The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-05-23
FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1890.
BRIDGEPORT

street, by Nate Bennett. Patrick Gar
vey has the mason work.
number of changes were made about
the depot, Sunday, more connections be
ing made and curves Strengthened. A
fence Is to be put up, below the elevator
between the property of the CONSOLIDATED
and Housatonic roads.
DIR Robert A. Turpin, promising
young physician, died at Maplewoot
avenue, Sunday morning. He had 70
years suffered with complication o
diseases. He was 30 years old and WA
buried, Tuesday.
The Atlantic house, success under
Peter Poland, is to be run by Harra
brothers, who had charge of the George
hotel, last year.
Vanstone Il Eanstone will do the car.
penter work for Fred Suiler & Sons new
buildings on Summer street and G. f.
Warner the mason work.
Bowling & Botomley will do the ma
son work and John Dalton the wood
work for Michael O'Kane's six-tenement
u house on Lafayette street.
One OF the most brilliant of Bridge
ports musical events was the concert at
Halves, last week, by pupils of Walter
j. Hall, assisted by Adolph Hartdegen
and Purden Robinson.
Miss Jessie Augusta, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs Il. L. Bullard, was married to
Harry b. Clarke of Belleville, n. j., last
week, ut the residence of her parents on
Park avenue, Rev III. A. Davenport of
the Presbyterian church performing the
pany. Mr. and Mrs Clarke will reside at
WOodside, Newark, Nj.
Druggist Ensign of West End has in
vented "A new safety bicycle stand, which
Is being manufactured ut the Yost writ
ing machine factory and will be placed
on the market about June |.
+. w. Mitchell, whose home is in South
Britain, has been promoted from the sig.
nal tower in East Bridgeport to be con.
NNNhNA va 1iAN , Now L 9TH
and Boston express,
The runaway horse of Frank Wells
the oil peddler, struck an ice cart near
the depot, last Friday morning and had
to be shot.
DIR II. M. Dickinson and DIR Z. W.
Hartman have gone into partnership.
The county commissioners are to be
commended for discriminating in grant
ing liquor licenses. IL would naturally
suggest itself to any thoughtful mind
that those who have ilagrantly violated
the law will do so again, if they can.
Miss Jennie +. Haight will sail for
Europe about June l, expecting to be
gone several months.
The Taylor factory at Warmers is to
start again and large orders for the ''im-
provers," alias 'dignifiers," otherwise
known as bustles are said to have been
received.
Nearly all the workmen for the SPRING
field emory wheel company's works at
West End have arrived and there has
been lively demand for tenements.
Alderman Bostwick has commenced
the work, outlined to the BEE some time
ago, of opening and extending West End
streets to bring more property into the
market for building purposes. He has
begun on Worden avenue.
Lafayette Williams is to occupy the
building he is putting up on Stratford
avenue as u restaurant.
Mrs NJ. A., widow of the late DIR Gus
tav Ohnesorg, one of the best known and
liked of Bridgeport physicians, died,
Thursday, 18th.
A permit has been granted the West
End Congregational society for frame
church and subscriptions show such en-
couraging totals that work will probably
be commenced shortly.
At the revival services, the other even
ing, Rev Mr. Mills asked those who were
on the Lords side to rise and give their
reason. After many excellent reasons
had been advanced, he called on those
not on that side. Only one man arose
and he said slowly, with a peculiar en-
phasis on the last word, "Tm not on the
Lords side, because I'm fool!"
Rev Beverley L. Warner expects to
conduct services at Christ church, June
3.
Daniel Meeker and wife spent Sunday
with his brother at Greenfield Hill.
The Bridgeport horse railroad lost
valuable horse, Sunday. 1t caught its
foot In one of the new switches, breaking
It's leg.
A boy named Cassidy fell from the
dock OF the Wheel and Wood Bending
Co. on Cedar creek and, before help could
be obtained, was drowned.
william III. Sherwood has bought of
Gould Brothers the large double house,
l52 and 154 Howard avenue. Mr. Sher-
wood now owns $4,000 worth OF prop
erty located on what was once part OF
the Dea Sherwood farm at West End.
Aida Hayes, for many years a resident
Of this city, who has been III for nearly
two years, was taken to the hospital in
New York, last week, TO undergo diff
cult surgical operation. She died on
Sunday. She was wife of j. w. Range
Of Springfield.
J. l.. Harlem is still confined TO the
house with cancer.