The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

tSsIS WitIl bilc UeSb instruments nduuIac- tured. The piano is made in this city and the company will soon have to in crease it's facilities for production, if the demand keeps on nincreasing.-[ Standard.
 II. F. Rugg has moved from 61 Court land street to Harrison street.
 l.. Savage and R. c. Morris have been appointed committee to work up the road records of members of the Rambling Wheelmen and award the medals. The record races end soon.
 The new drinking fountain recently set up on Fairfield avenue, just west of Main street, is free to all. It was given by Bridgeport division, No. 24, Sons of Tenn perance. Previous to the Fourth of July celebration, it was proposed to erect it near the new library building, but this was objected to and the matter lay in abeyance until short time ago, when the lodge decided to give the fountain, if the city would bear the expense of set ting it. This was accordingly done and it is noticeable addition to the locality.
 J. B. Barnaby & Co.,, the real clothiers of 43S Main street, give their customers a chance for trip to the city free, as they make your fare an inducement on all purchases of $10 or over. They quote prices on overcoats and will pay your fare if you buy of them. It will pay you to look their stock over, even if you don't buy.
 Prof Lindsay of the State board of health recommends that the reservoir at the Narrows in Easton be drawn off and it's bed cleared off the dead vegetable refuse and other stuff that should have been cleared off before the ground was flooded. The Bridgeport medical asso- citation second this proposal and the com mon council will now act upon the mat ter.
 It will be to your interest to inspect the styles and prices for your Fall and Winter suits and overcoats at the Oak Hall one price clothing house, 360 Main street. Special drives in overcoats; Fall overcoats from $4 50 up. New shapes in fur hats. Seamless Shaw knit hose three pairs for 25c. Henry Harris and his assistants will be pleased to see you | at the Oak Hall.
 Hull < Palmer have been engaged tc lay out the grounds at the Putnam camp ground in Bedding for memorial park with avenues, walks, etc. There will bt a block house near the main entrance ant other reminders of ancient days. NJ Hull has been over the grounds with the historian, Charles Burr Todd. MT Hull has also inspected and approved the 10 cation of the New Haven water com pany's new reservoir dam in the town o1 Woodbridge, about six miles from New Haven. The dam will be constructed next season and will be 46 feet high ant 800 feet long on top.
 The new and improved lines of hard ware are always in stock at Lyon { Hindley's hardware store, 3S3 Main stree and, before purchasing elsewhere, cal and see them. They are young men ful of push and do not mean to be outdon
 by competitors.
 The Prohibitionists nominated Edwar J. Buckingham, one of Huntington merchants, for judge of probate, F. N Potter, the Huntington mail carrier, de clining. K. O. Beers represented Trum bull, Edward Seeley and Thomas Marsl Easton.
 The Plumb Hardware Go. of 452 Mai street have full and complete line c all hardware novelties for this season c the year. Their large store is packe full of all kinds of goods to be found i
 hardware stores of the first class anC
 with polite clerks and one low price
 all, they can invite the public to thei
 store, with the assurance that they wi be treated well and are convinced tha if you buy of them once, you will alway
 know where to get your hardware aftel
 ward.
 Arthur w. French is doing local wor
 on the News again.
 Manager w. M. Harris is spending
 week or two with relatives in Middl, bury and enticing fish by the score fror
 the limpid depths of beautiful Quass; paug.
 A. l.. Winton has nearly completed small building adjacent to his BerkshiI
 mills, which he will use as an office, uti
 izing in another way the space in th mill now occupied for this purpose. N
 clue has been discovered to those wh burglarized the store, a couple of week ago.
 : It is rumored that Rev Charles L. Pa dee will resign as rector of the Church ( the Nativity, North Bridgeport, devotin his time to the Colt Memorial chapel { } West Stratford and the newly establisl
 ed West End mission.
 Robert C., son of J. J. Dunlap, wa 3 married to Miss Carrie Louise, daught, : of Henry Beers, last week Thursda evening. Revs H. A. Davenport and 5 k. Streeter performed the ceremony, a 7 ter which a reception was held and the r Mir and Mrs Dunlap departed for we l ding trip to the South.
 Several times within the past year ha, 3 the shops of the W. F. Swords Lumb, Co. been visited by fire, although no SC ious damage resulted. Now the buil s ings are being fitted with automatic fiji ' extinguishers, to provide against furth ? outbreaks. Rows of iron pipes. fittt