The Newtown bee., 1892-06-10
BRIDGEPORT.

James H. Russell of Slason & Russell St. Johns, 16th, 5 30 p m.
 A new temperance union has just been organized in the St. Augustine parish this makes two societies of the kind in the parish.
 A grand union fireman's excursion will be given, July l, by the Wheeler S5 Wilson and the Warner Bros. fire de- partments to Riverview Park on the Hudson.
 Two colored pugilists, Buck Osborn and Buck Taylor, have met several times in glove contests, in which Os- born was generally thought to have been the better man. The latter does not think so. A fight to finish will undoubtedly come off within a few weeks.
 John Irving, Jr, has been dropped from the Rambling Wheelmen upon fail- ure to settle his club expenses.
 Work has finally begun on the Barnum statue at Seaside. The Barnum heirs did not like the first site and that now chosen is at the foot of Iranistan avenue, at the west end of the trotting course.
 The cook of a prominent family on State street has left for Chicago. Their son, young man high in social stand ing, is obliged to wash dishes, etc., after each meal, until suitable schef may be procured.
 The large and eommodious boat Grand Republic entered the harbor, Sunday, with fair sized crowd of excursionists,
 The Grand opera house was taxed to it's utmost, Wednesday, June l, the ob- feet being stereopticon views and lec- ture on Ireland by Hon J. A. Plunkett of New Haven.
 The east or breeding building of the Barnum Winter quarters is being raised another story.
 A Asorrel horse owned by Stone & Bron- son ran away at Greens Farms, Satur- day, badly demolishing the wagon.
 McMahon & Wren are making nego- tiations for the lease of the old Miller & Strickland dock opposite the depot and owned by the Consolidated road.
 The ladies of Grace Methodist church Colorado avenue, held a fair and suppe, on Thursday and Friday evenings of las ;, week. which was literally patronized, lad ding to the treasury the sum of $9O. At the First Methodist church, Sunday evening, Rev Dr Clark began another series of illustrated sermons, 'tScenes ir the History of the 1sraelites under the Judges" the subject of the evening being Deborah, judge and prophecies. The funeral of Susan A. Hanford, wife of James W. Hanford. was attended al her late residence, Atlantic street, Mon day, 9th, Rev Charles R. Palmer render ing the service. A quartet consisting o1 Misses Annie and Jessie Hawley, Charles E. Wilmot and J. Howard Russell render ed sweet music; the interment tool place in Mountain Grove cemetery. The remains of Samuel E. Mallett O. Easton, whose accidental death occurred at his home, Sunday morning, June 5 was brought to Mountain Grove ceme tery for interment on Tuesday, 7th, Re' MT Bowles, rector of Christ church Tashua, accompanying the funeral cor tege and rendering the final service a the grave.
 The funeral of Mrs Frances Parshal was attended from her late residence, lOs East Main street, Wednesday, Sth. Tn, , service was conducted by Rev MT Elmer, . of the church of the Redeemer. Her re 5 mains were taken to Stratford and buried } in Union cemetery by the side of her hus band.
 The Protestant Widows society are tt . be congratulated upon the gift of fint monument to be erected upon their lot re gently purchased in Park cemetery. The monument is the gift of the venerable Stephen Nichols of North Main street whose deeds of benevolence, so fittingly epportune, are being strewn by his owr hand, so that, while living, he can sec the accomplishment of his purposes. While John s. Kellogg of Lyons Plain was delivering potatoes on Jones avenue on Tuesday, 7th, leaving his horses un, Satteaded, they took fright and ran from the avenue down Main street, reaching Congress street without damage, when they crashed into one of the w. K. Swords lumber trucks, throwing both horses to the ground, severely injuring one of them, which required the service of a veterinary surgeon to sew up the wounds. The pole of MT Kellogg's wag- on was broken and one spoke of the lum- Der truck.
 Gould Brothers are building large addition for the Bridgeport Organ com pany, 30x120 feet, and are also putting up boiler and engine room and tank house for. the Bridgeport Copper com pany.-[ Record.
 Are You going to Paint this Spring?
 The weather is about right for paint ing, the outside of your house is thor oughly dry and there will be little chance for cracking. ar naaIinp. Wat