The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
NEWTOWN

There was a large crowd of people
attending the auction of the D. G.
Beers effects Wednesday, and about
every article found a purchaser. The
auctioneer was Charles E. Beardsley
of the Borough, clerk. o. Pitzschler,
and w. B. Glover, cashier.
Mother NJ. Gertrude of the Middle
town Mother house of the order and
Sister Mary Regis are at the Convent
of Mercy today as guests Of Mother
Nd. COLUMBIA. They paid a visit to
the rooms Of the paroch1al school, and
were wen pleased with conditions
here.
Mrs. Thomas F: Cavanaugh and
daughter, Miss Susie spent Wednes-
day in Bridgeport
The se1ectmen met yesterday and
talked over a tentative plan to look
over the condition of all the town
roads at once and get after them be-
fore the advancing season for farm
work will make 1t hard to secure
teams from agong the farmers. After
an inspection Of the roads, the Sc
lectmen will meet again and compare
notes and they premise to get right
down to road work in an effective
way. The matter of the poor work
on the part of the railroad company
at the Houlihan crossing near Haw-
leyv11le was up for discussion and the
board is unanimous in condemning
the work. The cutters are torn away,
the new roadbed to the Hawley prem
ises impossible and the town has
had to spend money on it several
times sinoce the railroad company no
titled the town more than year ago
that they had completed the work Of
elimination of grade crossings in New
town as per the orders of the old
board of railroad commissioners. The
attention of the selectmen was also
g.
grade crossing above the Hawleyville
station still exists, Notwithstanding
that it's elimination was a part of
the original plans of the company. It
is a very dangerous crossing and is
not even protected by gates, watch
man nor alarm and the wonder is no
one has been killed here at Least in
recent years
John H. Haugh of Dayton street ex-
poets to move into the Mrs. Lucy
Heating dwelling on Glen avenue as
soon as the rooms are ready. Painters
and decorators are hard at work there
this week.
Local sportsmen were out in fair
numbers today fishing for the trout.
All report the fish plentiful, but
great catches are claimed A few
members of the Pootatuck Rod and
Reel club from Waterbury way were
on the banks of the pootatuck which
nesday but all were disappointed in
the size and weight of the trout who
took their bait. It looks to the local
fishermen that the city fishermen are
getting tired of their outlay for the
privilege of fishing the stream which
the state does not now replenish, and
it is expected that at the termination
of the leases next year, the club will
not renew the leases which expire.
This will be thankful news to our
townspeopIe who have always looked
askance at the city chaps for mono
policing one of Gods bounties to man,
and shutting them off from this i'm
portant food supply.
Some real estate changes noted this
week: Mrs. Eliza G.. Reed sold her
property in Palestine to Everett H.
Marcy of Bethel; David c.. Peck of
the Newtown Savings Bank sold the
HON estead occupied by the Daniels
family the past few years near North
Middle School-house, to Miss A. Beers,
daughter of the late Daniel G. Beers,
and Miss F1orella Northrop sold some
land near her home in North Center
to a party in Pennsylvania for mining
purposes it is thought, as it is value
less for farm or residential purposes.
F. H. Mitchell of Mile Hill, who
brought a damage suit for $4,000
against the New. York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company for dam
ages to land by fire resulting from
sparks from locomotives, was award
ed damages of 1892 yesterday in the
Superior Court at Bridgeport. The
attorneys for the company seem salts
fed that their clients got off easily,
and signifed their intention of con-
sidering the matter an incident closed
Other parties injured by the same fire
accepted the company's offer of set
tlement at the time of the fire, and
are now sorry they did not press their
suits at law.