The Newtown bee., 1890-11-07
BRIDGEPORT.

The recent heavy rains and high tides have washed away the stone wall and part of the breakwater at Seaside Park. It will be an expensive job to repair it.
 Cole & Hinckley are putting in walks and asphalt drives around E. Parmly's new residence, Park avenue and Park place.
 | Inspector l. W. Day has recovered from his recent illness and is again at tending to business.
 The smash-up of the great Barnum & Bailey show near Macon, Ga., last week was due to carelessness on the part of trainmen. The second section had stop ped and the engine was taking water. A fiagman was sent back only 100 yards; the third section came along with two engines and crashed into the second sec tion, breaking several flat cars and one box car, killing two men and ten horses. The show will close, November s, at Danville, Va, and will arrive at Winter Quarters, Monday night.
 Wedges Long Hill orchestra furnished music for the dance at Miss Eva Bes- tics, where about 30 young friends gath cred to dance.
 s. J. Bryden spent Sunday with his parents in Providence, R. l., where his motherless daughter Eda is staying.
 Harry Weir has bought meat market on Gregory street, taking possession this week.
 A pleasant surprise was given J. J.. Prout at his residence at S2 Lafayette street, Saturday evening, his 57th anni- versary. About B intimate friends call ed. An elegant collation. was served and at II the party departed leaving as to- kens of the happy event a large easy chair and several other handsome pres ents.
 Hardesty, little son of w. G. Kim berly of East Main street, had hls arm badly crushed by being caught in the gears of job press. Dr M. W.Hall, who was called, found no bones broken, but the boy suffers from a bad flesh wound. I The North Congregational church was crowded to the doors, Tuesday evening, when troupe of colored jubilee singers from Fiske university gave an entertain ment that left nothing to be desired. I The Bridgeports captured the first game of polo in this city, Tuesday, | to 3.
 A larger audience could hardly have been accommodated at the West End Congregational church, Friday evening. when the old folks concert was held The excellence of the program was a fore gone conclusion and those who attended were ir no wise disappointed. Hepzibah Kettletone, who gave ssThe new church organ, was given hearty encore and responded with selection from ssJosiaf Aliens wife, That the hearers were not made too mournful by the ssSobel world.ie song" of Hez. Parsone in tht second part is proved by the long con tinued applause, to which he gave : cheerful response. And the song, ssCous In Jedediah, which meets universal favor : was so we'll rendered, especially when tht , chorus swung into the tune with the full power of their lungs, that it must needl be sung again. The program: YE OLDE TIME SINGING MEETING.
 Ye Performers ask their Friends to heal them tune in ye West End Congregationa Meeting House on Colorado Lane, Friday Ev ening ye 3lst Day of October, A ID. MDCCCXC Ye DOores will Dc loose at ye seven strokes of ye Town C1ocke Ye Syngers will sound n eight strokes of ye same clocke to ye fork o Hezekiah ParsDne. Parte Firste: Strike ye Cymbals All ye Per formers: The COwe arc in the Corn, Jemfml Settle; Vital Spark, All ye Syngers; recitation