The Newtown bee., 1890-08-15

Additions are being made to the hot
houses of Florists Charles Pfomm & Son.
Seventy-one veterans of the Fifth reg
iment re-united at the Atlantic hotel, Fri
day.
A frauue addition is to be built at the
West End factory of the Bridgeport cop
per company.
Another brick building is to be put up
by the Spring Perch company on John
street.
Il. Il. Tomlinson of 1s7 Hancock ave-
nue. has invented and is manufacturing
an improved hose nozzle, by which eth
er fine spray or force stream can be
produced,
John Reilly, the East End grocer and
saloonist, is back from Ireland and was
given reception by friends at his STRAIT
| ford avenue home.
At the weekly band concerts of the
West End band, Wednesday evening,
good music is given and refreshments
have been served to defray expenses.
Dancing has also been carried ON. The
| band appears in its neat new uniforms
and Leader Blythe waves the baton with
more than accustomed grace and vim.
The lot which has been used for these
weekly concerts is now occupied by
band of patent medicine Indians and
new lot, also on State street, has been
secured.
j. d. Senior and family have moved
from Lesbia block, West End, to Alb
Park avenue.
A. E. Dixon, foreman for A. j. Rivers,
has begun housekeeping at the corner of
Iranistan and Wood avenues.
NJ. Pickett expects to spend some time
in Boston.
DIR C. NJ. Payne has located on Howard
avenue, opposite the hotel.
F. Boyer, the tailor, has moved from
1913 Howard avenue to State and Organ
street, where NJ. Flato first opened his
barber shop.
During A. Hilton's absence in Boston,
a trackman attends the Howard avenue
gates.
= Carpenters are at work at the Colorado
e avenue houses of c. S. Abbott. Besides
e the earth taken from these cellars, Mr.
&. Abbott is obtaining earth for grading
3 about these houses from the lot of the
r West End Congregational church.
, Horace Hill is conducting the West
End market formerly owned by Hill &
+ Wales.
The date of the moonlight excursion of
the young peoples society of the Presby-
terrain church is September l.
$ Niram B. Hawley of East End hopes
: to have his new house on Newfield ave-
nue. ready to occupy by October l and
says that he is almost living in a barn.
He will rent the upper part of his house,
occupying the lower floor himself. He
intends to build another two-tenement
house, to cost $4,000, in the same neigh
borhood.
A full force of men is employed by the
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine COM
pany and the immense works are run at
their full capacity, while new machinery
is being added in nearly every depart
ment. The principal feature, of course,
is the famous New No. 8, the acme of
sewing machines, over 200 perfect ma
chimes being turned out daily. Besides
these, for which Il market is readily
found, large quantities of the No. II, the
heavy machine for the use of manufac-
turers, are made. Improvements have
recently been made, at a cost of about
$1,000, to the old family sewing machine,
the No. and many of these are now
made. The field for the button hole ma
chimes made by this firm is necessarily
limited, but the demand continues good.
Edgar Dean, who recently bought a
building lot on North Main street, just
above Hawley's hill, of Mrs Julia A.
Stirn, has decided to build at once and
has signed contracts for $4,000 house,
to be built by William Warehouse of
East End. The cellar is already begun.
the lot on which Mr. Dean will build, has
? more property there and Lee Brothers,
s who bought large tract some time ago
and partly opened it, will, it is said, de-
vote more time to the sale of lots.
: Rev Mr. Murdock, for years at New
= Milford, now in New York State, deliv-
" cred two acceptable sermons in the Pres
d byterian church, Sunday. He has otter
l. officiated at the South church and is 8
d Congregational preacher of rare ability
2 Bradley Nichols & Son have sold one
j. of the few really good corner lots a
It West End, not yet built upon, that at the
o corner of Fairfield avenue and Norman
= street, to Mrs Swan B. Brewster. Tn,
J, lot is 70x200 and it is understood tina
r Mrs Brewster will soon put up hand
some and costly residence, in keeping
; with the location.
:, Contracts for the factory of the Bridge
: port chain company have been signed
1 work at the cellar and foundations begun
n and it is expected that the factory viii
be finished in about four months. The
h plans, which are from the Office of IL. A
; Lambert, Fairfield avenue, provide for &
: substantial and convenient building anc
n the architectural details will be fully
carried out by ii. M. Purdy, who has the
contract for the mason work and A. w
Burritt, by whom the carpenter worl
i will be done.
Another important real estate transfer
has taken place in East End, whereby
s Builder w. s. Hurlbutt, Crockery Dealer
John T. Sterling and Representative-At
= torney Edwin f. Hall of Stratford have