The Newtown bee., 1890-09-19
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
Willard Ingalls,, now a fireman on the
Rosedale, has withdrawn the charge of
adultery against his wife and taken her
home again. Robert Kohlus, her para
mour, was found guilty OF adultery. So
was the paramour of Mrs Emma Hank
ey of Trumbull, who gave birth to a
child in Jail.
J. III. Burnes of y State street has the
contract for building John E. Porter's
new house on Warren street.
Mrs Thomas Farrell was expected
home, this week, from her trip to Ire
land. -
Lawyer f. A. Bartlett is temporary
night editor of the News.
Lyceum hall is crowded nightly by at
PENDANTS at the fair of st ,Patrick's par
ish. The proceeds will be for the con-
structon of the new church.
Once more is antediluFian Yellow Mill
bridge to be repaired and there Is need
enough of it, as all whocross the bridge
are aware. This time, $4,000 will be
spent and 450-foot abutment built on
the north, closing several of the smaller
culverts and providing solid foundation
for the new bridge which will one day
be built. The present bridge is to have
a roadway "a feet wide, with eight-foot
| sidewalks.
Henry III. Bostwick, an octogenarian
who has lived here about 30 years, died,
Saturday, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs +. +. Williams. He leaves a clean
record in business and politics.
Philip Cohen, well known Hebrew
milliner, died of Brighr's disease, Satur-
day. He leaves wife, son and three
daughters. -.
w. j. Hills of the public library was
| chosen president of the temporary organ
ization of Connecticut librarians formed
at Fabyan's, n. H., last week. A per-
manent organization is to be effected at
New Haven.
Jones s. Hoffman have F. E. Sanders S
house on Buckingham avenue ready for
the masons.
/ The 21st reunion of the Eighth c. V.
was held at Grand Army hall, Wednes-
day.
John McCord has sailed for Europe.
Our genial friends, Mr. and Mrs Charles
f. Hough, are spending their vacations al
Rochester, N. Y, Niagara Falls and 9th
er places of interest. They intend to be
about two weeks, when Mr. Hough will
return to his duties as teller at the Con
necticut bank.
Miss Grace Mildred, daughter of ex
Mayor Civilion Zones, was married tt
!. George H., son of Capt John G. Cope
land of the Copeland Brothers Co., Wed
nesday evening, in the presence Of /
fashionable assemblage. The marriage
occurred at the residence of the bride'l
parents at 262 Lafayette street and thu
ceremony was performed by Rev r. g
s. McNeiIle of the South church. TIT
) presents were numerous and included
luduy CCtSA lAtS. III anu SOPCidht
have departed for an extended weddins
tour.
Judge Patterson of New York has rem
dered permanent the temporary injunc
tion preventing the sale of the Yost prop
erty.
The rapid increase of school children
. in Bridgeport, crowding all available
school rooms and frequently demanding
additional school houses, at [
heavy expense to the city, has caused
some to think that larger number O.
. smaller buildings, more widely scattered
about the city, would be preferable t,
the present system of putting costl.
building here and there. Speaking o
this question, Lawyer j. j. Rose of tn
! board of education said GAS far as mer
! economy is concerned, we can undoubt
eddy obtain more for a given sum O
money, il expended for few large an
perfectly appointed school houses, rathe
than for larger number of fsmalle
buildings scattered about the city. Blu
e here is question that has occurred t
e me. In making these large sehot
houses three or four stories high, as "
are doing, we compel some Of th
:, scholars to go up several pairs Of stair
: Now, il we ask the little tots of six (
seven years to climb up and down thes
stairs several times day, we will til
them greatly and their lessons and pc
haps their health will suffer On II
other hand, the scholars in the high
& grades, just before entering the hig
4 school, should not be compelled to elm
). these stairs daily, for growing youth i
Iquires all its strength to maintain heal
and vigor and the foundation for futu
sc weakness may easily be laid in this wa
\ And 1t has been a. question with i
n whether the pecuniary benefits Of Il
system would overbalance the detrime
which would ensue to the health Of &
scholars. And again, IN case o. sndd