Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-02
Stratford.

stratford.
 Lawn mowers are now being put in order.
 The fields were secured Saturday by chil- dren for dandelion greens.
 It is all the rage just now for young ladies to make collection of buttons.
 Miss Annie Hurd has accepted position as teacher with Mrs. B. E. Clark, of New Mil ford.
 The popular game of '1awn tennis" is nov being played by number of our citizens.
 Cucumbers have arrived in market; they are quite green and look as if they possessed good doubling up" qualities.
 Hiram Clark, aged Il. died on Saturday last of lung fever. He was citizen highly esteemed. He was father in law of F. H. Green. composition of the New Haven Un- ion. His funeral was largely attended from Putney chapel The interment took place in the Putney cemetery.
 Jerome May, our talented banjoist, won the first prize banjo at the banjo tournament in Steinway Hall, New York, on Monday even : ing. The banjo is on exhibition at the drug stsre.
 Jarvis Prier, colored, was arrested in Bridgeport Saturday night for maliciously kicking in 8 window on Elm street. Jarvis had been taking '.bock beer.". Patrick Doran, of West Stratford, who was employed by the Beardsley Bros. on one of their mud diggers, fell overheard at New town Greek, l.. l., and was drowned. His body was recovered and sent to his family in West Stratford.
 The State department, G. A. R, has ap- pointed comrades to look after the towns in the State where there are no G. A. R. posts in order that Memorial day may be properly observed. MT. G. W. Keeler, O. O. M. of post No. g. G, A. R Bridgeport, has been as- signed to this place.
 MT. L. H. Todd is about to erect new two story building south of the drug store The building will be 32x6O. The first floor will be occupied by MT. Todd and bis son in law, Mir. Charles Lowell, in the grocery busi- ness. The second store will be made into 8 large hall. This hall has already been spo- ken for by several parties, the Odd Fellows having the first claim.
 The impression seems to be gaining ground every day that Della Gilbert, now in the Bridgeport jail awaiting trial on the charge of murdering her sister, Phoebe Brush, in the swamp last winter, will be released with out the formality of trial, as there has not as yet been any new evidence discovered suf- fieient to convict her.
 This is the last day that the owaers of dogs have for licensing their dogs, and only half the dogs in this place have been registered ''The dog law says all dogs shall be registered on or before the first day of May" Our Selectmen are now going to do their duty and prosecute all delinquents. We an ticipate good deal of fun before long. 'sLst Rome howl"
 May 1st. MosQUITo. Granby.
 On last Sunday evening in the vestry of ths First Congregational church, the Chinese government repudiating letter by Yan Phou Lee was read. Mir. Lee worshiped in the house several Sundays of his last year in this country. He on two occasions discoursed on China in the vestry. The Rev. A. L. Loveland, by invitation, pronounced an able discourse, speaking eloquently of China, and calling attention to certain evils of our coun- try, viz |, purchased voting in legislatures by money and free railroad passes and monopo- iy that stands ready in case of a short crop of cereals to murder the poor by starvation
 Another of long series of meetings is to be held in the vestry on Saturday even ing of this week, to take into modelling the interior of the church It is proposed to remove the galleries and improve the seats. One impeachment has been the refusal of few to give up their f'inherit- ed'' seats. Some of the parish will give Iib- orally if large expenditure is made. Others refuse to give except in aid of defects in the audience room.
 Arthur, son of the late Levi Rice one of twelve children, and only about twenty years of age, unmarried, has taken the "Crocker farm" and proposes to run it to his own ad- vantage and that of Mir. Crocker.
 Farms are plenty for sale in this town cheap. Cows are valued at from thirty to forty dollars each A. T. CornwsH sells an excellent COW for about thirty- five dollars that would seem to be we'll worth sixty del- lars He sells simply to buy a "blooded" COW. The butter factory here has tendency to in crease every farmers herd of COWS.
 Chester P. Loomis and family returned home last week from their months Boiourn in North Carolina.
 Miss Amelia l.. Allen is now selling her household furniture in order to return to Acworth N. H., where she has been residing for several months. Dr. Edwards has just prepared sketch of her father, the late pr. F. T. Allen, for medical journal. Dr. Ed he is skillful physician and universally es- teemed.
 T. M. Maltbie, Esq, is about to enter dwelling house long owned by him and situ- ated near the residence of W. 0. Case, Esq. MT. Maltbie is adding adorn- ments to structure previously one of the most attractive in the village. Granby is worthfly proud of her Case and Maltbie
 . A son of Newton Leomis is in the Yale Medical school A son of Hon. MT. Case is in the Yale academical department. The late Yale Professor Wilcox was born and reared in Granby. The remains of the great, great grandfather of President Hayes repose in the chief cemetery of the town. The Hayes tribe still constitutes fair proportion of the peo- pie here.
 Charles Green. the dealer in horses, is ex- pected home to day with about thirty horses purchased in Canada. One wonders that he is able to dispose of the many horses sold by him. Many of his purchases are made with special reference to the special want of his customers. May l.