The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-02
MILE'ORD.

OCt Mi dI'd ANAAS ~ wa = -'
are rejoicing over the advent Of a new
dourhta,, in The family
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MISS A1ol'ie ! u 'ii,S'A -
her cousin, Miss Tuttle Oh 5outh bfa-
mingham, Mass.
H, NJ. Rose, with a party, goes to
Matatuck, L. l., to-day in his steam
launch for the purpose of getting beach
plums.
J. N. and ]. H. Benham have return
ed to Bridgeport after enjoying the sea
breezes at Walnut Beach
D. Clarence Smith. clerk in d. M.
Reeds store, Bridgeport, is unable to
attend to his duties owing to q very
painful felon on his left hand.
Mr.. and Mrs, A, f. Morse are taking
a sojourn through the Berkshire Hills
and Great Barrington, Mass. Miss
Northrop of. Woodmont is visiting their
daughter during their absence
Charles Lindley and family are visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs Frank H. Wood
ruff.
The annual town meeting will be held
in the town hall Monday, october 5, for
/ the purpose of electing town officers for
question of license or no license also,
| to take action on a petition of Charles
| G. Root. George II. CoWell. C. Watson
Baldwin and thirty-eight others to wild
en- and grade the road running from
| the Bridgeport turnpike, near the house
of C. Watson Baldwin, to the Manga
! tuck Junction; also. to vote on the ac-
1 ceptance of the laying out of the new
4 road at Walnut Beach and widening of
| Stowe avenue, as per survey made by
/ d. c. Sanford, civil engineer; also, to
/ take action on accepting and working
of roads at Woodmont. according to
the survey of Frank E. Hine, civil en-
gineer; also. to hear the report of the
1 selectmen on widening Clark street;
4 also. to make an appropriation for the
repairing of highways. bridges sluices.
walks and railing for the ensuing year;
also. to regulate the taking of oysters
and clans in the Gulf pond, and to APP
point an oyster committee: also, to
take action on the cutting of brush and
Y branches of trees on the highways ac-
cording to section 1852 of the revised
/ statutes; also. to lay all necessary tax
es and to transact any other business
that NAV legally ccme before said
meeting. The polls will be open at 6
a. m. and close at ~ noon. The call is
signed by the selectmen Gilbert L.
Ford. w. P. Thomas and w. NJ. Irving.
Harry III. Bristol will on Saturday
/ October 3, sever his connection as clerk
in the Milford postoffice to accept po-
sition as weigher in the railway mail
/ service for thirty days. after which he
| will act as substitute mail clerk.
Mrs. s. L. Baldwin of Bridgeport is
spending a few days in Milford.
Rev J. C. Root of New Haven will
preach in the chapel at Woodmont on
Sunday at D. m.
Ernest l.. Gee will resume his old po-
sition as Adams Express driver on
4 Monday. October 8, after spending
three weeks with his parents in Cincin-
natus, N Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Finlay of Derby
are visiting MI. and Mrs. Cornelius W.
Williams.
d. p. Merwin has returned home from
Glen Lake. N. Y, where he has been at
the bedside Of his coachman. Albert j.
Widener, who has been dangerously ill
with typhoid fever His many friends
are glad to learn that he is improving.
Excitement was caused Wednesday
afternoon by the chimney of r. H.
Boyd's house catching fire BY the eff