The Newtown bee., 1890-07-18

ing, it is said, 50 per day. It Is to De hoped that the business may be resumed and carried on profitably, for, although the works had been in operation here only trifie over two years, they gave employment to about 100 men and were doing thriving business. The engine is still running, for the Standard card and paper company, which occupies the upper floor, obtains it's power from the Yost factory.
 Dan LOeser, the matchmaker who has been with J. l.. Nowey, the optician, at $50 Main street, is now with J. J. Dun lap, ieweler, 3S2 Main street.
 c. E. Spalding has moved from 39 Chapel street to Fairfield avenue.
 The house at F Chapel street is being rebuilt.
 In the window of Scully's State street art store has been exhibited specimen of W. E. Dennis's penmanship. It is a beautifully executed copy of the address of Maurice Donovan at the silver jubilee of Father John F. Rogers.
 In one house on Hanover street, No. Fl, are four generations of ladies, two of whom are widows, while the fourth is unmarried. The eldest, Mrs Ezra Kirk land, is 80 years old and enjoys remarka- ble health, being as hale and hearty as most ladies of half herage. Next is Mrs Amelia, widow of John Kirkland and next in order is Mrs Weeks. The fourth is her daughter, Miss Bessie Kirkland Weeks.
 Hull IS Palmer have been in Winsted, making further investigations into that city's water supply.
 Mrs Stephen Tomlinson has sold her handsome place on Golden hill, formerly occupied by John E. Pond, to Bridge port parties who will occupy it.
 Within 10 days, the fund for the Y. NJ. c. A. building has been increased nearly 5000, three subscriptions of $250 each having been received, besides various SuldicT dlHouuts' IHc Ndlis LII Iuc Uullti- ing have reached height sufficient to partly shut out the view from the com fortable office of Secretary Ferguson, but work has been delayed by the nOn-arriv- al of the iron columns needed in the brick work and also by the recent strike among brown stone cutters. Great piles of brick, iron and wood line the north side of Gilbert street, in front of the new building, from Main street to the present quarters of the association.
 Miss Millie Kelly died, last week, l3 years old.
 Next Sunday, the Wheeler and Wilson band will commence series of Sunday concerts at Seaside park. The music will be mostly of sacred character.
 Donald, an aeronaut of experience, will ascend from Seaside park, July A and drop from a height of several hundred feet by means of a parachute. Gertrude, six-months-old daughter of Julius s. Olsen of West End, died, last | WOCh3 Ol SHOiCih
 Foreman Byron of the forge works has returned from visit in England. Newsletter c. F. Petite of Fairfield avenue has returned from a brief visit in Boston. He has received fiattering of fer from the Bowdoin paper manufactur- ing company to take the foremanship o1 their huge factory at Brunswick, Maine whose business he thoroughly under stands; but so well does he like Bridge port thrt he has decided to decline tht offer and remain here. The Bowdoir company, which supplies the BEE and other publications in this vicinity witt excellent paper, has been shut down fol few weeks in order to build additions to the mill and make room for new boil CTS and an additional paper making ma chine.
 F. J. Pack, the Main street barber, wa called to Jersey City Heights, last week by the death of friend.
 Bishop McMahon will conduct the ser : vices at the laying of the corner ston of St Patrick's church, August }.
 Mrs M. O'Halloran has entertaine
 Mrs Thomas Ryan and daughter Matti ' of Henderson, Ky.
 Considerable interest has been man Tested in fine case of Victor H. Case, tn
 Bank street restauranteur who was r, gently refused license. He was arres : ed for selling without a license, bu
 through his attorney, Stiles Judson, J y claimed that he sold only in origin.
 packages. The court thought that tI l. box or case in which bottled liquor e were sold might be an original packag
 but that single bottle was not, as N 7 Case claimed. A fine of $I25 and cos 1, was consequently imposed, from whic s m appeal was taken.
 , ,. John M. Wheeler, who has recent moved into his new home at tl1e corn
 of Park avenue and State street, has SO