The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-24
MADISON.

l Apf1i IE,-IHe severe storm or Satur- day and Sunday hassdone much damage to the highways in the porthern part of | the town. which will give the selectmen much work for a number of days. Sev- era1 bridges have been damaged. With I the high tides sand heavy rain the mead ows have been flooded badly, but no damage from that cause has been re- ported. ] The new cottage being built for Cap l tain John Crossley Is about completed, and is very roomy and attractive cot tage. It is situated on Middle Beach. The new cottage just finished for Frank Coe, of Springfield, has been rented to MT. Pease, of New York city, The house Is much larger than the old one that was burned. and has many in- provements that the other did not have Among the guests stopping at the Lenwood at present are Rev. Dr. Baker and family, of Trinity church, New Ha- ven. This summer resort still has its many attractions, the surrounding To- cality and table being one of the best In town.
 Rev. MT Scovile and family, of New Haven, are spending a few days at the Cooper cottages MT. Scoville is seen wading in the waters of Long Island Sound nearly every day. Among the summer visitors seen on the beach the last week was MT F. J. Cronan, of New Haven.
 Mr. and Mrs o. Howe, of the Ham, monnassett House, who have been win- tering at Rockledge, Fla, have arrived at their hotel, and are busy getting the house ready for the summer as many of the guests met in the south are ex- pecting to spend part of the summer at the hotel here. The house is an old and favorite one and we hope to see the place well filled.
 Two new cottages have been built at the west wharf the past winter, and will add much to that already favorite spot. The bothing and fishing at that point is fine.
 S. A. Scranton, who has rented one of j. R. Meigs' buildings, has moved his office there, where he can be found evenings, his business requiring cen- tral location during the summer months.
 r. w. Field, of the Linwood, has pur- CndS6u lile lOl anu DulluiioS ddJOlHllS his place of Mrs Thayer, and added the same to his already pleasant home.
 w. S. Hill, the builder, has large number of men at Miami, where he is building cottage for Hartford parties. His work here has always been satis- factory, which has been the means of giving him work elsewhere.
 Contractor Scranton has just finished a fine piece of work for MT. Archer J. Smith, of Waterbury, at his cottage on Middle Beach. The work included heavy stone and cement eca-wall one hundred feet long, four feet in thick ness, nine feet deep, and fifteen feet in front of the cottage in the beach, with filling. The improvement will give. a fine lawn entirely around the cottage.
 A cargo of fertilizer arrived at the west wharf the past week, it being the first arrival at the improved dock.
 A large amount of timber is being de- livered at the wharf Tor shipment by C. F. Scranton.
 The many friends of Rev. MT. Knott ] are very glad to learn that he is to be l their pastor again for the coming year. The society have raised quite a large l sum of money the past year for the pur- l pose of improving and painting the | church. The work will be done this | spring.