The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-24
WESTPORT
Those Bath Houses-Retnrn of Tourists -Drunk and Hurt = Historical So. .ciefy Officers = Sent to Jail-Per. sonal Mention.

There are yet some three weeks be- fore the ram shackle bathing houses on Compo Beach must be removed. Up ito date the weather and the water has been too cold for bathing. There is a rpmor that some of the men who own bathing houses, which stand on prop ;erty belonging to the town. propose to seek legal protection If the select men cannot force the owners to take down the bathing houses. they were a little forthputting in ordering them down. A meeting is to be held this evening for the purpose of coming to some conclusion in the matter There has been a. proposition that the town build a neat row of houses and let them to dwellers on the beach for a moderate rental
 Yesterday at Holy Trinity church Rev.. Irwin H. CorreIl. of the diocese Inornfng What he said about his work in Japan. and the very bright and intelligent natives, was deeply 1n- tereStfng.
 Ella Warehouse of this town, has re- gently died in Pittsburg, aged -32 years. Her remains were taken to the nome of her sister in Norwalk where the funeral was held.
 Iryin- Mills is now the foreman of .fhe East End barns in Bridgeport. He used to- be 8 local motorpnan.
 The sum of $40 was the result of an
 
 pupils of the Cross Highway school.
 To-day there return to town MT. and Mrs. Stanley B. Pillow. MT and Mrs. Fred B. Hubben. and Carlton HubbeH. who have been on a week s automobile tour through the northern part of this state.
 Miss Hazel Ellis. of Charleston. S. G., is visiting in town. She finds the weather rather shivery.
 A strange. man recently tried to get into Mr. Robert El1wood's house late at night. but tEe sight of a gun drove him oft
 bought building lot in town. front ing on Lincoln street.
 Mrs. Henry Baker, upwards of 90 years of age, is quite ill.
 Three drunken men recently got onto a trolley and one fell off. scraping his scalp and possibly breaking a rib or so The man who fell in his fight with the Demon Alcohol, said he lived in Brooklyn.
 Iouis Kozme, who kept his children from school and worked them on his Greens Farms place has had to pay fine of $15.
 Mrs Louis TOQuet haS been VlSlllng in Stratford.
 Judge Foster of New York has been in town for a few days.
 John Daley has bought an acre of land at Canal and Main street. He purchased from the Lees Mrg. Co. Yesterday the Sunday school children of Greens Farms. rehearsed their Chtl- dren's Day carols.
 Mary Dumbrowsky has been cleared of the charge of putting a baby into a local well. So ends a celebrated news
 MT. George H. Mills wants a license to sell alcohol and other intoxicating drinks.
 The new officers for the Historical Society for the coming year are: Presi- dent. Col John N. Partridge; vice presidents, Dr. F. D. Rutland. M H. Cooley and R. W. Post; secretary and treasurer Geo. H. Boyden of the Staples High school: executive com mittee, John F. Godillot. F. M. Sal mon. N w. Foster: finance committee, Hyatt: membership committee. w. H. Burr H. R. Sherwood. and William L. Taylor
 Saugatuck has got an active base ball team
 About June 1st Dr. and Mrs Mac Farland are expected home at Greens Farms from a. trip to Europe. No open cars running in town last week for the accommodat tion of those who suffered with the heat Closed cars and overcoats were in evidence
 A good many men and boys in town are laid up with sprained knees. And they are not the result of praying, either.
 The town has a new grocery firm, Beers Brothers.
 Judge Purdys has sent a drinking man and wife to jail for 30 days for ]. school. The family name is Kelly. Mir. Potter. the agent for the State Board like the pale rider on the white , horse. is about gathering them in.
 Nathan Shippey of the trolley car