The Newtown bee., 1891-11-13
LONG HILL.

w. b. Coan was called to Bridgeport,
Sunday, by the death of George Cramer,
a relative who had been in the hospital
for two years and had been terrible
sufferer with the st. Vitus dance for 20
years. He has also been totally deaf for
years. Mr. Cramer was 63 years old and
leaves two daughters and son. His
home was at 70 Park street with his SON.
in-law, w. I. Sherwood, from whose home
he was buried, Tuesday, Rev Mr. White
and Rev Mr. Foster of the Park street M.
E. church officiating. The burial was in
the new cemetery here. His son is res
ident of British Columbia: his other
daughter, Mrs George Hazard, lives on
Nichols street, Bridgeport.
Long Hill youths planned lark for
Halloween night and, thinking ordinary
capers not sport enough, laid plans to
paint the town red. The more prudent
were wise enough to absent themselves
on one pretext and another, but num-
Der, led on by Fred Gabler, procured red
paint and lettered the front of Edward
Platt's store with ridiculous doggerel,
daubed the panels and several large
panes of glass. Little Officer George
Arnold, when notified, soon had proof
enough so that the culprits were glad to
settle at Mr. Platt's terms.
A four-seated caIry-all and handy wag-
on for hauling stock and groceries from
Rri nrf &c h,yiIIipO hxy NV n Cnate
for his own use.
1t is expected that the work of macad-
amizing our street will be completed by
Thanksgiving with good weather. After
finishing the road to just north of E. M.
Beardsley's, work was begun, last week,
proceeding toward the south and the
road will probably be finished nearly to
the place of S. G. Beardsley, Esq, this
week. The crusher is still opposite T..
G. Beers's, chewing up the walls on the
surrounding farms. After using wall on
E. Middlebrook's and Peter Kuhn's
farms, those on E. M. Beardsley's and l..
G. Beers's farms have been utilized.
A Berlin coach for L. B. Sterling,
Bridgeport, has been fitted up and paint
ed at W. B. Coan's.
Mrs Mary A. Porter has new street
lamp which makes the street fairly well
lighted, with others recently put out,
from Mr. Wade's as far south as Grace
church.
Ten posts were presented to the ladies
and have been set in a semi-circle in front
of the hall. AS they were set too near
the road, they are to be reset.
I. S. Coan has traded his yoke of Dew
ons with S. Scoville of Torrington and
now drives yoke of $500 pounds piebald
Durhams. They will be used ON the tim
Der job Coan & Brinsmade have taken of
j. A. Birge. They are to deliver the
timber on % acres to be cut on the F.
Brinsmade tract, bought last week.
Birge's steam saw mill was moved from
its last location near Ansonia, Saturday.
1t was ticklish job getting across the
temporary bridge at Shelton, which is
frail for such load and rocked as though
the s-ton engine and four yoke of oxen
would go into the Housatonic. Some
planks on the bridge almost broke.
Radcliffe IS, Monday.
w. B. Coan has bought of Charles
Kennedy strip of land wide enough for
a roadway, leading from the bar way
near Mr. Kennedy's house to land of Mr.
Coan north of Mr. Kennedy's house. Mr.
Coan will open up street through his
land to the cross road north of it. He
expects to lay it out in building lots and
has planned to begin building there, this