The Newtown bee., 1889-05-31

ments are made and that he knows of others who will follow his example.
 Pyramid Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, is famous for it's hospitality and limitations at Bridgeport are always well attended. Monday night, some 200 visi- tors were in town, witnessed the initi- ation of twenty-five candidates and en- joyed collation..
 E. Burr, Jr, is home from the Pacific slope 10 pounds heavier than when he left.
 Father James B. Nihil of Danbury, who has been given the new Roman Catholic parish in the northern part of the city, celebrates mass in the Union school building until a little church can be built on the I.indley property.
 Mary A., wife of Owen Harty, who died, last Friday, was buried on Monday from St. Augustine.
 s. V. Nichols and W. k. Ritch repre- sented the Bridgeport butchers at the national Detroit meet.
 Over 100 machines were turned out by the Yost Writing Machine Co.,, last week.
 James Mccormack is building block of dwelling houses on North avenue.
 Frank W. Lewis, who was instantly killed by an express, was a Stratford milkman. The body was badly mangled Lewis leaves a wife, but no children.
 The Sunday Item donned new head, Sunday.
 A new organ has been purchased for St. Joseph's German Catholic church.
 Measles are almost epidemic here; 31 cases were reported, last week.
 Col T. l.. Watson has been elected vice president of the Consolidated exchange, New York.
 The brick gymnasium which P. T. Barnum is building on Water street will have three stores on the ground floor and be s4xS3 feet.
 Marsh & Beers will build 5000 house for Mrs F.. Parmly on Lee avenue and three $500 houses for H. c. Knight on Olive street.
 The Consolidated cannot be too sudden in elevating it's tracks through the city. Its trains killed two men, Saturday night :: Gideon F., son of Isaac w. Lewis of Stratford and an unknown, whose body was cut up by several trains and scatter tered along the track from South avenue to Park. Gideon Lewis waited at Penn broke street till freight passed and then stepped right in front of an express go- ing the other way. His brother was also killed by the cars.
 Father Nihil, who is thorough schol- ar and an eloquent pulpit orator, is just ly popular with all classes in Danbury and will be valuable acquisition to Bridgeport. His duties began on Sun day morning.
 The channel at the Housatonic docks in Bridgeport has been dredged to allow the steamers which formerly ran from Wilson Point to land there. Rev J. J. Downey, assistant at the Sa- cred Heart church, has been assigned to St. Peter's, Danbury and Father Me Cam of Westport takes his place.
 A horse car ran over and killed the horse which drew it, Sunday night. The animal stumbled and fell on Golden Hill street and, before the car could be stop ped, the wheels had broken the horses neck.
 F. s. Gilmore and his famous band will be at Proctor's grand opera house, Mon day afternoon, June 3.
 A handsome banner of red and black, the High School colors, has been ordered in New Haven and will be carried at all athletic exhibitions of the High School boys.
 The restaurant at l06 Fairfield avenue has been closed.
 The High School ball club will arrange a series of games with Hillhouse High School of New Haven, this season. Bridgeport has hardly as strong team as last year.
 John s. Cole, who made no end of friends while conductor on the Housa- tonic road, is now general agent of the carbonized sewer pipe manufact ured by Merritt Beach 6 Son of New Milford. It is something new for this section, but is growing in favor.
 The tennis grounds at Highland ave- nue are to be put in better condition, this season, than ever. A new association has been formed.
 John Atherton, who has been sick for some time with kidney disease, is very low.
 The Congregational churches of the State will hold their annual meeting at the Park Street church, June 1920.
 The funeral of Theodore W. Beach took place from his late residence on North Main street. A large concourse of mourning friends attended. Rev Mir Merwin of the Trumbull Congregational church conducted the services and deliv- cred . short address, in which he paid