Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-10
STATE ooRREsPoNDENCE.

A madtson. May 9.-Work goes on briskly at the ship yard. The framework is up for three- masted schooner for Tucker 6 Barry. Cap tain Crosley has just laid keel one hundred and ninety feet long for 6 four-masted schooner which will be the largest vessel ever built in Madison.
 The farmers are taking advantage of the early spring weather and are getting. pota- toes and corn into the ground as fast as possible. Some of the farmers have all their planting finished.
 Mir. Ralph Buell., who has been sick for several weeks with intermittent fever, is re- covering.
 day afternoon to Miss Mary Carmune. He has rented the How'd place and will begin housekeeping immediately. There are several applicants for the post office under the new administration and all are sanguine of success. but as it is philo- gophical principle that two different bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same
 time, disappointment must follow some where.
 Milford. May 9.-Miss Nellie Beard, one of the re- cent graduates of the Milford graded school,
 has entered the New Haven High school. Mrs. Hubbell has moved into the residence she purchased some time since of the First church.
 John Beatty has been awarded the contract for repairing the breakwater at the gulf. The social hop given by the Milford cornet band last Thursday was fairly well attended. The concert previous to the dancing showed
 that the members of the band had given careful training and practice for the ocoa- sion.
 O.. J. Walp of the new firm that is to To-
 cate here has purchased the Bristol place on and iDfn do fo o1zof his permanent residence. Mrs. Maria Graham has moved from River street to the residence of Miles B. Plumb on Broad street.
 Charles A. Smith has purchased the place formerly owned by Merritt Ford and is mak- ing improvements about it. Prof. B. G. Northrop will give lecture in the Town hall Friday evening, May 17th. The proceeds will be devoted to the fund for placing inscriptions on the Memorial bridge. Prof. Northrop comes through the efforts of MT. John G. North and the lecture will be well worth the patronage of all our people, and we trust he will be greeted by a large Frank s. Downs has purchased the place formerly occupied by James B. Benjamin on West Main street.
 There was good representation of the people of Milford at the centennial celebra- tion in New York last Tuesday, some of
 
 ing the grand ceremonies. The mission Circle of the First church was very finely entertained by the pastors wife, Mrs. F. L. Ferguson, at their home on Tuesday evening of this week. There was @ large number present and the pleasure of all was unalloyed.
 Mrs. Joseph Merchant died last Thursday night after 8 lingering illness of some months. She was thirty years old and leaves one child. The burial services were held on Saturday afternoon, being conducted by Rev.
 J. M. Carol, her pastor. A quartette con- sisting of Mrs. Carrie Bray, Miss Bertha Beach and Messrs. Hallie Clark and William
 Lee sang very feelingly and sweetly appro-
 priate selections of music. The communion service at the First church
 last Sunday morning was a beautiful and i'm :
 pressIve one. A company Of nineteen, all
 young people, some of whom were children,
 gathered around the altar and were received
 by the pastor, Rev. F. L. Ferguson, into the
 fellowship of the church. The earnest words
 and feeling and cordial manner with which
 they were addressed by the pastor was like 8
 benediction upon them and made thrill of
 spiritual sympathy pass through every sin-
 cere Christian heart in the congregation. It
 was an occasion of mutual rejoicing between
 the faithful pastor and those who had aided
 him in the work of the past season that these
 had been gathered in. It is expected that
 a number of others will unite with the church
 at the July communion.
 Woodmont is wide awake and thriving in
 it's enterprises and promises to outrival all
 former seasons in it's popularity as a shore
 resort. Many who own cottages are moving
 into them and MT. Lindly, who supplies the
 people who reside there with groceries, has opened his store and has his team running for orders.
 The government appropriation of five
 thousand dollars for the Milford harbor which was secured through the efforts of William N. Merwin and Sons, is to be ex-
 pended in clearing out twenty thousand yards of the channel. MT. Merwin with his usual enterprise intends to continue the work by dredging two thousand yards more at his own expense. The work is contracted for by the Hartford Dredging Go. The annual meeting of the Milford Lycsum which was held on Monday evening was an enthusiastic one and the outlook for the year is encouraging. The officers elected were Collin Campbell, president H. E.
 Batcheller, vice president; George J. Smith, secretary; David L. Clarke, treasurer; W. S. Chase, librarian; directors, H. DeForest, F. s. Downs, c. S. Royden, George Fl. Woods. George w. Plumb, w. L. Merwin, Emmons Chase, P. s. Bristol, Mrs. Henry J. Bristol,
 Miss Grace Hine, s. A. Warburton and F.
 W. Stowe. It was also decided to hold an
 entertainment May 30th. Woodbridge. May 9.-Mr James Rice bought 6 tract of
 land of Davis Newton recently. The roads of the town are in very bad
 condition aud ought to be repaired at once
 MT. Jacob Beisiegel, jr., and Miss Addie
 Russell of Orange, will be united in marriage on the 18th of this month