The Newtown bee., 1891-08-14
FAIRFIELD.

{. FAIRFIELD.
DR. Donaldson, Benjamin Belts and w
o. Burr, the committee appointed by tn
Y. p. S. C. E. of the Congregations
I church to arrange for the picnic of tina
Sunday school at High Rock, Wednesday
Goth, have chartered a special train which
: will run from Southport, as both tn
Southport church and Hope chapel ar
, to join in the picnic and Il number are ex
pected from Greenfield Hill. The trair
will leave Southport about 8 40, Fairfield
about s so and Bridgeport shortly after
.. Fare, from Southport or Fairfield
76c for adults, 40c for children; from
Bridgeport 60c and soc. Besides the or
binary diversions and attractions; a SER
les of athletic contests will be arranged,
including game of ball between Green
field and Southport or Fairfield mines.
The train will leave High Rock on the
return at 4, reaching home about 30.
Should Wednesday prove stormy, the
picnic will be held on Thursday, 2lst.
Old Major, the faithful horse driven for
many years by Arthur Brown, died, last
week, of collie. Major was about p years
old and had been in Mr. Browns stables
for years. 1t was once owned by Mr.
McCan and, later, by II. Peter Boyson,
now of Newtown.
There were about 40 at the dance given
at Richard Dunn's, last week Thursday
Music was furnished by James Murphy
and Charles Gorham.
The marriage of Ambrose Wilson and
Miss Isabella Cole of Hartford is an
nounced for the near future at church
in Hartford. Ambrose, who is the driver
for Betts's store, is receiving congratu-
latiOns by the score.
Rev and Mrs A. p. Miller of New Ha-
ven have the sympathy of friends in the
loss of their youngest daughter, May,
aged three months, last week, after an
illness of but few days with cholera in-
fantum. The funeral was held Friday at
2 30, from the house of Mrs Miller's faith
er, Justus Sherwood, where Mr. and Mrs
Miller are spending the Summer. Mr.
Miller is pastor of one OF the largest col
ored churches in New Haven.
Messrs Nelson of Derby and Ross of
Kansas came to Fairfield, Friday night,
with four Indian ponies, the last of con-
signment of % brought from Kansas.
The horses were put into the stables of
Wallace M. Buckley for the night. Both
Nelson and Ross said that the ponies
were good saddle horses and they were
freely ridden. Nelson gave warning that
one of the ponies was "a QUICKER and
must not be ridden. William Seery vol
unteered to ride the "bronk.'' He is ac-
customed to horses and has been employ
ed by Mr. Buckley at the stables. He
rode well for a bit; then the pony began
to buck and Seery was unceremoniously
dumped upon the ground. He struck on
his left shoulder and side and was badly
hurt. The accident occurred near Harry
Flint's and the injured man was taken to
Mr. Bulkley's, where DIR Donaldson found
that the point of the left shoulder and the
left wrist broken. He will be laid up for
some time. The pony was quickly caught
and Nelson and Ross took the horses to
Bridgeport, Saturday morning.
Addison Mills, Jr, of the broom factory
in Mill Plain, is turning out large brooms
mostly during the Summer season. He
has been doing work for Crofutt 81
Knapp, hat makers.
Edward Lee of Mill Plain, who has
been seriously i'll with an abscess, is bet
ter.
The oyster business is not what it once
was in Black Rock harbor. Since the
copper company and other large corpor-
atoms consuming large quantities of ac-
IDS located at West End and the acids
which ran into the creek found their way
Town into the harbor, the oyster business
mas really been thing of the past. Jer-
emiah Smith and Sons of New Haven had
! large quantity of oysters there, but the
acids killed many and rendered others
unfit for sale. One oysterman estimates
Mr. Smiths loss at $4,000. Crabs, lob
'ters and other varieties of sea food still .
abound in the vicinity of Black Rock,
however.
Luther Nichols, committee in Holland
Hill school district, has hired Mr. Abbott
If Aspetuck, brother of Miss Al. G.. Abb ]
'ott, who taught in Stratfield, as teacher
or the coming year.
King William the big sorrel PAGER
,wned by Arthur Brown, died on the
rack at Worcester, Mass, Iaat week. The
lorse had taken two heats and would
ave won the race had it lived to finish
t. 1t was valuable horse and highly
'rized BY the owner, who had refused an
'ffer Of $4,000 for it. It is said to have
lad record of 2 30.
In digging for the foundations OF the