The Newtown bee., 1889-08-23
BRIDGEPORT.
Mrs W. c. Heath is in Meriden.

Mrs w. G. Heath is in Meriden.
 Patent Attorney A. NJ. Wooster and family spent Sunday with relatives in Goshen.
 l Rev II. A. Bushnell will preach in the Presbyterian church, Sunday. Mir and Mrs D. F. Hollister have start ed for two-weeks' vacation. which will be spent at I4akeville and the Catskills. Miss Emma Wright spent Sunday with G. A. Abbott of Monroe. l Mrs Charles A. Nichols of East Main street, who has been with c. A. Abbott of Monroe for couple of weeks, return ed home, Monday. She suffered with rheumatism during her stay and was un- der the care of Dr John G. Stevens. Among other Bridgeporters at Mir Ab- bott's are Mrs F. Bell of Pembroke street and Mr and Mrs Cummings of Ma pie street.
 Walter $. Hawley has sold his place on Iranistan avenue to the sister of Major D. M. Read and is living on Cottage street, until he can build. Harry B. Morris, head clerk at Lyon & Hindley's hardware store, accompan- jed by Harry Stevenson, has spent a week Ut Lake Waramaug.
 Fred Osborne accompanies the Nation al Guard to Mantle, this year, as an act i've participant.
 Walter Redfield, bookkecper for Lyon & Hindley, has returned from week at Meadows End, Milford.
 Leo c. Lyon expects to take his vaea- tion late in August and will take a run up the Hudson.
 Arthur J. Smith of the Mechanics and Farmers bank spent Sunday with his brother Will in Newtown.
 Not little discussion, some of which was trifle acrimonious, has been indulg- ed in by correspondents of city papers and by private parties, regarding the dis position of the corner stone of St. Johns hall, laid June 1G, 1886, when the build ing was St. Johns church. When the box was exhumed by Ford Brothers, who have the government contract for raging the building, it was turned over to Post master J. W. knowlton, the official GUS todian of the building. It had already been spokenIfor Fairfield County Histori- cal society, but the vestry of St. Johns church requested that it might be exam ined by them, as it contained certain papers of great interest. This was grant, ed and the box was opened in the pres ence of few newspaper men, Saturday morning. It was of lead and contained copper and silver plate, inscribed with the date and the names of the bishop of the diocese, rector (Rev Gurdon $. Ccit), the wardens and committee of the church. Beneath was Bible, prayer book, To- ca! and general papers and a variety of tracts and other documents. On behalf of the vestry, George Mallory has pre- scented the box and contents to the His tOrical society.
 Andrew J. Porter, confidential secre- tary to General Manager Stevenson of the Housatonic, is enjoying months vacation,
 Rev Otis J. Range of Essex delivered an address at the evening session of the quarterly district convention of Good Templars, which met, last week, with Pequonnock lodge, No 30. The conven- tion was not largely attended, save in the evening, when a musical and literary en- tertainment was given, besides Rev Mir Ranges address. .-
 F. E. Silliman, who lays one of the finest concrete walks in the city, has woTkmen busy laying walks in front of the Porter and Parrott property on North avenue.
 Miss Emma Wenz, who has been with friends here for some weeks, has return ed to her home al Altoona. Miss Carrie WenZ and sister Emma went as far as Jersey City with her.
 Mir and Mrs Akin Mead of Brooklyn have visited Henry Davis on Chamber lain avenue. Mr Mead is employed in q sugar refinery; Mrs Mead is a vocalist.
 The friends of Herman Metzger, the well known superintendent of Eckart Brothers brewery, will be glad to learn that he is to be permanently located in the Park City. He has bought the prop erty of William I. Davis on the corner of Lindley street and North avenue and may himself and family live long to en- joy their new home.
 Misses Lena and Nellie Cromwell of Berkshire (Newtown) visit friends in this city.
 Stiles P. Wakeley of 435 State street, 70, carpenter who formerly lived in Long Hill, died, Tuesday.
 Genial c. B. Read of the D. M. Read Company went to New York, Saturday, where he goes in the interest of the Read Carpet Go.
 George W. Hills stopped the Sunday Item for the present.
 Frank Buehanan's baby boy, II months old, fell into q tub of scalding water that Mrs Buchanan was cleaning house with and was scalded to death. Coroner F. l.. Holt is at his old home in Rockville, seeking health. Dr F. E. Downs, the medical examiner, has au. thority to act in all cases requiring a coroner.
 Attorney Curtis Thompson is left alone to guard the offices at 6, and s Frank lin block. Deputy Coroner A. M. Tall madge is at Haines Falls, Cattskills, and so is Attorney Howard N. Wakeman who went first to the Berkshire hills They will return shortly and then Mi 1 Thompson, who has stolen few days vacation, will run up to Berkshire, where his family are stopping.
 Mrs c. l.. Cleaveland and daughte Grace are at Santa Clara, N. Y., spend ing the Summer. Trix did not go witt them, as the mountain air did not agre' with him, last Summer.
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