The Newtown bee., 1890-01-03

| 'sIne ulSedSe IS dlSblnCGlVely new COl- tinued the doctor, ''and there is no seien- tific name for it as yet. It is not inf1u- enza, really. It is never in itself fatal but the system is always weakened by an attack and, if one is predisposed to bronchial or phthisical trouble, it is cas- fly developed into something serious. It is often followed by pneumonia. The symptoms of the disease are these: First, the patient is attacked by a chilly feel ing, often a severe chill, without appar- ent cause; this is followed by fever, se- we're headache, pains in the loins and general ache, coupled with almost com. plete prostration. This lasts about four or five days and the patient is then able to go out doors, though for some time extreme care must be exercised to avoid taking cold. How does the disease tray el? Oh, in the air, undoubtedly, it could not be so universal if communicated by personal contact only. Is it a microbe? Well, it's hard to tell just what it is. It's something new under the sum-
 Superintendent w. E. Pleadwcll of the Holmes & Edwards plating works has been sick.
 M. w. Malley of the Bankrupt Dry Go. had Christmas present of d daugh- ter.
 Manager gone West and ". R. Hurley is closing up the business of the J. B. Barnaby Co.
 There are nine sets of plans for the new Barnum avenue school.
 East Bridgeport loses a mother in Is- rael in the death of Mrs Electa A., wid- ow of the late George G. Cottrell, who died at the age of 57 years while visiting her sister, Mrs Jenkins of Collinsville. She was prominent in temperance work and in the Washington Park NJ. k. church and, among 10 surviving children, are Mrs F. E. Blake and Mrs John Golf of this city, John w. COttrell of Strat- ford and David II. Cottrell of Bethel.
 Felix Vincelette has moved to his new building on the Madison road, recently built by Beach Hall.
 C. W. Tator has as usual furnished St Johns and other societies with superior quality of evergreens.
 Misses Geneva and Katie Gorham and Hattie Butler spent Sunday at Owen Cromwell's, Berkshire, Newtown.
 William Gorham, who has been laid up with broken leg since October II, is able to go out without the aid of crutches.
 The cantata, ''Catching Kris kringle," :" by children of the Park Street Sunday school was as taking as la grippe and " had to be thrice repeated. E. D. Beach .. was Kris and Ruth Beardsley first caught him, but was laid up with humps and her place taken by Clara Bartlett. The cantata was first given to the smaller children of the school, with tree; then s to the whole school, when Superintend ent W. E. Phillips was given seven vol umes of Dr Lords lectures and Mrs George Kern, superintendent of the Jun for c. E., was given d fine book; then n Monday night, it was repeated for the general public.
 n The lower end of Seaview avenue is l. looking up. The water pipes have just been laid to the Point and w. II. Bun. - nell, Rev F. NJ. Hallock and Elisha l. Booth were appointed a committee tC get the horse car line extended down the - avenue, which will be done, it is said, ir ,. the Spring. James Beardsley is also said to be negotiating with New York parties to put up factory on his land or the water front.
 John l.. Beardslcy and wife of Hunt ington were Christmas guests of S. B Beardsley.
 ,, Extensive alterations are being made on the Capt Luzon W. Clark homestead '' on Park avenue, which has recently beer - purchased by John NJ. Wheeler of the T. firm of Wheeler S Howes. , A handsome gold watch and chai, ,- were presented to w. E. Colley at thu 6 farewell reception rendered him at tht e South church, Monday night. He is nov " State secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. anC !. James B. Ferguson of Brooklyn takes hi, "a place as secretary of the Bridgeport as " sociatiOn.
 t Two hundred and fourteen dollars ant '- twenty five cents was cleared by tn Christmas ''church building of the Fair field avenue Methodist church. r. Miss Jennie Cole is home from St. Mar
 garet's, Waterbury.
 Miss Sally Burgess of Virginia is witt IS her uncle, Henry Burgess.
 A daughter was recently born to M le and Mrs Frank Fuller, now of Fair Ha
 ven..
 J. s. Cole has recently moved iron
 454 Park avenue to the elegant new hom ' he has just built at the corner of Iranis ie tan and Laurel avenues. The house is
 perfect model of comfort. |, Frank W. Chase, the former mail car
 rier, has gone to California with two O = his neighbors, Blacksmith John F. Kip per and Mir Lilac.
 LYONS PLAIN.
 Rev Dr Tatlock met the wardens am
 vestry of Emmanuel church at the resi