The Newtown bee., 1907-01-11
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BETHEL.

| BETHEL | FUNERAL OF MRS ANN STEVENSON.
 The funeral service of Mrs An1 Stevenson, Bethel's oldest resident who had passed her Tooth birthday I took place on Wednesday afternoon January 2, from the home of her grand son, Duncan Brodie, 31 Reservoir av enue, Rev A: T. Steele officiating. The burial was in the Wooster cemetery Danbury. Mrs F. A. Evans, MT Theodore Smith, Reuben Gibbs ano l Theodore Smith sang "Abide With Me,' and Asleep In Jesus" The l bearers were William Beard, Alonzo l Knox, Samuel Kyle, Frederick E liam F. Mason.
 | RAFTING CONCERN TO LOG ATE IN BETHEL. J. H. Wolthausen Go. have leased the hat factory on Grand street, known l as the Colwin & Mo Carthy factory and are to carry on the hating busi- | ness there. MT Wolthausen has been member of the Hoyt, Wolthausen ! withdrawn from that company. The | people here are pleased to have h i'm locate in Bethel.
 The following is the annual report of John Fl. Cords, chief of the Bethel fourteen fires. Eight alarms were giv- en while the others were extingufshed without the help of the department. The value of the property, for which ings, S16, 700; on contents. S4, 75O; total, s21, 45O. The insurance on buildings was s13, 800: on contents, S4, 225; total, SIS, OPS. The loss on buildings was S2, 322; on contents, S1, 134 O9; total, S3, 456.O9.
 The Young Ladies' Social club will give a masquerade social in Nichols Opera house tonight (Friday) January II.
 Representative-Ele Elect Clarence F. Hickok left, Tuesday, sfor his duties at Hartford. On Wednesday evening he attended the reception to Governor Woodruff by the Governors Foot Guards.
 The following persons attended the Connecticut Federation of Labor at Margin and George H. Gilbert repre- sented the Finishers' association; Charles J4athrop and Joseph Curtin the Makers aSSOcia tiOn and Mrs Will liam Mitchell the Trimmers' associa tion.
 George w. Daskam has opened the blacksmith shop on Greenwood avenue, opposite Shorts Hat factory, and will do horseshoeing and all kinds of blacksmithing
 Mrs William H. Brown, who has been i'll for six weeks and under pr A. B. Barber's care, is now improving slowly.
 George w. Van Volkenberg and family of Elmwood district spent the holidays in Brooklyn, the guests of MT Van Volkenberg's sister, Mrs Levi Mapes.
 Mir and Mrs George B. Fairchild of Greenwood avenue are making plans for two months trip to California, this winter. The date for starting has as yet not been definitely settled.
 Howard Mckenzie of Plumtrees sold, last week, tract of 12 acres of timber to MT Terry, the saw mill man.
 Cassius Grumman of Wilton has sold tract of four acres of land on Ivy avenue, Bethel, to John Smith. The tract was known by the name of Ivy Island and was formerly owned by the late P. T. Barnum, the great show man, and at one time was cut up into building lots, but did not prove very salable. The tract of land was pre- sented to P. T. Barnum, when he be- came of age, by his father in order to make him a voter.
 William H. Wildman, the ice man, has steam engine set up at his ice house in Plumtrees, for hauling the ice up into his house, which will greatly facilitate the work of harvest ing his ice crop.
 Frank Norman, who has run Fred Ferry's blacksmith shop on Beaver street for the past year or more, has taken position with Girt Miller, at his blacksmith shop in Danbury and will close MT Terry's shop.
 MT and Mrs Henry. l.. St Ormond Of with Mrs St Ormond's parents, MT and Mrs Joseph Seeber, in Wolf Pits district.
 Charles J. English, the druggist, keeps complete line of tooth brushes and tooth powders. One of the most keep your teeth clean.
 Clifford Grumman of Plum trees sold l his interest in the Bethel.and Bedding Lime Kiln Go. .at Plumtrees, last week, to Mark D. Stiles of Mt Vernon. MT Grumman also sold the land occu- pied by the kiln and quarry to the company.
 MT and Mrs Cornelius Judd of Ma l pie street spent several days, last week, in New York with friends.
 hand side of Center street. has flown to the sunny south, but his friends here need not worry. He will return before the blue birds are singing again, as smiling and happy as ever, tc look after their wants.
 ! street, who has been quite i'll, was re. moved, last week Wednesday, to the
 Danbury hospital for treatment.
 MT and Mrs w. F. Hoyt of Wolf
 Pits district spent New Years in
 Newtown, the guests of MT and Mrs Harlow Benedict
 MT and Mrs W. A. Mcdowell o1 Center street sailed from New York on New Years day for Jacksonville, Fla, where they expect to remain for a few months.
 Miss May Hoyt of Norwalk was a guest, last week, of her parents, MI and Mrs w. F. Hoyt, in Wolf Pits She spent New Years day with friends in Bethel.
 Mrs B. w. Gilbert has been ill with a severe cold for several days. A picture of the proposed new St James Episcopal church, which the
 parish propose to erect on the corner of Center and Rector streets. where
 the rectory now stands, is on exhibi
 tion in the windows of the store of P
 J. Garvin, the druggist. The picture
 shows very pretty church edifice and
 when it is completed will be quite ar
 addition to Bethel.
 MT and Mrs E. J. Miller and little
 one, who have been i'll at MT and MT!
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