The Newtown bee., 1890-07-25

H.. A sewer has been laid through Rail-
road avenue, near the Malleabe iron
works.
| Danbury's burglars were brought from
Carmel to this city, last week, having
pleaded guilty when arraigned before
Judge Hough of the Danbury city court.
| The funeral of Christopher a. Mooney
lfwas attended by throngs of friends, FRI
day, one of the largest funeral corteges
ever seen in the city following the body
to its last resting place in st. Michaels
cemetery, where Il handsome under
ground vault had been prepared. A SOL
emn high mass was celebrated at st. Au-
gustines church, Father Cremin acting
as celebrant.
| Proposals for the Summerfeld school
| building at East End are advertised for.
| Mrs Joseph II. Lutz, with her two
children Bessie and Willie, have gone
''down to Maine to spend the Summer.
They will be absent about two months,
stopping at West Baldwin, right among
the pine-clad hills, and only an hours
ride from the White Mountains. The
wife and daughter OF j. A. Burr, the
Main street baker, accompany them.
Born, 10Th, son to Jeweler john Ii.
Reid.
Charles s. Abbott of III Howard ave-
nue., who is director of IL u. 5. pension
Iageney, is veteran of the 10th c. V. and
is a member of Elias Howe. Jr, post, No.
i3, G. A. R., OF Bridgeport.
Most of the local dealers in candy OBJ
tain their supplies from Douglass of New
Haven and it is estimated that from 10 to
20 tons are delivered in this city each
month.
The scarcity of seats at Seaside park
on concert night is SO great as to induce
some people, who do not care to stand or
walk about during the hour or more that
the band plays, to carry camp chairs.
i Brundage, Fletcher & Harrow of the
Bridgeport silk ribbon factory are rum
lining with full force and are turning out
i about $1,000 worth of finished silk ribbon
per week. Three looms are running con-
stantly The silk, as received in skeins,
is wound upon reels and spools and at
i last prepared on spools of different sizes
for the warp and woof of the ribbon.
The warp is arranged in strands of five
! threads each, three being required for
each length of ribbon, one for the ground
work, another for the satin stripe near
the edge and another for the edging
Iproper. The warp is placed on the back
of the looms and carried down, around
i glass cylinders and through various wire
frames, until, separated into two parts
which alternately rise and fall as the
loom moves forward, they are brought to
the front, where the shuttles ply back
land forth, weaving about yard of rib
bon of any width in an hour. OF the
three looms. one has II shuttles, another
26 and the third 40. After being taken
from the looms, where it is wound upon
a large reel, the ribbon is sent up stairs,
q starched and ironed and then blocked or
wound upon a wooden cylinder with
strips Of cardboard. The ribbon is ship
ped weekly to commission merchants in
New York, who find a ready sale for all
that the firm can make. just now, there
is an especial demand for white, black
and cream colored ribbon and this is be-
ing made almost exclusively. The firm,
although in existence only few months
is meeting with gratifying success. Its
: the only factory in the city to close at
I 2 As p m, Saturday. making full time
) the rest of the week.
At various stages in the construction
of the Howard avenue hotel, which A. J
Rivers has been building on Howard ave
nue., West End, BEE reporters have beer
J permitted to inspect the work and tn.
hotel has been several times described
: as far as completed. The hotel, which
is situated on the west side of the street
just below State, is an imposing building
: and attracts much attention, the triangu
a lar carved sign which has just been plac
+ ed in position on the gable on the from
e adding to the effect. The Howard ave
Z nue. hotel appears in raised and glide,
letters. Below the sign are balconies TO
: the third and second floors and the gran,
! entrance, fanked on either side by grea
: plate glass windows and art glass above
i The hall contains the broad and cas-
81 staircase, with steps and rails. like othe
parts Of the interior Of the hotel, Of fin
ished North Carolina pine. Atthe RICH
is the office, lavatory and smoking rool
q and it the left the handsome ladies pa
!. lor. Further on, the entrance hall lead
4 into the dining hall, wide, spaciou
IS room, some 22x40 feet, which will b
Z provided with 4 number Of small table
|. for transient customers, as well as regl
e lar patrons. A 10x2o one-story addifio
ii has been built vt the rear for the kitci
en-, Above, the hotel contains 20 wc