Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-16
TOmIinGOn's Bridge.

The Committee on Roads and Bridges held a meeting in rooms 10 and II City Hall last evening to hear parties interested in the city and town assuming the care of Tomlinson' $
 bridge and making it free William A. Wood ward, of the east side, thought the people would be willing to be taxed for new bridge Thomas Granniss also favored it being made free bridge. He said if it had not been a toll bridge there would have been factory erected on the east side before this that would have employed 800 hands. Hon. George H. Watrous gave 8 brief history and said that the present owners would be willing to sur
 render the bridge to the town and city for a
 smallcompensation, and perhaps for nothing.
 They would also be willing to give up the
 causeway on the east side, and sufficient land
 for the construction of bridge and roadway.
 E. M. Reed, who is president of the bridge company concurred in the views expressed
 by MT. Watrous
 The further hearing was adjourned to some
 future time.
 Personal.
 Colonel S. H. Payne, of Milford, has been
 quite sick, but is recovering. Rev. Mir. Pilkington, of Milford, breaches
 on ''Mormonism'' next Sunday evening. .Rev. w. c. Roberts, the new rector of
 Christ church, Ansonia begins his labors
 about April 1st.
 George E. Lee, who was in the employ oI
 Gemmill, Burnham 65 Co.,, of Hartford for
 ten years, died of pneumonia in New York
 Tuesday night. He has been employed by Lord < Taylor since the first of January last,
 in the woolen department of that house He was young man about 31 years of age,
 a member of the order of Freemasons, and was an ex- second lieutenant in the Hartford | City Guard
 Dr. Hubbard, of Bridgeport, has gone to
 Richmond, Va, to attend Mir Perry of | Southport, who has been taken ill. | Tierney, the New Haven crayon artist, has | a portrait on exhibition in Hartford It is 8 | fine portrait of J. T. Dolin of that city | Mrs. George W. Smith, an esteemed Meri
 den lady, died Tuesday evening Deceased | leaves three sisters, Mrs. J. H. Miner of
 Hartford, Mrs. J. B. Halliday of Hartford,
 and Mrs. Asahel Wells of Windsor, and three
 brothers, John H. Carrier of Meriden, Ed.
 mund Carrier of Colinsville, and Lucius Car rier of Providence, R. I.
 1 Mr. John R. Gildea leaves this morning
 for three weeks trip to Waterloo, N. Y., 1 where he will visit with the Hon. John Hop | kins, an uncle.
 l Dr. Arthur N. Sherman died Monday night at his residence, No. 75 Skillman street
 Brooklyn, at the age of 82. Deceased was | the father of A. c. Sherman, compositor il | this office.
 Ex- Mayor Lewis has been confined to his
 residence for few days with rheumatic
 attack, but expects to be about in a day ol l two.
 | Mr. Charles B. Gorham, of this city, has l graduated from the medical department ot Columbian University this week. The com.
 mencement exercises occurred Tuesday even
 ing.
 | Homer Merwin and Nehemiah T. Clark, ot | Woodmont have made arrangements to have 8 trial of speed between their horses, the 1 distance keing from New Haven to the lat 1 ter's residence, which is about six miles. 1 Considerable interest is taken in the affair in
 that section of the town. The money has I already been staked on the issue,- VGGSeg | Sentinel. met him again the other day He had l recovered from the relapse occasioned by our serious conversation of 8 morth ago. l asked him where he had taken up his abode. "Oh !" he replied, 'Im living by the canal for the present. I should bs delighted if you'd drop in some evening"" Then I left ! him.