Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-13
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StratfOrd.
 OPERATIONS BY HORSE THIEvEs-A BARKING DOG
 MILITARY, CIVIC, CHURCH AND SOCIETY
 MATTERS.
 Ground was broken this week for MT. William Lewis residence on Cupboard Hill.
 Bluefish have appeared in our harbor with several small catches as yet.
 Miss Belle Allen, of West Winsted, iG the guest of Miss Nellie Patterson.
 Crabs are beginning to run in the Housa- tonic and are being hunted by the boys.
 MT. and Mrs. John W. Beach are rusticst- ing at Saratoga Springs.
 There is promise of 8 large yield of late pears, only there are too few trees. As be- fore noted apples are exceedingly scarce. MT. Joseph w. Du Four, Mir. Lewis E. Judson and Captain Alonzo Gray are veteran fremen of the New Haven fire department, and will attend the reunion in New Haven on Wednesday next.
 The posters and tickets for the Methodist Sunday school picnic at High Rock Grove | on the 14th inst. are out and the tickets are l selling rapidly.
 1 Cultivators of potatoes are, some of them, ! digging their tubers and getting them to market at eighty cents per bushel. Thsrs is not any complaint of the rot disease. l It is blackberry season now and they are | quite abundant. Huckleberries are scarce and sell rapidly at eighteen cents per quart Green corn and beans are favorite and very common article of food in these August days
 The residence of the late William M. | Thompson is now occupied by MT. William Puik and family from Brooklyn, N. Y. The Rev. Allan E. Beeman of Unionville | Conn, formerly of this place, is spending hil vacation in town.
 One of the old family horses belonging tC the team of the late William Samuel John 1 son, and commonly known as ''Tafy, dieG l quite suddenly Thursday afternoon at tht | age of 34 years.
 MT. A. c. Lewis will exhibit selection from his fpe stock of Jerseys at the State i fair this fall.
 Mrs. William B. Snifin and children, o1 Newtown, are in town visiting relatives.
 Several members of the Bridgeport Scien- 1 tiic society have lately found rare species of diatom in the creek near the old ,'Unior Lake pond.''
 We learn that 1, ,5oO, ,oOO bushels of shells and gravel have been deposited along the l Connecticut shore for the improvement of natural and artificial oyster beds. An entertainment consisting of singing recitations and dancing was given last even- 1 ing at the residence of Benjamin Holmes. In case of either the Olmstead or Hartford 1 and Harlem railroad crossing the Housatonic at the points laid out, slightly bridge would be necessary, as the grade is much higher than the original survey.
 
 borough of West Stratford, with the follow ing officers: President, A. M. Scott; fore man, John Reilly; first assistant, Fred V. D. Bogart; second assistant, W. H. Bunnell; captain, William Paige; secretary and treas urer, Thomas W. Wood.
 MT. Elmer Beardsley, our enterprising coal dealer, is restocking his coal yard for the fall and winter sales. He has orders way ahead.
 Hazelnuts are unusually abundant.
 The highway contractors have been busy during the past week putting the highways in passable shape after the rains.
 Rev. John W. Simpson and wife, of East New York, are spending e short vacation with Mrs. Simpsons sister, Mrs. George Wheeler of Har7ey's Farm. MT. Simpson preached at the Methodist church last Sun day evening, of which he was pastor twenty years ago. Many of his old par1sh1oners were glad to hear him in his former pulpit. Asiatic Turkey, formerly Of this town. IS wis., iting at his old home. We lsarn he has or dered five hundred tombstones of Mir. Will liam H. Curtis to be taken with qim when he returns to the old country. He also breaches at the Congregational church on Sunday next.
 The regular shoot of the Bridgeport Rife club at Readmoor Wednesday afternoon re- suited in the following score:
 Gold match, 14 shots, possible 16S-D. B. Marsh, 149, E. Nothnsgle Al, D. Ferris 136, R. s. Bassett 12S, P. M. Beers 125, John Kienzy 125, N. s. Warner 121, G. E. Bots- ford 1O3, s. c. Kingman 91, W. H. Fox 90.
 Champion badge match, 75 shots, possible SD. E. Marsh 73, E. Nothnagio 67 Hub bard.
 bard badge match-Seven shots, possible S4. D. E. Marsh 75, E. Nothnagle 62, F. M. Beers 60, D. Ferris 51, W. H. Fox 45, 5. c. Kingman A. On the handicap the result gives MT. NoIthnage the Hubbard badge for the third time and D. E. Marsh wins the champion badge. All the matches were shot at the Massachusetts target, 200 yards. A number of visiting sharpshOotsrs were pres- ent and expressed themselves greatly pleased with the target arrangements, which are un- like those of any other range.
 Friday night horse thieves again paid our town visit. This time they effected an en- trance to the barn of Charles B. Curtis, one of our seleetmen, and took his fast trotting horse and a new set of harness Coming up town they took MT. Quier's blackboard wAg- on, which had been left in front of his blacksmith shop, and started of in the junction of the river road lead ing to Derby and the regular turnpike road to New Haven, they entered the barn of Mir. Frederick W. Judson and took his new top buggy, leaving Mir. Quier's blackboard in it's place. They then departed, but in what di- rection is not known. MT. Judson has dog which slept out of doors and made consid- erable noise by barking. Mir. Judson got up and let the dog in, but went back to bed, not thinking of burglars. It was at this time probably the thieves were operating in his barn. As soon as the loss was discovered Mr. Judson started of towards New Haven, Mr. Curtis towards Derby and Mir. John E. Holmes towards Bridgeport. Mir. Curtis values his horse at six hundred dollars and has offered reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the thieves. This is the third time horse thieves have visit ed our town and 1t is to be hoped they may be captured this time. s.MosouzTo