The Newtown bee., 1888-07-06
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
 CIV. Beach has purchased a new Clip per mower.
 c. E. Spalding of 34S Main street has added photograph outfit to his office.
 William II. Downs is in town again.
 C. W. Beach makes good progress with his new house; fathers are at work, this week.
 Rev George F. Prentiss of the West End church was pleasantly surprised on the first anniversary of his marriage, last week. Mir and Mrs Prentiss were pre- sented with a sewing machine and gold headed umbrella.
 Drawtender Dennis Colgan, who owns d number of houses, has purchased another in East Bridgeport and will re side there.
 Twenty-nine members of the Concor- dia, some of them from Waterbury, at tended the great Sengerfest in Balti- more.
 The celebrated peanut stand case, al- ready detailed in the BEE, was won by the city.
 Thomas P. Taylor tells New York } Press reporter that he began to make folding bustles two years ago. Last year he delivered over 100000 and is now turning out 500 or 600 dozen a day. He keeps 100 hands busy and is also mak !. ing quantities of the Taylor self-attach ing dress stay. He owns IS patents or folding bustles and says that they have come to stay.
 t Miss Edith NJ. Kedney, for five years boolkeeper at c. M. Fosters, was mar ried. last week, to Leonard B. More 2 house, formerly of this city, now of Nev York Rev l.. E. Streeter performe' the ceremony at 54 Cannon street. The. will reside in New York.
 Arthur Miller, with Downer X Ed
 wards, has disposed of his 52-inch Ea
 pert and now rides an Apollo.
 New riders deserving of encourag' m ment are Thomas DeForest and Ed Hu
 ted.
 Three new members, Messrs Harve.
 Paddock and Dr Cummings, have bee ,p admitted to the Rambling Wheelmel ut making the membership D. e, Alfred Hopkins, president of the ma ce ter plumbers association of Bridgepor n Zalmon Goodsell and NJ. w. Leave ng worth attended the national conventi1 d- of the master plumbers associations U. M Boston.
 'n, Dr F. A. Rice is to wed Miss May D ii nt mont of Washington. eg George P. Rikeman has joined t as ,al Park City Cyclists.
 About S20,OOO was taken fin at t
 Bridgeport custom house during the ye ,,o just ended.
 Id, The Farmer says that Paul Sterling lnu ut the class of 'S9, B. II. S., has been ele lar ed editor-in-chief of the Epsilon. 'se. Bridgeport High School paper, for ,. Ill coming year. His associates are Fl fn DeForest and Robert Nelson, both of ief, The last number or the Epsiioh col'a ,ot- a fine engraving of the High Sch edy
 as Harry Stevenson has been elected V ipt- president of the Park City Cyclists g E Frank Hadley second lieutenant.
 The new Sunday school room of
 Presbyterian church will contain ch:
 and tables for lS0 people, while a SC lace circular gallery affords seats for mo 'ut Mo A single chandelier lights the room
 Teachers in Summerfield school, W fine Stratford, are retained for another te
 J. Sterling and E. P. Lyon have cl sev- lenged Will Hopkins and Paul Ster lter, to a match series of tennis, best thre
 five advantage sets. It is probable , of the match will be close and interest
 It will be played on the courts of the Bridgeport amateur tennis associatiO
 Washington avenue.
 Dr Knowles, the physician and Clay ,,I', .,,a ,l'sas s'ssst to ,,;s;t h;s hro lark- J,s aIu ot "tss ssa,, s fo,. Io Taar ,"o.i ssI Knowles practice in Bridgeport has ,-;t,, very satisfactory and, on his return ,sam m,sn predict much larger patronage. thout Miss Peterson closed North school l and 10 Friday with interesting exer, own I ,;zzie. danshter of Carl OchSner- at Elec- ed tbe roll of honor. youth
 , and Sunday, Jack, Newsdealer Bradsl at K. big dog twas severely cut by slippir
 a piece of glass.