The Newtown bee., 1896-01-24
Fairfield County News.
SHELTON.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
 The annual meeting of the shelton Congregational church was held last Tuesday evening and the reports showed that financially they had run within their income. The officers elected were: | Trustees, Stephen T. Palmer and Stiles A. Nichols clerk, George Y, Cook; treas urer, George E, Mitchell; collector, A. P. Mallory; ushers, George E. Mitchell, George F. Cook, Watson F. Taylor and Richard c. Cook. The report of the secretary of the Sabbath school gave the whole number of members POS.
 At the Congregational church, last Wednesday evening, E. l. Staples gave very interesting lecture on the life of Abraham Lincoln for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid society.
 WILL VISIT FOR A TIME WITH SHERIFF HAWLEY.
 A tramp stayed in tbe lookup, last Tuesday, who had become tired of being vagrant this cold weather and asked for the privilege of going to jail for the re- mainder of the winter. As the court did not feel like turning him out into the cold, cold world he seLt him to Bridge port as a guest of Sheriff Hawley, kindly sending Chief of Police Tomlinson to show him the way.
 HUNTINGTON's VITAL STATISTICS.
 The vital statistics show IF births, 3S marriages and 70 deaths during the past year and "A of the latter were u9der one | year of age.
 The Board of Relief met, last Monday, | in the Town hall, but it proved to be a lonesome board as no one called on them | and the assessors felt comfortable in the | absence of kicks.
 Joseph Fuckers funeral occurred on . Tuesday afternoon at hIs late residence. The services were conducted by Rev Mir Barton of the Methodist, church, Derby and the interment was in that city.
 Mrs Louise W. Plumb left, last We'd nesday, for a visit in the South, and ex- pect8 to be ab 3ent several weeks.
 The Board of Education have supplied a new flag for the public school.
 A son of Michael Mcdonald was struck by sled and had one of his legs broken.
 Wesley Patterson has arranged to go into business in Union City and will be much missed here by his many friends.
 The will of Joseph E. Field has been admitted to probate and Mrs Julia A. Field appointed executrix.
 Col w. J. Miller of the governors staff, and wife attended a reception to the staf fl given by the governor and his wife at Middletown, last Friday.
 The borough board have appointed H. [. Williams and William G. Booth regis trars for the election which is to be held the first Monday in March.
 Special meetings were held at the Bap- tist church, last week, and were continu- ed, this week.
 Mrs L. w. Plumb has given hand some clock to the public library which has been placed in the directors room.
 The number of tramps sent to jail from here this winter has been and the con- munity has been pretty tn roughly rid of them. Last winter the lookup was re- gular rendezvous for them and from 20 to 30 would spend the night there. The authorities were determined to break it up and SO had them arrested as vagrants and now only occasionally is there one or two that have strayed this way and .ome of those come for the purpose of being sent up.
 The case of Frederick Erickson was be- fore the Probate court, on Monday last, upon application of his brother, charged with being an insane person. The court heard the evidence and held the matter under consideration.
 The continued hearing in the case of | the town of Huntington against the town | of Derby was held on Monday and again continued after examination of witnesses to next Monday. This is pauper case.
 BLOOMFIELD.
 THE TOBACCO MARKET.
 There has been for the past two weeks | all the activity in the tobacco market for |