The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
BRIDGEPORT.

A brilliant society wedding at the south church, last week Thursday even ing at G 30, when Miss Emma, daughter of Dea Edward Sterling, became Mrs Robert Carter.
 Lawyer r. Kane has bought the block at 20 Cannon street and will remodel it.
 George French is building house, 26x47, on Hough avenue for Frank |. Hitchcock of the New York butter house.
 E. II. Bassett is building a house, 20x20, on Shelton street; George Schind- Ter does the mason work.
 Stone & Bronson are finishing a house on shelton street, 30x34, for Mir Colby.
 The business done by Eaton, Cole & Burnham in the past year has largely ex- ceeded in volume that done in any previ- ous year.
 Thomas Smith has built himself a home, corner of Joseph and Shelton streets and F. D. Morehouse, the bottler, has bought a lot on the opposite corner on which he is to build.
 Jones & Hoffman have seven houses of the Armstrong block, corner Barnum avenue and William street, in the mason's hands. They are building cottage on Hamilton street, 25x37, for Mail Carrier McElroy; a four-tenement block and two double houses for Greenwood & Arnold near the corner of Coleman and Olive | streets. They are remodeling d house for Mir Taylor, corner of Barnum avenue and Harriett street, adding bay window and verandah. This enterprising young firm of builders has recently placed one of Rogers latest improved band saws in their shop on Shelton street. MT Jones is living near by in an elegant house built for Charles Russell. Mir Russell, who occupies the upper part of the house is about to go to Illinois to be absent for some time putting machinery into a shop | for the manufacture of tacks, nuts and screws.
 Kennan's Y. M. c. A. lecture in Hawe's opera house on convict life in an East Siberian mine, this week Friday evening, 24th.
 Clarence Edward, son of Edward and Caroline Reynolds and grandson of w. G. Kimberly of 2S6 East Main street, died at 205 Gregory street, August 27, from the effects of whooping cough. The lit tie baby boy burst a blood vessel in the paroxysms of coughing.
 W. H. Green has painted the siX-room 1 house on Bunnell street built by Chester Marsh, a carpenter employed by the Con- soidated road; also q house on Old Mill hill for William Price, a house on New field avenue for William Lord, Dew & Parrott's store on Seaview avenue and three houses, smoky white, for Jacob | Bosnian on Central avenue.
 King & Jackson are maSonS and Will liam Warehouse does the carpenter work on the new house, 46x26, building near the corner of Ann and Pembroke streets. The same builders are also putting up a fine residence, 32x37, for Edgar Dean on North Main street, with slate roof, bath room, furnace and fine interior finish. King X Jackson, with $. w. IIubbell for the wood work, are building seven-room cottage on Grand street, where Mir NIGEL roy of Griffin & McElroy foots the bill. King & Jackson, with the builders, Marsh Brothers, are also building an eight-room cottage, 4lx25, on Iranistan avenue for c. w. Clark. King X Jackson likewise have the masonry to build for house at Patchogue, l.. l. They have recently done the mason work on N. B. Hawley's new l0-room house, 25x37, Newfield ave nue and Washington street and that on the nine-room house, 32X32, that Michael Rahrig has built on Jane street.
 Miss Fannie Cancey and John H. Kane will be married at St. Augustine church, 30th.
 Fred J. Banks has received permit from the building commissioners to build a brick and frame barn on North avenue.
 Joseph Sanger is to build house on William street, Thomas Shanley another nn Horral aynnua Ipatar Rinp ono on Sow mour street and NJ. Heating one on Penn broke street.
 NJ. II. Rogers, who had large amount of paper stock destroyed by the fire of last week Thursday, had no insurance and says that he is almost positive the fire was of incendiary origin.
 The railroad commissioners postponed the hearing in regard to the abolition of the North avenue crossing on the Housa- tonic railroad to Friday, November 7, 10 30 a m.
 The Bridgeport choral society has is- sued a manifesto for it's fourth season, 1S90-91, speaking of the good work done and asking the hearty cooperation of all in the advancement of it's work for the future. It is necessary that all appli- cants for membership should he possess ed of fair voice and some ability for reading music and singing in tune. The yearly dues, besides which there are no charges, are $2 for ladies and s for gen. tlemen, while the payment of s gives associate membership, entitling to at tendance at rehearsals and two tickets | for every concert given by the society during the Winter. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at the North church chapel, the first being held, this week Tuesday. Dr I. DeVer Warner is prin- cipal: Principal J. D. Bartley, vice pres ident; A.J. Wilkins, secretary and treas urer; $. $. Sanford, musical director.
 Last year, when H. H. Ragan made his 1 first appearance in Bridgeport and gave n serIes of illustrated lectures in Hawes' opera house, there was curiosity to see and hear him. The opera house was crowded and all who heard Mir Ragan were greatly pleased with the lectures and his manner of delivering them, as we'll as with the superb illustrations. Mir Ragan is to appear in Bridgeport again this season, and will deliver course of five illustrated lectures at the South Con- gregational church with the following dates and subjects: "Monday, October P, "Glimpses of Scotland;'' Tuesday, November Il, IA trip to Alaska;'' Tues uay NOfSHluSI Sos II lCtuEtSHut ITe- land;" Monday, January l2, .In Mexico with camera;"s Tuesday, January 20, "Ramblings in Rome," or 1.-The Yose- mite and the Yellowstone,'' this to be de- cided by vote of those attending the previous lecture. Course tickets, includ- ing the same seat for the five lectures, are S2 50 and $2, single reserved seat at either lecture, soc. The sale of reserved seats began at Hayes & Betts, Wednes- day. The lectures will begin at and carriages may be ordered at 30.