Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-08
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Shad are more plentiful this year than l last Frank Lewis is agent in this place for the Bridgeport Steam Carpet Cleaning company. l Our business men who come home at noon ] from Bridgeport have only half an hour to
 eat their dinner owing to 8 change of time of | running of the noon train. It is now Chop
 skip and jump" with good many. l Mir. Johnson, of Oronoque, presented his friend, General Ticket Agent Henry Bishop. of the Naugatuck railroad, with six pound shad Saturday morning
 1 Messrs. A. Van Vecten, A. De F. Wheeler, 1 Charles Racey, R. H. Fairchild and J. W. | Rhoadesand wife, all of New York, wore among our Sunday visitors.
 l The early bread wagon which the city l bakery of Bridgeport sends over to this place t is meeting with good success and is well pat I ronized.
 | Postmaster Spall has an unusual long list of letters not called for up to May 1st in his office.
 l MT. Calvin Curtis, our well known artist,
 has just finished life size portrait of the nine ear-old daughter of Hon. D. N. Nor gan, of Bridgeport. It is said to be a per ! feet likeness. It is on exhibition at Gay
 lords art store in Bridgeport.
 The Excelsior Quartette, composed of | Messrs. J. H. Stagg, first tenor; F. S. | Beardsley, second tenor; Stiles Judson, jr., 1 first bass, and G. w. Judson, second bass, | were out serenadiDg their lady friends Satur- 1 day evening.
 AIr. William H. Benjamin informs us that the case between himself and MT. Jerome Burrill for $4 50 has not been legally decided
 against him. He claims he was notified the case was to have been tried on Monday, April 2. He was present at the Town Hall and waited an hour, when he was informed the l case had been adjourned to Saturday, April '. He says there was not any court called
 on April ? and how could they adjourn it to April 7. He couldn't see how judgment could be claimed against him.
 The annual meeting of the commissioners
 of the Washington Bridge company was held at the bridge house this morning at nine o'clock. All the commissioners were present.
 Mir. Charles E. Stagg, acting secretary, made his annual report That he had made de-
 mand on Mir. George Fl. Hayes, the commis-
 sioner from Bridgeport last year, for all bills,
 books and papers that MT. Hayes had in his
 possession as treasurer for the bridge to year
 ending May 7th 1SS2 and up to date. had
 not received them. The report was accepted and the commissioners went into
 secret session to determine the
 their recovery. What the decision was was
 not made public. The report of Treasurer c. E. Stagg; the receipts for the year ending May l, 1882, to May 1st, 1883, were $1, 773.- 91 and expenditures were $471.35, leaving 8
 balance in the treasury of $1, 3o2. 56. The following ohcers were elected TOT the ensu- ing year, the polls were left open one hour
 according to law: Mir. Nathan c. Tomlin-
 son, of Milford, president; MT. Andrew L.
 Winton, of Bridgeport, treasurer; and MT.
 Charles E. Stagg, of Stratford, secretary The above report of the treasurer, Mr. Stagg, is not full report of the bridge com
 pany as MT. Hayes has not made any report
 of the last year he acted as treasurer, viz,
 the year of May 1st, 1881, to May 1st, 1882, he having refused to deliver up the books to Mir. Stagg. It was voted that the treasurer | give bonds for $5, 900 for the ensuing year.
 The meeting adjourned to Monday, May Fist | at nine o'clock to hear 8 report from MT. Hayes. The commissioner from Bridgeport, | MT. A. l. Winton, has been elected treasurer
 of the bridge company, and once more the
 city of Bridgeport will have possession of all
 moneys. The other two commissioners have
 the utmost confidence in the newly elected commissioner from that city in place of
 George W. Hayes, Esq. ''MosQUrTo." | Nay