The Newtown bee., 1890-11-28
BRIDGEPORT.

The discouragements and expenses in
cidental to the successful founding of a
morning daily, especially in city like
Bridgeport, where the great metropoli-
tan journals are on sale on the streets be-
fore Z O'Clock, are many and heavy.
There has been considerable talk among
the newspaper fraternity in this city, for
some weeks, of a rumored morning pa
per and the BEE is assured, on the best
authority, that, one or two prelminaries
arranged, the publication will begin very
soon. The paper will be issued from the
Sun office on Fairfield avenue, and will
be in the hands of L. NJ. Rich, who, since
his connection with the Sun, has made it
a success. For reasons of their own, the
Sun publishing company have decided to
change the name of the projected daily
and call it the Times. 1t is designed es-
pecially to cover the local field and any
thing of Importance in the neighborhood,
with such telegraph as the managers
deem it necessary. 1t will be, as the
Sun has been, Democraticto the core and
clear through. The Times will contain
a Democratic editorial column, every
morning. The paper will be sold for a
cent.
One of the worst failures in the city
in years was that of Maxam e. Son, who
have been conducting an iron foundry on
Knowlton street, East Bridgeport, for
three or four times. Their assets are not
enough to pay the claims of the Workmen
(of whom some so 900 were employed9
amounting to about $500, while there
are nearly 0,000 other debts. Maxam,
who came here from Massachusetts a
number of years ago. was for time fore
man in local foundry and is said to un-
derstand, better than any other. man in
town, the mixing of iron to produce GER
tain castings. When he began business,
his son held an interest, but this was
some time ago transferred to the father,
the firm name being retained. Maxam is
said to have had hardly the necessary
business qualifications. After the sale
OF the plant to Coulter & Mckenzie. Max
am was retained as foreman and was
there when arrested by Sheriff Leonard,
last week, on the charge Of defrauding
Henry I'll. Adams of Greenwich, pig
iron dealer in New York. He claims,
through George r.. Carroll, his counsel.
that in September Maxam told him that
he owed about $1,000, part to hirp, the
rest could easily be taken care Of. Upon
this, Adams renewed two notes amount
ing to $50, for three and four months
and also sold him 500 worth of iron.
Later, upon renewal of these state
ments, he sold $1100 worth Of iron on 80
days time. Before this was due, Maxam
q Son were induced to make voluntary
assignment, realizing that forced insol-
vency would inevitably follow. Adams.
despairing of any other redress. has
brought suit against Maxam, asking
$4,000 damages. AS Maxam has no prop
erty, he was lodged in jail, being unable
to procure $4,000 bonds. He is represent
ed by Seymour, Knapp and BARTLETT and
enters general denial of the charges
The writ is returnable to the Superior
court at the first Tuesday in January.
Warrington Brothers have sold a lot On
Bruce avenue to j. d. Culver, who in
tends to build there, next season. Thew
have also finished cottage on Peace
street and are to build another on Bruce
avenue.
The announcement was made Of the
marriage of Miss Bessie O'Came Of East
End to Frederick N. Warrington of 52S
Stratford avenue, Thursday evening.
Rev F. M. Hallock OF NeWfield Methodist
church performed the ceremony and Mr.
and Mrs Warrington are to take up their
residence at once in thu cottage he has
just built on Peace street, East End,
They have the best wishes of many
friends.
"A. w. Burritt has sold two more lots
on the Hough tract, East End, one to-
Lewis Raynor of Bridgeport and one to
Angelo Haynes or Waterbury. Both in
tend to build there soon.
A bicycle race between wheelmen en-
ployed at Warner Brothers corset factory
was won, Saturday, by Z. Fish. -
It is expected that services will be held
10 the new Berean church on East Main
street, next Sunday. The church. about
lUOx40 feet, is finely finished aud con-.