The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1905-04-28
MISS WALEs-MR GOLDSBOROUGH.

MISS WALEs-MR GOLDsBOROUGH.
Announcement is made Of the mar
rage 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
Mr. Phelps, who formerly travelled
Mr. and Mrs Fred HOLSTER and
daughter. Miss Jessie, are guests at F.
D. HOLSTERS.
Frank Fohrenbach has visited rela-
tiveS in town.
Albert Fohrenbach, Jr., is building
a piazza on two sides Of his house.
Marshall Beach has built an addition
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.
Mrs N. J. Sterling, who has been
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, oc-
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 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 16, 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 his
place and arrest said Hubbell If the
meat was found. The papers were
placed in the hands of Constable L. S.
Patterson, who proceeded, on Wednes-
day morning, the 10th, to serve the
same Going to Hubbell's with Mr.
Brakeman and one of his men, the con-
stable searched the rooms below and
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 a light to be brought. He pro-
ceeded to take another look with the
result of finding half Of shoulder