The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-29

be ordered as the business increases. We
are sorry to leave, for we like Bridgeport,
but it's the money we are after.'' Ka-
tonah, whittier the firm will remove, is a
village of about 1000 inhabitants, 40
miles from New York, on the Harlem
road. 1t has but one other manufactur-
ing interest, a lens factory.
MacFarlane's new block, at the corner
of Clinton and Railroad avenues, has
been painted in colors.
Frank Bateman is clerking for George
Fl. Lee, the West End grocer, in place of
Lewis G. Banks, whose labors were con-
cluded, Saturday night, 10th, f. w.
Nash filling the vacancy for several days.
Mr. Lee had for some time suspected that
Banks was taking money from the till
and on the delivery wagon and at last
brought out an officer, to whom Banks
finally confessed. He denied, however,
that he had taken the whole of the $125
which Mr. Lee had lost, although the
books showed a steady deficit. The mat
good the $125.
A trifie more than three years ago,
William j. Platt moved his printing Of
flee from Plattsville to Bridgeport and
occupied the room in the second story of
the building at Wall and Water streets.
+ used as printing office, at times, for
/ years upon years. Extensive additions
/ were made to his outfit and, by the adj
mission of his father, George S. Platt,
! the firm became w. j. Platt & Co. A
business satisfactory to the proprietors
has since been done and the BEE can tes-
tify of work satisfactory to their custo-
mers. For satisfactory reasons, Nh Platt
has decided to sell out and retire from
the business, which will hereafter be con-
Quoted by Buckingham & Brewer. Both
members of the firm are practical print
ers and received their typographical ed
ucation, which is of the best, in the
Standard office. F. S. Buckingham, the
senior member, is well known to many
equipped office ON East Main street. Du-
ane E.. Brewer, his partner, has made
himself useful in the Standard office for
% years and is considered one of the best
] printers in the city. With the consoli-
dated offices of Messrs Plat and Buck
ingham, all of whose material is of the
most modern make, the new firm will
have one of the best equipped offices in
the city.
The double house which John f. Por-
/ ter is to build on Warren street is from
plans by A. ii. Beers. 1t is to be 30x54
feet, slate rooted, containing bath rooms,
hot air, all modern improvements. Each
floor will contain six rooms, which will
be finished in whitewood. Ground is to
be broken soon and the building will cost
about $500.
Mrs Emeline, widow of the late Will
liam B. Dyer, died, Friday night, at the
age of 80. She was a life long resident
of the city and descendant of one of the
oldest families, being fifth in descent
from Sergeant Ephraim Wheeler, who
4 emigrated from England to Concord,
Mass, where, March ID, 1859, he was
made freeman. He came to Fairfield in
1914 and was large land owner and in
fuential citizen. Benjamin Wheeler,
Mrs Dyer's father, was also a large own
er of real estate and, in 1886, at the time
of the Incorporation of the city, was one
/. of the prominent citizens of the place.
Miss Wheeler, a favorite in society, was
married in 1929 to w. B. Dyer, native
of Windham and a graduate of West
/ Point, who established himself as drug
I gist. He has been dead nearly 25 years.
Mrs Dyer was lady Of rare attachments,
/. happy disposition and greatly interested
in church and charitable work. Though
many of her immediate family relatives
have passed away, she leaves many to
mourn her loss, including brother,
/ Charles b. Wheeler of Long HILL Her
! funeral was attended, Monday afternoon,
from her late residence at 2s7 State
street.
George Beers, wife and grandchild of
4 Brookfield have visited Mrs G. @. Keller
of North Main street.
j With the institution of the building
commission and the rapid increase of
building in the city has come an increase
4 in the number of architects in the city,
i for nearly all buildings are now made
i from architects plans. A few years ago
only three or four architects could be
i found in the city; but now there are at
i least a dozen, besides carpenters and
4 builders Or their foremen, who draw
] plans at every opportunity. The regu-
8 lar fee for drawing plans, = said an archi-
4 tect, lis per cent. and there isn't much
profit in that, when we consider that
dwelling houses form large proportion
: Of our work. \ GU see there is so much
detail about dwelling and the cost Is
SO small in comparison that 5 per
cent. is rather small. On large build