The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-09-04
GREEN'S FARMS.

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Mr. Hill, Jr, has visited his relatives
for the last week.
Mrs Gage and family have been at E.
G. Birge's. They expect to return to
Brooklyn, next week.
1t is reported that Miss Ell. p. Taylor
will soon return from Germany to the
homestead in Green's Farms.
The semi-annual meeting of the Y. p.
S. G. f. will take place, next week. A
clean bill of officers will then be present.
ed by nominating committee elected,
Monday evening, at the monthly busi-
ness meeting.
Miss Grace III. Relyea has been suffer-
ing from serious affection OF the eye,
which has confined her to her room. She
was better at last reports.
Next Friday, the preparatory lecture
will be delivered by the pastor at 3 p m.
1t is reported that counter petition
has been started to have the new depot
located on the fat further east of the
present location. The fate of either pc
tition has not yet been decided.
Seven delegates have been appointed
from the Y. P. S. C. E. to attend the
meeting in the North church, Bridge
port, next Monday evening, to listen to
reports of the convention at Minneapolis,
last July.
Mrs Allen of Compo street, who was
quite sick for few days, is more COM
Portable, although little hopes are enter
tanned as to her recovery.
On Wednesday, lawn party took place
at the residence of A. c. Taylor by the
Y. P. S. c. E. in aid Of the fund for fur
nishing the new lecture room.
Mrs Clark, who has been spending
some weeks at Mrs 7. B. Wakeman's, left
for Brooklyn, Monday morning.
Rev Mr. johnson has been a guest at
Miss Harris's.
Robert Martin has returned from his
trip to Clifton Springs. He has been
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Miss Lizzie Dingee has returned to Mrs
Fred Bedford's and expects to stay here,
the rest of the season.
A tennis tournament is being arranged
between the lovers of the game in this
place and the Westport tennis club. So
far as is known, Friday, Saturday and
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games, which will be decided mostly on
the Westport grounds.
After suffering in silence for weeks,
people in the vicinity of the Italian
camps determined to put stop, if posi-
BILE, to the disgraceful Sunday revels and
drunkenness. Complaint was made to
Prosecuting Liquor Agent Bacon Wake
man of Fairfield and he issued search
warrant, last week, placing it in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff Leonard Of
Bridgeport for service, Saturday. The
sheriff started with the writ, but found
his passage blocked by the alterations at
the railroad bridges and waited till Mon
day. He then found three cases Of beer
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in charge will be tried before Justice
Peck.
President Clarke of the Consolidated
was expected here, this week, to settle
the controversy in regard to the location
OF the new passenger stations. Two pc
titions have been circulated and are nu-
merously signed. One, fathered by John
Elwood, asks that the stations be near
the present location, or, at least, no near
er Southport. The other, coming from
Increase Parssell, requested that the sta
tion be put several minutes walk nearer
Southport, bringing it nearer Mr. Pars-
sells store.
An Irishman employed on the railroad
bridges met serious accident, last week.
He had been working on the SherWood's
island bridge and stood for a moment on
the edge Of the bridge, then lost his bal
ance and fell to the rails and stones IS
to Is feet below. He was badly hurt,
his ankles being broken, his back wrench
ed and internal injuries received. He
was taken to Bridgeport for treatment.
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