The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-12
BRIDGEPORT.

A new wire fence of unique design,
something new for this vicinity, adorns
the front of Edgar Deans new home on
North Main street.
Arthur Vincilette of Vincilette Bros,
lumber sawyers, has recently bought a
fine horse, handsome roader and is &C.
casionally seen in an elegant new car
riage bought in New Haven.
Foundations are completed for the new
Historical and Scientific building at the
corner of Main and Gilbert streets.
Walls for the block of seven stores on
Main street, corner of Golden Hill, are
reaching the top of the first story. This
block is being put up by Messrs Sanford
of Golden Hill.
Miss N. Edith Phillips won the first
Barnum prize in last Fridays High
school competition, her subject being the
American Indian. She advocated break
ing up the reservations, allowing the In
dian to take up land like other settlers
and making him citizen. The i'll treat
ment to which Poor Lo has been subject
ed was graphically described. Miss Car
RE l. Turner, who won the second prize,
spoke ON Alfred the Great.
Henry D. Patchen of Hunter, Patchen
& Ravens will marry Miss Lillian S.
Warner, the South church soprano, ON
the 18th.
The estate of 2. Il. Barnum has been
inventoried by Charles r. Brothwell and
DR. l. DeVer Warner at 1927 ,532. of
which nearly $4,000, 900 is in real estate.
The mortgages and similar forms of in
debtedness foot up 1926, 1875, the stocks
and bonds $17S, 795, the half interest in
the circus $203,3 300, cash in Bridgeport
banks $l06,31S.
Rev G. B. Day, formerly Congrega-
tional clergyman and once in charge of a
boys boarding school, died at SO Court
land street, Sunday evening, 70 years old.
Col Stevenson was banqueted at a
shore dinner, Saturday night, Editor
Waldo giving some verse, Mayor Mari
gold telling of his wedding night and the
good points of the Housatonic being wo-
ven into the hits of the merry evening.
Thomas BOWsef, native of New
Brunswick, died at the home of his son,
II. E. Rowserx l23 William street, Satur-
day, Sc years old. Two of Leopold Lid
berg's children died of malignant diph-
liberia, Sunday.
George Turney will build coal sheds
and bins with a capacity of 5000 tons of
coal for Ira Gregory & Co. on Stratford
avenue.
Marsh Brothers will build $4,000
house ON Laurel court for Sherwood and
Russell, Jane Weldon's four-family house
on Lafayette street and George G. Ehr-
sans $4,000 block, Hurd avenue and
Goodsell street.
w. S. Hurlburt will build the new
stores on Fairfield avenue for the Lyon
estate.
The S. NJ. Cate Transfer company has
signed contract to pave River street,
Danbury and began work, this week,
with as large force of men and teams
as the somewhat narrow street would
permit. Few teams were taken from
Bridgeport, Danbury workmen being
largely engaged. The contract is fol-
about $12, 900 and the work is to be com.
pleted by August l.
Thomas Gaffney of 35 Hallam street
was drowned in Pembroke lake, las
week.
Richard Crowley, Bridgeport jail birt
who had been robbing Danbury store
was killed in the carouse that followed
the theft and Michael Mccoy, a Danbury
tough, is held as his murderer.
William III. Bixby caught his left hant
in the Farmers press, Saturday, and al
the fingers had to be cut off.
Charles r. Beers and Harry Seeley ar
to leave for Europe on the Oath.
. Hon D. N. Morgan is president of tn
committee on design for the pedestal o
the Barnum monument. 1t will proba
, bly, be located between Lafayette am
Broad streets, as this site is favored b.
Mrs Barnum and j. A. Bailey, Barnum'
/. partner.
Thomas Storey of the canny Scotc
: firm of Storey & Roy sailed, last week
!. ON the steamship Fulnessia Of the lin
$ from New York to Glasgow and wi
8 spend two months in Scotland and Eng
+ land.
J The Sunday Herald has moved int
0 that hole in the wall, Post Office arcad
and brought its press here from Water
!. bury. Since some love darkness bette
i than light, because their deeds are evi
I it is good place for it.
8 Architect George w. Longstaf hs
!, been chosen to succeed Mayor Marigol
d as chairman of the Republican town cor
|, mittee.
n Editor George G. Waldo Of the Stant
ard is president of the Seaside clu
which has 319 mem bers and expects
4 occupy its fine new club house by Sc
/. TENDER /.
= Sidney Lockwood and William Presto
q OF the senior class in the High scho
i were suspended for the rest Of the teri
y y last week, for scattering asafGtida abo
d the school room. Jesse Stewart and oil
q Gilhuley were publicly censured befo
the school for ~ ing about the matter.
y Miss Ella G. Fuller, who died Of co
It sumption at 254 Fairfield avenue, la
q week Thursday, was taken to Kent +