The Newtown bee., 1891-05-15

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 C.L. Burges of Worcester has been with his parents, MT and Mrs Henry Burges.
 Mrs Horace Pigg of Warren street has returned from a visit of several weeks in England, whither she was called by the sickness of her mother.
 B. Soule of Warren street has been sick.
 Henry Burges and wife and Frank R. Burges have moved from 107 Atlantic street to Warren street.
 To accommodate the overplus of child ren at Barnum school, an annex has been established in Temperance hall on Beach street for 100 children or more.
 Two of the neatest looking houses on Warren street are those of F. c. Bom- mos, Jr, and c. M. Biltz. The painters have finished their work there and a pleasing contrast is formed by the light color of the body of the houses, the dark trimmings and the cheerful red which forms the third color.
 Hervey H. Greene of 457 Seaview ave- nue died, Sunday, of cancer of the face, 74 years old.
 The Parrott Varni5h Company has vot- ed to increase it's capital stock to $l50,-
 
 Charles G. Keith, manager of the West End floral gardens, has, been appointed superintendent of parksTs :@
 Rev William Ritzman Of the German Baptist church, who recently resigned, has concluded to reconsider the step.
 The board of education has reelected Dr Bouton superintendent of schools, re- ceiving seven votes to five for Prof Si- mOndS.
 Dr J. $. Silliman's house on the Hunt ington road at the corner of North ave- nue was burned, Monday, and John Smith, who had just been warned out, was arrested as the incendiary.
 The police board, with Commissioner Walsh in the lead, are raising high old jinks. They have weeded out the spec ials in great shape and the Republican papers charge that this is only clearing the ground for action to scalp Chief By lands.
 A sad case of poisoning occurred at 26 Maple street, where Mrs Catharine Red green accidentally cooked with oat meal. Her daughter, Mrs Martin Hayden, was made very ill by the poison.
 Died, Eth, Frederick Ludwig, 60.
 William T. Shelton has taken w. w. Haviland's place in the law firm of Stod- dard, Bishop & Haviland and the firm is now Stoddard, Bishop & Shelton.
 The Paige type setting and distributing machine, which can do the work of eight men and in which Mark Twain is said to have sunk $l50,000, is to be made in the Howe shops in East Bridgeport. The New York World has large interest in the machine and will take the first l5 made.
 James Porter of 322 North avenue died on the 7th, SS years old and his funeral was attended, Saturday afternoon. He was one of the founders of the South church and had been selectman.
 M. G. keane of the Housatcnic avenue monument and stone yard has placed a fine monument, IS feet high and sur mounted by Maltese cross, in St. Mich ael's cemetery, to the memory of the late William Mooney.
 Charles E. Keith, appointed supern- tendent of parks, is young man full of energy and an indefatigable worker, and the citizens and taxpayers expect to see the parks in first class order this season.
 Thousands visited Seaside park, Sun day, to get rid of the heat and to enjoy the breeze from off the water. Few cities can boast such beautiful resort, and it should be kept in first class order, so that the taxpayer can enjoy himself at every opportunity.
 The Princess, large and fine yacht, arrived here, Hast week and is being got ready as fast as possible for the Summer season. Ii will be used by Commodore C. Barnum Seeley and his friend, Mr Marshall of New York
 Rev Beverley F. Warner, rector of Christ church, and his family, his bro- ther, pr Warner, and family, have rented d a large and cOmmodiOus house in Strat- ford and will spend the Summer months there. Rev Mir Warner will soon tell how many minutes it takes to run from Stratford to Bridgeport on his wheel. Last Friday night, there was one of the most destructive fires in this city ir many years, in livery stable of Charles ,' w. Durand, 326 Broad street. Thirty poor dumb animals, tied in their stalls, with no way of escape, like the captive tied to the stake, were burned to death Many fine vehicles of every style and de. scription were consumed, and nothing but the iron work left. The fire started . in the hay loft in the center of the build, ing and made rapid progress, so that by , the time the department arrived the whole structure was doomed. The fire men turned nearly their whole attention to adjoining buildings, which were wood en, and were saved, nothing but the barn being destroyed. Nearly every poor animal lay stretched out in its stall where, after struggling in vain hopes o1 saving itself, it had fallen and expired A gray horse lay across the door-sil leading to the carriage section. The whole loss will amount to about $15, ,000 MT Durand will be the heaviest loser, as he owned nearly the whole and had only about $2,O00 insurance. Eleven persons boarded Is horses in the stable. Several of these were insured, or partly so. MI Durand owned the buildings and had 8 bought the stable from Frank Bronson about two years ago. This fire proves the necessity of having more than one entrance where such number of horses are confined. Had there been a rear en trance to this stable, some of these poor animals might have been saved. There is no doubt that majority of the pool horses were suffocated by the smoke, as very few looked as if the fire had ever touched them. We hope that before P another large stable is consumed by fire the proper authorities will see that each and every livery stable is provided witt more than one exit, and compelzShe pro prietOr to keep competent watchman Judge Beers and wife have sailed or !, the steamer City of New York for Eng land. He expects to be absent about three months and hopes to return home perfectly well.
 E. B. Allcut, who nursed the late F T. Barnum during his last sickness, has been secured by A. c. Hobbs of the U M. c. Co. Mir Hobbs has proved himself a competent nurse, and will always give satisfaction wherever he may be called