The Newtown bee., 1890-10-17

Judge Phelps of the Superior court has decided that the New York, Bridgeport and Eastern road, whose projectors made such untiring but unsuccessful efforts to obtain charter and parallel the Consoli- dated, has no legal status; is not road.
 Now does the happy father bite his lips, to keep from swearing as he strug- gles with the pipe of the Winter stove, which his faithful wife says must be put up.
 The long open shed, with it's seat, does not look inviting, this cool weather, for passengers waiting for trains on the Con- solidated road. Would it not be a good idea for the officials of this road to have two or three passenger coaches side tracked at this point, in which fire could be kept and these would furnish better accommodations than the public are getting at present.
 The new Berean church on East Main street is nearly completed and the furni- ture, seats and carpets will be put in soon. The church will be ready for ded- ication in about a month.
 As the walls of the Sea side club house on State and Lafayette streets rise, they show more and more their beauty. H. M. Purdy is doing the mason work and w. J. Hurlbutt the carpenter work. The building has reached the second story o nd is do iIu aIp,iraH hu uhn nnta the pleasing contrast between the brown stone of the lower course and the hand some, light colored brick which is used above, on the State and Lafayetts street fronts. This brick is something almost entirely new in Bridgeport, but is exten- sively used in New York and elsewhere for elegant private and apartment houses. The entrance to the club house will be in Lafayette street and the brown stone arch over the broad doorway gives pleasing effect. On State street are the expansive bay and other windows.
 II. II. Nettleton finds a ready market for all the sawdust and machine shavings he can make at his wood working factory on Water street, such concerns as the De- Oxydized company buying largely as packing for the smaller articles they turn out. Mir Nettleton also disposes of large quantities of kindling wood.
 c. F. Petite, the hustling newsletter of 96 Fairfield avenue, has enlarged his Herald news stand by removing a cross counter at the rear.
 John Breen, who has been engineer of B. D. Pierce, Jr's, steam road roller and on, has again taken up his trade as print CT and is at work at Buckingham & Brewers, Q Wall street. Eddie Bennetto of Southport, formerly foreman of the Church Record office, is also employed there.
 r. W. Abbott, the West End job print CT, has moved from III Howard avenue to the middle store in l.. M. Brundage's block at 599 State street, corner of Clin- ton. The store he vacated is occupied by John T. Lewis, the plumber, who moved from l69 Howard.
 The Sun has moved again, this time to Hawes opera house block on Fairfield avenue, Newspaper Row of Bridgeport. w. II. May, the old Sun burst, now wrinkles with Star. Editorial office at II Hanover street; printed by Buck ingham & Brewer.
 William Beckwith is to move his West End fish market to l69 Howard avenue.
 The marriage of Horace E. Hill of the West End market to Miss Squires, ,daugh- ter of the Fairfield avenue mason, was announced for Thursday, 10th, at the res- idence of the brides parents.
 George H. Lee of West End has bought the stock in the grocery of A. W. Abbott and has offered part of the goods for sale. Mir Abbott Is working for MT Lee.
 The first annual festival of the Scandi- navian temperance society was given at the Swedish Baptist church, Saturday, 11th.
 Lodge 37, D. B. s., a Danish society, will hold ball in Hunters hall, Novem- Der C..
 Juan de Gonzalez, the barber at 597 State street, has added another journey man to his force of helpers.
 F. D. Watkin has left Bridgeport creditors in the lurch. He has been em- ployed by A. J. Rivers as sub-contractor and was in charge of the two houses at the corner of Railroad and Lee avenues, which Mir Rivers was building for B. F.. Squires. He had advanced considerable money to Watkin and will lose somewhat but not so heavily as Burns & Smith, the lumber dealers, who will lose the value of the lumber used; Watkin owes II carpenters about $150. He was building house at the corner of Lafayette and Allen streets, at the corner of Lee and Railroad avenues and two more in West End.
 E. w. Ensign, the West End druggist, is in Litchfield.
 The new street from Norman street to the Wordin property, parallel to State streetand Fairfield avenue, is nearly fin- ished.
 c. $. Abbott intends to open a real es- tate and rent office in connection with the job printing establishment of F. w. Abbott, 599 State streeet.
 Principal H. D. Simonds of the Pros pect street school has bought of Bradley Nichols & Sons lot on Norman street,