The Newtown bee., 1891-02-13
STAMFORD.


 David Sears of Monroe has visited friends in town.
 James Leayitt of New York has been in town for few days.
 Miss Annie Osborne celebrated her birthday.
 The youngest daughter of pr Lemuel Beardsley is seriously i'll with consump- tion.
 of tin roof from the house occupied by E. R. Silliman.
 Charlie Stagg is talking of building several more houses near that on which he is now at work on Sutton avenue.
 John R. Lattin's singing school in the lecture room of the M. E. church held : it's second meeting, Saturday evening.
 D. P. Secor lectured in Town hall, last week Thursday evening, the third of the regular Winter course.
 William DeForest has been quite ill with typhoid fever.
 The granite works have received car of cut granite from Mantle.
 Ellsworth WilcoXson is running a car riage from the station to accommodate travellers.
 Mrs Moses Stagg, who died at New ark, was buried in Union cemetery, last week Wednesday.
 As they did not finish their work at last weeks session, W. H. Smith and AL bert Wilcoxson, commissioners on the new river road from Shelton to Roberts paper mill at Oronoque, met again at Shelton, Tuesday, with Stephen Nichols of Ansonia. Last weeks meeting was devoted to a journey over the proposed route, in which they were accompanied by several property owners. The party was driven to the southern terminus of the road and walked back, arriving about o'clock, tired and and hungry. This week, number of property owners were heard concerning the value of land de- sired for the road. One or two more hearings will be necessary.
 Superintendent c. o. Lines of the East End railway reiterates his statement that he will have cars running from the Fair field avenue bridge at Bridgeport to the flag pole at Stratford before Decoration day and that the double cars now being built at Philadelphia will be run on this line. These new cars will be of greater length than the ''bob tails" or '.jiggers" now in use and will require two horses and conductor.
 Mrs E. B. Roberts has visited in New Haven.
 The bones found in the burned barn of Selectman D. C. Wood were put there, it appears, by neighbor, who obtained animal bones, burned them and placed them in the ashes.
 Dr Cogswell is able to be out again.
 Charles H. Baldwin, who has applied for a license to sell liquor at the place k. w. Rowing recently bought of H. P. Stagg, is Milford man who intended to tend bar for Rowing as soon as the li- cense was granted. The application was heard by the county commissioners, last week, Attorneys Garfield and Judson ap- bearing for Baldwin, but there was a granting the license and the remonstrants were represented by V. R. c. Giddings. The commissioners withheld their decis- ion for few days.
 Having completed the new barn for Lewis Wells, the Bridgeport carpenters who built it are now re-roofing the shed at the back of MT Wells's house.
 Miss May Smith, who has spent the Winter in Palestine, Tex, will return to Stratford soon. Her many friends will be pleased to learn that she is in much better health.
 It is understood that MT Meachen is to build residence on the lot he recently bought near Benjamin Holmes. Mir . Meachen will then either sell or rent his present home.
 As usual, a number of Bridgeporters attended the Assembly at the Town hall, Friday night. It was we'll attended and source of pleasure to all. It was the last of the series, but it is understood that, after Lent, another will be held to close the season.
 John W. Thompson, the real estate dealer, insurance agent, etc., has bought the Roswell place and will annex it to Strawberry hill. This, with the Seeley place, will make about 54 desirable build ing lots on the market. Streets and ave- nues are to be laid out, the principal street to be from Strawberry hill to Main street. If property owners on Main street are ready to further the scheme and right of way can be obtained, a new street will be cut to Main, at the head of ming north and south.
 Henry NJ. Shipman has been granted an incerase of pension.
 Lewis W. Clemmens of Pleasant Val ley, Iowa, who is a justice of the peace and one of the prominent men of the town, expects, with his wife, to visit his cousin, J. W. Thompson.
 Charles Crane has moved into the cot tage on White street.
 James Palmer has moved from White street to the old Fairchild place on Main street.