The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-06-19
NEwToWN, JUNE 10, 1891.
BRIDGEPORT.

airy of $ll00 year.
There was a brilliant wedding, last
week Thursday evening, at the North
church, Miss Ethel, DR. George l.. Por-
ter's only daughter, marrying Ezra d.
Dickerman of Leadville, nephew of the
president of the New York stock ex-
change. There were three ministers and
seven bridesmaids. Gov Buckley was
remembered in the 1000 invitations sent
out.
A. Ii. Taylor, whose wife is organist
of the Washington Park M. f. church,
celebrated the 18th anniversary of his
marriage, last week Thursday evening,
at his home on Hicks street. Mr. Taylor
is manager of the Treat e Shepard Co.
L. d. Alvord of the Swords Lumber
Co. has been quietly divorced from his
wife on a charge of her adultery with
James Cannon.
Stone &c Bronson have finished James
GIbert's house, Shelton and Noble streets
and are at work on a $500 four-family
house on Arctic street for Mrs Emma
Emmons, c. Ii. Bogart's $500 two-fami-
ly house on Fifth street, East End and
Charles II. Dimond's seven-room cottage
on Shelton street.
Page and Held will do the joiner work
on Mrs Delaney's $500 house, corner
Harral avenue and Center street; l. C
Peck that ON Peter Schread. Jr's, $500
two-family house on Ceder street, with
alterations on Mrs Fannie Hills house
1927 Noble avenue.
Jones & Hoffman, who have 10 houses
in the works, will build John Dailey's
two-family house on Grand street.
The S. NJ. Cate, Jr, transfer cOmpany's
contract for paving River street, Dan
bury, largest recently booked, is sutlic
lent to keep seven double teams and 8
dozen men busy nearly all Summer. MI
Cate himself spends most of his time in
Danbury, experimenting the job. The
street is to be broken up, graded and laid
with stone blocks after the manner of the
Belgian paving.
The band concert at Seaside park, Sat
urday evening, was listened to by an i'm
mense crowd. The Philharmonic band
rendered fine selections. The change in
the band stand is not enjoyed by the ma
iorty of the public, as it is not nearly as
pleasantly situated or as easy of access.
On account of the narrow drives, which
ought to be widened, people in carriages
have hard work to get near the music.
Still, like everything else, the public
must get accustomed to it, as they do not
control city affairs as yet
Mrs z. T. Barnum and Miss May Read,
daughter of Senator ID. M. Read, sailed
mum goes to visit her parents and to make
short visit at her old home.
The large bronze statue of the late p.
Il. Barnnm which is to be erected at Sea-
side park came up on the Rosedale, Thurs
day night of last week and was taken to
the Winter Quarters, where it will be
stored until the pedestal is ready. Sub
scriptions are now coming in fast and it
before the whole has been subscribed and
work commenced on it. 1t will not only
be an ornament to Seaside park, but will
draw thousands of people to the city.
The plank walk around the Y. NJ. c..
A. building on Main street was removed,
last week and the side walk is once more
in use. The exterior of the building is
rapidly approaching completion, and it is
hoped that the association may be able
occupy the new rooms by January l.
The balconies and bay windows ON Gil
bert and Main streets are of copper; but
one other building in Bridgeport has
them. The cost of the building will be
about 100000, of which between $50, 900
and 300, 900 is already raised.
About two-thrds of the new sea wall
at the park has been finished and the
work will be completed as soon as pos
sible. The stones for this wall are rough
boulders and are supplied by the S. NJ.
Cate, Jr, transfer company from Mr.
Gates farm out Fairfield way. The wall
is eight to nine feet high, six feet wide
at the bottom and three at the top, rip
raped on the outside.
Contracts for building large addition
to the East End works of the Holmes &
Edwards silver company have been
awarded and work begun. The mason
work will be done by II. M. Purdy. The
S. M. Cate, Jr, transfer company has a
number of teams at work excavating for
the foundations and will have to move
about 1000 yards of earth.
James Village, former resident of
10 Warren street, died at South Nor
walk, last week. He was young man
of scarcely more than 20 and his death
was caused by Inflammation of the bow
els, brought on by partaking too freely
of ice cream and ice water while heated.
His parents have the sympathy of friends
as other children have died within few
years.
w. S. Hurlburt, the builder, has sold
lot on Wilmot avenue to John Malm.
Marion street at the North End is to be
laid out by Bradley Nichols & Sons.
Marion street is just south of Hawley
avenue, opposite the homestead of Arson
Hawley.
Rev Mr. Walker of the Berean chapel.
who goes to Chicago, preached his fare
well sermon, Sunday.
A freight elevator fell 40 feet at Coul-
&c.. a. F~Ly c.
verely injuring John Moore and three