Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-10
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
MOnrOWeRe

Sept. 9.-Merwin Hemingway is build |
ing new house on North Quinnipiac |
| street, below the water tank, and will soon |
commence another on the plains. Both are |
| for people who work for him.
Mrs. M. E. Palmer continues quite i'll |
with malarial troubles.
Willie Congden's dog, Dandy, pure |
| bred bull terrier, died quite suddenly the
other day. He had good record as
hunter in peculiar line, having captured
| twenty-one skunks in less than year.
The North Hill Tourists will wind up
| the summer festivities and commence
| those of winter with picnic at Mansfelds-
on-the-shore Saturday next
| Miss Dickerman of Norwalk, a CO laborer
with Miss Dowd in missionary work in the
| far south, is spending a few days with the
| latter at North Hill. Miss Dickerman has
| been quite fond of aquatic sports from her
| early youth, but recent events have not
| had tendency to strengthen her admira-
ton in that direction. Only short time
ago she was on board a steamer which col
| lided with large schooner about 100 miles
off Cape Cod, and still more recently she
| was one of the unfortunate thirteen who
were capsized in a yacht off Norwalk in
| heavy sea. Nearly the entire party were
kept from sinking by being thrown into
| the mainsail until the small boat could be
brought into service until they were event
ually saved by an oyster schooner. Miss
D. will take up her old line of work at
once, but this time in North Carolina.
Miss Veva Barnes has become quite pro-
fcient at horseback riding. One day last
week she rode with her father into the
city and back, distance of more than a
dozen miles, without feeling in the least
exhausted.
The young people of North Hill are pro-
lposing to close the season with lawn ten
mis-. The paraphernalia having had quite
| rest will once more be brought into active
| service.
H. A Mansfield has fne peach orchard
, | Some of the fruit measurs nine inches in
circumference.
Sunday evening services have been re-
sumed at St. Johns church. The regular
quartette will render the music in their
usual cultured manner at every service
The selections now used 30 successfully in
this church are of very high order and
| such as few musical directors are capable
| of handling. The rector last Sunday
. | preached very interesting and practical
: sermon from text, "And they stoned
Stephen"
Mrs Charles N. Turner has returned
from Boston.
Miss Anna Goodyear of North Haven is
quite i'll.
: William Brockett has been in poor health
e for some time and is now cared for by his
daughter, Mrs. Wallenstein Smith, who
has just retured from short outing with
d her own health greatly improved.
North Hill lady feels somewhat elated
over the fact that she has put up about
one hundred cans of fruit this year, o.
j. perhaps she does not feel as much so az
-, she did before she mot a lady from anoth
:. er town who rejoices in the possession o.
"a nearly two hundred cans.
Ill Il
"a dletown turnpike. are being put in good
order.
Milford.
Sept. 9-Mr William NJ. Merwin, will
r, party including Constable Brown, ar
< taking trip in his steam yacht to Blool
Miss Nellie Beard, . recent graduate O.
the Hillhouse high school, enters tn
t, WEIGH training school for teachers thi
n fall.
T. James B. Stone, of the Mayen Wire Co.
If Worcester, Mass, spent several days las
n week in this, his native place, being pres
ent on Wednesday at the Stone family re
union at Savin Rock.
Miss Angelina Baldwin of New York i
W visiting with her brother, Postmaster Bald
as win.
IA Mrs. Harriet Manville, most estimab1
a lady, passed away Saturday after having
been confined to her home for several year
by paralysis. During this time she ha
been tenderly cared for by her daughters
Of Mrs. Albert Nettleton and Mrs N. Dwigh
Of Platt. The funeral services on Tuesda,,
" were conducted by Rev. H. H. Morse.
# The communion service at the Firs
h church on Sunday was made very impress
sive by the remarks of the pastor and re
ceiving into the membership three wei
known young men of the church, Mr.. Al
to bert G.. Keller, Fred M. Smith and ALFRED
lg Nettleton. In the evening the pastor CAV
a. an interesting discourse on the relations o
az Christianity to the labor problem.
or Woodbridge.
-, A SINGULAR REACTION-FELL THIRTY FEE
THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING A
it THE CHAPEL.
Sept. 9.-From twelve to fifteen from
this town attended the Pomona grang
ia meeting in Hamden Thursday, Septem
:: Der 3. =
II Dr.J. w. Barker and daughter, Deney
III are spending week at Clinton.
W Mrs. Mary Calkins of Branford is visit
II ing at Mrs. Samuel Newton's.
Frank 81. Thomas has raised four hun
| dred bushels of potatoes on one and one
~ half acres of land.
- A few days ago Ira Baldwin, with on
- of his hired men, went into the barn to d.
4, some work. Mr.. Baldwin climbed up t.
g the ridge of the barn and supposed hi
~ man was following, but, on looking back
lg could see nothing of him. He then step
re- ped back to where he could look down f.
ID the floor and saw the man lying there. H
It, hurried down. AS the man did not move
~ he took hold of him to lift him up. AS h
did SO, the man screamed out. He wa
carried into the house, and doctor sen
~ for. When the doctor arrived he e1amin
| ar Init no
u although he had fallen down thirty feet o.
F. the floor below. He went to sleep an
lie slept the rest of the day, and the next da
Id | went to work as usual.
g The annual meeting of ths Woodbridg
lie Union chapel was held last Monday even
ing. The old officers were reelected ex