The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-29
NEWTOWN
FROM SICK ROOMS.

| RUM 01OA EGOOAS.
Newtown. Oct. 2s-The condition OF
ly better today. Mrs. John F4nne1I
of Zoar appears to be slightly i'm
proved.
Thomas Degnan, who has been Wis
iting friends on Queen street, return
ed today to his position with Charles
Newport of Bethel.
The special meeting Of the Holy
Name society last night was well at
tended, and a social session followed
which was thoroughly enjoyed.
NEW BASKETBALL TEAM.
Rev. Father Dclan, curate of ST.
Roses church. is interested in the for
nation of a Junior boys basketball
| team and the altar boys are ably sec
onding his endeavors to finance the
| team. 1t is expected that the team
| will be ready for playing in the near
future, and willing to try conclusions
with any amateur team in the town.
TARIFF HAS NO TERRORs.
The Crowe-Keane button shop is run
| ming full handed this fall and reports
no cessation in the demand for their
products. The new tariff does not
frighten these sterling Democrats as
they feel that their superior work will
not suffer in competition with Euro
pean goods that the reduced tariff
schedules may tempt foreign produc-
ers to try conclusions with this up
to-date concern in the markets of
the United States.
BAND SOCIAL.
Among the interesting social events
of the week is the dance at the town
hail. Thursday night for the bene-
fit of Boards Sandy Hook band The
public now have an opportunity to
evince their interest in this organiza-
ton which has done SO much towards
the social uplift oN the whole town,
and judging from the talk on every
side, the dance will receive the patron
age it so well deserves, and the band
substantially aided.
Rev. P. Fox of East Hampton, Ct,
who has been on a trip to his native
land, Ireland, landed at Boston Tues
the death of his sister, Miss Rose
Fox, who died in New Haven last
week and whose remains awaited his
arrival before interment. She was
the housekeeper at the parochia1 resi-
dence of ST. Roses parish when the
Rev Father Fox was the rector here,
and many friends attended the funer-
al at New Haven yesterday. The
interment was in East Hampton.
Bishop Frederick FHoote Johnson, CO.
adjutor bishop of the Episcopal do
cese of Missouri, who was in attend
ance at the Episcopal convention at
New York is expected in town tonight
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. johnson of South Center.
WASHOUTS AT HAWLEYVILLE.
The heavy storms of Friday and Sun
day caused great injury to the town
roads and many dangerous washouts
are reported. The worst in extent
was that at the first under the rail-
road southeast of the Hawleyvfl1e
station, formerly known as Houlihan's
crossing. Here, as at the local sta
ton, the covered s1uice box was too
small to contain the flood poured into
it through the catch basins or traps
and the backed-up waters pIoughed
out the roadway into ruts two feet
deep and equally wide, rendering pass
age for teams an impossibility. The
selectmen have ordered district road
master Tobey to repair the road and
he and men are the work this
week. They have made temporary re-
pairs and the permanent repairs will
await the result of an appeal to the
Public Utilities Commission or some
authoritative body to decide whether
the town or the railroad will have to
pay the two or three hundred dol
lars which will be required to place
the roadbed in shipshape. This piece
of road botch-work is another one of
the Iegacies left the town by the So
called railroad improvements of last
year Who is responsible is the ques-
ton. The town in meeting assembled |
has never accepted the contractors |
work. The town attorney, William J. /
Beecher, believes the county commits |
sioners have authority to investigate |
and fix the responsibility for the costs
Of repairs. while the first seIectman.