The Newtown bee., 1888-09-14
BRIDGEPORT.

# w.. ~. MOOuCye L0AC1tlstu U1 GLlt NEWS printers, has been made postal clerk on the Naugatuck.
 Charles Keeler of 6S Cedar street died, ; Saturday, 69. He leaves a widow and four children, Mrs w. T. Van York, Mrs Wilbur Wilson, Miss Clara E. Keeler and George W. Keeler.
 Bridgeport has four lodges of Good Templars, with about 400 members. They are Unity, No. 7; Park City, No. 10; Pequonnock, No. 30; Nonpareil, No. 187. They will be represented at the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Water bury, Tuesday and Wednesday, 25th and Beth, by eight delegates, one for each 50 members. Besides the delegates and al- ternates, a large number of members will attend.
 Nearly all Main street merchants re- moved their street signs early in the week, in obedience to the common coun- cil requirement.. The handsome sign of w. B. Hall & Co.,, which supplanted the tree that for long years bore the firms sign, was removed, Monday and set up on Cannon street, on the very edge of the Main street line. The law is obeyed and the sign is as conspicuous as before In common with many other merchants, Mir Hall is heartily opposed to the change.
 Mrs J. W. Johnson, F. G. J. T., has been quite sick for some time.
 The city was startled, Sunday, by the rumor that the steamer Nonowantuc had been sunk while on her waysto Port lief fersOn, l.. l., Saturday. She steamed into the harbor, Monday, safe and sound.
 We take pleasure, this week, in calling the attention of our readers to the an- nouncement of Downer & Edwards. Many of our readers have visited their furniture store at 449 Main street and those who have not will find that they keep a full line of fine goods of latest de- signs, in furniture, carpets and draper ies, at prices to please. They will be pleased to have you call and examine for yourself.
 Waite H. Somers, recently of the groc- cry firm of Somers X Lockhart, Grand and Main streets and son of Mrs Castle formerly of Newtown, died, Sunday, 55, of enlargement of the liver. He was a trustee of the Washington Park M. E. church and leaves widow and daugh- ter. Interment at RridgeWater.
 North Nam street, near Peter Winz's, is bcing raised and improved with stones and gravel. A repetition of the almost bottomless mud holes of last Spring will not occur. F. N. Higgins and men do the work.
 Mir and Mrs Russell Hatch of New Fairfield visit Mrs Henry Davis.
 MT Parrott has painted his house, cor ner of Housatonic avenue and Lindley street.
 Orders have been issued by the Con solidatrd road to stop all trains at the depot, when Housatonic trains are dis charging passengers.
 c. E. Zink, who reports West Strat- ford for the Standard, is camping at Mil ford.
 c. W. Beach's house is ready to be fur nished and he expects to begin work on his barn in short time.
 An lsOO-ponnd bell will be hung in the new court house and an eight-day clock will tell the time. Besides the outside dial, to be illuminated at night, there will be 10 dials in various parts of the building.
 Golden Hill street, in front of the conr1 house, has been covered with broker stone and earth.
 w. c. Sniffen of State street has suf fered with an abscess in his ear. Mrs Capt Rowland is on a visit a Brooklyn, N. Y.
 North Main street school, No. 10, open ed, the 4th, with lady teacher wh' knows how school should be kept ant intends keeping it quiet.
 G. o. Keeler is suffering the inconven fence of a polypus in his nose, which i troublesome. He breathes only througl the mouth.
 Miss Grace Keeler spent Sunday i State street with Mrs J. H. Beach.
 Superintendent Orford of the Bridge port Electric Light Co. is busy man He understands his business to the mi nutest details and, by personal obserya tion, satisfies himself that all is as upper part of Main street had becom old, unfit to carry the weight of the wire and unsafe. The new poles erected clos beside them, much larger and taller, ar
 strong and sturdy. Superintendent Ol ford was experimenting the job, occas
 ionally lending helping hand, when
 BEE reporter met him. ssYes, it all cost
 money, ? he observed, ssbut this was sac
 ly needed. Those old poles had serve
 their time and were antiquated." Tn
 company runs about 200 large lights
 such as are furnished the city, beside
 over 2000 of the small ineandescent light
 used ill stores and offices and employ
 over 20 men. Some little time ago, tn l experiment of furnishing electricity as
 motive power for light machinery wa
 tried. The power is ample and charge
 reasonable, but the abundance an
 cheapness of steam power has prevente
 it from gaining an extensive footholt
 At present it is used principally for co