The Newtown bee., 1891-10-02
SOUTHPORT.

0OU IATOhI.
Miss Margaret Kealie of Fairfield open
ed the intermediate department of the
Southport school, Monday morning.
There had been ITO scholars in attend
ance, too many for the principal and pri-
mary teacher employed since the opening
of school and School Visitor Wells made
arrangements for the opening of the third
department, last week. Opposition to
Miss Kealie because of her religion
seems less strenuous than at first.
Edward Gagel, division engineer of the
Consolidated road, was here, this week.
Miss Thompson of New Haven gave an
interesting talk on missions before the
Kings Daughters, Saturday afternoon,
at Leslie Jennings's. Sunday, Miss
Thompson spoke in the Methodist church
and told ia an earnest way of the work
that the woman's board of missions is do
ing in the foreign field; the grand work
that is done by women and could be done
by no one else. She also exhibited the
shoes of a Chinese woman, articles of
wearing apparel and letters from Chinese
women. Miss Thompson has organized
a Southport branch of the womans for
eign missionary society, with 40 men,
bers, each of whom pays 81 a year, and
these officers: President, Mrs A. =. Jen-
nings; vice president, Mrs w. F. North
rop; secretary, Andrew Jennings; treas
urer, Mrs Emma Cole.
Hiram Williams, an employee of Wood
ward q Spicer, has received pension
through the agency of w. f. Disbrow of
Bridgeport.
Four extra men are now employed by
Woodward & Spicer, who have the Sooy-
smith contract we'll in hand and are work
ing elsewhere.
Fhe Congregational church is being
cleaned, preparatory to laying new car
pets and Frightening the interior wood
work.
Quotations from Simon Banks:
White onions, 81; pickle whites, So to Sc;
yellow, 81 to 50 IS; red, 81 so; apples 60c to
75c; potatoes, 81 so; carrots, 81.
Isaac Bennett and Daniel O'Dell are
digging well through solid rock at c..
A. Wheeler's new house.
Contractor w. A. Birnie expects to fin
. ish the mason work on the new rectory
crossing in a few days and to have the
south approach to the tunnel ready for
use in 10 days or two weeks. The stone
work was done, as far as possible, with
out encroaching on Mr. Bulkley's proper
ty, months ago. The road is to run out
at an angle and meet the main road at
the corner opposite the Alvord house.
Many who subscribed for the Morning
Light, a religious monthly purporting to
be published at Philadelphia by Rev Mr.
Rose, fail to receive their papers and fear
a fraud. Mr. Rose himself was here and
in Fairfield two or three months ago and
secured number of subscriptions at Coo
year. He is said to have represented
himself as belonging to different religious
denominations at different houses. III.
G. Barnum has taken up the case and
wishes the names of all who subscribed
and have not received papers, that he
may make an investigation.
Shortly after l, Monday morning, w.
Elwood and wife were aroused by COM
motion at the barn. 1t became quiet
soon, but they were again aroused by
hearing voices at the rear of the house.
No satisfactory answer could be obtain
ed to questions and John Meeker's fam
lily was reused for assistance. Mr. Meeker
and three others came, armed and equip
ped for the fray, but the combined force
could find only one man, who was on the
back porch, talking aimlessly to himself.
1t was evident that he was suffering from
delirium tremens and Capt Hayes was
reused that he might be put in the lock-
up. He offered no resistance and, when
released in the morning, took the train
for Bridgeport.
Joseph A. Wakeman, the popular clerk
at L. +. Sherwood's, has hired the J. B.
Osborne house for six months and is to
leave M. V. Woodward's, where he has
boarded for a year or more, Saturday
night. 'First get your cage, Joe, then
the bird!''
The question of returning to the con-
solidated system in the management of
the schools will be one of the leading
questions to be voted, Monday. The
management of the schools was much
more satisfactory under consolidation
than at present. The district system is
breeder of constant conflicts between
the different school officers and commit
tees. The muddle at Holland Hill dur
ing the past month could never have hap
pened under consolidation. Anything
which raises the efficiency of our schools
should be eagerly sought for by voters
and taxpayers. We have an excellent
board of school visitors. Put some of
the power in their hands and hold them
responsible. Vote for consolidation.
A special meeting of Trinity parish
will be held in the chapel, Monday, Oc-
tober 5, for the purpose or taking action
upon the report of the committee appoint
ed TO secure a lot for rectory.
The S. V. |. A. will hold their monthly
cake safe III washington NAH, tomorrow
at 3 p m.
The auditors report for 1s9O-91 is out
and it has created quite little excite
ment. It will be well for every voter to
read it carefully.
Mrs Curtis Grammar of Coleytown has
visited her son, G. A. Grammar.
Mrs Maurice Gull is quite sick. DIR
Durham is In attendance.