The Newtown bee., 1890-01-17
BRIDGEPORT.

tors wife, was married, last week, to facturer of New York.
 Pluck in woman is to be admired not less than in man, and therefore the best of wishes go to Mrs Annie Pease, who weds D. II. Roberts, q prosperous New York merchant. Deserted by a faithless husband, she takes charge ofhis business and adds to it's success; runs down and gets divorce from her worthless spouse, inspires affection in well-to-do man of high standing, and becomes his wife-all within a year, and caring tenderly mean while for her three young children. Such women come very close to the heroine class.-[ Nutmegs.
 The houae on North Main belonging to the William Perry estate, occupied by William Peet, has been painted.
 Charles Penney of the Madison road has purchased new horse.
 Michael O'Neil has painted his house north of his present home on Housatonic avenue.
 A wooden building, 40x60 feet, two stories high, is to be built near the Bar mum Winter quarters, on Worden ave him. The building, which is to be at once commenced, will be occupied as q silk ribbon factory by New Jersey and Bridgeport parties.
 The marriage of Mr Read and Miss At kiEson will no doubt be solemnized be- fore Lent. The wedding will be very ''swell'' indeed. In fact it will be looked forward to with anticipations. by ''soci- ety." and there will be heart-burnings to secure the coveted wedding cards. The marriage will cement two of the most | aristocratic families in town.-T Nutmegs. C. w. Tator has improved his home on North Main street with new driveway to his barn.
 The:Bridgeport Hydraulic have laid water pipes on French street to the new house of John T. Southey. 1 Willis Cutler, carpenter, is building all elegant new house to be occupied by him. self on his property in French street.
 Builder A. J. Rivers is intending to build $10,000 house on the corner o1 Fairfield and Hancock avenues, directly opposite the handsome residence of J. L. 1 HarIan fo, b;c a.p,, ,,co Ha ,pili ,,rah ably begin work in the Spring, after fin ishing the elegant Summer residence al Trumbull for Charles Moves of New York. The cellar is already dug for the new house.
 Bradshaw's slot machines, drop a nickle and get novel, proved Il failure as the boys dropped in tins that workeG the machine.
 Park City lodge, 1. 0. G. T., whose hall is m the basement of Oliyet church is a thriving lodge with over 60 members The board of education has decided tt | insure all school Buildings.
 Mrs Edwin G. Sanford, who died, las week, was q native of Bridgewater ane a lady of many worthy qualities. Sh. was buried in Mountain Grove cemetery I During the past year, A. J. Rivers, tn, West End builder, has completed many contracts, mostly for dwelling houses, large proportion of which were in Wes End. They include four tenement house on Madison avenue, costing $G500 for J. F. Coester; q single cottage ol North avenue, $270O, for F. E. Clark; single cottage on North avenue, $3300 for A. J. Hiscott; an $500 barn for Johl I 6. Porter, Clinton avenue a house ol Fairfield avenue, $S000, for J. l.. liar lem; on Lee avenue, $2500, for William Martin; double house and barn on Fair field avenue, $7000, B. F. Squires, doub le cottage, $1600, on Bostwick avenue, 0 J. Brownley; addition to store on Mali street, S600, James Cole; two houses ol Pine street, $500 each, for Micllae Pickett; q $2000 addition to the house 0 H. s. shelton on Fairfield avenue. .i Only q few hundred papers had beel ' printed, Saturday night, when the Even \ ing Posts press broke down.
 Bostwick hall, West End, was occupie, by the West End Methodists, Sunda,