The Newtown bee., 1890-07-11

It was their first reception in the new home and the parishioners who called re- sarded it IS u house warming.
 Many people, passing hurriedly along Cannon street, catch nasty glimpse of new brick building just west of the rooms formerly occupied by the Y. M. c. A. and, taking in simply it's pressed brick front and it's lofty. arched roof, en- , quire "Who's putting up that new chap l el? What church does it belong to?'' They are answered, with laugh, that it 1 is only more of W. B. Hall 1S Co.'S addi- tions. But, from little distance, the building resembles a Gothic church more than dry goods palace. It is being built by LongStaff X Hurd and is about 3Sx60 feet. The ceiling is nearly 30 feet from the floor and the trussed roof is painted brown and blue. The steep roof ! is broken, al about half it's height, to ad- init 4 TOW of windows which pour down ! Il ll.od ef gnJ over all the interior. Above, the TOOL aScrnds Io ;. point, giy- ing T lofty and pieasng effect. The hard
 wood floor of the building was put down, l last week and tbe counters, shelves and draws for goods were placed in position, this week. There will be an entrance from Cannon street and another through an archway from the main store. At the
 rear of the store is gallery, reached by
 a flight of easy stairs, where will be dis played goods of certain lines. As soon
 as this building is finished (and Hall & Go. hope to occupy it in about month)
 Longstatf & Hurd will begin to rebuild the main store at the corner, carrying it
 up five stories and fitting it for offices. The most noteworthy event in the his
 tory of St. Mary's church occurred, last
 week, when Father John F. Rogers cele- brated the 25th anniversary of his access sion to the priesthood and the ceremony
 of blessing the new bell of the church
 was performed. Mass was celebrated at
 10 30 m, Thursday, after which the bell
 and purse containing $2000 were pre-
 sented to Father Rogers, ex-Counciman Maurice Donovan making the speech. In
 the afternoon, the children of the Sunday
 school held interesting exercises and
 presented Father Rogers with a purse of $125. The church was crowded to the
 doors at the evening services, when 15O
 children were confirmed by Bishop Me
 Mahon and the ceremony of blessing the
 new bell occurred.
 A frame addition has been built at the
 works of the Brass Aluminium company City Assessor A. F. Bartram spent his Independence day in melancholy man.
 merlin bed. As is well known, Mir Bar
 tram has but one leg, the other having
 been lost in the Rebellion. A cork limb is substituted. Rising early on the Fourth, he went to the barn in the rear
 of his handsome new residence on Parl
 street and got a lawn clipper, intending to use it. In some y,he caught his ar tificial substitute in harness ane was thrown, receiving such severe in. iures to the cords and nerves of th'
 abridged member that his physician de clares it impossible for him to leave th' house for a full month.
 The articles of association of tht Swords Lumber Go. have been amended to allow the company to carry on thu } lumber business outside the State.
 Rev N. G. Johnson of the Swedish
 Lutheran church on Park avenue vii
 leave, August l, for Manchester, N. H Employes of the Shore Line division O the Consolidated road presented Chic Rylands with handsome gold headed ebony cane.
 Cards are out for the marriage of Mis- Florence E. Hemenway to Edmund l. Hatfield of the Sun, New York. Tht marriage will take place at 5 South ave nue, the residence of the brides mother July %. MT and Mrs Hatfield will re side in New York.
 Thomas Best, the North Main stree
 butcher, is building dwelling Ion MaiI
 street, just above Olivet church. w. H Hayden is doing the carpenter work. Mrs Wilson of Easton has visited hel : daughter, Mrs Charles W. Beach ol North Main street.
 According to the finding of the rail
 road commissioners in regard to the New York, Bridgeport and Eastern road, the
 tracks must be carried under all high
 ways in Bridgeport and under the Hous atomic road. The same applies to Nor . walk, save that q tunnel 2400 feet long will be required there. H. G. Scofield l tI a;t tha anCt al , the road, 45 miles, from Greenwich te New Haven, at trifie over $5,00O, GOO
 and the capital stock Is $6,000,0 ,000, the 7 additional million being for rolling stock , All bridges will be of stone or iron and , but two draws will be required, one over
 to cross the Housatonic at Stratford
 The road enters New Haven in the north
 ern part of the city.
 ,I 0. R. Skidmore, c. H. Bennett's popu-
 lar clerk, is on trip to Long Island with
 his wife.
 Samuel F. Wheeler of Plainfield, N. J..
 has visited George W. Sherwood of North Main street.
 The frame block which Talcott Barlow . is building on the corner of Howard ave ! nue and State street for Lacey Brothers is being roofed and the exterior is rapid I ly approaching completion.
 The side walls of the new government !, building on Cannon street have reached , tine height of the building and the many ], ninnacleS and towers and 0ahleS of tht