Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-09
State Correspondence.
StFnfEOrd.

Mir. William Hine while picking cherries | fell from the tree and badly sprained his ! %rist.
 It is rumored that Chinese laundry will | soon be started in this place. | The public acts of the legislature are at | the office of Town Clerk H. P. Stagg and can be had thero.
 Strawberries are about over. Cherries, entrants and raspberries of native growth are l in the market.
 Another new time table on the Consolidated road went into effect on Sunday last the time of the s:33 p. m. for New York is I changed to SIS D. n.
 The front gate belonging to Mir. Stiles Hurd was drawn to the crosstrees on the Re
 publican fagpole Tuesday night by the boys, where it yet remains
 The yacht whistler" Captain Frank Ben jamin, was out in the cyclone on Monday
 last off New Haven and was badly wrecked, so that it was found necessary to put into
 New Haven for repairs.
 | The ''Charmers' were out again Tuesday
 evening, giving their friends Fourth of | July serenade. The ''cornet'' was a tride fiat, owing, Eo doubt, to the atmosphere be- ing filled with gunpowder. | It is said three men tried to raise some | money to buy powder to fire a salute on the | Fourth. They got mad at the small amount they were able to raise so they took the gun | and threw 1t off into the Housatonic river by
 
 | money for rum The gun was ished out and | the national salute fred
 Frederick Lewis and wife have removed to | MT. O. s. HnbbelI's farm at RiVerclif in | Milford
 Mrs. M. Egleston and daughter, of Eliza beth, N. J., are the guests of Mrs. Dunbar. Saturday evening last as William Blake | and wife were driving home from Bridge port his horse dropped dead of heart disease
 in front of the West Stratford schoolhouse. MT. O. s. Hubbell while cutting grass his farm ''Rivercliff," near Washington | bridge, with q moving machine an accident 1 occurred which resulted in the loss of his | fine blooded colt. The machine was being run on side hill when some part Of the her- ness broke which caused the team to run away They jumped of a wall about five feet high, ] dragging the machine after them Upon approaching the barn one of tho animals went through the stable door and the ma chine was drawn against the other. horse, cutting one foot entirely of. It was found necessary to kill the beast, which Mir. Hub
 bell valued at $1 800, it being from the cele- brated Thomas Jefferson stock About the meanest and most contemptible act of vandalism reported in connection with
 the celebration of the Fourth was perpetrated on Tuesday night. Last spring Mir. Stiles Judson Set out number of young maple
 trees in front of bis residence on the Ferry
 road. They were growing finely
 
 furnished 8 good shade. Wednesday
 morning it was discovered that the trees had all been pulled up and broken of at the roots during the night before An effort is be- ing made to ferret out the vandals and bring them to justice. The law is very strict in this case-a fine of $50 % and one year i'm prisonment in the State prison for each tree. About dozen were destroyed
 The great attraction here on the 4th of Ju- Iy WAS the fair and festival of the Ladies' Aid society of Oronoque lodge No. 90, I. O. O. F.. which was held in their new hall in Todds building. The hall, though not com pleted, presented a pretty sight, being trimmed with flags, bunting, evergreen and handsome pictures. large sign of green letters on white cloth at the front of the hall read ''Oronoque Lodge No. 90, I. O. O. F. Welcome all" greeted the eye was tho postofice, ably pre- sided over by Miss Judson. At the three fancy article booths we noticed Mrs. F. $. Avery, Mrs. D. W. Judson, Mrs. William Blsiuey, Mrs. Emory Judson, Miss Lillie OViatt, Miss Minnie Judson. The flower booth was presided over by four little misses. At the confectionery booth were Miss Lillie Judson and Miss Fox. The refreshment tables were looked after by Mrs. Charles Blakeslee. Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Porter Messrs Judson, Godfrey, Roberts and Stevens. The white elephant and black bear created no end of amusement. Supper was esrv- ed during the evening and the Rhode Island clam chowder, made by A. McEwen, was pronounced excellent and went off with rush Most of the fancy articles were all sold, and several articles were sold by chance. The euesses on the bottle of beans and corn for two handsome rugs went off with a rush. Mrs Clinton won one of them. Her guess on the corn was 900, which was the exact number the bottle contained. The bean bot tie has not yet been opened.
 July 7. ';MosQUITo.