The Newtown bee., 1890-05-30
FRIDAY. MAY so. 1890.
BRIDGEPORT.

VIII go with her sister, Belle, to visit her
uncle, ex-Superlntendent Smith of the
woolen mllls.-[ Bridgeport Farmer.
Prof j. ID. BARLEY estimates that 1850
were converted in the Mills meetings.
There is dead lock in the board of
education between ii. NJ. Harrington,
the present incumbent and DIR Bouton of
New York as superintendent of schools,
but Mr. Harrington's friends think that
they can vote him in at the next meeting,
Monday, June 2.
Arcanum lodge gave f. S. Hunt, the
new State |. o. o. +. Grand Master, an
elegant gold watch.
Rev DIR Lindsay OF Boston, formerly
of Sc Johns, has been elected assistant
bishop of the Alabama diocese.
Mrs G. II. Sage of Great harrington,
Mass, iswith Misses Phillips of Warren
street.
David Edwards of California has re-
turned TO Bridgeport and Is employed Mt
Henry Carstesen's State street stables.
lie has spent several days with his aged
father, John =. Edwards of Huntington.
The firm of Abbott & Co., West End
groeers, has been dissolved and the bust
ness Is now carried on by A. w. Abbott,
who bought out his father and brother.
They have moved to III Howard avenue,
where, under the name of Z. W. Abbott,
the West End job printer, they will carry
on the printing business.
The West End band will commence
open air concerts for the season on Thurs
day, June 3, on the open lot on Bostwick
avenue. Fortnightly concerts will be
given.
Two of the stores in Brundage's new
block will open, next Monday.
On the walls of A. w. Burritt's Office
In the Warner building are maps of land
owned by the East End park association
and the land of the Lewis tract. So many
lots have been marked sold that it
looks as IL there were n regular boom in
that part OF the city. The property was
placed in Mr. Burritt's hands the first of
April. His first sale was April 20 and
he has since sold nearly 100 lots; many
of them have been sold twice and three
times since.
William Cole of the Savage Il Smith
building company, Cannon street, says
that he has sold over 40 Rival safety BIZ
cycles since last August. The Rival is
an English machine which, though OF SUI
pcrlor make, Is sold at $50.
The Block Island is running on the
Rosedale line.
w. 5. Cole OF Savage & Smith has
been sick.
Envelopes for offerings for the Child
ren's day exercises, June s, were dis
tributed In the Presbyterian church, Sun
day. They will be returned June 8, and
the contents devoted to missionary pur-
poses. Chlldren's day will be observed
day.
T.. I. Bunten of si3 Main street has
filed n claim for $4,000 damages against
the New York and New England road,
which, according to the verdict of CorO-
ner Doten, Is responsible for the death
OF Eugene Bunten, his son, the newsboy
who was killed by the cars at Danbury.
He has engaged Stiles Judson, Jr, as at
torney and has been In Danbury securing
evidence. According to the State laws,
$4,000 Is the limit of damages for such ac-
cidents and IL Ii to be hoped that Mr.
Bunten may succeed In obtaining the full
amount. Sickness and death have been
frequent In his family for some time and
the last blow was the death of Eugene.
The Peoples Steamboat Co. has in
creased It's capital stock to S125,OO0.
Miss Eager, who is drilling the per-
formers for the Pardon and Kirmess that
the Associated Charities are to give at
Proctor's early In June, ia to give the
principal dances and costumes of the
world, with stores and shops Of different
countries.
Herman Kempinski, the Bridgeport
prisons, landed at New York, Saturday.
Griffin & McElroy are turning out ar
tihclal Ice and expect to make eight or
ten tons day for sale.
Mr. and Mrs Homer G. Godfrey will
make Danbury their home through the
Summer months.
DIR Morrow has removed cancer from
the face OF Mrs David o. Banks of East
on, the seth cancer that he has removed
since the first of October.
Secretary +. ID. Baker of the Holmes
& Edwards Silver Co. Is now president of
the East End horse railroad line.
L. III. Camp, formerly in the employ
Of Miller Il Strickland, isnow employed
by the IIousatonic road.
C. 4. Booth Is now bookkeeping for
Stegeman & Whetstine.
The East Main street house of ID. M.
Ford has been painted in bright coIors.
Glasenoe- ,two-months' old son OF Mr.
and Mrs Reynolds OF w Gregory street,
has been sick with pneumSHia, but Is
considerably better. His motIier has al
40 been sick at the home OF her. father,
w. q. Kimberly, 2s6 East Main street.
w. @. Kimberly Is now established at
aa0 East Main street, where he has adj
dcd Golding jobber to his Office equip
mcnts.