The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-28
mONROE,
SERIOUS FOREST FIRES.

Fires were started on Monday, the
18th, by sparks from the railroad en-
gines near Hammertown and in the
Pepper street section, which were
fought stubbornly by the railroad
hands and the property owners. How.
ard Wheeler, with number of his en-
ployeS, was on band as soon as possible
to help subdue the flames, which were
making fierce Roadway as the wind was
blowing territically. Owing to the
large force of men present, who assist
ed, the fires we're put out and not as
much damage done as might have been
expected. Mr. Wheeler was a heavy
loser, as great deal Of his cord-wood
was burned.
MISS WALES-MR GOLDSBOROUGH.
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of Miss Harriet Wales of Bridge
| port and Henderson Weir Colds
borough on Easter Sunday, at the rec
tory. The groom'S father, Rev Al
fred Go]dsborough, performed the GER
emory.
Rev and Mrs L. r. Streeter of Tor
rington have spent several days at
their home in the Center.
| Mrs Edward e. Curtis has visited
| friends in Putney and Bridgeport.
| F. w. Wheeler has, as usual, at this
season some very fine seed potatoes of
different varieties, for sale.
| Mr. Whipple Of Rhode Island is can
wasting this section as agent for the
| New England Homestead, in place of
Mr. Phelps, who formerly travelled
| through here.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Hollister and
daughter, Miss Jessie, are guests at F.
D. HOLSTERS.
Frank Fohrenbach has visited rela-
tives in town.
| Albert Fohrenbach, Jr., is building
piazza on two sides of his house.
| Marshall Beach has built an addition
on to his barn.
Mr. and Mrs John Sherwood and lit
tie daughter of Bridgeport have been
visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs
Henry Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Griffith of Bridge
port have spent few days at the rec
tory.
spending the winter in Bridgeport
with friends, has returned and opened
her home on Elm street.
Mrs James Burr of Elm street is
having her house and barn newly
painted; also her tenement house, &C.
cupied by her foreman, G. R. Basker-
vile, is receiving new coat of paint.
Stiles and Homer Clark are doing the
work.
Hobart Beardsley is to have a tele-
phone placed in his house. The poles
for the wires were put in place, this
week, from the Center to his house.
Edward Beers has sold his place near
John Beardsley's mill to the Bridge
port Hydraulic Co., and is to vacate in
| a few weeks.
| Mrs James Burr is to set out large
new strawberry bed, this spring. Her
foreman, G.. r. Baskerville, began set
ting out the plants. last Thursday.
On the night Of April Ii, the smoke
house of David Brakeman in East Viii
lage was entered and three large
shoulders and one ham were taken
therefrom. Mr. Brakeman found tracks
leading from his place up the road and
across the lots towards the house of
Birdsey Hubbell. From this evidence
he suspected Hubbell as the man and
went before Justice w. w. Bliss and
swore out a warrant to search bis
place and arrest said Hubbell If the
meat was found. The papers were
placed in the hands of Constable l.. 5.
Patterson, who proceeded. on Wednes-
day morning, the 10th, to serve the
same Going to Hubbell'S with MI
Brakeman and one of his men, the con-
above, finding nothing. AS the con-
stable was about to come down stairs
his eyes lit on little scuttle leading
up into an attic not more than two
feet down from the ridge. He lifted
the lid, got chair and looked up in
there, not expecting to find anything
there. 1t was dark up there and he
could not see anything. AS soon as he
got down Hubbell mounted the chair
and seemed very nervous about get
ting the lid down and getting away
from there. The old constable thought
that looked little suspicious and or
dered light to be brought. He pro-
: ceeded to take another look with the
result of finding half of shoulder