The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-03-20
FAIRFIELD.

Mrs J. 3. Clemens of Mill Plain has
been sick with pneumonia.
Mrs Daniel Hendrickson fell while 60
ing to the barn, Friday morning and
badly spraned her right arm.
Miss Sarah Flanagan of Bridgeport
spent Sunday at her old home.
A new roof has been put on the house
of Edward Osborne.
This weeks meeting of the choral soci-
ETY. will be at II. I. Flint's, Friday even
ing.
Rev Elbridge c. Whiting of Yale
preached an acceptable sermon in the
Congregational church, last Sunday.
But one service was held. Next Sunday
Mr. Whiting will again preach and is ex-
pected to hold two services.
Rev F. S. Child, who is spending va
cation in New York, Atlantic City and
elsewhere, is expected home, next week
and will occupy the pulpit of the Con-
gregational church, Sunday, Goth.
Mrs Sarah NJ Thorpe has been grant
ed letters of administration on the estate
of her husband, Charles w. Thorpe. Ed
ward Osborne and Wallace NJ. Buckley
are appraisers on the estate.
A special meeting of the vestry of st.
Paul's was held, Monday evening, to au-
thoriZe the completion of the contract
for constructing the guild building and
to devise means for raising funds. About
$1,000 will be necessary.
Bishop Williams, the venerable ana
beloved bishop of the diocese and prl-
mate of the Episcopal church in Amer
lea, will make his annual visitation at
St. Paurs church, Sunday afternoon,
April 10. A class will be presented for
confirmation.
The church sewing society of st.
Pauls met with Mrs Henry 5. Glover,
Tuesday afternoon.
O. B. Jennings has repaired and ex-
tended his private beach road and it now
runs along the entire length of his prop
erty on the beach side.
The heavy rains during the last Winter
have washed down quantities OF SOIL
from plowed fields on side hills. Nota-
BILE cases of this are seen in lana OF
George D. Chapman between Fairfield
and Southport and land of E. Gray,
near Browns brook. Probably 5o cart
loads of earth have been washed down
into the road in each case, the pest OF
the soil being lost.
A slight omission was made in the &C
count of the arithmetical problem whlcI
has puzzled the schoolmasters. IL
should be stated that true solution O.
the problem gives not only the area IL
square feet, of the queerly shaped plo
of land, but also the distance between
the longest or parallel sides.
Patrick McGarry and Theodore Ii
Kinsella are soon to open meat marke
; here.
Oliver Jennings, Jr, was here, las
week, arranging for an engine house a
his fathers place.
Railroad commissioners held anothe
hearing at the passenger station, FRIDAY
on land and right of way owned o
=, LAWYER John L. Morehouse, near III
bridge. The commissioners reserve
, their decision.
S A new fence has been built at tn
f house occupied by A. Ellis.
The choral society of the Congrega
tional church met at the house OF WI
0 liam O. Burr, Friday evening. Ate
e rehearsing for the musical entertainer
!, to be given in April, dancing was tn
d order of the evening.
Prof F. H. Baldwin has decided t
n give his lecture on Stanley at the Tow
g hall. Thursday evening, April and h
), preparations are nearly completed. In
lecture will be divided into two parts
~ the first a general resume of the life
. Henry M. Stanley, up to the present day
the other history of his last and grea
- est African exploration, the expedite
in relief of Emin Bey. This latter pal
will be illustrated by over 40 handsom
n pictures. which will be thrown on lar2
n screen and explained by the accompan,
ing portion of Mr. Baldwin's address
r. This subject is one for which Prof Bale
win is peculiarly we'll fitted and it wi
be treated in an interesting name
IS There should be full house to gree
- him. Admission is 25c; children 15c.
v George Hoffman says that he is M
only able to solve the land measuremel
problem presented by Mr. Hutchins
{ the academy, but can prove the correc
e ness of his methods by reversing tt
process. He finds that the plot of Ian
contains 2217 32-l15 square feet and th'
If the distance between the parallel sidt
i, is 10 feet 81 inches. ssNow let us hes
" from some of the schoolmasters,'
1T says.
One who has examined them says tn;
st the records of the town show that tt
in vote to collect of Moloney's bondsme
t, the deficiency in his accounts, as passe
h at the annual town meeting, was new
y rescinded by vote, as the snbsequel
IN special town meeting which voted to r
If lease the bondsmen did not mention Il
A. subject of resembling the former actio
le Harry Coon has left the employ of
Clemens and gone back to Springfield.
:. Repairs have been made at the Sla
II back shop.
n Morris Wilson is carting piles 50 fe
lie long to the Jennings dock at Black Roc
There 10 huf our, n cob Ip<,l1 I,o