The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-08

increasing blu siness, have had Mat
work making extensive alteration
their store. When completed, thesu
add 1900 feet Of shelving.
W. S. Bullard, agent for the Star If
| ing Co., who has been confined toa
house for nearly a week, is slowly RET
ering.
A lady at the West End, who says I'll
no iceman shall cheat her by short weigh !,
has bought platform scales and has Il
iceman weigh each piece bought, mud
to his annoyance, but benefit to he
pocket. SO far, every piece has fallei
short of the weight.
The Indians selling medicines have rel
moved from the Main street lot to the lot
on State street, between Organ street
and Hancock avenue; they report large
sales.
President George C. Edwards of the
Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. is on trip
to Europe.
Born, July 80, son to George Fl. link,
Jr.
w. III. Beardsley, the jolly new sdealer,
started for the Adirondacks with rod
and gun, last Friday, and his partner.
Mr. Plumb, who is left to toll and swell
ter, looks for an early consignment of
venison and salmon trout.
l.. N. johnson of the Northwestern
university, Evanston, H., after spending
July with his father, County Commits
sioner j. w. johnson, is now attending
sniantifia of InIiann,,nI;,
A sneak thief raided the premises of
Editor Gould of the Farmer, at noon,
last Friday, carrying off the poor mans
trousers, his hired girls purse and ar
ticles of jewelry. A brute who would
steal from an editor does not realize how
many trials he has to keep him humble.
Nathaniel Wheeler has bought the
property of Alfred Hopkins at the north
end of Wheeler's building, which was
built for Mr. Hopkins and which has vir-
tually formed a part or the Wheeler
block. The property bought is occupied
by Mr. Hopkins and the Park City cloth
ing house.
A handsome worried sign has been
placed on the front of Burns, Silver a
Co.'S re-modeled factory.
There are about 20 active amateur pho
tographers in Bridgeport, of whom a
number are ladies and some creditable
work is turned out. This branch of art
is to be made a feature in the Indepen-
dent and will be edited by competent
member of the fraternity.
Receiver McMullens of New York is
in charge of the Yost writing machine
factory, at which little work is now 60
ing on i'll the way of repairing and ship
| ping machines. This is done by the doZ-
en- to 10 foremen who are in daily attend
| ance at the shop.
| Builder III. Ii. Nettleton returned from
his vacation trip when his month was
| was hardly half spent, on account of the
pressure of business.
A bakery will be something new for
West End, but Thomas X. orion is con-
fident that it will prove success and is
to build a brick building, one story high,
25X26, on Iranistan avenue.
Miss Christine Kline of New York has
visited here.
The Sunday school of the West End
| Congregational church had an attendance
of $50 in July, an average of 212.
Since the exclusive publication in the
BEE of the fiattering offers made to
| Brundage, Fletcher & Harrow to remove
their silk ribbon factory from Worden
avenue to East End and to New York
State, the firm has received overtures to
locate in East Bridgeport, where suit
able brick factory would be put up. The
| firm say that East Bridgeport possesses
more attractions for them than East End
but that they are still open to offers and
would be pleased to receive similar COM
munications from West End capitalists
| A. w. Abbott, the popular West End
grocer, is out with two handsome new
| delivery wagons, one from w. S. Abbott
of Black Rock road and the other by
| Fred Standish of State street.
| Builder Ii. ii. Nettleton is doing the
wood work on c. S. Abbott's new houses
| on Colorado avenue. .....
We. Wright, WIN has bren pnarnIa
eist at Curtis's West End drug store fol
some months, has bought the place.
| About $50 was cleared at the fair o.
the West End Congregational church
last week.
1 Rev Mr. Rogers preached in the Yves
End Congregational church, Sunday, Sd
Rev Mr. Prentiss is expected home il
time to officiate, next Sunday.
Thomas Lauridson, one of the Eas
End horse car drivers, has bought Ere,
Vernoy's bakery business.
Miss Josie Kupfer of 81 Elm street wa
: married to Edward Epstein of New York
J last week, though so i'll with fever tina
she could not leave her bed.
. Lewis W., three-months-old son 0
Carrie z. Sanger of East Bridgeport
died, last week.
The West End Congregational Sunda
school will picnic at Parlor Rock, late i
August.
During the absence of Mrs Lyon, Mr.
Elkins was organist at the West En-
Congregational church.
West End business men greatly appre
ciate the daily morning and afternoo
RI deliveries and collections by Adams eS
: Ipress teams.
For some little time, F. ii. Peckwell
architect of the Savage 81 Smith buildin
, company, has, with w. A. Smith. bee
at work on scheme to put a four-tene
ment house on a 4o-foot lot and yet
able to give each family separate er
; frances at front aad rear and priyat
idoor to the cellar. A four-tenemen
ii ouse can. by this plan, be built ON 4t
: foot lot, 34x61 feet, in which each famil
has separate entrances. There are. ii
Guiding pantry, six rooms in each ten
ement. Those on the first floor enter a
the front of the house, which presents
neat and attractive appearance. The eel
Il lar is reached by stairs on the inside an
there is a door at the rear. The entrance
for those on the second floor are at til
: side and spiral stairs lead both up
; the floor above and down TO the cellar
while stairs on the outside give entrane
at the rear. This plan may be altere
{ to apply to lots of other dimensions
Four such houses are now being built b
: the company, two for Mr. Smith and tw
for Messrs Smith and Cole, jointly on O
gan street, Clinton avenue, Lee avenu
and George street. The cost is abot
$500.