Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-19
State Uorresponoence.
Srr0tfords


 4 large number of city people were in town over Sunday.
 Rev. MT. Sloan exchanged pulpits with Rev MT. Fitzgerald. of Milford, on Sunday last.
 MT. Morris Curtis, of Augusta, Ga, is wis iting Mrs. Benjamin Wells.
 Mr. Charles De Veaux Stubbs Of Milford, formerly of this place, was in town visiting a few friends this morning. MT. Stub6s IS sole proprietor of the celebrated De Veaux's Jamaica Ginger.'
 Mics Madeline Billings, of Ludlow, Yer mont, is visiting relatives in this place
 Friday evening MT. Isaac Lockwood was badly bitten by a dog. Dr. Mooney cauter- ized the wound.
 Rev. T. J. Watt and Mir. Nelson E. Dor man recently paid visit to Jerusalem Chapter No. 13, R. A M., of Bridgeport. The Rev. George B. Stafford, D: D., of Andover, Mass, occupied the pnlplt at the l Congregational church on Sunday last. l Mrs. Arthur Sloan, who has been q9ite 1 sick during the past week, IS very much ina- | proved.
 Mrs. L. J. Beardsley, we are glad to state, I has so far recovered from her late accident as I to be able to walk in her yard. 1 MT. John Rurd has purchased the old Cor l ham property, opposite his residence, and it I has been rented to Mrs. B. Kugler: With a l fresh coat of paint and her beautiful flower garden the place presents handsome ap- pearance.
 A large number of our citizens who have attended George Wagner's beautiful summer garden, in Bridgeport, the past week, report the playing of the Hungarian Gipsey orches- tra very fine.
 Edward Ritchie, of Oronoque, employed in 1 l. Roberts, paper mill in that place, had four fingers cut off in the rag picker on Thursday last Dr. Jewett, of Birmingham, was called in attendance.
 The new shad law goes into effect on We'd nesday, after which time the shad can sport in the waters of this State with impunity or anything else.
 | The cherries will be very few with US this season. A blight has appeared on most ot the trees Strawberries are yielding unusu- ally well here this season.
 Messrs. Truman Buddington and Morris Clark rode from this place to the Mansion ! House in Birmingham on Sunday last in one 1 hour and half on their bicycles. The Poquonnock Wheel club of Bridge port made their weekly run to this place this evening. There were twelve members of the club present and they presented fine sight as they came up Main street We hope they l will come again and often.
 Last Friday little Eddie Mooney, son oi Dr. Mooney, while visiting at Mrs. J. Henry Thompson's and while playing with her chil dren found can of Paris green on the prem, ! ises. Mrs Thompson, who happened tc come across them at their play and fearing 1 he had swallowed some of the poison as vel
 as her own children, immediately gave them an emetic and no serious results ensued.
 On Wednesday last Miss M. Lillian Peck, l daughter of the late James A. Peck anc
 Mrs. J. w. Dufour of this place, was mar
 ried in New York city by the Rev: Johr
 Bronner to Mr. George l. Austin, of Chicago Last Thursday evening as Mir. Wilbur
 Blakeman was walking down Main street 1T
 company with two young ladies, he was as ! saulted near Mir. Todd's store by one Of th' low characters who make it point to insult passers by. MT. Blakeman administered good thrashing to him, when three or foul l roughs appeared and he was forced to retir'
 from the conflict after recog
 nizing one of the roughs. MT Blackman immediately entered complaint t , Grand Juror William H. Crawford, wh' , caused John Lalley, jr., to be arrested. H was brought before Justice Morehouse an'
 plead guilty and was fined S1 and costs
 which amounted to about seven dollars. Hi fine was paid by his father. We are glad ou authorities are taking some such step t.
 break up these gangs of young loaters. June IS. ''MosQUITo.'