The Newtown bee., 1888-08-24
BRIDGEPORT.

the IN NOfLn COngfeSaIlonai
 Mrs c. A. Phillips and daughter have visited Dr Porter of Hebron.
 c. F. Petite has painted and renovated his Herald news stand in fine style.
 Dr G. c. Eighme has grown stout since his visit to his old home at Lockport.
 Painters are at work at Charles W. Beach's house on North Main street.
 Mrs Hitchcock and daughter Hattie spend the latters vacation with relatives in Ansonia and Meriden.
 George Seltsam has placed a new Gold ing jobber in his printing office and has a fine assortment of new material. c. w. Tator bought horse, last week, which he found dead in the pasture the next morning, from some organic dis ease.
 James A Morris and wife have visited Raynham, Mass.
 The D. M. Read Co. have the contract to furnish the new court house with car pets, shades and draperies. 1 Born, daughter to Elliott Curtis of Curtis Bros.
 Mrs E. Parsons of Fairfield avenue is with her daughter for few weeks. Base ball and climbing greased pole amused the Post newsboys at Parlor l Rock, Saturday.
 James Seeley and brother-in-law Will liam Wakeman of Stratfield have each broken ground for new house and they are to be supplied with water from the pipes of the Bridgeport Water Co.,, which are laid in the road. l Mrs Laurence Morrell was recently called to Naugatuck to attend the funer- l al of her mother, Mrs Catherine flaw kins, who died at the age of 70 years. She was a lady beloved by all who knew her and her loss will be deeply felt. Friends were present from Bridgeport, Monroe, Black Rock, Southport and New Jersey. She leaves three children, Mrs IlCLOCi U Ildlo U VI tttuCh, IlIS ence Morrell of Bridgeport and John H. | Hawkins of Monroe. Rev E. K. Holden of Bridgeport and Rev Arthur Smith of 1 Naugatuck officiated at the funeral ser vices. She was laid at rest in the family ] lot beside her husband and daughter. Words cannot describe the loss sustained by her children, but they help to tighten the burden of affiiction. ssThe memory of the just is blessed' could never be more appropriately applied to any one than to Mrs Hawkins. None knew her but to love, nor named her but to praise.
 Mrs W. M. Terry of North Main street entertains Miss Eva Woodruff of Nor walk.
 The Fairfield Avenue Methodist church : is undergoing repairs.
 A large plate glass window in the D ; NJ. Read Co.'s store was accidentally broken, Monday night.
 The Presbyterian church, which has had different preachers during Rev NJ Davenport's vacation, was closed, Sun day.
 Mrs J. P. Prescott of West End suffer with malaria.
 Broad street, north of State, is being
 newly curbed and guttered. , Newsletter Petite has re-arranged tn, ? goods in his store, which looks nicely l in it's new paint, placing shelf for pop : ular novels over the men paper counter
 In spite of his name, there's nothing
 Petite about him.
 L Newsdealer Bradshaw manages t,
 come around to Bridgeport to spend Sun
 day.
 e The Housatonic road. ever ready t, q accommodate, is laying spur track fo
 the newly organized Bronze Aluminium
 Go. on Housatonic avenue. f William J. Platt of the firm of W. J
 Platt & Co. met with an accident, las
 Friday. With his sister, he was return 7 ing from Parlor Rock and his horse be SiihC ILOllS I11lI
 at an object by the wayside. It ran e throwing out both Mr and Miss Platt
 The carriage was overturned severa l, times and badly broken; the harness wa
 also damaged. The horse was caugh
 by Jacob Ackerson at the Red store, un r harmed. MT Platt, who had followed a $ fast as possible, borrowed harness an
 vehicle and reached home in safety. The two dogs, big Jack and smalle
 Dick,are still at the Herald News stan ' and still have the same affection for eacl l. other. When Dick was set upon by v vicious bulldog,a few days ago and wa t. becoming worsted, Sunday Jack rushe
 to the rescue and punished the bulldo
 so severely that the owner was angr
 and raised disturbance. O Miss Eliza, sister of James H. Dorus
 the well known butcher, who resides o
 Broad street, fell at the head of Col
 street, where building is going on an
 fractured the fragments of her right kne . Louis F. Mallett, middle aged Mi
 ford farmer, was thrown from his wago ., in East Bridgeport, last week and take It to the hospital because of his injuries
 In few days he was able to go home in There is no truth in the rnmor that th
 injured man belonged in Trumbull an
 sold milk here.
 :,
 s. Officer Opitz died at the hospital, Tue
 day; Harvey Hill died of consumptio IS at 113 Park street. - paxr IA ,A....- al, e.