Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-07
State Correspondence.
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 The lumber for MT. Todd's new store has \ arrived, and Main street in that vicinity looks L like lumber yard.
 Rev Frederick Alvord of Nashua, N H., occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church Sunday.
 Mir. William N. Ely and family are among the first of our city families to return for the summer.
 Mrs. E. Getman of the Housatonic Hotel vas arrested by the Milford authorities on Friday last for selling liquors without a | license.
 The Bridgeport Rife club have succeeded ! in obtaining fine piece of land on the west side of the Housatonic river and adjoining | the New York kand New Haven railroad track. The club will at once proceed to fit up & range in a style second to none in the State. They have named their new range "Read. ! moor' in honor of Major D. M. Read, through whose kindness they are permitted to occupy \ the premises. The opening of the new range will probably occur about June 1st.
 Last Sunday man giving the name of William Moore engaged board at the house of J. W. White on Clapboard hill. Thurs day morning Moore induced Whites cousin Jennie to elope with him, promising to mar ry her. Miss Moore is about 30 years old and is rather good looking. Her story of tho affair is as follows My name is Jennie White have been living with my cousin, J. w. White He has a wife living in Califor- mia, but since she has been away have been keeping house for him. Before that I used to be book agent. Four days ago a man, ~ ho said he was cigar maker from Newark, N. J., came to board at our house. He was a fine looking man with long beard of reddish gray. He said his name was William Moore and that he was fifty years of age. Willie, my cousin, was of attending to business in Bridgeport. Mir. Moore and were at home alone, and we olk kod a Ia o1 me very favorably and talked-oh, so nicely. He told me we had got into some difficulty in Newark about cigar stamps and had to run away and leave lot of property behind him. He said he intended to have my cousin help him to get it back I know he did talk over some business matters with my cousin and Lawyer Giddings of Bridgeport. Idon'tknow how I came to think so highly of him on such a short acquaintance, but when he asked me to marry him consented I did not want to let my cousin know what I had done and so when MT. Moore proposed that we run away and get married consent ed. We left home at about o'clock and took a train to New Haven where the mar riage was to take place. Mir. Moore had on gray suit of clothes that he had purchased from my cousin, which he did not pay for, or the four days board with us. He had no money and induced me to take $50 had saved up and this he used at the depot to pay our fares to New Haven. Arriving in New Haven he bought him new hat and some other things and gave me $3 to get a pair of gloves and veil, which I bought at Franks dry goods store on Chapel street. He then left me saying he would be back again in few minutes. I am now convinced he will not come back, and that he has gone of with my cousins clothes. After waiting until about two o'clock I went to the police in New Ha ven and stated my case and then returned to my cousins house in this place. Miss White was once married to man named Gafney in Rhode Island, and after he died she called herself again by her maiden name The po- lice have as yet not got any trace of Moore.
 May 5. stMosoUIro."