The Newtown bee., 1891-02-06
SOUTHPORT.

CoO LIZ SUAs
George Whitehead is agent, under r.
A. Godfrey, for. Quinnipiac fertilizers.
Mr. and Mrs William S. Pennoyer spent
Sunday at E. Gray's.
III. w. Banks is to paint his house.
All the buildings near the Greenfield
bridge have been sold by the railroad.
The large building was bought by James
Curran, who will move it to his own land
and transform it into a dwelling; the
others were bought back by William IL.
Nichols, from whom the property was
bought at first. He will probably move
them to Black Rock.
w. G. Braley, who has the contract
for moving the passenger station, has
lost about $40 worth of blocking and
small stuff since he left here, several
weeks ago. Monday morning, he recov-
cred some that had been taken since Sat
urday night.
1t is probable that the passenger sta
ton will be entirely settled in the new 10
that the baggage room will be extended
across the entire width of the building,
retiring rooms being located at the east
ern or opposite end.
DIR Hubbard of Bridgeport was called,
this week, in consultation with DIR Os-
borne, to see Miss Agnes, daughter of
Section Master Kennedy. She has been
in poor health for several weeks.
One of G. M. Gilman's valuable horses,
a brood mare, died, Saturday afternoon,
from lockjaw.
Frederick S. Mills has his new build
ing raised and covered. Mills 81 Allen
are doing the work.
Samuel B. Nichols is sick with grip
and William Mitchell has taken his place
during his absence.
Miss Perry dislocated her thumb by
falling down stairs at Miss Nelson's SEM
mary in Bridgeport.
Wednesday, Henry Spencer, who was
working on bridge which the Berlin Co.
is erecting for the Consolidated road in
Fairfield, was struck by sledge hammer
under the right eye and badly injured.
He was taken to the emergency hospital,
Bridgeport.
Work on the new foundation for the
depot is being pushed rapidly. In dig
cling for the foundation at the north end
of the station, railroad ties, etc., used for
the foundation of the old Congregational
church when it was removed from the
site of the stone church, Is years ago,
hn
dation at this point is sunk to depth of
about eight feet.
Trouble has been brewing for some
time between Italians employed on the
railroad, the contractors and bosses. The
men say that that regular system of
extortion has been used with them for a
long time, but that no one dared to COM
plain for fear of being discharged and
that many of the bosses have grown rich
by compelling the workmen to pay be-
fore they could secure work and then
charged high price for everything they
bought at the contractors stores. Final
ly, they resolved to take action and Law
yer Penney has been retained to bring
They are bitter against Leonardo Shinto
and are to make determined effort to
have him removed.
Miss Wells visits in New York.
Next Friday afternoon, all the public
schools will be closed to enable the teach
ers to attend the teachers meeting in
Fairfield. The program will be given
next week.
Southport has one institution of which
IL should be especially proud,-th pub
lie reading room in post office block.
Strangers obliged to spend an hour or
two Ia town and having no friends with
whom to stay can find rest and entertain
ment there. Daily papers in abundance
and other publications are provided. The
room is supported by subscriptions from
the villagers. The idea of reading
room or library for Southport was first
suggested by Rev Mr. Van Dalsem when
pastor Of the Methodist church, in CON-.
nection with blue ribbon temperance
in which he was greatly inter-
ested. He was also connected with news
paper work while in Southport.< After
ward. the reading room fell somewhat
into disuse, but was revived IN 1854 by
Rev G. G. Adams, who, modelling it on
a plan somewhat different from that of
the founder, Rev Mr. Van Dalsem, made
a success of it and, by his efforts in its
behalf, maintained 1t for some time. Rev
Mr. Holman has also been interested IN
the reading room and has, since the re-
moyal Oh Nj Adams, had charge of the
work of maintaining it and collecting
subscriptions. etc.
Regular meeting Of Fairfield council,
No. 1853, o. u. r., this (Frlday) evening.
s. G. Sherwood entertans Mrs Edwin
Sherwood of Omaha, Neb.
Z Charles j. w. Anderson, who has con-
Quoted tailor shop In Halls brick block
Tor come tune, shook the dust % OF
Southport from his feet, Saturday. AT
no time had there been sufficient custom