The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-09-05

his arms and hands to hang at will, he |
presented an appearance which gave his
auditors the impression that he would
feel much more at home with gloves on
his hands. All these little defects as an
actor, however, were overlooked by those
who remembered the great and lasting
glory he has achieved as a pugilist and
one and all accorded him reception
which would delight the hearts of Booth,
Barrett, Irving or any of the brightest
lights of the profession"
j. ID. Anderson, who is with B. ID.
Pierce, Jr, took pleasure drive through
Redding and Danbury, last week.
A. W. French is doing local work on
the Post, while John III. Kane is ON his
vacation.
b. ID. Pierce, Jr, is putting in a sewer
on Ogden, Pembroke and Stillman streets,
East Bridgeport, about 1900 feet in length
and is shortly to begin IL 200-foot sewer
on Maple avenue and another, 700 feet
long, on Seaview avenue. Both the lat
ter were recently ordered by the COM
mon council and on Seaview avenue is
the one upon which James w. Beardsley
threatens to put an injunction, on the
grounds that it will be Il nuisance. Mr.
Pierce is also doing considerable work for
Frederick Sturges of Fairfield and his
roller is engaged by Redfield for use on
the macadamized road in Southport.
Lieutenant Governor Merwin presided
at the reunion of the last Legislature at
Savin Rock and Representative f. F.
Hall of Stratford, John n. Near and Hon
ID. NJ. Read made speeches.
Miss Jennie Tolles and brother Ray of
East Bridgeport have visited their cous-
in, Miss Lizzie Tolles of Chapel street,
Norwalk.
Col Stevenson, the Post learns, will
close the season at Parlor Rock with n
grand spread for newspaper men. There
will be a barbecue of one of Norman
Northrop's famous Newtown steers, to
be dressed by NJ. j. Houlihan of the
Grand Central, and roasted under the SUI
pervision of Tom Lowe of Botsford. The
meat, when cooked, will be served in the
old English style by Tom and an able
corps of walters and, while the pencil
pushers are eating, the colonel's last
musical composition will be played and
sang in short ''meater' and there will be
a jolly good time generally.
Rev j. c. Waldo of New London, a
prominent Universalist minister in his
day and father of Editor Waldo of the
Standard, died, last week, 81 years old.
The veterans of the Seventeenth, for
whom jovial p. Wade, Jr, of the Stand
ard office is treasurer, met at ROTOR
Point, last week, with Rev Beverly f.
Warner as honored guest. Mr. Warner
helped to dedicate the Seventeenth's mon
ument at Gettysburg, last Fall and pre-
sented the flag of the regiment that still
floats there.
Manager C. j. Belknap of Proctor's is
to locate at Seattle, Washington.
Hon l.. $. Catlin is treasurer of the or
ganization formed by the Legislature of
1888.
n. B. Curtis has exchanged his prop
erty on East Main street, for building
lots near Beardsley park Standard.
Miss Jennie E. Rose of Poughkeepsie
has visited the family of +. b. Kahn.
The Copeland Bros. Co. are adopting
the department store system, carried on
so successfully by Postmaster General
Wannamaker and spreading through the
cities of the country. 1t is but revival
on more systematic plan of the old
fashioned country store, where every
thing was kept from salt Goldfish to a pa
4 per of pins. Pursuing this idea, the
A Copeland Bros. Co. have doubled the
s., stock and space of their house furnishing
department. This now occupies botl
front sections of the carpet room in TIN
= basement and only needs inspection t
;, prove its extent and variety. One sect
ion is given up to tin, wooden, willos
ware and the like and the other to china
+ eroekery and glass, the two forming on
:. of the largest ond most complete lines O
Il housefurnishing goods in Western Cor
= necticut. Some of the china is beaut
It full, embracing both plain and decorate
/. and including such leading makes a
a Haviland, Bawo & Dotter, Bridgewood'
English porcelain in plain and decorate
and Dalton's English Elaine ware.
= Mrs j. b. Belts of Norwalk has visite
| III
The Bridgeport SO Pants Co. is abot
:, to extend its borders, Manager Harr
!, having taken the middle store in the ne
Parrot block across the street from h
d present quarters at 100 Fairfield avenue
This Is not a removal, but an addition
\ for the old store is to be retained f(
} showing goods and cutting. The ne
> quarters will be called the Bridgepo
II Pants Co.'S annex and here the manufa'
= turing department will be located, wit
I garment repair shop, where clothin
"a may be altered and repaired. /. An entir
h. ly new industry will also be establishe
in the annex, the Bridgeport Darnin
and Mending Co., where hosiery, unde
y wear, laces, table linen and all mannt
- of wear will be mended or darned. Goot
will be called for on notice and deliyert
30 when done. Manager Harris is to be co
he graduated on his growing business.
II
- Colburn's Philadelphia Mustard.
In IA and IL Id. tins. Best for table and me-
cal uses.Excels In strength and delicaey Al
iso'.
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