The Newtown bee., 1891-07-03
SOUTHPORT.

in Vermont.
The Mary Elizabeth of Jenningss line
is at Port Jefferson for repairs.
The post office Inspector who examined
the goods and chattels at the Southport
order.
Robert P. Wakeman has new canoe
with which to enjoy the outing season.
Two of the canoes in the harbor have
been fitted with latteen sails and scud
along with ease and grace.
Alexander Washington has bought a
Buckeye reaper and binder, the first of
the kind in town, of G. o. Jelliff & Co.
David Meeker, who has been on one of
the Lake steamers, with headquarters at
Chicago. has returned to his old home
here. He left Southport about Is months
ago.
Annual meeting of the Congregational
society for the election of officers, rent
ing pews and doing any other necessary
business, Tuesday afternoon of this
week, at 4.
Sherwood Brothers are painting the
house occupied by Miss Harriet Dimon.
O. H. Jennings of the Farms had the
sails put on his new yacht Natalie, this
week.
Part of the iron was put on the stone
work at the Elwood crossing, last Sun
day and the rest will be put on, next
Sunday.
Rev G. S. Wing, presiding elder, will
preach in the Methodist church, next
Sunday evening at 80 The service
will be preceded by love feast at 6 45
and the sacrament of holy communion.
The winding conduit of brown stone
which has been building through proper
ty of e. B. Monroe is about completed
and is a neat bit of work.
The Natalie and Ramona have entered
for the yacht race to be sailed at New
Haven, July s. Edgar Sherwood will
sail the Ramona for Herbert Jennings
and O. II. Jennings will sail his own
boat, the Natalie. 1t will be the latter's
maiden regatta. July 16, the Cedar
Point regatta will occur and the annual
race at Greenwich will come off August
I.
After years of suffering, Miss Catherine
Ryan died, last week Thursday, at the
home of her brother-in-law, John Shaug-
nessey, by whom she had been cared for
during the latter years of her life. She
was 50 years old and had been confined
to the house and almost to her room for
about 10 years, the result of fall near
the Congregational church. Her leg,
which was broken, was improperly set
and it was necessary to break and re- set
it. The operation was not success, the
bones refused to knit and a running sore
was the result. She was able to move
about the room only by great exertions
and it was necessary, as the end APP
preached, to move and lift her in bed.
This was done by Mrs Shaugnessey and
her son, John E. Shaugnessey. Miss Ry-
ans funeral was attended, Satur-
day morning, Father Coleman celebrat-
ing mass at st Thomas church at o. The
burial was in st Thomas cemetery; bear
ers, Timothy Fallon, Matthew Anderson,
Martin Shannon, Daniel Curran, James
Connors, James Smith. Miss Ryan own
ed the house occupied by her nephew.
John E. Shaugnessey and it is under
stood that this is given him by the will,
of which his father is executor.
Had those. so anxious to obtain knowl-
edge of the time of the annual school
meeting in this district consulted any OF
the gentlemen of the committee, all of
whom were easily accessible, or looked
at the town sign post, the proper place.
the notice would have been found and
the desire for information would have
been gratified without rushing into
print.
About 100 tons of paving stone were
brought in from Rondout, by the schoon-
er White Rock of Jennings line, for the
Sasquanaug association. The stones
were for both public and private use and
Mrs Franklin Bulkley's, Mrs Charles
Rockwell's. The association will contin-
ue the good work, so well begun, of lay
ing sidewalks in the village and will
have walks laid from the corner at Oliver
Bulkley's, past X. j. Damtoft's. Will
liam Mitchell is carting the stone.
A pleasant picnic was enjoyed by
members of the school, Friday afternoon,
on the grounds about the school build
ing. To celebrate the close of school, the
teachers CA. M. Oakley, Misses Kate
Henshaw, Annie R. Jennings) gave the
children half holiday and allowed them
to play and romp about the grounds,
treated them to light refreshments and
arranged a pretty little program, which
was admirably carried out.
Mrs l.. F.Sherwood and Miss Maria G..
Perry, committee of the society in charge
of the church interior and Mrs Simon C.
Sherwood and Mrs 2. B. Burr, of the la
dies missionary society, invited la
dies of the Congregational church to
meet them in the chapel at N, We'd
nesday, to talk about church carpets.
Refreshments in the parlor.
Public meeting at s p m, Monday, in
the Congregational church, in the inter-
est of the Christian education of the ne
groes and Indian races. Brief addresses