The Newtown bee., 1891-05-29

with the late epidemic, but IS on the Im- prove and hopes tobe able to be out soon. Mir Jones was taken suddenly sick while on his way from his barn to the house. He has many friends who will be pleased to hear that he is on the improve. Mir Jones hopes that his may be the last case in Fairfield.
 A joint meeting of the board of select men and the town committee (E. W. Har- rel, H. c. Sturges, B. Betts) was held at the Town house, last week and there was a lengthy and warm debate on the con- dition of the macadam road and the best methods of repairing it. This vote was passed:
 Resolved, That the proposition Of B. D. Pierce, Jr, to repair the Fairfield road accord ing to the specifications in the proposition submitted by him of this date, and on file in this office, be accepted.
 The proposition submitted by MT Pierce recommends the top dressing of the road from Toomey's store to the Bridgeport line with broken stone Crap rock), the sizes being from one inch down to dust, to be laid on an average of one inch deep. 20 feet wide for the entire length of the road, 936S feet. About 1000 feet of l 1-2 inch stone, two inches deep in the center and taperng down to one inch in thick ness on the sides might be put down where needed, mostly in the vicinity of the road house. MT Pierce will furnish the stone ill the sizes named for $2 p per
 cubic yard, delivered, spread, sprnkled
 and rolled by a steam roller, to the satis- faction of the selectmen and committee.
 The estimated quantities of stone are 600
 cubic yards of inch stone and smaller, 125
 cubic yards of l 1-2 inch stone. At Mir
 Pierce's estimate, the cost of the repairs
 would be $1G3l p ;but it is probable that
 $2000 or more will be required to finish
 the road properly. Mr Pierce's bid of
 $2 p per cubit yard looks larger than
 the rate of $l S2, at which Redfield fur
 nished stone for the Southport road but
 MT Piercc's price includes everything
 and the town is under no additional eX-
 pense save for superintendent. Let it
 not be forgotten that it is largely through
 the generosity of Frederick Sturges that
 this is brought about. He not only fur
 nshes trap rock of the finest quality from
 his private quarry for this work, but
 gives freely of his time and experience
 to better the road. MT Sturges was pres
 ent at another special meeting of the
 board of selectmen, Saturday morning,
 when it was decided to have contract
 for the work drawn upat once and signed
 as soon as possible by Mir Pierce and the
 representatives of the town, that the re-
 pairs may be completed at the earliest
 possible moment.
 There is a possibility of a contest over
 the will of the late Burr Osborne.
 There are nearly score of heirs, in-
 cluding members of the Morehouse,
 Burr, Lyons, Jennings and Sturges
 families, all first cousins, than whom
 there arc no nearer relatives. There is a
 host of more distant relatives. Among
 the cousins are 0. B. Jennings, William
 Burr and Mrs A. r. Wakeman. The estate will inventory, probably, from
 $GO,OO to SG5, 1000 and each heir would
 have had about $3O00, had the estate
 been divided by law without a will. Out of the estate, however, would have come the expense of caring for Mir Osborne :; this has now been provided for by the will. There were fully 60 relatives at
 the house when, after the interment, Judge W. B. Glover began the reading : of the will. It was drawn by him, September 21 ,lSSS, after Mir Osborne had , become blind, after Mir Morehouse had = begun to care for him and was witnessed by Town Treasurer Edmund Hobart, X John Welsh, W. B. Glover. In brief, it gave to John w. Warehouse and wife the homestead, land and buildings, with = the farming utensils and contents of the house; all salt meadow, both owned = jointly and in fee; the Hill and Buck . wheat lots, the Samp Mortar lot the
 land opposite the house known as Ben s = lot; the land opposite Mooney's and ? other land in fact, all the real estate eX- l cept 30 acres Mr Warehouse has $G0O0 5 in money. To Joseph H. Sturges, Fair 5 fields station agent, is given $5OO0 and t about 30 acres of land known as Benson's ' lot, near Stcgeman's. To Mrs Jane
 Sturges, $5O0O To Mrs Catherine Nich-
 ols, $50O0. To Miss Catharine Sturges,
 $5000. To Sarah, Ella, Maggie, Ann E.
 and Julia Sturges, $500 each. To Ed = ward Osborne, 5000. To Emma F. and ] Daisy. .Morehouse, $250 each. To J. W. i MorehOuse and J. II. Sutrges, in trust | for -Almira Wilson, $2000, the principal of which is to be divided between them , at her death. To the Home missionary society, SlO0 To the Fairfield Congre- U gatjonal society, 5000. For the main | tenance of preaching at Hope chapel,
 $l000. To George Morehouse now s deceased his note for $500. All the rest and residue of my estate to John ". e Morehouse and Joseph II. Sturges, X share and share alike" Oliver Burr = and J. II. Sturges were appointed execu- e tors, but, by d codicil executed March l. 1890 and witnessed by E. Hobart, Dr /, w. Ii. Donaldson and w. B. Glover, this 5 appointment was annulled and Oliver Burr and his son-in-law, J. W. More house, appointed executors. About 150 l acres of land were distributed and $37,- 400 in cash. This property, which de- = scended through many generations to = MT Osborne, has been constantly grow } ing in value and the economical habits . and iudicious investments of it's last
 owner enhanced it greatly. Should a l contest of the will be made, the grounds 9 alleged will probably be mental incapa- < city and undue influence, a claim, by the d agDC rOp e sSDT OODv s-sSS---,o.,>rg >rg,1