Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-25
STATE OOHR EsPONDENCE.
SOuthlngt0n.

SOuthln&tOns
July 24.-The officers of the SouthinRton
Cutlery company for the ensuing year are:
M. g. Ogden, president; ]. w. Gridley, seo-
rotary and treasurer. A quarterly dividend
of per cent. has been made.
Fred Kenyon of Bridgeport 10 home with
broken arm, the result of header from
his bicycle.
The population of this town in 1870 was
2,100, and is now 5,49A, gain Of only 1894
in one hundred years.
Edward s. Todd of Marion has gone to
Manchester. N. 81.
Mics Ida Barnes has been engaged to teach
the Tenth district school.
The individual deposits in the National
bank now amount to SOL, SOB.
Joseph and John Reader are spending their
vacation in Madison.
Milfora.
July A-Mr. John G. North has been en-
pertaining his grandchildren from Massachu-
sets the past week.
Rev. Frank I. Paradise, the new rector
of st. Peters church, will make his homo
with the Mrs. Newton on High street until
the rectory is in readiness for occupancy.
Harrison q. Plat started for Portland,
Ore, Wednesday, where he intends to locate
permanently.
Miss Josie Gardiner Is visiting her friends
in New Jersey and will be absent several
weeks.
Rev. F. L. Ferguson occupied the pulpit
of the Humphrey street church, New Haven,
last Sunday, and Rev. Dorrol Lee of Derby
officiated in the First church in his absence.
Mr.. Ferguson will preach in his church next
Sunday at the usual services.
The showers of last week were great ben
eft to vegetation and crops.
Mr.. E. P. Avery has purchased the Smith
property on the corner of Broad and Wharf
streets and is making some important and
elaborate improvements on it.
| Miss Annie Tibballs with several other
members of her family who have been suffer-
| ing are now recovering.
Mr.. George Leitch gave his lecture, "a
Trip Around the World" which he illustrates
with stereopticon views, In Plymouth church
on Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Woodford, who were
called to Milford by tho illness and death of
Mrs. Woodford's mother, returned to Avon on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Wales Woodipg of Waterbury
have been visiting among their friends in
this place the past week.
| Miss Jennie Plumb of New Haven has been
making a short sojourn at Wheeler's Farmt
| at the residence of her uncle, John E
Rogers.
The entertainment given by the Junior Aid
| society of st. Peters church on three even
ings last week was very successful enter.
tainment, attracting large numbers and net
ting handsome profit.
The memorial volume issued by the First
church is attracting much interest. There
are still some copies in paper covers, and all
who desire them can procure them by calling
on the pastor or librarian of the Sunday
school, The copies In board covers are ex.
pected this week.
Mrs. Caroline Nettleton of Wheeler'l
Farms died at the home of her brother, Mr.
Miles B. Plumb, on Broad street, Of heart
disease on Tuesday morning. The funeral
was held on Thursday afternoon. the services
being conducted by her pastor, Rev. L. F.
Ferguson, who spoke feelingly and appro-
priately of her many virtues and graces OF
character. The bearers were Nessrs. Frank
and George Munson, ELIAS and Lewis Bradley
of New Haven, D. s. Plumb and Harrison
Nettleton of Bridgeport. There was a large
| attendance of friends.