The Newtown bee., 1889-06-21
BRIDGEPORT.

editor of the News.
 A Hungarian named Majk Liscinski | was found drowned at Howes' dock, East | Bridgeport, last week.
 A colored boy named Samuel Francis was thrown from Dr G. C.. Eighme's | horse, last week and his left leg broken.
 Henry E. Vail, 15-year-old son of Gro cer George w. Vail of Fairfield avenue, had an exciting adventure, last week. A horse that he was driving became frigh- tened &nd dashed down Main street at a terrific pace, escaping eollison only by the boy's clear headed action in guiding it, although beyond his control. At the corner of Main street and Fairfield ave- nue, the wagon struck the curb and the horse was stopped. The boy was thrown out and badly bruised, especially about the head.
 Rev l.. E. Fisher of the Church of the Redeemer preached the opening sermon at the Universalist church convention i'll New Haven, last week.
 Charles Wilson, who stole a pair of shoes from II. N. Ayres, was fined $5 and costs and sent to jail for 15 days.
 One of the most brilliant of Bridgeport society weddings occurred at the resi- dence of E. c. Bassick, Fairfield avenue, when Mir Bassicks daughter, Miss Lillie May Walters, was married to Russell Toinlinson, manager of Hawe's Opera House. Rev Dr Lindsay of St. Johns church performed the ceremony accord ing to the rites of the Episcopal church. Miss Minnie Walters, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Charles M. Cole of the firm of Healy & Go. was best man. After spending the Summer at the White Mountains, MT and Mrs Tomlinson will reside at 8 West avenue.
 A wealthy Park City man who believes in the Parallel road aud the North End is said to have put $27, ,000 into real es- tate in the northern part of the city in the last seven months.
 Louis Carroll Prindle, the cOmplacent editor and proprietor of the Morning News, is turning away advertising, he says. He believes in keeping up gen. eral average of news, rather than boom- ing one day and feasting on dry bones the next. No supplements for Louis Carroll, but spicy six columns of local news for every week day morning.
 Philo Morris of Bridgeport has visited Jay Peck of New Haven. They had not met before in nearly 30 years. They were contractors in the painting depart ment of the late firm of Tomlinson, Wood S Co.,, coach makers in Bridge port, several years ago. At the time they were in business there, they em- ployed lad of about Is Summers, who had recently landed in New York from the Emerald Isle, now Rev Henry M. Gallaher, IL. D., a distinguished clergy man of the Baptist persuasion. Harry, though young, was a fluent talker and frequently held animated discussions.
 Already ground has been broken for new brick stables for the East End Horse Railroad Co. A wooden building for storing cars will also be erected. which the road was but recently extend- ed.
 Good authority states that, as the Con solidated road has received it's increase of capital stock, it will at once proceed to four-track it's road from Portchester to New Haven and to double track the Shore Line, from Fair Haven to New London. Moreover, it is now stated that, instead of following the present layout, the two additional tracks will pursue a straight line from Stamford to a point beyond Stratford, passing through the borough of Norwalk, the village of Vest port and the northern part of Bridgeport and Stratford; in fact, almost the old Parallel layout.
 Members of the Bridgeport Wheel club and the Rambling Wheelmen unite in re- ceiving the l.. A. w., which will meet here, July s. Ifpleasant, some 400 wheel men may be expected to be present, pa- rade and banquet.
 A pleasant meeting of the Whittier club was held, last week, at the Colorado avenue residence ofDr Willis Cummings Papers on "Precious Stonesn were read by Mrs II. H. Nettleton and J. W. John son and poem was recited by Mrs G. F. Prentiss.
 A bicycle, stolen from William Seltsam at Lafayette street, was found in a di- lapidated condition on Myrtle avenue.
 Jacob Woolard, colored barber, was run over by the horse cars on State street, Sunday. His skull was crushed and he died at the emergency hospital an hour after the accident. Bishop Williams has placed Benjamin J. Davis, deacon, in charge of the ChurcI of the Nativity and the Episcopal mis
 sion at East End. He began his labors
 Sunday, at East End in the morning anC 2 at North Bridgeport in the afternoon. While admitting that the Mill rivel reservoir is better sieve than dam, thu
 Standard believes that it is safe enough 9 because w. o. Seymour, chairman of tn, ' State board of engineers, has examined
 it and says that it is one of the safes n dams in the State. The Standard, whicl
 is certainly sincere in it's belief, alst
 quotes Engineer Hull, under whose di
 rection the dam was first built, as fol lows:
 "Mill river dam is as safe as the hills upoi
 which it stands If water filters through 2 dam of mason work like this, it is no argu
 ment that the work is weak. On the contrary
 If water oozes through dam of earth it is