The Newtown bee., 1907-05-31
3RANCHVILLE.
THE AUTOMOBILE FEVER.

The auto fever has struck this place, this spring. Ira w. Meade has IA horse power Locomobile, purchased of Bridgeport parties; w. O. Butcher has runabout locomobile, purchased of Little Boston parties, and Elmer Fill low has purchased a lO-horse power runabout Locomobile, and 1t is report ed that Ferris Warehouse and others have the fever quite badly. Mrs John F. Peck has sold her place across from the the Branchville depot to Patrick Berry, who works at the silica mill. MT Berry is making ex- | tensive improvements on the house and will soon occupy 1t. MT and Mrs John E. Peck have purchased the old Pillow homestead on Peaceable street and have moved there. Elmer Pillow and family, who | moved into the lower part of Mrs John F. Peck's house opposite the Depot, about month ago, have moved back into the tenement house belonging to MT Pillows father, J. B. Pillow, which they occupied before. | Mrs Van Wrinkle, formerly of Ridge field but now of Stratford, was a guest, last week, for a few days of Mrs Bradley Beers.
 The s. N. E. Telephone Co. have added four new wires to their poles from Branchville to Ridgeheld.
 Misses Bessie and Myrtle CogSwell, who have been attending school at | Mystic, are now at home with their parents, MT ana Mrs Charles Cogs- well, on Laurel Hill.
 MT and Mrs S. M. Comstock of New York spent few days recently with MT and Mrs J. l.. Godfrey at their home in Nod.
 The Fraylor Mining & Mineral Co. have had their factory shut down for about 10 days on account of the ma chinery breaking. It is reported that in the near future they are to increase the size of their present plant and will erect a crushing plant which is to cost about $50, 900.
 MT and Mrs w. O. De Forest spent Sunday in New Canaan with MT De
 Forests parents, MT and Mrs Cyrus R. : De Forest.
 w. D. Olmstead, formerly baggage
 en the position as messenger for the
 Adams Express Go. on the Ridgefield
 branch.
 Samuel Dean of Peaceable street hal , suffered another shock and is quite , poorly.
 M. D. Emmons of Bridgeport ha ' taken a position with G. B. Grummar
 at his Ice Tool factory and is board
 ing with MT and Mrs Andrew Godfrey II J. Edward Emmons of New Yorl visited friends here recently. John F. Peck purchased a COW of G Churchill of Little Boston, last Mon s day.
 J. w. Oddie, agent at Branchville
 has taken position as station agen f River branch, and leaves, some tim
 this week, for his new DO sition.
 Frank Stalzel of Bethel has takel & the position as baggage master at th P Branchville depot.
 e J. s. Barlow has purchased a build
 ing lot on Peaceable street of J. B
 Pillow, between the places of MT Fiji
 low and Charles Dean, and expects t
 erect house on 1t. The house wi
 be 20 20 feet, two stories. J. H. Ne:
 sel has the contract.
 having new cottage built just sout
 of the station, and will rent it as 500
 as it is completed.
 r. Howard Ridge moved, last Saturda. :, from the Raven place, just north (
 Branchville, to Sanford Station int 'o the east part of w. RI. Dewsnap B. house.
 d James Faulkner of Harrison, N. Y E. who purchased the Raven place, too II possession, last week, and moved ht II family there.
 il Alex Vetter of New York has ren 1t ed the Dutton place near Little Flo is ida Station and will move there wit his family for the summer, next wee Lewis Knapp, an old veteran of tf Civil War, died, Saturday, May A, 10 aged 72 years. The funeral was he from his late home, Tuesday afte '.' noon, May 2S, at 30. The burial "; s, in the Branchville cemetery. He e. survived by wife, three sons and t~ m daughters
 - Herman J. Douds of Washingto lh Heights, N. Y., who purchased u v- Mrs Hull Edwards place at Litt le Florida, has taken possession. rs John s. and J. E. Schneider ha'
 just received patent on new bur IT. lar alarm, which they will manufa
 ture at their factory at Little Florid