The Newtown bee., 1889-08-16
BRIDGEPORT,

BRIDGEPORT,
 Lee Bros, of this city have hepsl F to Ii acres of land an. = ,.,G from turnpike, few '."'' Une Newtown and lnta"f' ...lies from Bridgeport ~. 10 open a road through the ..operty and cut the land into building lots.-[ News.
 Half Il dozen Bridgeport newspaper men are the happy owners of safety bl- cycles and make occasional runs about the city in company. They are G. w. Hills and John Kane of the Post, A. E. Culver, Henry Shannon, A. B. Under wood and Watson of the Far1Ger. Un- derwood keeps his machine in New Ha- ven, but the boys fear that lse will come over and outshine them all psetty quick. In their city rambles, they are often joined by Frank w. Bolama of the Stand ard, who bestrides broEchsA. South Norwalk has acquired the War ner system of electric tt4ae, which is also ill use here.
 John II. Beach is exseutor of the es- tate of the late Giles O.. Keeler.
 Work on the Strasford Land Improve ment Co.'S dyke as Broad Creek is being prosecuted, with, however, but few men. About 800 feet of the embankment have been completed, but there is yet nearly tiYe miles to build.
 Capt William II. Knapp, one of the old residents of the city, died at his home on California street, S4.
 Mrs w. H. Fisher spent Sunday in Easton.
 Miss Lizzie Bradley Hull is spending a week or two with friends in New Haven & Co.,, with his wife, is at Lake Pleasant, Mass.
 Rev Mr Hinsdale of Princeton. K. J., preached in the Presbyterian church, Sunday. Next Sunday, Rev Mir Dur roughs of Amherst, Mass, will otttc&asa
 Master Ernest Fisher is speAa~ ,r b;s school vacation at the pleasa>'t # homo of Christopher Marsh in Easr> o,
 Miss Oracle Huh is vis;+;nn Mice cor- nelia Smith of Ret' ol
 A horse @"o buggy belonging to County co'i'iiiSSs" ler J. w. Johnson was stolen Ilon1 n front of the Fairfield Avenue M. -a. Church., Sunday evening. They were 10 Lnd at Black Rock.
 f -''Probably you don't know how cheap ly you can own cottage and live in the country, several weeks every Summer said Main street business man. Well, to illustrate,' he said, 1T own q plot of land up the road and on that, ten years ago, l built a cottage, costing $250' Every year, we go up and spend month or so and it doesn't cost as much as to live here. A while ago, nine young people spent two weeks there and bought picked, and box of the heavier articles, such as flour, hams, etc., which were taken from Bridgeport At the end ot the fortnight. they figured up the cost and divided it equally. It was just $4 90 each for the two weeks. Can't beat that, can yeus'
 1 A race for the Post yacht cup will occur, Monday, 18th.
 | At last weeks town and city meeting. it was voted to transfer to the counties of Fairfield and New Haven all right, title and interest in Washington bridge, This was done with the understanding that no one should receive from the treasury any money for legal or lobby ing fees.
 Building Inspector Day says the out look for building in Bridgeport is bright and encouraging. Since the board of building commissioners was organized, a month ago, permits for work amounting to S152, 1925 have been issued, including new factories, additions to old ones and handsome private residences. | II. 1T. Nettleton is to do the carpenter work on the brick addition which Lang don, Batcheller & Co. will erect, adjoin- ing their factory.
 Prosecuting Attorney John c. Cham l berlain has made move ia the right direction by serving notice on all clair voyants and fortune-tellers to leave the city at once, under penalty of arrest. XValfar civ-ya.ro ola cop- af IJ " yVra,, of the Board of Education, died, Satur- day.
 The Aluminium Brass and Bronze Co. have hired the second floor of Hunters building on Middle street and will utilize | it for scientific experiments. \ slightly deranged man named Isaac E. Burroughs was struck and instantly killed by Consolidated. train at Fair 1 field, Saturday morning. He was stone mason and boarded with Mir Jessup. Be ing unable to sleep, through strong re- | ligious excitement, he wandered upon the track.
 It has been decided to use the old West Stratford borough building as school house for another year A suitable build ing will cost $l7,000 and it was deemed l advisable not to.ask for such an appro- priation at present. The borough build ] ing is close by the railroad, where the noise of the frequent trains renders reoi- tation difficult. It is also on low ground and the locality is said to be far from healthy.
 The peaceful locality known as North Bridgeport was greatly disturbed, last