The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-01

Bessie Summer at the Montowese house,
Branford.
daughters are home from trip to Cali
fornia.
Rev DIR Hovey preached his farewell
sermon at the Park Street Congregation
al church, Sunday.
Rev Mr. Dunning of South Norwalk
preached at the North church on "Mys-
teries of God"
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher has visited
O. C. Billiard of Park place.
Rev Henry NJ. Sherman of Torrington
has been called to the rectorship of st
Paul's parish.
The family of Lawyer Curtis Thomp-
son are spending the Summer at Beach
side, Phipp's hotel, Green's Farms.
Lawyers Curtis Thompson and A. NJ.
Talmadge are spending IL vacation at Bar
Harbor and Mount Desert. Lawyer
Howard n. Wakeman has, during their
absence, attended to the law business of
all three gentlemen.
Robbie and Louie Brinsmade, with a
party, are camping near Parlor Rock.
Mrs Charlotte Botsford is spending two
weeks in Wilton.
Master Louie Brinsmade accompanied
Master Hall Sanford, with the family, to
Milford point,a fayorite resort for Bridge
porters, where delicious shore dinner is
served in fine style.
Gould Brothers have finished the large
building near Port Jefferson, L. (which
was built by the working girls auxiliary
of New York, under the direction of a
daughter Of Bishop Potter, as 'sHoliday
Home where the poor working girls Of
the city could enjoy fortnight's taste Of
the pure, healthful air of the country, al
cost within their slender means. The
house is constantly filled.
The new government building is near
ly ready for the woodworkers and the
contractors, who are soon to begin work
are said to have been already decided up
on.
There seems general dulness in tn,
city, just now, as regards building ant
many carpenters are out of work. Few
contractors have SO much work that ex
ira men are required and the sign ''Nt
help wanted has been displayed on of
flee doors. While the dulness appears
general, there is no apparent cause TO
it. Until July, which, with August, il
always dull month, there was as mucl
building as usual, though some builder
say that there have been more large
structures and fewer of the cheap house.
costing $500 to $500 each, although tn,
demand for these as rents has by NJ
means ceased. s'Real estate is slow
too" said one builder, "and yet | can
see any reason for it. Oh, we've go
work, but we're not rushed 1t is MOI
probable that building is decreasing, but
rather that the number of contractor
and builders has increased with greater
rapidity.
i Drs Dickinson 81 Hartman are to re
move from Broad street to l39 Fairfield
avenue.
4 p. Casey of South avenue, who kept
saloon on Fairfield avenue, died on his
way to Ireland, last week, and has beer
buried there.
DIR Morrow has caused papers for Z
4 $4,000 libel suit to be served on tht
Farmer for alleged SANDER in an article
on the doctors relations with Hurd
family. The Farmer was requested te
furnished proof.
w. e. Disbrow and wife have been al
Saratoga.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs Edward
Reynolds Of Gregory street has beer
sick with whooping cough and brain few
er.
I Mrs r. A.. Bronson, daughter ant
granddaughter Of Chicago have visited
Mrs Verona French.
G. L. Burgess is back from Virginia ane
will spend few days at home before re
turning to his work as superintendent Of
the boys club at Worcester, Mass.
A feature Of the park concert, Satur
day night, was the rendition by th,
Wheeler e Wilson band Of one of r.
} Gilmore's masterpieces. So we'll was !
done that the band was obliged to re
j spond to an encore.
Rev William J. White, formerly a
Long Hill and Nichols, OBLIGATED at th
West End Cor, as it will now be known
the Colorado ayenue) Methodist church
Sunday. Mr. White has virtually give
up preaching, but his friends are glad t
see him IN the pulpit whenever he can q
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