The Newtown bee., 1891-02-27
BRIDGEPORT.

Mir and Mrs W. $. Psnnoyer have mov- ed from Olive street to Linwood avenue.
 The Bridgeport Steam Heating Co. is fitting up their new place of business, AS Water street, in q fine manner. They have fine new safe in d new and finely fitted office. They have put in large upright boiler to supply power.
 Wilson F. Green has recovered from the strain received in falling from a plat form, last week. He is now able to be out again.
 This years tax will be 21 1-2 mills, in- stead of 24 l-2 mills, last year.
 J. A. Burr, the Main street baker, has a valuable horse very sick with lung fe- yer.
 William F. Ferguson, who bought the furniture business of George c. Peet, his former partner, has sold an interest to I. F. Ferguson and the firm will conduct the business at the old stand under the name of Ferguson & Ferguson.
 Sheriff Clarkson will make no change in his present officials, so that the jailers and deputy sheritfs will retain their of fees for four years more.
 Jones & Hoffman are building a cot tage for Miss Katie E. Stamford on Ben ham avenue.
 AhC " h M. L. SlluISI has called Rev Isaac M. Foster of Brook lyn and St Johns Rev William H. Lewis of Larchmont, N. Y.
 Rumored that Police Commissioner Grant will resign, if he can get the office of tax collector. Public opinion, eX- pessed by vote, would prove that Billy has had office enough.
 A young man named Harry G. Ayles, employed at Barnum's Winter Quarters, has been in the habit of taking young girl living in that vicinity out to walk nearly every evening and not allowing her to reach home until nearly morning. Last week Wednesday evening, he and the young girl were walking along Park avenue near State street when he was struck on the head with a club which knocked him down. He quickly gained his feet and ran to Schread's saloon. Friends took him to Dr Randall's office, where deep cut was found on one side of his head. The wound was dressed and he was taken to the Winter Quarters. It is better for young men to keep early hours and not entice young girls from their homes.
 Rev Dr Hovey is in Indiana and Ken lucky featuring.
 J. D. Senior, the East End painter, has visited his old home in New Milford.
 The questions of interest at the city meeting, Monday night, were the libra ry appropriation, which some wished re- duced from l-2 to 3-S of mill and the new Barnum school building, for which the city voted $44 1000 of the $9O, 700 con- tract price, last year. The library found able champions and was given 1-2 of a mill, while special tax of 7-S of mill was voted for the Barnum school, for which $52, 1000 was given. This makes the city tax 21 l-2 mills.
 Miss Bessie Stevens, teacher in the Myrtle avenue school, has been very sick.
 Through the agency of B. Nichols & Sons, the Roswell place at Stratford has been bought by Lawyer Curtis Thomp- son.
 Richard Golden's "Old Jed Prouty'' will be the attraction at Bunnell's, this week Saturday, 18th, with the quaint, honest old Maine character set off by other curious Maine and Boston charact- CTS, not to mention Miss Dora Wiley. the sweet singer of Maine. Next weeks re- pertoire is given in Bunnell's ad, opening with Boccaccio on Monday night, Joe Armand having the title role. Keep your eye on Bunneil's attractions announced weekly. They are worth seeing.