The Newtown bee., 1893-06-23
AT ST THOMAS CHURCH.

The new parish house of St Thomas is is nearly completed. It is a fine large building, handsomely finished on the in- teror.
 Plans for the new St Thomas church in Fairfield have been drawn by Joseph A. Jackson, well known architect of Waterbury. The church is to be built of brick. large and handsome.
 Some weeks ago Father Coleman be- gan to search and ascertain if any of the G6 members who were present at the lay ing of the corner stone of the first St Thomas church, more than 40 years ago, were still living. He has been able to find only two.
 The portrait of Juage Rodger Minott Sherman, which hangs in the court house in Bridgeport, remains the property of the Congregational church, Fairfield, and is merely loaned to the bar association.
 Charles $. Hotchkiss, son of F. D. Hotchkiss, the popular superintendent of the Fairfield rubber company, is home for the summer vacation. He has been attending school at the Peekskill military academy, Peekskill, N. Y.
 Cards are out for the marriage of John l.. Morehouse and Miss Annie Grace, daughter of Mir and Mrs Harvey H. De- Wolfe of Bridgeport. Many friends in
 
 ous life.
 Mrs Jonathan Sturges has come to Mill Plain for the summer.
 The case which has been in litigation some years between George b. Chapman of Fairfield and John |. Throckmorton of Columbus, Ohio, is now brought up be- fore the superior court in Bridgeport. II will consume much time if fully tried. Throckmorton is represented by Lawyer John l.. Morehouse, with whom is re- tained Goodwin Stoddard of Bridgeport Chapman's counsel, Judge Glover, is sup. plemented by Daniel Davenport oi Bridgeport.
 Born, June IS, twelve-pound boy, al the home of MT and Mrs Henry Glover The annual meeting of the Middle school district is called for Wednesday evening, June 2S.
 | On Tuesday evening there will be helC festival reception at Elm cottage, the fresh air home, from 4 to So'clock. This will include a cake sale, ice cream, straw l berries and confections. Sandwiches tea and coffee will also be served The object is two-fold, to introduce the worl to the people and open the home and tc ] raise funds to carry it on. The first loi of childrenfwill arrive, next Friday even l ing, June 30. The home will be in charge | V. mot. The cottage has been thoroughly cleaned and rearranged, the annex giving commodious and airy sleeping quarters 1 fitted up with it's cute iron cots. All ar engagements are complete for successful and enjoyable summer for the poor chil dren.
 Rev Mir Turner, chaplain of Hampton 1 institute, will address the people of tht l Congregational church on Sunday morn ling. He will be accompanied by one o the Indian students.
 The St Mare is rapidly filling up witt summer boarders. and highly success l full season is promised. I General dissatisfaction is being ex pressed at the change of the late morn ing train east from 11.04 to 12.04. Thi leaves us with no train between 9.09 ant 1 noon.
 E. H. Smith is putting up another new two-tenement house for William H. Bur near Mrs Lottie Randolph's. l Oliver Turney is to enlarge his barn The stone work is already begun. An derson is to do the carpenter work.
 Lewis Smith is clustering the new ad dition of Mrs Abel Turney's house. Mrs Samuel Jessup is staying at M
 Smiths home, nearly opposite her owl house.
 I The pavilion is under the care Q
 Hutchings and Whiteside, two Yale stu Il dents. The prospects are of having .I busy summer.
 About IS persons are at the Beacl
 houses The large cottage that was call
 ed ssThe MayOr'sn is now called stRee l Cottage The wells that were dug 9th water only few feet down., was goo