The Newtown bee., 1889-08-30
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
 Col William II. Stevenson, gener- al manager of the Housatonc road, is as proud as you please over his latest ac- quisition. It's nine-pound boy and it arrived Tuesday.
 Mrs John Butler and Mrs Harriet But Ter have visited the family of Owen Crom- well of Berkshire, Newtown.
 Newsdealer C. F. Petite of 96 Fairfield avenue has spent more years making news paper than selling newspapers, al- though he can do both. He was for many years foreman of paper mills in Maine and has occupied the same posit- ion in the Bridgeport Paper Cos mills at North Bridgeport. Last Winter, he spent several months in the South, foreman of a large mill there. When the North Bridgeport mill shut down, it was sup plying most of the local and vicinity publications with paper and this trade MT Petite at once set out to obtain. He first secured the agency of the Bowdoin Paper Co., of Brunswick, Me, than whom there are no better paper makers. He was then enabled to quote prices which, considering the quality of paper, were surprising. Orders from several papers were at once booked, but, not satisfied with this, Mir Petite continued his labors until the leading papers of the lower Housatonic and Naugatuck Valleys had enrolled themselves among his patrons. He certainly sells good paper.
 Granville $. Perry, well and favorably known us professional nurse, died at his home on Stratford avenue, last week, 55 years old; was buried at Georgetown. He leaves q wife and six children.
 Richard Walters, known as Baseball Dick" died, last week, about 34.
 Newtown should be interested in Mil ford's 25Oth anniversary, celebrated this week, that of the church on Sunday and of the town on Wednesday, as several of Newtown's first settlers were Milford men, notably Joseph Peck, one of our first town clerks. Prof Johnson T. and Theron E. Platt and their Platt relatives trace their ancestry through Milford.
 c. II. Bennett killed rattIesnake with II rattles at Long Eddy, N. r., and will exhibit the trophy at his shoe store.
 Jacob Mott, the old coach maker and prominent Methodist killed by the cars while at the Pine Grove camp meeting, was buried from the First Methodist church, last Friday.
 l.. l.. DeVanna of Stamford shot John Cook and assaulted George Smith while drunk, Monday evening; Tuesday morn ing, Gilbert, Middle street bartender, shot Frank Buzzell, q waiter, in the back. Both assailants were arrested.
 Plans for the Y. M. c. A. building have been submitted to the building commis- sioners by the association committee and work on the structure will be allowed to continue. It was partially stopped by the commissioners, because Architect Briggs would not submit his plans, claim ing a different interpretation of the stat ute. Plans may be seen in the office of Secretary W. k. Colley. They provide for magnificent building of brick and stone, with stores on the ground floor. Above are provided secretary's office, la dies parlor, theater, reading room, gym l private lockers, etc., all arrang- ed with special reference to beauty and The building will cost, probably, $s0,000, and, with the site, will | form one of the most valuable and sight | ly Y. NJ. c. A. properties in the State, if l not in New England, outside of Boston.
 Bridgeport's Fourth regiment carried off the honors at Mantle this year. It | was, as Gen Graham remarked, the most | successful cncampment in years. The 1 weather was fair, the men in good health | and spirits and the drill work excellent.
 Three stores are to be built on Bank | street by the Public Library, which owns the ground in the rear of the library building.
 Over 1000 hands are now employed by | the Union Metallic Cartridge Co.
 Lawyer William K. Seeley has retired | from active practice.
 Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York, we'll known in Newtown, has visited in Bridgeport
 Nearly 300 signatures have already been obtained to the petition for the re- peal of the present building ordinance and the substitution of m ordinance which, with the petition, is to be pre- tented to the common council, next Mon- lay Builders interested in the repeal met, Monday night and appointed 2 com