The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-09-04
FAIRFIELD.

FAIRFIELD.
According to advertisement, j. D.
Toomey began to sell his goods at auct-
ion, Monday morning, B. F. Buckley
welding the hammer. The sale began
at 10 a IN and continued through the day,
both Monday and during the week. The
different classes of articles were sold on
different days and the coal and feed went
with rush Especial prices. Friday and
Saturday, the heavier articles, the fix
lures of the store, horses, carriages, farm
utensils, etc., will be disposed of. Mr.
Toomey hopes to be able to clear out his
stock by the end of the week and to give
the railroad entire possession of the prop
erty. He has not decided upon his flu
ture action. For the present, he says, he
intends to indulge in a vacation, almost
the first in the 40 years he has been in
business. After that, he ''may Or
may not resume; it depends upon Cir
cumstanees. Whether business is re-
sumed in Fairfield is also matter yet to
be decided Mr. Toomey has owned the
property for II years, but has been in
business there IL years. The buildings
were remodeled and made commodious
and convenient for his use; but the store
which stood nearest the crossing and was
burned some time ago was never rebuilt.
Should Mr. Toomey take up the cares of
business here again, he will put up new
buildings combining all improvements.
Less than 20 feet remain to be added
to the present height of the tower of the
new church and the masons will have fin
ished. The entire outside of the building
has been pointed with red mortar and the
red lines contrast prettily with the warm
brown of the stone walls and the red
brown slate roofs. The interior of the
building is filled with busy workmen, lay
ing floors, lathing, finishing the plumb
ing and gas fitting this is done by Wheel
er & Cook of bridgeport, arching the
ceiling and hurrying all things to COM
pletion. In 10 days or less, Superintend-
ent Fox expects to finish the masonry.
He is now fully up with the contract time
and will, if no emergencies Or accidents
arise, complete the structure at the time
desired. All is well and substantially
done.
A number of friends from Fairfield at
tended the Wilson-Cole wedding at Hart
ford.
Ladies of the guild of st Pau1s church
have been preparing for fair and festi-
val to be held at the Manor house on the
afternoon and evening of Friday. Sep
TENDER 4. Peaches, cream and cake will
be served and booth for the display and
sale of fancy articles will be maintained.
The fair will be held from to 10 p m
and both house and lawn will be deco
rated for the occasion, Chinese lanterns
being plentifully distributed about the
grounds. A good attendance is hoped
for.
A. Giffin, the barber Aho has for some
time been at the st Mare, has begun bus
mess for himself in Horace Jennings's
building, near the blacksmith shop. Mr.
Giffin is highly spoken of and deserves
success.
The story of the experience of Charles
S. Fox in quagmire, as told exclusively
in the last BEE, is now going the rounds
OF the State papers as special telegraph
ic despatch from Fairfield.
Lawyer Frank L. Rodgers of Fairfield
Woods is one of the attorneys interested
in breaking the $50, 00O,O 900 will of Mrs
Hopkins-Searles. He is counsel for Heb
bard of Bridgeport.
Sidewalks, six inches above the drive
ways, have been made at the approaches
to the viaduct.
John Mccarthy, the stoneeutter who
hurt his wrist at the church, is again laid
nd by injury to the same wrist.
The Unquowa, 0. B. Jennings's steam
yacht, has gone into Winter quarters.
Charles S. Abbott, the unsuccessful
candidate for a teachers certificate from
the examining committee of the Fairfield
school visitors, has signified his intention
of appealing from the decision of the
committee to the board.
A government vane has been put on
the water tank of O. B. Jennings, which
has been rendered frost proof for the
Winter.
Botsford & Nicholson of Bridgeport
have prepared to move back from the
railroad the Lockwood house, bought of
the railroad by O. B. Jennings.
Members Of the board Of selectmen of
Fairfield and Easton met, last week, at
the office of City Attorney George w.
Wheeler, Bridgeport, to open bids for the
rebuilding of the bridge at Plattsville,
as advertised in the BEE. Three had
been received: Wilson Brothers, Green
field. 1885,; Stephen Sanford, Redding,
$40; Il Wheeler Brothers, Easton, $3.50.
Selectmen Matthias Bradley Of Easton
and Richard Jennings Of Fairfield, COM
mittee, were instructed to contract with
=. NJ. and w. H. Wilson for the bridge,
after certain minor changes in the speci-
fications had been made. The work is to
be done as quickly as possible.
One Of Theodore Turney's horses, driv-
en- by Miss Hattie Turney became fright
ened by the hosting engine at the church,
Monday, as she was driving to the stat
ion. The horse ran toward the railroad,
but turned sharply at Samuel More
houses, overturning and Wrecking the