The Newtown bee., 1891-06-05


 such a scheme is past finding out. The dea that they had fallen asleep and were by the noise of pick and shovel is utterly absurd, as there was no mork or sign of either tool being used and, judging from the small bits of turf it could easily have been done by piece of stick. The most sensible version of the affair is that friends of the watchmen, out fishing in the cemetery creek, on their way hume, not seeing the watchmen outside of their hut and wish ing to test their bravery, took the end or their fish poles, dug up the turf and pass ed on home. In the morning, when the two brave guards awoke, both armed to the teeth with rifles, self cooking seven shooters and heavy clubs, they found that some one had been fooling them and, for fear that some one of the family or employees of the cemetery might mo- tice the little holes punched in the grass, they covered and stamped it down, went home and slept. After breakfast, they procured an old dark lantern, well bat tered, marched to the office and related a blood curdling tale, how they heard two men run and throw shovels, picks, etc., in a wagon and drive off. Both men have always proven themselves honest and true and it is doubtful if they did wrong. Any person with con- mog eense knows we'll that, had ghouls attempted to rob the Barnum grave, the first thing they would have done would have been to quiet the two guards sta toned only 50 feet away. No two or three men will ever be able to penetrate the Barnum vault in any one night and secure the body, as it would be an utter impossibility to dig or blast through it's solid walls in one short night. The great showman's idea was cremation and it may yet be done.
 Mrs Lemuel Wooster, who died,. Satur- day, at the home of her daughter, Mrs Charles II. Peet4of John street, was bur jed, Tuesday, the funeral services being Wooster, who had reached the ripe old age of 93, was known to many of the old CT residents of Huntington. She has for years made her home with Mrs Peet and has been remarkable for the clearness of her intellect and the excellence, at her advanced age, of all her faculties. Her memory was especially good and she was considered authority on incidents of To- cal interest happening during her young CT days.
 Scholars of eighth and ninth grades, high school, will picnic at Parlor Rock Saturday, 20th.
 Six members, the graduating class ot the high school, will deliver essays al High school hall, this week Friday after. noon, in competition for the Barnum gold medals. The exercises will begir at 30 and the six essays will occupy half to three quarters of an hour. The merits of the speeches will be judged by a committee of three, who will award the first and second medals. These meda contests are an established feature of the high school, Mir Barnum having put ir trust a sum sufficient to provide annual ly two gold medals of the combined value of $50. The subjects for this years con test include the American Indian, elect rical appliances, Frederick the Great ant kindred topics.
 o. Howard Hall is to build a $3600 two story house on North avenue: A. M Church a $3000 two-tenement house il North Bridgeport.
 At the last meeting of the common council, the board of public works rec commended and it was decided that tho only respectable entrance to Seaside parl be given to the horse railroad. For year; this beautiful avenue has been used by the public as a safe and convenient ac cess to our Seaside park, but now it has been given to monopoly and, as it ii very wide, in all probability the horse railroad will lay double tracks the entire length, as it will make it more conven tent for the company and the owners of turnouts can use the side of the roac just as well, as they should not in any way interfere with private corporations Only a short distance farther west, W, have Iranistan avenue, which has neve been much used for pleasure driving be cause of the dangerous crossing of tn, Consolidated tracks. Would it not hay, been far better to have given them thi unused avenue, as it would much bette accommodate the tax payers of the Wes End who have needed such convenienc, for several years. Then the company would have had an entrance at each enc of the park and they could, withou doubt, have obtained permission from tn park commissioners to connect the tw' ends along some one of the park drive and the driving pnblic would still hay had Park avenue for pleasure. Had the, secured Irauistan avenue, they woul, have had to get permission to cross tn
 Consolidated tracks and have watch
 man stationed at the crossing to guar
 against accidents, which would make ad
 ditional expense. We hope that the.
 will give the public, this season, bette
 facilities and no more bobtail cars. A
 present, the East End line, under Mar
 ager George o. Lines, leads. Let tn
 other company follow!
 The Freedman building, corner of Stat
 and Court streets, is being torn down t
 make room for the new building erecte
 by the executors of the Barnum estate
 Christ church was draped with severa
 large flags, Sunday afternoon, at the
 the body of the church were filled b members of the National Guard, c. A