The Newtown bee., 1890-12-26
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
George w. Vail, who has been inter
ested in the tannery business for year
or two, will move to Torrington, this
week. He has been with the Bridgeport
Light Leather Co.
A petition for new horse car line, to
be presented before the incoming
Legislature, asks for permission to
gridiron the streets of Bridgeport, on
both sides of the river, besides extend
ing to Stratford by the upper road or
Barnum avenue and running west to
Fairfield and Southport. The petition is
signed by Mcmahon & Wren, L. F. Cur
tbs, Zalmon Goodsell Joseph Richardson,
James w. Beardsley and others.
Supt Bouton has just recommend
ed that the course of bookkeeping in the
High school be continued through the
present term.
The attention of the Board of Health
was called to the defective sewerage at
Summerfield school. A trench will prob
ably be built to carry off the water,
which now drains into the cellar.
Fifteen hundred poor children were
made happy with Christmas gifts.
DR. E. S. Warnes, dentist, has bought
house on Iranistan avenue, between
| Fairfield avenue and State street.
| The High school cadets are to buy
arms and equipments with the proceeds
of their recent exhibition drill.
North Main street, from North avenue
to the town line, has been laid out 60
feet wide, taking strips of land of vary
ing width from nearly all property own
ers along the line. A committee will be
appointed to assess benefits and damages.
A new foundry, 50xl50 feet, will soon
be built on the vacant lot at Broad
street and Railroad avenue, by James w.
Condor and others. 1t will be devoted
exclusively to jobbing in brass.
Editor James L. Could, who is about
to leave the Farmer, has been presented
with gold headed cane by his employees.
Patrick Glackin, Cornwall baker,
threw himself under the cars at the de-
pot, Christmas morning, and was cut to
pieces.
Pus having collected on George S,
Hawley's lungs after his attack of pneu-
monia, DIR Lauder has inserted rubber
tube in his side to drain it off.
Married, Tuesday, Samuel Sterling OF
Trumbull and Mrs Esther Mausir OF
20 South avenue.
i IT. C. Lennon, who has been danger
ously sick with nervous prostration, is
better.
John F. Bartlett, a carpenter and '49er.
died suddenly of heart disease, Tuesday
evening. He fell on the sidewalk neal
Dorus' market and died almost instantly
He was 6s years old and leaves five child
rem one of the sons being Attorney F. A
some time ago and one son lhas recently
died. Mr. Bartlett served in the war OF
the Rebellion and was wounded at Chan.
cellorsville. For several years he was
bridge supervisor of the Housatonie
system.
Miss Cornelia v. Keller has lost horse
to which she was very much attached
collie was the cause of its death. She
now drives a nice black horse.
Mrs F. w. Bolande has been at Beach.
croft.
1 Miss C. v. Keller has entertained East
on friends.
No. 10 school on North Main street had
grab bag on the last day Of school.
1t is not. w. s. Hurlburt, but w. s.
. Billiard, the contractor, who has the
contract for laying cement concrete
floors in the buildings Of the J. NJ. Ives
Co, the Danbury Electric Light and Gas
Co. This contract amounts to nearly
$4,000. l.. Robinson & Co., the furriere
and matters of Danbury, have also closed
a contract for the same floor in their
lacid room. Contractor Bullard is very
busy with work. He is putting on the
roof for S. w. GledhiIrs new building on
Union street; also the roof on the addi-
ton to the Bridgeport Copper Zoos
works. He has just put in new asphalt
cutters on the gas buildings in this city.
He has also the contract to put the roofs
on the block of stores and the hotel now
building on the Sanford property. corner
Golden Hill and Main streets. 1t is only
question of time with either these roofs
and floors, before they become the only
9 perfect roof or floor in this section Of the
country, as they have in all the large
cities. Either is not an experiment., but
a thing that has been tried for years and
has given perfect satisfaction.
"A large elm tree blew down on Main
street during the heavy storms last weeh
and, falling on house, Il was quite
job to remove Il. s.
Daniel Meokcr will soon move TO the
more cOmmodious house st % seeley
, street, which he Is now decorating and
putting ID dne order.