The Newtown bee., 1890-06-27
BRIDGEPORT.

The old wooden building adjoining Middle street has been removed and the cellar is being dug for new brick build ing.
 Excavations have already begun on State street for the new Seaside club building.
 II. E. Bowser has in his office cocoa- nut on which is carved mans head, which came from California. It is well executed piece of work.
 F. T. Barnum received from the West by express four-legged bramah hen {; he intends to raise four-legged chickens.
 A gentleman at the West End planted about half an acre of potatoes, last year. As they did not do well, he did not deem in worth while to dig them. The lot, this year, was overgrown with weeds. One day, last week, while walking every hill of potatoes growing nicely. He has begun cultivating them again and thinks that two Summers ought to raise fair crop.
 Sidney Capers has returned from Dem yer, where he went in hopes of benefit ting his health.
 Mrs Daniel Meeker is visiting her brother-in-law on Greenfield Hill.
 Cole & Hinckley are laying the new walks and drives around Marina, the home of P. T. Barnum. B. D. Pierce will make the new streets and large force of men are at work, putting the lawn in fine shape again. All this to be done while the great snowman is with his show in Chicago, which opened, June 23 and will remain two weeks in that city.
 A new street is being cut through the Sanford property from Norman street west; several new houses will be put up at once.
 Nellie s. Brothwell, who has been at boarding school at Tarrytown, is at home for the Summer. Chief Rylands, although his hands have been tied by the commissioners, is still at work and did good work, last Sunday himself, without the aid of either regulars or specials. 1t is earn estly hoped by the taxpayers of the city that he may soon again be able to go or with his noble work.
 Two large elephants and six camelF were shipped from the Winter quarters to Boston to take part in the Fall o1 Babylon, which opens on the 30th o1 June.
 Miss Grace Dalrymple Clarke, daugh. ter of Rev Prof Sylvester Clarke, was one of the graduates at St. Margaret's Waterbury.
 The resignation of Rev Milledge Walk CT has been accepted by St. Paufs par ish.
 Dr George C.. Eighme cOntemplates building on his Colorado avenue lot.
 Mrs Catherine E. L., widow of the latt Stiles M. Middlebrooke, died, Sunday afternoon. She was a member of Bridge ports best known families and her death will be mourned by the many friend: who will greatly miss her. MT Middle brooke, prominent banker, died some years ago and his children by his frs wife are w. N. Middlebrooke, Mrs Gran all of Bridgeport.
 Rev Mir Adams of Brooklyn delivered the oration at the laying of the corne stone of the First Swedish Methods church on West Liberty street, Sunda! afternoon, at which all Methodist cler gymen of the city were present.
 William McMahon, four years old missing for three days, was found, Sur day, dead in privy vault. . William H. Sherwood has bought C Greenwood & Arnold the large four-fan 3 fly house, Nos .101 and 103 Colman stree and has rented his Long Hill cottag' Fairholt, to F. H. Atherton of the Adam Express Go.
 There was little opposition, at the la , meeting of the Board of Education, . the reappointment of Miss Shattuek | principal of the training school, althoug
 in view of the dissatisfaction expresse n with her methods, a change in the sy !. tenn may be made by the new superb
 tendent.