The Newtown bee., 1890-07-04
BRIDGEPORT.

frinclpal Bartley, in behalf of the Bridgeport teachers, presented 1T. NJ. 7 Harrington, the retiring superintendent { of schools, with a handsome gold watch and chain
 Rev Dr John $. Lindsay, formerly of St. Johns. offieiated, last week, at the marriage of Miss Alice Jeannette, daugh- ter of Homer B. Sanford, to Philo Adams of Chicago.
 Charles s. Abbott of I'll Howard ave nue is now procuring pensions for old soldiers.
 J. D. Senior has :. number of men at work at the malleable iron company works, painting and decorating he new office, which is to he a model of conyen- fence and elegance. It s finished, ceil- ings, side walls and all, in pan, lied oak, while the railways ar,. piinted and dee- orated. The building has been recently put mp and comprises half a dozen office rooms for different branches of the business.
 Felix Eineelette, who resides just off North Main street, is digging q we'll.
 Theo kelly occupies the farm of the late William II. Butler on the Chopsey Hill road.
 The county commissioners have refus- cd licenses to the Drum and V. II. Cases concert saloon as unsuitable places.
 Sixteen speedy Bridgeport bicyclists intend to compete for the prizes offered by Col Pope for the best time on the 25- mile run, from Bridgeport to Norwalk and return, August ,.
 An enjoyable concert and bah was giv- en in Madison hall, Monday evening, by the Coneordia and it's friends.
 It is now assured that the yacht race between E. B. Rogers's Boston boat Eu- reka and Bridgeport's famous Rival will take place, probably in a few weeks.
 Frank Miller takes the place of the late Miles Beardsley of Long Hill in the board of directors of the City National bank.
 F. T. Barnum, prince of showmen, whose name is familiar In nearly every place on earth, will reach his S0th birth day on Saturday, July ,. Very few men there are who have perfect health at this age, after a life as full of events as his. AS he is seen either walking or being driven about the city by his veteran coachman, Hugh, he looks the very pie ture of health, with, as he himself says, not an ache or pain about him, still daily attending to business much better than many-men at 40 years of age. His hab- it's are very regular and, no matter how pressing business, he never deviates from the routine. He rises early and, imme- diately after breakfast, reads the morn- ing papers and attends to his mail, which includes letters from nearly every place in the whole world. Last week, he was present with his greatest show on earth :; this week, in Boston at the opening of the Fall of Babylon. His greatest pleas ure seems to be to re-invest his income, not caring to see an immediate return of it with great profit, but willing to put it where no other man would dare to and saying, ''If do not reap the benefit, my children or grandchildren will" He is very fond of children and always willing to do anything for their pleasure. We wish, as many express the wish daily, that Mir Barnum was but 9 years old.
 c. l.. Burgess left for his old home at Virginia, last week. He will be absent about three week.
 An excellent pastel portrait of s. s. Sanford, the musician, painted by Thomson, is on exhibition at Brewster's.
 Many Improvements in bridges and road bed are to be made by the Consoli- dated road soon. The signal tower at South avenue, which has been unused since the tower was put up in the yards, has been moved nearly three quarters of mile to West End and the switches near by will be changed and operated from the tower. The siding at Stratford, which has recently been extended, from tower to tower, is nearly ready for the connections. A new bridge is to be put in at Indian river, Milford and d new iron bridge at Tin bridge. Abutments are also gong up for small bridge be- tween Westport and Greens Farms and the grade crossing at the Fairfield quar- ry is being taken out. All these changes are for four tracks and the preliminary steps for the additional tracks are rapid ly being taken at Norwalk and along the line to Westport.
 Although the recognized Yost writ ing machine company contains the men who have been anxious to continue work with MT Yost, as opposed to the party, including ex-Gov Lounsbury, who were anta gonistic to Mir Yost, there is feel ing of indecision in West End regarding the company. The attachment for $35,- 900 recently placed upon the works is looked upon by some as serious if not fatal blow to the company, while others profess that it will yet regain control of itself and carry on successful business. It is said on good authority, however, that several of the Workmen, fearing that there is to be no work at the factory in many weeks, have left the city to seek elsewhere. The difficulty of obtaining information of any kind in relation to the future course of the con- pany adds to the uncertainty, but it is generally regretted that q business em- ploying so many hands and which was