The Newtown bee., 1906-01-26
Ten Pages.
LITCHFlELD COUNTY
NEW PRESTON.

THE PROPOSED NEW SCHOCLHOUSE.
 The writer rejoices at the vote talk en at special town meeting at Wash ington Depot on Monday, January Is, whereby new schoolhouse fs granted to this village and district. The cost is restricted to $4OOO, but that should give us far bigger and better equip ped building for educational purpose than this village has ever enjoyed be- fore and will without doubt result in the greatest improvement ever grant, ed the district. A special schoolmeet- ing of the legal voters of the district will be held at the schoolhouse here on Saturday evening of this week for the purpose of authorizing the con- mittee (to be appointed at the meet ing) to convey to the town the title held by the district in the school property here, with the view of the towns purchasing a more suitable site for the new SchOOlhOuse granted. The writer hopes the meeting will be well attended and that all will unitedly and heartily enter into this project, that we may, by the beginning of an- other school year, have most commo- dious building on a far better site to enter as pupils into school far bet ter and higher in grade thar the pres ent system.
 SNEAK THIEVES AT WORK.
 The Lakeside hotel (vacant) was en- tered through 8 window by some one before last Sunday. A roll of clothing was found by Col E. B. Johnson on the bank below the hotel on Sunday and the broken window found soon after. It is truly shameful that such sneak thieving should be indulged in by any one at vacant houses about the lake during the winter, but the long, dull winter develops the depravity of hu- man nature nearly every year about Lakeside and it seem to be big task, attended with much expense, to con- trive any way to apprehend these sneak thieves, but we do hope they may be caught at their abominable practices. This village has suffered far too much by the same 'depreda- tions and no one as yet has been con- vlcted, with one exception. Unless we can all unite (the property owners about Lakeside and in this village al- sol on more strenuous measures for protection, these sneaking entrances will or may be continued.
 Mrs Nelson Mercy left for Bridge port hospital, on Monday of this week. Pursuant to order from the justices Of this town, all dogs are being con- fined or muzZled, this week. The writer thinks there will be far less seen on our streets and believes all will try to the best of their ability to obey the requirements of the proper authorities.
 Mrs F. J. Hosford passed last Satur- day with her husbands relatives in Darien, some of them being seriously ill there.
 Dr R. A. Marcy passed the last two days of last week at White Plains, N.
 A. B. Whitney's trade steadily in- creases and he is kept busy most of the days in his blacksmith and wagon repairing shop.
 Major W. Burn ham is at present confined to his home by bronchial ill., ness, which affiicts him more especial ly during the winter months. Herman Hoffman is passing an in- definite period in Waterbury, an em. ploye in the office of Blake & Johnson, phone on Thursday of last week. MT and Mrs Cyrus Jones, whose stay at O. E. Beeman's has been pro- lOnged since last August on account O1 the ill health of MT Jones, returned to their home in New Haven on Tuesday Of this week, to the sincere regret o1 all their friends here, who have enjoy. ed their society and good cheer the past few months. All truly hope that
 MT Jones will be able again to hold
 his responsible position as head book
 keeper in the wholesale store of Mer-
 sick & Co. in the above mentioned
 city, as this was his intention to re
 sume at once when he left here.