The Newtown bee., 1891-06-05
NEwTowN, JUNE 5, 1891.
FAIRFIELD.

bend near Black Rock bridge to Mir Ben nett's. This week, fine stone is being carted and rolled down thoroughly. Wa ter has been carted to wet the stone when rains were too infrequent.
 Contractor A. w. Burritt says that sat isfactory progress is being made at the new Congregational church and that at least one third of the stone work has been done. The walls on the rear are, In places, nearly at the top of the window frames.
 Railroad workmen have pierced the embankment at the Murphy crossing and the foundations of the stone work will be begun at once.
 Florist Henry Horn of Sasco hill has been here and the flower beds of II. I. Flint and at Rowland homestead show his skill. At MT Flint's is a circular bed of foliage plants, in the center of which are the initials "H. F.''
 An unusual rush of taxpayers kept Collector Pike busy, Monday. It was the last day when taxes could be paid without the addition of interest and charges and nearly $3000 was taken in, here and at Southport. The tax book is we'll cleaned up for this season of the fis- cal year.
 Northrop Brothers are building fence at Mrs Ellis's.
 Special services were held at St Thom- as church, Sunday afternoon, in honor of Children's day. The spirit of the day had pervaded the services during all the Sundays of the month, but this, the clos ing service, was more elaborate. The church was crowded to hear the vesper services at 3, which were rendered with more than ordinary acceptance. The singing, under direction of MT Weber, the organist, was fine. The processional and song by the children added to the interest of the occasion and the address of Father Coleman, which followed, was practical and instructive.
 The marriage of Miss Alice, daughter of the late J. Jarvis Jones, former resi- dent of Fairfield who died suddenly in New York, last Winter, was announced for Wednesday of this week, at New York.
 Holland hill school district is now free from debt, the note and accrued interest of $l756 having been paid the Bridgeport national bank, Monday. The debt was contracted in buying land and building the school house. This work was done before the consolidation of schools and little progress in reducing the debt was made during the time of the consolida- tion. Since the district system was re- sumed, a tax has been laid and collected.
 Miss Agnes McAlpine has returned from Pennsylvania and has visited the family of Rev E. K. Holden of Olivet church, Bridgeport.
 Principal F. H. Baldwin and B. Betts led the meeting at Hope chapel, last Sun day evening. Next Sunday, Rev Mir Child is expected to be present at z 30.
 Having been able to make no satisfac- tory terms with the railroad for his prop erty at Mill Plain crossing, J. D. Toomey has begun to fill his extensive coal bins.
 Carpenter Smith has laid new. floor at the porch of the Town hall.
 John W. Morehouse, who has cared for Burr Osborne for about three years and who was appointed conservator short time ago, denies emphatatically the re- port that he has been paid by the day for his services while caring for MT Os- borne and says that the only pay he ob- tains is by the will. 1T wouldn't do the same work again for double the money" he says.
 Through Sheriff Pike, Attorney John l.. Morehouse made a formal demand, Saturday, upon George P. Chapman of Mill Plain for payment of judgment of $ll 400, obtained in the Superior court, short time ago, in favor of John J. Throckmorton of Ohio. Attachment had been made upon the Fairfield property of the Chapman family, which stands in the name of Mrs Lucia I. Chapman and : suit brought to recover on judgments ob- tained in Ohio and New York. Mir Chap mans reply to this formality was that the property attached didn't belong to him; he couldn't settle the bill. The next step of Mir Warehouse will be to place judgment lien upon the property t and bring petition that it be foreclosed i, and the property sold to satisfy the lien.