The Newtown bee., 1888-11-23
BRIDGEPORT.

F. A. Bartlett and George c. Peet will start an insurance and brokerage busi- ness at the Sturdeyant building.
 A colored man named Willis King, who possesses the peculiar power of changing his heart and ribs from place and of stopping the beating of his heart, has been around town.
 Eight hundred dollars was pledged toward the new Y. M. c. A. building at the close of Prof William Blaikie's lec- ture before the association, last week.
 A joint meeting of the Pequonnock and Park City wheel clubs was held in their ing on Fairfield avenue, last week. The two clubs effected consolidation under the name of the Bridgeport Wheel club with total of over GO members. At the next meeting, the first Tuesday in De- cember, officers will be chosen for the ensuing year. The clubs are governed by a board of directors, which consists of Messrs Frederickson, Horr, Latham, H. B. Morris, ". $. Stevenson, Lyon. After concluding the business of the evening, a fine collation. was served. The suite of three rooms, now being fitted up, are convenient of access, well appointed and will be the finest of the kind in the State.
 Elias Howe, Jr, post, No. 3, G. A. R., has begun it's usual Winter series of SO ciables.
 The evening mail for the north and west via Housatonic valley now closes at f 20 P m.
 Miss Lillian Warner gave crysanthe- mum party, last week, in honor of Miss Lillian Selleck of South Norwalk.
 James Connor, helper for blacksmith at the carriage shop of Hincks & John son, fell down stairs, Saturday night and killed himself.
 Mrs Frank Fuller, nee Miss Jessie Rev. now of Fair Haven, has visited her fath- CT, Jesse Rev of Black Rock avenue.
 John w. Bowen of the firm of Belknap X Bowen is seeking health and strength in the South.
 James Caldicott, Jr and Edwin Hyde, both of Lindley street, have returned from q trip to Europe.
 
 Secretary c. A. Lindsley of the State Board of Health has made public his re- port ill regard to the foul condition of the water from Mill River reservoir. The vegetable growth was not removed from the bottom of the reservoir, as it should have been before it was flooded. The privy made by the Italian Workmen is all so given it's share of blame, with other privies, including that of the Narrows school house. It is also suggested that fish and eels may have gotten into the pipes carrying the water to the city, where they died and their bodies routed. The relief suggested is that the reservoir the gravel below the loam and that the blow-offs i'll the pipe be opened to remove anything offensive which they may con tain. Here is an illustration of the ad- age, ssHaste makes waste.''
 John E. Darling has married Miss Flor ence E. Smith of Smithtown and they live at 255 Broad street.
 Bertha s., daughter of George E. Wheaton and soprano singer, was mar ried to W. H. E., son of Rev John s. Wilson, last week.
 Married at St. Augustine church, by Father Murphy, William E. Chew and Miss M. F.. Campbell of Greenfield Hill. They will live at 27 Columbia street.
 A daughter of Noah Webster, author of Webster's dictionary, died at her home on Washington avenue, Saturday, S4 years old. Her daughter is wife of Rev Thomas K. Beecher and son is a phys ician in London.
 The Advent church, Barnum avenue and Brooks street, was dedicated, last week.