder shower, last Monday afternoon. Mrs Johnson was looking out of the window, when she saw the bolt strike the tree and the four COWS underneath instantly dropped dead. The bolt shattered the tree but little, but plOughed deep hole in the ground. The COWS were insured, but MT Johnson said he would not have parted with his best COW that was killed for any price. In conseuuence of the accident, MT John son was can of milk short on his trip to Waterbury, the next morning:
 Frank Johnson's colt became fright ened in the blacksmith shop, last week, and jumped on to the anvil, tearing long gash in its leg, which necessitated the taking of eighteen stitches.
 Mrs Cornelia Botsford's son, George, and wife from Bridgeport are visiting 1 her.
 James Butters, ST., won the rifle that was rafffed of by Frank Smith.
 Frank Thompson's little child has been sick with cholera infantum. l her numerous little friends here.
 Henry Dawson and wife, with their guests, spent few days at the shore in Milford, last week.
 Rev MT Williams of the COngrega. tional church in South Britain gave an excellent address and sang solo, "The Ninety and Nine" in the hall on Sunday afternoon. MT Mitchell o1 South Britain also made short and practical address.
 Miss Mary Wood of Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting relatives here. Mark Hall was ill on Sunday. | Mrs Ryce Clark and little daughter Virginia, of New Haven, are visiting her parents, MT and Mrs George F. Morris.
 Last Friday, Mrs Albert France went to the New York hospital to undergo an operation.
 George F. Morris has been ill for 8 few days recently.
 Mrs Samuel Luckley and little son Harry, of New York, are visiting al John Luckley's, Jr.
 Mrs Walter NelsOn'S sister from New York has been spending month with her.
 Sam Nelson returned, last week from a trip to New York.
 Joe LOng's house was burned, last week. Nothing was saved but bed The entire loss amounted to $7OO The cause of the fire was the explosion of an oil stove.
 A hired man named Merritt Gris wold, who lived on Carmel Hill, com mitted suicide by shooting himself through the head, last week. He wa. partially demented at times. The funeral was on Sunday. Howard Allan has .hpan tO a New York hospital and undergone an opera tiOn for injuries received some week! ago at ThOmaStOn.
 N. T. Mansfield from Colorado i. visiting relatives here.
 Miss Nellie Dubois from Oakville k at Fred H. Leavenworth'
 At the Painter Hill school meeting called for the purpose of making ar rangements to repair the school house Charles R. Hurd was elected building committee. Thomas filling has had his ole chimney taken out and replaced by one of smaller dimensions, making his house more rOOmy and pleasant.
 Mrs George Rowe has her house fitted up for summer guests. A family from Newark, N. J., has moved into the south part of Cowles double house near the chapel.
 Last Saturday, Hobart Morris pur chased a horse, Lady Quickstep, from William Buckingham.
 A. WinterbOurne and family made q recent visit in Waterville and left their son, Sam, there to spend the re- mainder of his vacation.
 Mrs Bernard Higgins and friend from Torrington spent Sunday at John Ambler's.
 Miss Sarah Roswell has gone to the Methodist camp meeting at Plainville
 MT Pettit's little boy has been taken to the Waterbury hospital for treat ment.
 Miss Ethel Beers and Bernard Pull. ford of Prospect are guests of Miss Ethel Bellamy.
 Little Oracle Smith made visit in Milford, recently.
 The HotchkiSSville pupils that were promoted from the kindergarten tC the first grade in the center school, Woodbury, were Clifford Cartledge and Willie Hague; third to fourth, Nellie Cartfedge, Ruth Clay, Ada Fox, Annie Hague, Edna G. Hall, Carrie Minor, Eunice Thompson; fourth tt fifth, Madeline Dyson, Alma Frazer, Martha Fowler, William Nelson, Bea. trice Packard, Edith Traverse; fifth to sixth, Ethel Bellamy: sixth toseventh, Lillian Cartledge, Jenny Cartledge, Sarah Luckley, Gladstone Terrill. The names on the honor roll were: third l