The Newtown bee., 1890-07-04

Senator D. NJ. Read returned, last week, from a Canadian fishing trip and }. II. Bennett, the boot and shoe mer- , chant, from q trip as far west as the Rockies, where he picked flowers in the snow above the clouds
 The exterior of the Howard avenue ho- tel has been painted in bright colors and the interior is rapidly approaching com pletion.. The balconies over the entrance are finished and the entrance itself is nearly done. The art glass is in position in the upper part of the large windows on the first floor.
 Father John F. Rogers of St. Mary's church is to sail for Europe in few weeks. He will probably visit Rome and will be gone about three months.
 II. E. Drew of Stratford avenue has joined the ranks of canoeists.
 i''le Record is aul hor:ty for this state ment:
 
 large buildins to bts t,.,;te.,i the center ot the city, the owners name being withheld for tie present. I inc new structure will be a modern apartment iip,tse with six stores on the ground floor itlG 24 ilats.The building will be six stories high, six flats on q floor, the top story being occupie,l by Il tenement for the janitor, laundry anda steam drying rooms, kitchen and dihing rooms either for public use CT for the convenience Of the occupants of the building There will be servants lifts and stairways, rear driveway and three passenger elevators The entire building will be heated by steam. The exterior, while not elaborate, will be solid and substantial, with bay win dows above the stores. The cost will be in the neighborhood oi ss0,000.
 Not altogether as result of the Mills meetings, but rather as the outcome of a hearty desire on the part of the people for churches. has there been increased activity i'll religious circles of late. The corner stones of two new churches, the Swedish Methodist and the Berean, have recently been laid and work on the ma terial for St. Patrick's new Catholic Methodists expect soon to hold services in their new chapel and the West End Congregational church is in the hands of the workmcn. The new church will have the former structure as d rear ad- dition. Besides all these, the German Baptists have been raising about $6000 of the necessary $10,000 and have built a church on the corner of Kossuth and Burroughs street, East Bridgeport, which was dedicated, Sunday, with German services, while English services were held, Monday evening and the German Baptist association of the State convened there later in-the week.
 Already about S10,00O has been sub. scribed to the capital stock of the Ma sonic temple association, which is to put up d building in this city as home foI all local masonic bodies. A $30,000 site has been secured on Broad street, oppo site City hall and plans for an imposing building will at once be discussed Shares are $25 each.
 Lawyer J. c. Chamberlain is in Can ada.
 The new office of the hydraulic com pany, in the center of the block of three stores recently put up on John street by the public library, is far superior to the office occupied for so many years at p Union street. In the front or main office are desks and counters of natural oak. the latter surmounted by metal screens A passage is provided to the private of flee of Superintendent George Richard son. Still further back is room for the directors.
 Edward Lemry of Pine street was sur prised, last week, by friends who pre-. sented him with an easy chair and smok ing set and danced away .the happy hours.
 Fully $50,000 has already been raised for the Y. M. c. A. and it's new building but at least $50,0 more will be requir. ed. Personal solicitation will be resort. ed to and so worthy q cause should re- ceive generous response from all. When the building is completed, the associa. tion will own property valued at nearly $150,OO0.
 A brilliant afternoon tea and an equal ly brilliant evening reception were given by Mrs Andrew E. Nash, at her new home on Clinton avenue, last week.
 The pretty red chapel of the West End Methodists is being painted by Clark of East Bridgeport and will be ready for services in week or two. The society has been presented by friends with a handsome pulpit, a communion set and Bible.
 A pleasant surprise party was given George Howard of Lee avenue, last Fri day, by friends of the Congregational church and Sunday school, in which he is a popular worker.
 Michael Pickett, the West End painter, has returned from the West with fine three-year-old Ohio horse.
 H. II. Nettleton is to build couple of single tenement houses on Colorado ave- nue, between State street and Colorado avenne, for Charles s.. Abbott. They will contain ten rooms each and will be completed about the first of October. Mir Abbott will either sell or rent the houses and may occupy one himself.
 Ten dollars ton has been charged for ice, in quantities, or Soc per 100 pounds to families. It is understood, however, that the price will soon advance to SIP per ton, while families will be asked to pay $1 per 100. s.There's lots of ice, of