The Newtown bee., 1890-11-28

% were present and there were eight Ia
bes.
Miss Mary Sherwood Of Omaha visits
Mrand Mrs Simon G. Sherwood.
Mrs Brooks II. Wells and family are at
Mrs Pomeroy's.
Miss Lena Bulkley has visited Mrs
Gurdon Perry.
The pumpkin party at the Harvest sup
per, last week, showed a large variety Of
guesses as to the number OF seeds i'll
pumpkin. The highest was 1900, the
lowest so; the correct number, 393. Will
bur Jennings guessed 1888 and carried off
first prize, large basket of assorted
fruit. The consolation went to Miss
Marquand. Bridgeport sent a delegation
of 20. The receipts were $240; expenses
$40; profit 5000; acreditable showing
1t is probable that the 5. v. /. As. will.
give several entertainments of various
kinds during the Winter.
For the first time in many years, Trim
ity church was not opened for Thanks
giving services.
The matinee of the Strauss orchestra
at the Hyperion, New Haven, Monday,
was attended by large party from here.
Rev Alexander Hamilton, who preach
ed in Trinity, Sunday, is lineal de-
scendant Of Alexander Hamilton.
The annual Thanksgiving eve shoe.
bang at the club house did not take
place because the improvements inside
the house were not completed. 1t will be
held later.
The Consolidated road has secured
nearly all the land it needs here Chat of
Mrs Frank Buckley, near the depot, be-
ing among the last) and the work of
NH, fIs,s "a ,rn hi
terferes with the regularity of trains, has
been practically finished in this vicinity
for the present. Real Estate Buyer Fiske
has, however, turned his attention to
Green's Farms of late. Besides buying
considerable land. a Few weeks ago, the
road acquired, last week, about 90 acres
of salt meadows, to which there were
number of rights of way, on one of which
one of the three bridges near Green's
Farms station was necessary. This will
be removed and it is thought that the
other two will be thrown into one, which
would answer the purpose. The road
has bought strips from 20 to go feet wide
along the northern side of the tracks, EVIL
IDENTIFY intending to straighten the line.
To do this, part of the lot owned by
Wheeler of Easton, opposite Mr. Bed
ford's, was necessary, also Mr. Stuart's
place. Mr. Wheeler has sold, but Mr. Stu
art declines to do so at the roads terms
and the commissioners will probably be
called out to condemn the property.
Should the line be Strengthened, it would
seem that the Bedford place must also be
sacrificed, but it is understood that the
company wishes to spare this, If possible.
As to the location of the Green's Farms
station, some say that it will be moved
nearer Southport, others that it will be
moved nearer to Westport. At South
port. this week, the only important work
was the moving of the brick depot, for
which preparation has been going on for
more than week, and the changes in
front of the property of E. b. Monroe.
The road already owned sufficient land
| for the width of its two tracks on the
south of its present layout, in front OF
MIR Monroe's property, upon which the
| foot of the embankment necessary here
would have encroached. 10 prevent
this, Mr. Monroe has given the road a
strip of land so feet wide and about zoe
feet long on the north side of the track, in
exchange for which a retaining wall OF
cut brown stone will be put up to hold
the embankment in place. At Fairfield
drain laying and the ordinary work al
the crossings has been pushed. Nc
plan has yet been decided upon for the
crossing at the station, but a supplement-
airy plan has been submitted, for a roaC
along the north of the tracks, from the
mill Plain road at Toomey's crossing tt
the new station, distance of perhaps
1900 or 1900 feet. This would greatly
benefit Mill Plain people, who would b.
saved the annoyance of passing once un
der and once over the track to reach thu
station. 1t will also benefit Greenfield
ers, though they will travel the new roat
building by Frederick Sturges beyont
Knapp's corner. This road will ruI
through land of f. Sturges, j. ID. Toom
ey, r.. Redfield 81 Sons, Arthur Brown
and strip 163 feet wide has already beef
sold by Mr. Sturges.
Miss Annie Callan, who has been dan
gerously sick with malarial fever, is bet
ter.
The wedding of Serene Furniss to Mis-
Minnie Finnerty of Fairfield was an
nounced for Thanksgiving morning at
at st Thomas church, Fairfield, Fathe
Coleman officiating.
A COW, for which he vainly sought al
owner, was found by John Shaugnessy
last week.
Misses A. j. and g. b. Downes hav,
. opened bakery and are selling fresh
home made bread, wheat, rye and era
ham. They make a speciality of biscuits
The schooner White Rock of Jenning
& Sons line has met with another in
series of mishaps. When off Norwall
islands on her way to New York, last
week, the centerboard iron broke ant
! she was forced to put back to Southpor
for temporary repairs.
Northrop Brothers are building barn
. 1Gx20 feet, for John Vincent of Fairfield
Rev Mr. Hamilton, rector in charge o
Emmanuel church, Lyons Plain, preach
ed in Trinity, Sunday.
A monstrous hawk which had been s,
bold as to devour duck within a shor
distance of Mr. Dill's house, pait
for its temerity with it's life, Presiden
Il. G. Sherwood of the national banl
: slaughtering him. The bird measured
over two feet from tip to tip.
A sidewalk is soon to be laid from
Main street to the entrance of Washing
! ton school building.
Stockholders of the Mount Wilson
mining company are elated over the su
perintendent's report of the shipment O.
another car of unusually high grade ore
Having nearly finished the elegant res
idence they have been building at Ma
! maroneck, Northrop Brothers have takel
a contract to build a house, with store
beneath, for A. M. Tomasky, a Mamaro
neck painter; also barn.
A handsome and ornate new town post
made at Northrop Brothers, has beer
provided for Southport, to take the place
of that at the town pump in post office
square.
The street lamps have been painted
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