The Newtown bee., 1891-03-13
STRATFORD.

STRATFORD.
Miss Julia Scofield has returned from
an extended visit in New Hayen.
The Methodist Sunday school made an
unusually large missionary offering DUR
ing the past year.
Semi-annual meeting of the Y. P. S. C.
E. of the Methodist church, Tuesday
evening. The society is in f1ourishing
condition.
Monthly meeting of the w. G. t. U.
was held, last week Thursday.
Rev G. L. Pardee of Christ church
preached an earnest sermon on 'Repent-
ance' at st. Peters church, Milford, last
week Thursday.
George w. Cradduck, the butcher, has
been very sick and there have been
doubts of his recovery. He has long suf-
fered with an abscess behind the eye and
an operation was performed, Friday, by
DR. Carmalt of New Haven, a celebrated
eye specialist who holds professorship
at Yale. The eye was taken out and all
foreign matter carefully removed. The
closeness of the abscess to the brain rem
dered it one of delicacy and skill. The
operation was a success, but congestion
of the brain attacked Mr. Cradduck and
DR. COgSWell has been in close attendance.
During Mr. Cradduck's sickness, his mar
ket is in the hands of his son and William
McAuley.
Charles Wells returned, last week
Thursday, from Florida, where he has
been spending some months. He reports
that the Winter has been unusually cold,
until quite lately, when it became I'M
comfortably warm. He spent part of
his time at Jacksonville, Tampa and the
interior.
w. Ii. Smith is getting out timber for
a new house, which will be built on the
Bridgeport road, about half a mile out.
Robinson will do the work on the house,
which will be for rent. Mr. Smith is to
be ready for the boom which will strike
Stratford simultaneously with the horse
railroad.
Mr. Meachen is to build a second house
at Sandy Hollow.
Four hundred invitations will be issued
for the ball at the Town hall, Friday ev-
ening, April 3. Sansone's orchestra will
furnish music and the ball will be under
the management of the Eagle athletic
club. That it will be Il success goes
without saying.
Again was the club record broken at
the third of the series of handicap ind cor
athletic sports of the Eagle athletic club.
Friday. The attendance was large and
the records uniformly good. The con-
test for standing broad jump was won
by Eugene Beardsley, whose handicap
was one foot; he jumped eight; the run
ming high jump by II. 5. Brakeman, who,
with a handicap of three inches, jumped
four feet and three inches; w. NJ.
Wheeler broke the record on standing
high Jump, four feet and one inch; with
handicap of seven feet and nine inches,
Ed. Judson won the contest for putting
the 12-pound shot, his record being 81
feet and s inches.
\ quantity of tools, sledges, drills,
Stagg in the suit of Fred Wilcoxson
against j. Corners, will be sold at auc-
ton at the town sign post, Goth.
Tine perpatetic umbrella members,
Dean by name, who are no strangers to
Stratford's lookup, were again arrested
for drunkenness by Constable Stage,
Saturday.
The selectmen and Superintendent G.
.. Lines of the horse railroad were in
consultation, last week, in regard to the
exact location of the new tracks and the
manner in which the work is to be done.
A number of ties have been distributed
along the line on the Bridgeport end of
the extension and arrangements are max
ing for the distribution of rails, cobble-
stones for paving, etc. Mr. Lines says
that he will have the line in operation by
May l and it behooves him to make haste
now, for the charter of the company, it
is understood, limits the time to May 8.
Mrs George Burritt, who has been sick
for some time, has rallied somewhat.
Charles ii. Warner and Mrs Wells,
both of whom were recently stricken
with partial paralysis, remain in about
the same condition, improving slowly,
perhaps.
An entertainment will be given in the
Town hall, early in April, by Co. X, who
will be assisted by members of the Red
Cross chapter. Bridgeport.
Mrs Emma Rowell is to move to New
Hampshire in April.
DIR Carmalt of New Haven, who per-
formed a delicate operation on the eye
of @. W. Cradduck, is we'll known here.
He spent several years here, study ing
and practising and Mrs Carmalt is ma
tive of Stratford.
Mrs Depew, who was stricken down
by shock, about fortnight ago, died
at her home uptown, last week Thurs
her late home, Saturday afternoon, Rev
Mr. Ives of the Congregational church Of
ficiating. Mrs Depew had lived alone,
her husband having been dead for some
time. She had but one daughter, who
married Stiles Whiting.
Lewis Barnum and family of Bethel are
to move, April l, into the house of Mar
Gus Stratton, to be vacated by Mrs Row
ell.
Mondays tide was one of the highest
in some time, the water being within 16
or Is inches of the highest mark on rec
ord.
1t is expected that the Stamford man
who has the contract for building the
horse railroad extension will sublet part
of the work to local teamsters.
A considerable sum is being raised for
the reduction of the debt of the Congre-
gational church by the exchange which
has been established for about a month
and is held every Saturday at the lecture
room.
About April l, probably, the town will
resume work on the Air Line road and
will push the macadamizing toward the
line as rapidly as possible.
So much of this road as has been finish
I'd and all the work done on the lower
'oad has stood the frost remarkably well
md appears to be giving satisfaction. If
my doubts an improvement, let him
lrive over either road from Stratford
oward Bridgeport; as soon as the stone
ballast is left and the wheels roll in mud,
lie will be made painfully aware of the
,hange.
Fridays lecture at the Town hall was
he best attended and most appreciated
# any in the course. 1t was, more prop
.rly, an evolutionary entertainment, for
Prof r. G. Hubbard, who occupies the
hair of elocution at Wesleyan college,
las become famous as a master of the
ri and his audience sat in admirinp 81.