The Newtown bee., 1889-07-26
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 Through the kindness of Grocer w. k. Wills, the young ladies in the telephone office were treated to a basket of large, luscious peaches.
 The D. M. Read Co. will close their store for.inventory, this week Friday.
 According to the Bridgeport News, the Consolidated road will not receive sleeping cars from the Housatonic, Mon day mornings, unless every berth is is paid from Bridgeport. Last Sunday, two sleepers were attached to the train, one of which was full and the other about half full. The passengers were very indignant when told that, owing to the action of the Consolidated road, tickets for passage and berths could no longer be obtained of the conductor. An indignation meeting was promptly held and sharp criticism of the selfish policy of the Consolidated monopoly freely in- dulged in. They decided that parallel road was an absolute necessity and must be built anyway. Another source of grievance was the fact that passengers are required to leave the car as soon as they arrive in the city; heretofore, they were allowed to remain until o'clock. A stranger named Harris secured board at Mrs Eddy's, Broad street and disap- peared with SIG.
 Gates for the foot path and driveway l over the three city draw bridges will cost about $500.
 Bridgeport's building commissioners, G. w. Longstaff, Aurelius Steward and John Barr, have already located one death trap ill the three-story tenement on the north side of State street, near Wa ter. It has been sliding down toward the river until only brick building at the corner of State and Water streets held it up. This has now yielded to the Ipressure and the commissioners add: Should Q fire occur in the building on the I corner and it's resistance be lessened, nothing | could save the building from utter ruin. But this Is not the most imminent danger. The stores on the'ground floor run through from store to store in some cases, in others hal l way; but all of them cut through beyond the inner wall of the upper tenements and the three stories of brick wall over each store arc carried solely by two slender 5-inch iron col umns that lean five inches-oist st plumb in ten feet. TheyGre so far over the center that q barrel rolled against one of these columns ol | an accidental heavy blow would suffice to dis | place it; the rest would instantly follow and entire wall drop to the ground. We say this | adyisedly, as, upon examination of this rear wall, we found that the settling and sliding o1 | the building had broken nearly every stone | window sill. All the arches are broken and | displaced. In some instances the keys of the arches had dropped more than halt the length | of the brick. One of the most alarming feat ures was the bulging ot the walls, which, as we stood on the roof and looked along the cornices, was at least F inches from straight line.
 Rev John Warren of Howard avenue suffered another serious relapse, last evening, and his physicians do not now entertain any hopes of his recovery Wednesdays Farmer.
 A reunion of the Berger family was held, last week.
 A special city meeting will be held, Tuesday, to convey from the city to the county all interest in the bridges between the counties.
 Miss Emma Hallock is Summering in Huntington.
 The funeral of Bartholomew Shay, a well known, aged pauper, was held at the town farm, Tuesday.
 Peters cigar store on East Main street was the scene of quite Fourth of July celebration. In some unaccountable way, fireworks stored there commenced to explode and the fire department was calledsto aid in extinguishing sky rockets, roman candles, etc., which, however, they did without the aid of water.
 The Sunday school of the Church of Christ picniced at Beardsley park, We'd nesday.
 William Gleason and wife of Spring field are spending fortnight in town. Felix Vincelette of Vincelette Bros, lumber sawyers, who recently operated on the Fox timber tract in the northern part or the town, took trip to Fair | Haven.