The Newtown bee., 1890-06-06
LONG HILL.

"a OoDtS "a CDCI UdDlCI "tEC uclS-
gates from Long Hill union, No. 139, to
the State convention of Cigarmakers' I'm
ion at New Haven, last week. 1t was
decided at this meeting that the Union
label must be displayed on all boxes and
that all boxes not so marked would be
regarded as 'scab."
Mrs Stevens, Mr. and Mrs Unmack,
Leonard Squinobal and others were in
New York, Memorial day.
F Mrs Eva Lowerre arrived in Long Hill,
last week and will spend the Summer
with Mrs j. L. NJ. Thornton. Miss EN-
ma Tripler is also there.
Ii. s. Wedge has painted Mrs Ange-
vines house Il light cream color, with
dark green trimmings.
Charles Lowerre of Brooklyn spent
Sunday here.
Judge of Probate Morris b. Beardsley
of Bridgeport, with his family, has been
with his father, S. G. Beardsley, Esq.
B. F. Lines of Birmingham is added to
the force at w. b. Coan's and he is a
blacksmith skilled in his trade. The
firm are rushed with orders in painting
and have recently received city orders
for heavy double carts and stone wagons.
Elijah Middlebrook expects to take a
contract for grading city streets in
Bridgeport.
Frank Wheeler has added another
horse to meet the demands of his meat
trade.
C. n. and Lewis Brinsmade recently
sold tract of 80 acres of timber land,
on Porter's hill, some of it heavily tim
bered, to w. b. Coan & Son.
Conrad Kohlar with Milkman Samuel
Gregory for the Summer.
Frank P. Stillman, bookkeeper for G.
w. McCord, is spending the Summer with
his family in Long Hill.-[Standard.
2. Clark Hurd, who has carried the
mail between the post office and the sta
ton for nearly decade, is not well
pleased with the recent change in the
mails, for it requires him to make four
trips day, instead of three, as formerly
He has, however, applied for increased
pay, ON the ground of increased duties
and hopes to receive it.
A BEE reporter who paused a moment
in his headlong flight to inspect the ia
nous picnic grounds at Parlor Roel
found that many minor improvements
had been made, such as painting nearly
all buildings, grading part of the lawns
building new approaches to the dancing
and dining pavilions and making genera
repairs. The platform south of The
grounds, on which so many thousands o.
people have taken or left the train, ha.
been entirely removed and a new plat
form built north of the buildings, along
the new 30O-foot side track. The worl
on the new bridge across the track. con
Meeting two projecting points Of rock
had not been, commenced, but railroad
laborers were to devote themselves tc
the bridge as soon as the siding ano
platform were completed. The grounds
were never in better condition and there
will simply be II crush of picnics, this
season. The newspaper men of the city
who hold a first mortgage of extensive
proportions on the place, expect to &c
up Con nothing less than a special train
Of course) and properly open the grounds
for the season, about June l6 and tht
regular season will commence soon after
Manager Harris says that he'll s'make i
pleasant for everybody"
Elliott nj. Beardsley is executor on ths
estate Of his father, Miles Beardsley.
The cellar for Erastus Ryan's new
house near the station is nearly com
pleted.
Park Hill and family of Missouri ar
rived in Long Hill, last week and ar
guests of his brother, Beach Hill, wher'
he will probably remain through tn
] Summer.
For the first time since the presen
GTdct e1lufCh tuiIiGt WAS OpcHCu IL Aos =
stephen III. Burroughs was unable to b
present and perform the duties attached
to his office as senior warden, one Sun
day last month. He has enjoyed goo
health and strength, but was, at tina
time, i'll with cold and unable to b
about. He has record which can b
beaten by few OF SO advanced age.