The Newtown bee., 1889-11-22
BRIDGEPORT.


 avenue.
 John Cullinan, Jr, formerly Farmer reporter, is teaching the free evening school at Sterling street, East Bridge port.
 Letter carriers say that they are great | ly annoyed by vicious dogs and some are beginning to carry billy. There is a l law which excuses carrier from deliv- ering mail where ugly dogs are allowed l at large.
 A meeting of the Fairfield County board of the Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions was to be held in Trinity church, South Norwalk, Thurs day, 2lst, at } p m, to make known the proposed work for the coming year. Two delegates from each parish in the county expected to be present. Veteran George A. Wells of the George hotel has purchased building on Fair field avenue and will convert it into a business block.
 Besides his other duties, Station Mas ter P. F. Hunt now supervises all gate tenders at Consolidated road crossings in the city.
 One of the newest uses to which the nickel-in-the-slot machine has been put is to provide cheap reading. J. Brad shaw, Jr, has placed number of them about the city, each supplied with 75 pa per-covered books. "Dick" visits each machine weekly, sometimes oftener, to see that all is working well. The boys ascertain their weight on these machines by tying a string to nickel and with drawing it after the machine has operat- ed; but ''Dick" says that you can't do it on these book machines. No nickel, no book.
 Rev c. Ray Palmer of the North church has been made D. D. by Yale.
 Agent Middlebrook has had James Kelly kill three-legged bull kept at his place on the old turnpike.
 Vice and immortality have been and are shielded from all legal punishment by the police commissioners as far as prac- tfcable and there is not a member of the police force but fully understands that any interference on his part, without def mite orders from headquarters, will cost him his positon.- Leader.
 Col w. H. Stevenson is musical com poser as well as railroad man and several of his new compositions will be rendered by the Wheeler and Wilson band at the annual ball of the locomotive engineers at the Hyperion, New Haven.
 A hospital for contagious diseases is to be established at the town farm
 John Kinsella has returned with Sl9S of the $350 he stole from his brother.
 A free evening school is to be started in High school hall.
 II. H. Nettleton, the carpenter, moved his shop from Kossuth street, East Bridge port, to Water street, some time ago and is becoming settled in his new location, which has frontage of 60 feet, with am- pie yard room in the rear. Mir Nettleton numbers among his men one of the most expert wood turner's in the State and the rapidity with which he turns out any kind of work in his line is simply aston ishing. Besides contracts at various fac tories, Mir Nettleton has the elegant new parsonage for the First Presbyterian church well under way and is also build ing block on Organ and State streets for Secretary w. C. Haight of the w. F. Swords Lumber Co. and has an S-flat house on Pembroke street for Police Commissioner W. C. Grant.
 Waterbury & Gildersleeve, East Main street horseshoers, are now domiciled in new shop fitted up for them in the southern part of l.. B. Sterlings large livery stable.
 Percy $. Hill has been in Boston on business for the Knapp & Cowles Manu- featuring Co.,, with which he has been connected five years.
 ''As far as the general work of the as- sociation is concerned," said Secretary w. E. Colley of the Y. NJ. c. A., ''we are in gratifying condition. The com- mittees which have just been organized give promise of having been excellently selected and of doing good work. Pub lie interest in the work of the association membership is, I am happy to say, in- creasing; the prayer meetings held, last week, were we'll attended and full of interest. The new building, however, is practically at standstill and we cannot say what will be done.'' The Ragan il- lustrated lectures at Hawes' Opera House, which have attracted so much att tentiOn and favorable comment, are giv- en under the auspices of the Y. M. c. A. and, therefore, doubly deserve large patronage.
 1 l.. B. Hale, who is at work on a brick block on Kossuth and Jane streets, has put up combined barn and horse shed in the rear. He intends to keep groc- cry and market in the block and rent the upper three or four stories for the tene- ments.
 A large force of men is already at work at the West End, preparing the founda- tion for the huge new factory of the Springfield Emery Wheel Co.,, (which will occupy the factory as soon as completed and which will bring in 200 or 300 new hands. The factory is to be 200xs0, two stories high.
 Another case of didn't knew it was