The Newtown bee., 1891-04-24
FAIRFIELD.

Town Clerk Pike sent out about 700 notices to dog owners or keepers, last week, and began to receive replies as ear ly as Monday. He intends to see that all dogs in town are duly licensed.
 Complaint has been caused by the dis regard of city cyclists for the bylaw prohibiting the use of sidewalks by wheels. The selectmen are discussing plans for capturing these riders by whole sale, especially on Sunday.
 A sociable at the Congregational par sonage, this week Thursday evening, giv- en by Rev MT Child.
 It is probable that the Moloney case will be brought into court, possibly next week, on an argument before Judge Thayer of the Superior court. Judge Glover, counsel of the town, has filed an answer to the writ of mandamus brought by the sextet of taxpayers represented by Wakeman and MOrehOuse and the demur- Ter of the latter will probably be then ar gued. The answer consists merely of the vote of the special town meeting as show ing why the selectmen have not proceed ed to collect the deficit. Stoddard, Bish- op & Haviland have been engaged by the bOndsmen to represent their cause, but, through mistake, have entered an ap- pearance at court as counsel for the town.
 At meeting of the Foresters, last week, it was voted to buy lot on which to put up lodge building as soon as pos sible.
 Rev Mir Child announced, Sunday, that the corner stone of the new church would be laid at l2 o'clock, Saturday, May 2 There are to be no elaborate services and the invitations are only to members and friends of the church. With the corner stone will be laid records of the church and it's auXiliaries, matters of local inter- est, etc.
 After the decision against him had been announced, Monday, John T. DonO- uan said that he had no idea as to his fu- ture plans. He should keep the 600 hogs at his present farm for a time, probably, until he could find a farm elsewhere where, he could not say. He says that pigs have not escaped from this farm to do serious damage, but neighbors say the damage and inconvenience have been great.
 The demurrer of John L. Warehouse to the answer filed by Judge Glover in the case of the attachment of property of George D. Chapman by MT Warehouse was recently argued in Bridgeport and decision sustainidg the demurrer has just been received. The claim on which Mir Chapman's property was attached was a judgment obtained in Ohio and New | IOrk and this brings it down to the New ' 1ork judgment.
 Born, Sunday night, son to Mr and Mrs Oliver c. Jennings.
 Mrs Finette F.. B. Nichols is executrix on the estate of her mother, Mrs Finette Benson.
 No quorum was present at the meeting of the selectmen and road committee to consider the question of repairing the road toward Bridgeport, Monday, and the selectmen, with Justice F. l.. Sher- wood, drove over it after the board of health meeting. A disinterested observ- CT says that he counted l50 small but un- pleasant stones in the road, in a few feet.
 From l5 to p stone cutters are busily dressing stone for the walls of the Con- gregational church. The stone, which comes from the Blakesee quarry at East Haven, is nearly as handsome as brown stone, but is so nearly granite in com position that it is far more enduring. "I ou will see that the building will inn prove with age, rather than the reverse" said foreman, "and that it will stand as solid, handsome and massive hundreds of years from now eff you should chance to see it) as when the wOrkmen left it." A rough calculaClOn showed that aDOut b. 900 tons of this East Haven brown stone will be required.
 Jonathan Gilbert, one of the older men of the village, died at his home on Main street, Monday morning, having reached the age of four score. For 40 years, he was in charge of the blacksmith shop in Fairfield village and became widely known. He was a good blacksmith, un- til advancing age enfeebled him and he was at last obliged to retire from active business. He was devout church goer and an ardent and liberal supporter of the principals of prohibition. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Allie Gil bert.
 It is rumored that Charles W. Fox of Bridgeport will put up handsome house on the land he has bought, near Frank Morgan's.