The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-11-14
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
John T. Harvey, who came here from
Danbury, last Spring, has just finished a
arge tenement house on William street
and has, with his daughter, moved into
part of it.
Hills Bros. say that the Post will put
in another new press about New Years
that will strike off about 200 papers a
minute.
John L. Harlem, the tailor, died on
Monday. He was a native of Bethel,
where be was buried on Thursday. His
widow, once Miss Mary Taylor of Beth
ell and daughter survive. Mr. Harlem
has made considerable money dealing in
Bridgeport real estate.
Young burglars entered the store of r.
w. Nash and carried off a quantity Of
cigars, etc., but the police captured them.
It seems that if anything is going on in
Bridgeport, no matter what, the West
End is sure to come in for its share.
Trinity church was again crowded to
its utmost capacity, last Sunday evening,
to hear the rector, Rev Louis N. Booth,
deliver his second sermon, 1.-THE Cloister
of Death,n which was ably delivered.
The public are taking deep interest in
these sermons.
The Parlor opera house on State street
is closed on account of the illness of
Charles Ell. Cole, but it is believed that he
is improving.
John FL. McNee, who filled in the large
tract of land for p. L. Carnum at Seaside
park, has received large contract at
Norfolk, Va, which will take five years
to complete. 1t was expected that he
would return to fill large tract in STRAIT
ford, next Winter.
Henry Botsford moves the old house
on Norman street, opposite Barnum's
Winter quarters, to StratfOrd.
B. Fish, secretary of the Barnum 81
| Bailey shows, has arrived home after an
absence of nearly seven months.
Charles F. Godfrey, son of Martin God
frey of Westport, who has been in the Of
flee of G. w. Halls carriage factory since
March, has accepted a position in the
| New York Office of the Quinnipiac fertil-
izer company.
Mrs D. b. Crockett of West End has
j been very ill for some days.
Major Thomas Boudren is building a
new house on Elmwood avenue; j. II
Burnes does the carpenter work. Major
Boudren will move in when the house il
finished.
!. Rev Thomas X. Noble of Norwalk
preached in the South Congregations
church, Sunday morning and evening
His evening text, Eight the good fight
lay hold on eternal life,' was wrought
into sermon of special interest to young
men.
| Miss Mary Hawley of Hartford is will
her aunt in this city.
4 Miss Filler, teacher Of physical culture
LII Cut mum yhhaoAuHhs Ano SA"oSS'
at the Seaside institute.
4 Doyle & Lorraine, who have been run
ming grocery at West End, have bough
the meat market of John Mcfarland
near by and will conduct both stores.
The massive brown stone archway a
the Main street entrance of the new Y
NJ. C. A. building has been put in plac
and the walls of the building have al
ready reached the second story.
A disputed bill of $500 has caused
Rhode Island firm to attach the De-Oxy
, died metal company of Railroad avenue
The company is perfectly sound.
Officer John Redgate has lost his 4
months-old daughter, Alice.
Architect Beers has staked out th
ground for the county home at Norwall
:. It will be built under his supervision an
! ground was to be broken, this week.
: The bridgeport ladies' charitable soc
k ETY. was organized in 1913 and has bee
+ constantly at work since alternating tn
Is sufferings of the unfortunate. The ut
0 annual report shows that $500 in cas-
r has been distributed during the past ycs
besides. garments, groceries, etc. Nea