The Newtown bee., 1888-11-30
BRIDGEPORT.

James Bradshaw, Jr, the fOrtiier news dealer, writes the BEE that he is still handling the New York Press and that he handled 14 800 papers, last month and 16, 200 so far, this month. He finds that Bridgeport is the cheapest town in the State and the best for the working man. He says that coal, for instance, is 30 30 per ton in Bridgeport, $6 80 in New Ha- ven, $7 B in Meriden, $7 5Oin Hartford, Middletown, Norwich and Wallingford. Groceries and meats are also from one to | two cents pound cheaper in Bridge port. He adds that ssNew Haven mer- will benefit them, for they are already | putting up advertising signs along the line. In Springfield, they say that Sam Sterling is the boss hill climber All through the week, Brad dashes over the State, looking after the interests of the Press, but Sunday finds him at his old home in this city. He has succeeded So we'll that offers from other metropolitan papers have been received. But he in tends to let we'll enough alone, for the present, at least. 1 A sad case of drink is reported by the Farmer, that of a young man, who inherited $l7, ,OOO, but spent it all and, though he had wife and child, took a bed-spread from his poverty stricken home and sold it for 9 cents, on which to wind up spree.
 Mrs c. G. Downes has visited friends in Syracuse.
 I The clothing firm of J. B. Barnaby < Co.,, formed by Mir Barnaby at Provi- dence in 1852 and grown to be one of the largest houses in their line in New Eng land, has been dissolved and their im- mense stock of goods will be put at prices to close them out by New Years. It will be one of the largest clothing sales Bridgeport has seen and will be worth your attention.
 I Rev Dr Garner improvised a wedding ceremony for the marriage of his daugh-
 ter, Miss Alma, to Allen H. Lester, last
 week. Frederick D. Booth, chief clerk at
 Apothecaries hall, who married Miss Lil-
 Han G., daughter of E. H. Gaylord of
 Waterbury, occupies a new home at the
 corner of Park avenue and Cottage street. William Roland went to Worcester for
 Thanksgiving.
 Rev Dr Samuel Francis Smith of New , ton, Mass, author of ssMy Country 'tis
 of thee, and father of Editor Candee's widow, celebrated his S0th birthday on ' the 2lst. He received tender tributes
 from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Whittier
 and other distinguished friends. Dr Smiths ssAmerica' was first sung by 7 Boston children at the Park Street church
 July 1, 1892. Long Baptist pastor, he
 afterward edited Baptist publications f and, within recent years, has visited the t chief missionary stations in Europe ano Asia. He wrote ssThe morning light ii h breaking"
 s- Mir and Mrs Dewitt c. Jencks are now 'f in New York.
 Rev E. B. Beardsley officiated, recent
 iy, at the marriage of Dr Willis F. Al |, ling of New Haven to Miss Heppy J
 Daniels, the trained nurse who aliena
 ated the doctor from his first wife. Tn
 New Haven medical association has eS , pelled Dr filling from memberhip on ac u count of his character and suit brogh V by Rutherford B. Trowbridge is no, tn pending against him, in which Mr Trow IS bridge charges that Dr filling allowe ;. Jonathan Ingersoll the use of his offie
 for improper mretings with Mrs Trov se bridge.
 al, T. w. Wilmot had two fingers cut c ha and third lacerated by saw, la on week.
 his Died, 22d, Minnie, wife of John Req
 Walter Nichols, whose Long Beac ;,, now Island Beach resort has a flavor ion it's own and that not toe pious, is like -ha to have q legal mill with Julian Sterlin ar who is employed in the office of u Housatonic railroad and is also the liy tho ly, but not always reliable corresponds of of the New York World. The sister
 MT Nichols married New Yorker 900 such haste, as MT oterlihg naria'es' 'l
 the marriage license was taken Q
 after II m and Dominic Streeter TO, ter ed up after midnight to tie the nupt he knot. Nichols objected to this and wal ate ed retraction, which was given in ge ase uine Sterling fashion by affirming t md facts already published to be true. Nie .ss. ols now combs his hair and swears VI
 geance, while Mir Sterling has employ ,wo Davenport & O'Hara, he says, to set ion. with MT Nichols for statements deros lew tory to the correspondent. Look ( ,rd when the fur flies.
 six George Morford of Rogers < Morfc olu- is reported to have settled the g test brought by Miss Mary K. Murray, wht ast, engagement with him has been brok yes off, by which he gets back his love l 'ro- ters and Miss Murray the engafieme and ring and earrings that Morford got ba
 from her by strategy.
 iettl Manager West of the Park City V . in remembered in many homes, this we ,an where he furnished Thanksgiving t wed key with clothing bought of the Ps
 City.
 w. Whitney Leonard and Miss Eli om- beth w. K. vlodek were married at N sve- York, last week.