The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1888-12-07
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
Mrs Edward G. Lines Of 3O5 State
street attempted suicide, Saturday night,
because her husband, an employee of w.
3. Hall & Co., had suddenly left town.
An emetic prevented death.
Rev r. G. S. McNeille of the South
church exchanged, Sunday, with Rev DIR
of Danbury.
John p. Lahan, former Bridgeporter.
Is now advertising agent for Farmer, Lit
tie & Co.
F. Slason & Co. succeed the old book
selling firm of E. A. Lewis & Co.
AZ you wish to make useful, as we'll
as ornamental present to your parents or
friends, it will pay you to call at G. II.
Benefits popular shoe store, 339 Main
street, Bridgeport and look over his inn
mense stock Of holiday slippers and fan
cy rubber boots, which he offers at ex-
tremely low prices. His new advertise
ment, which appears in another column,
will prove interesting to our readers.
The Typographical map Of the Putnam
camp ground, referred to in recent
BEE, is nearing completion and already
shows the lines of contour over the
ground. A wrong idea may have been
conveyed by the article in question: Gen
Putnam has monument already and
this new work, first described In the BEE,
is more particularly in honor of the Con-
tinental soldiers who fought SO CALAMITY
under Putnam's eyes and who have re-
manned, even more than their leader,
'sunhonored and unsung." The money
is to be spent, not so much for Putnam's
glory and honor, as for the soldier boys
who followed his fortunes.
A horse belonging to L. B. DeForest
became frightened and fell, injuring the
vehicle.
The New Haven Register, which knows
pretty well what it is talking about, calls
the custom OF warming horse cars in
Winter by means of little straw in the
bottom, ga barbarous, inhuman, heart
less system and adds that sit is high
time that the musty straw was abandon
ed.,'
John d. Budau, one of the old time
business men Of the city, died, last week
Friday, of valvular disease of the heart.
His funeral was attended from his late
residence, Monday, by Rev Louis N.
Booth. Hamilton Commandery, Knights
Templar, of which he was charter
member, had charge of the funeral and
the interment was in Mountain Grove
cemetery. John Budau, the express.
man, was his son and a daughter also
survives. Mr.. Budau was for a long
Cline engaged in the grocery business and
lAhfested the profits in real estate, OF
which he owned large amount. The
property at the southeast corner of Main
street and Fairfield avenue, where his
grocery was formerly located and where
Peet & Smith and other firms now are,
is part of his estate.
/ The Presbyterian Sunday school hal
decided to devote its Christmas offering!
to the Children's society in New Yorl
and Superintendent Read hopes to b.
able to send 20 barrels of clothing, toys
books, etc.
i Alonzo Beardsley is preparing to Sc
up the ship yard machinery which h
bought in Northport, L. I. Somethin,
Of the kind has long been needed her
and Mr. Beardsley has an excellent loca
ton, which he will further improve b,
dredging.
Col Henry Huss of Mount Vernon, N
r., was in town, last week.
The first dial which the Bryant Elee
trio Co. placed on Main street was in tn
window of Dunlap's jewelry store in tn
Connecticut bank building. 1t is {
glass, large and with easily distinguish
ed figures. The minute hand jumps TO
ward on each Goth second and remain
stationary until another minute hs
elapsed. This is something new
Bridgeport, although it has been in vi
in other cities for years and scores /,
passers pause to scrutinize the dial an
compare time.
Mrs Dewitt G. Jencks and family wi
: were at 26 Elmwood Avenue during Il
past year, are at AZ East 18th stree
New York, for the Winter, expectiI
to return to their work in Japan, ne,
b Spring.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. d. Holden were CUES
y iof F. w. Holden, Ansonia, last week.
IN Prof James Bakers boy choir, pial
:. and violin duets by S. S. Sanford and
8 G. B. Adams. two readings by Helen
Brown, song by Miss Susie Hawle
81 another by Mrs H. II. Scribner and "a
Z toharp'' selections by Sydney Cape
we're among the attractions at the Y.
ii G. A. reception, Monday evening.
Deciding thut bridgeport was go
4. place to live in, the Hatch & Holm
5. Manufacturing Co. moved their busins
5. back from Westport, where they We
S. about = year ago.
The z. n. G. Al. lyceum and busin
d mems classes are organizing for
81 Winter.
go "A fortunate election bet gives Ne,
dealer w. III. Beardsley free sha
I'd hair cat, bay rum and shampoo TO
4. year. Beardsley + apt to hit the bu
,leye-