The Newtown bee., 1890-07-11
STAMFORD.

elected at the annual meeting:
 School committee, R. 1T. Rassel. Charles B. Curtis, Samuel Patterson. Clerk, E. T. Hall.
 Treasurer, c. II. Spall.
 The treasurer's report for the past year shows balance in favor of the district of $937 07. The employment of teach CTS for the coming year was left to the committee and also the salaries to be paid. The taxes are to be the same as last year and the town collector will gather them in.
 J. o. Hanft of New York occupies the Sammis residence. A part of Mr sam miss family will Summer in the White Mountains.
 Miss Mary Fairchild is home from Il visit tt Haverhill, Mass.
 Edgar Osborne is the happy owner of a blooded colt.
 The results of ball games are bulletin ed at Lester Young's news room as soon as games are finished.
 J. W. Dufour has recently bought d fine young horse and team. Mir and Mrs Austin of New York visit ed J. W. Dufour, last week. For the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant of Stratford, none of the church bells were rung at midnight on the Fourth and none until nearly i o'clock Friday morning.
 The Stratford Wheel club took it's first run, the Fourth, parading the town and drilling. The evolutions were well per formed and the bugler, William Rogers, excited the admiration of all. Lack of wind prevented an interesting race at the river, Friday. when the pen nant of the Housatonic yacht club was contested for. There were several entries, however, and the boats went over the route as well as possible, but it was at best drifting race. Tho course was from the boat house twice around the buoy at the upper bar, perhaps five miles in length. The start was made at 3 o'clock, with the following boats: Cat rigged, boat owned by Walter Wheeler; ; schooner rigged, Sassacus, Cassius Smith; Wanda, Bruce Weller; Sharley, R. B. Smith; Billy, Arthur Wheeler. The Sassacus finished first and was en- titled to the pennant, Bruce Weller's Wanda being second. g
 Mir and Mrs Glenn of Brooklyn and Mrs Edwards of Kent have visited W. H. Smith.
 John Hard and w. H. Smith attended the races at New Haven, the Fourth.
 J. w. Dufour now keeps harness for sale. -1
 There was little celebration of the Fourth, save for the irrepressible small boy and more adventurous young man. Many gates were carried off and pile of them was found at the station, while a few were on the roof of the building. The Cupheag club enjoyed a clam chow der at Minor Smiths, a huge bonfire was built and ball games, yacht races and bi- cycle parades occupied the rest of the day. In the evening, a fine display of fireworks was made by D. P. Rhoades.
 A large audience was present at the ice cream sociable given by the ladies of the Methodist church, Friday evening, at the Town hall. Besides cream, confection- cry and cake, which sold rapidly and protitably, there was a pleasant allegori- cal entertainment, Columbia and her al i'm iah lali in, ta costumes took part as the different States of the Union, representing them either by name or by the best known product, natural or manufactured. Miss Bertha Clarke did we'll as Columbia and all other parts reequally we'll carried out. Mrs E. D. Bassett and Miss Wolfe gave ac- ceptable music on the piano, while Miss Ona Curtis sang delightfully."-. The re- ceipts were about $50.
 Those ancient enemies, the Eagles and Alerts, played another game of ball. Fri day, Fourth, on the Athletic grounds. Both sides played good ball, the Eagles showing the result of their training. The attendance was somewhat smaller, be- cause of the boat race and other attract ions. Honors were even until the fourth inning, in which the Eagles obtained five runs and placed a goose egg opposite the score of the Alerts. In the following in- nings, the Eagles maintained and increas- ed their lead and won easily by the score of II to 5. The hines were made up as follows:
 Eagles: Blakeman If; W. Wheeler, ss; R. Wheeler, c; Curtis, of; Hughes, 2b; Beards- ley, 3b; Atwood, ID; Spall, If; Russell, p.
 Alerts: Aspell, If; Fryer, ss; Jewell, 3b; Pardee, If; Sammis, Of; J. Judson, p; French, c; E. Judson, lib; Beardsley 2b.
 Eagles, 2l0 5 , 0 0 0-14 l Alerts, 0 o 3 0 0 O. 5 Empires, Howard J. Curtis, E. J. Spall I Stiles Judson, ST, who has been very sick with inflammation of the bowels and who has suffered relapse, is recovering slowly.
 Through the agency of J. ". Thomp- son, the Curtis place at the ferry has been sold to MT Beard of Milford. Mir Beard has already moved into his new house, the family of Mir Mosher moving from the ferry house to Paradise green. I Capt Humeston of Bridgeport has bought the Pineman place will offer it for rent.
 l A son was born to Rev and Mrs JoelS. Ives, July 4.
 The Eagles were defeated by the hioh