The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-03-20

quest,is still far short of his needs. The
principal of the High school should have
full charge of that and nothing else; but
Prof BARLEY has had the responsibility
OF the Congress street or grammar school
with its six teachers and 800 pupils as
we'll. The high school itself has 300 pu-
pills and l3 rooms and the task of manag-
ing this is not light.
~ Miss F. Leila Phillips is bookkeeper
in the office of the Savage & Smith build
ing company, Cannon street.
The first number of the American
Queen, the new monthly magazine, pub
iished at Bridgeport, made it's appear
ance, last week, dated April 1. 1t is a
neat looking publication and contains
much that is interesting. 1t is issued by
the American Queen publishing compa-
ny, in which number of Bridgeport
capitalists are interested. Its office is in
the United bank building, Main and Bank
streets and the price is 81 year or 1Oc
copy.
The cellar is excavated for l.. w. Ed
ridge and brothers house on Lewis
street and Whalen & Whalen, who have
the contract for mason work, have be-
gun the stone foundation. Rowland &
Co. of New Haven, who were to have
done the plumbing, have given it up and
it will be done by Bridgeport parties.
The Barnum Gymnasium building has
been handsomely trimmed with flags of
all nations, advertising exhibitions for
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Barnums Winter Quarters are now
about the biggest attraction in the city.
The horses, camels and other animals ar
rived, Saturday. One of the large horse
tents was put up on the State street lot
to accommodate part of the stock. All
this week Superintendent L. NJ. Hedges
has been busy loading the circus para
phernalia on cars, changing the animals
from their Winter cages to newly paint
ed aud decorated ones in which they will
be viewed by old and young during the
season. The elephants are packing their
trunks for their part of the Summer s
work and assisting in pushing wagons
and cars about the grounds. Two great
trains will bear to New York the Great
est on Earth, to open in Madison Square
Garden, March 26. 1t has been rebuilt
and retitted so that, without doubt, this
year will eclipse anything ever before
heard of. Mr. Barnum has the consent
of his physicians to be present at the
opening and it is to be hoped that he
will not only be spared to witness this,
but many more for years to come.
One of Liveryman Peck's horses was
attacked with blind staggers, Saturday
and, before it could be controlled, broke
out the windows in Goldstein's clothing
store on Water street.
An employee of James Sexton and Son s
j. Egan, had an ankle crushed while un
loading stone at their yard in Eas
Bridgeport.
E. Burr, Jr, clerk of the city court, is
home from a trip to the Pacific coast.
The Presbyterian church received q
new memb ers, Sunday.
Coughlin Bros. have fitted up beau
tiful room for the display of their larg'
stock of wall papers.
Miss Emma Hallock is to take the
place of the late Mrs DIR Adams in St
Johns choir.
The North church quartet choir is com
posed of Miss Lizzie Durand soprano
Miss E. d. Bartram contralto, F. d
Hotchkiss tenor, George f. Lockwood
bass.
The wife of City Editor F. w. Boland
is the sopano in a quartet at the Wash
ington Park NJ. E. church, Miss Edit
Stick1es contralto, Theodore Stone teno
and Frank Trip bass.