The Newtown bee., 1888-10-12
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
 Tie western end of Fairfield avenue and other West End streets have been curbed and guttered.
 John Rutherford 65 Son, H. H. Kettle ton and H. B. MiddlebrOok have COL tracts to erect large addition to Thomp- son, Langdon & Co.'s corset factory.
 Prof Samuel Bicyclist Sterling takes umbrage because-the papers say that he unsuccessfully tried to climb Corey hill, Boston. He declares that he did not try to make the ascent, although he rode down the hill with ease. He has just purchased Springfield roadster and will | take a spin to New Jersey, after which he will again proceed to Boston. Here's hoping that he'll reach the top of Corey hill on his new wheel.-The family of w. G. Kimberly of East Bridgeport are with MT Kimberly's father in New Hartford. Thomas H. Murray, formerly night editor of the Morning News, is now on the local staff of the Springfield Union.
 w. G. Kimberly has entertained his sister from Avon.-H. c. Spaulding of West End is recovering from his long illness.-A. w. Clarke spent Sunday at his old home, near Otter Rocks, on the line of the Derby extension.-Th family of D. D. Sturdevant of the D. NJ. Read Co.have returned.
 Manager West of the Park City is all ways alive. His latest is a big scheme. ssWatch o. K., people going crazy over | it,'' he writes. The boy who would not enthuse over Swiss watch will be hard to find.
 | Editor Prindle of the Morning News has brought civil suit for $5000 dam ages against P. w. Wren, who brutally assaulted the editor.
 Miss Lillie, daughter of Philo H. Prin- dle, will wed Charles $. Cole at the South church, 18th.
 Sankey and Stagg, the singer and fa- nous Yale pitcher, are announced as at fractions at the Y. NJ. c. A. convention, 1lth to 14th.-Miss Julia G., daughter of T. B. DeForest, is to be married to Brad ford D. Pierce at the South church on 1 the 23d.
 There is hardly reporter in the city who has not gone about his work with saddened heart because of the death of George E. Leavenworth, night editor of l the News. who committed suicide by talk l ing laudanum at Cases hotel, Tuesday afternoon. He was native of Bethel and learned the printers trade in the | Farmer office, rising from the case to city editors desk. A short while ago, he returned to his trade at the Marigold Printing Go. and remained there until about two weeks ago, when he became night editor of the News. He had often l struggled against Drink, his evil genius, and had more than once, ill moments of despondency, threatened suicide, but was not believed to be in earnest. For few days, he had done no work on the New s and employees of the paper were search ing for him while he lay dying. They found him and succeeded in resuscitating him, but his mind wandered and he soon I passed away, only ? years old. He was one of the most popular reporters in the city and leaves a host of friends. His mother, Mrs A. M. Leavenworth, resides on Chapel street.
 The BEE has published sketches of Rev D. G. Lawson, late of Stepney, but it may not be generally known that, on his first arrival in America, he sought and obtained employment at the D. M. Read Co.'S. He was even then preparing for the elocutionary entertainments with
 which he afterward delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. "While
 here," said one who knew him at the time, ''he was well liked and made
 friends" He remained but short time,
 stepping from behind the counter to the
 lecture platform.-Some excitement was
 caused, Sunday night, by the sinking o1 , the floor at the First M. k. church. , jack screw slipped from it's position be. heath beam and portion of the floor i sank few inches.-H. H. Nettleton has purchased four lots on Lee avenue iron W. c. Haight of the Swords Lumber Co !, Wheeler & Co. will soon erect a foul story brick building, corner Middle anc
 Gold streets, to accommodate their feeC
 business.-A resident of Monroe came te
 the city with his family, last week, but , failed to make proper connections. The , family returned home by rail, the sam, :, day, the resident the next day and tn,
 team the day after.
 Philip Palladino, who killed his broth
 CT Francesca at the Pierce quarry nea
 Stratfield, June ?, 1887, was hanged ) last Friday, without any special incident Deputy Sheriff Glover of Newtown ad 7 justed the moose and placed the black cal s over the prisoners head.
 T II. A. House, Jr, is superintendent, w l M. Staples business manager and M. J 9 Mum selling agent of the House Woo s Co.,, dealers in native woods and manu n lecturers of kiln dried kindling wood !. The business was started here by NJ. J
 Mum and has increased until a stoc
 company was formed and factory es | tabliShed at the corner of Maple stree
 and Noble avenue, East Bridgeport.
 Born, last week, 10-pound son to NJ . and Mrs George $. Kuhne.-Miss Louis
 Thompson has spent a few days wit
 friends on Long Island.-The Boys clu
 re-opened, Monday evening, Sth, at tn
 old rooms in Winton's building, Middl street. c. l.. Burgess remains as super : intendent and the club begins the yes
 with over $500 on hand. More mone s will be needed, this year, than last and = generous public is appealed to.-Monda . night, the Western Union telegraph o ' flee began to remain open 24 hours da, # Albert Kneise, who recently marie
 Miss Mary Wing, has purchased the ma
 ket at 1905 Main street.
 ;. The safe at A. l.. Winton's Berkshil r, mills was broken into for the third tim Id last week and $3S taken.-Miss Lillia D. A. Wheeler has visited Miss Edith Vince le CT of Long Hill.-E. NJ. Johnson of Fri }. Penn., has bought the Atlantic hotel e. Peter Poland. West is attrac ing trade by giving Swiss watches wa IS ranted to keep accurate time with ever I'd purchase of clothing to the amount D. $12 or more.-Attorney E.. Burr, J 4. bought the bankrupt stock of w. | r v.e, c. C. fn. I E