The Newtown bee., 1891-09-18
VIEWPOINT, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1ss1.
STAMFORD.

staff of the Stratford graded school.
 k. E. Judson and John Park were call ed to New Haven as witnesses, Monday. It is understood that Edgar Osborne has the contract for building two houses which Arthur Wheeler will build on the Parrott lots in White street.
 Blue fish are now biting we'll and the river is full of fishing parties, local and from abroad.
 Mir Curtis and family, who have visit ed the family of Constable Stagg, have left for their home in the South.
 Pequonnock lodge, No. 67, o. U. A. M., holds meetings at Odd Fellows hall every Thursday night. Three members took the third degree at this weeks meet ing and many new members are being re- ceived.
 Members of Pequonnock lodge, No. 67, o. U. A. M., have accepted an invitation to attend a meeting of the lodge at Stam- ford.
 Prof Waldo and family of Bridgeport spent Sunday in town, guests of s. w. Benjamin.
 Members of the Stratford oyster com pany inspected the grounds, last week, in the steamer Florence. The set of this years oysters was found good, though hardly equal to last year.
 David w. Judson, the veteran express man, took day off and visited Block Is- land, Saturday..
 Mrs Munson of New Haven has visited her father, John Hard.
 John Green is doing the mason work on the addition at Mrs Leavitt's.
 Mrs Robert B. Hard has spent a few days with her mother and sister in Brook lyn.
 An important real estate transaction has taken place in Stratford. by whicl the old Gorham place has been sole through the agency of John Hard to Al fred k. Beach of New York. The place which consists of house, buildings anC about half an acre of land, was owned by Mrs l.. Murphy and is one of the desir able properties of the town, situated al it is on the corner of Main street ane Stratford avenue. The price paid is un derstood to have been not far from $2500 Mir Beach, who is member of the firn of Mum & Co.,, Scientific American, ha great faith in the future prosperity O town property, of which he already holds not little.
 Mrs Charles H. Warner of Stratford avenue received serious injuries by jumping from a New Haven horse car, Saturday afternoon. She had been visit. ing John II. Leeds of SIS Howard ave. nue and left at nightfall to take the o'clock train for home. She boarded the horse cars alone and told the con- dnctor that she wished to stop at the Consolidated station. As the car neared the building, she rose and went to the front of the car; then, as it did not stop, she stepped off just as it rounded the curve. Falling backward, she struck her head upon the stone paving and was rendered unconscious, In falling, her feet had been thrust partly under the car and one wheel passed over them. Before the other wheel reached her, she had been lifted out of the way. She was taken into the Pavilion near by restoratives applied and was presently removed to the Columbus avenue home of Miss M. Burwell, an intimate friend Meantime, word had been sent to Nil Leeds and telegram was soon sent tc Miss Lizzie Warner, whom it. reached upon her return from the Stratford sta tion, where she had gone to meet hel mother. Accompanied by Dea s. T Houghton, she took the next train fol New Haven and has remained with hel mother. Dea Houghton returned, Sun day morning. It was necessary to am putate both great toes and three othel toes, Sunday, but it is thought that Mir. Warner will be able to walk, on her re covery.
 Lawyer Richard c. Ambler, whose sud den death at his home in Nichols start led all, had many friends in Stratfort and was member of St Johns lodge No. s, F. and A. M.
 VIII. Crawford and c. E. Stagg, reg istrars, were in session to receive names of new voters, Thursday, at the Town hall.
 bay horse, top gig, two window sash and business wagon, property of Indian William Bradley, attached by Constable Stagg for debt, were sold at auction at the town post, Monday morn ing.
 Eyert T. Burton of Bridgeport has bought, through the agency of J. w. Thompson, the James Lewis place. He will probably make his home here, after re-modelling the house.
 Miss Alice Judson, Mrs Cogswell and Miss Amy Talbot were delegates from Stratford to the missionary meeting at Canaan, this week.
 Town accounts are being closed, pre- paratory to making out the annual re- ports, which must be printed and in the hands of the tax payers before the annu- al town meeting.
 Good work is being done on the Air Line road by the macadamizing machin- cry of the town and it is said by some that the road will, when finished, be even better than Stratford avenue. It is also rumored that the Bridgeport horse rail- road will extend it's tracks to Beardsley park and to Stratford, coming in, of course, over the Air Line route and run ming by electricity.
 John w. Thompson has sold lot on