The Newtown bee., 1891-02-27
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
Mrs Van Etten of Milford, Penn, is
visiting her daughter, Miss Lila Van Ell
ten, who is spending the Winter with her
street.
A valuable pointer dog, duchess of
Naso," which had been entered at the
10Th annual bench show of the Westmin-
ster kennel club at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, by Miss Harriet Woos-
ter of Seymour, will be exhibited there
by Miss Ii. c. c. futile of West End.
Father Rogers is confined to his house
with rheumatism under the care of DIR
Janeway, the New York specialist.
Valentine B. Dewolfe, who wandered
off into Huntington and Monroe while
demented with an attack of spinal men,
nights, died, Sunday night, % years old,
at his fathers home at Old Mill Green.
The mechanical department of the Sum-
day Herald is soon to be moved from
Waterbury to Bridgeport.
Mrs Frank Fuller and infant daughter
of Fair Haven have visited her mother,
Mrs Jesse Rev of Black Rock avenue.
Jones & Hoffman are to build Walter
j. SINNERS 26x50 $500 house on Broad
street. S. w. Hubbell will build John
tackles $2l00 house on Iough avenue.
Rev Joseph Ii. James, secretary of the
State temperance society, gave an inter-
esting temperance address in the Presby
terrain church. Sunday morning.
Two new houses are building on Colo
RADIO avenue. West End, between State
street and Railroad avenue.
III. Ii. Nettleton is building a two-fam-
lily house at West End.
One of the most pleasing church build
ings in the city is that of the West End
Congregational church on Colorado ave-
nue., which, though not yet completed, is
so far enclosed as to give an idea of its
beauty. The general design of the main
building of the new church is of a wide,
rOomy structure, quite different from the
steep arches of the Gothic school; the
roofs are broad and sloping and the Ro-
manesque bell tower at the southeast cor
ner adds greatly to the beauty of the
whole.
The West End Methodist church ON
Colorado avenue has been formed into a
distinct society, an offshoot of the First
Methodist church, under the name of
Grace Methodist church. The pretty,
cottage-like church was built less than
year ago, but interest in the church and
its services has been so great and the fl
nancial outlook so encouraging that Il So
ciety has been formed under fattering
prospects and preacher will be asked at
the next general conference.
President of the Board of Trade
Charles r. Brothwell, with his wife and
youngest daughter, have returned from
visit to his son at Chester, Conn.
William r. Hinckley has returned from
his visit to Providence; he reports a
glorious good time.
Mrs NJ. E. Barnum, who has visited
her daughter, has returned to Winsted-
G.. w. Tator has contract to furnish
600 piles for Miller Il Strickland's new
dock and coal sheds on the Howe prop
erty, East Bridgeport.
w. II. Ferguson has taken the furni-
ture business of Ferguson & Peet on Fair
field avenue, George G. Peet having set
tied with his creditors at so per cent. cash
and 40 per cent in notes.
An addition is to be built at the old
Sharps' rifle factory, as Muer, Mayo IL
Hawley, selling agents for the 1ost writ
ing machines, are to remove their office
and shipping department here from New
York.
Mrs Melville E. Hall has gone to Flor
ida.
Owing to the long illness of Superin-
tendent Bruce of the Bridgeport chain
company, the machinery has not been
placed in the new factory and only the
engine and boilers are set and the shaft
ing hung. The machines in the old fac
tory, at the Holmes & Edwards silver
company's have not been moved because
to do so would stop all manufacture of
chains.
Sanford's hat factory shut down, Sat-
urday, indefinitely.
Property of the insolvent estate of
Frank r. Walker will be sold at auction
at the North Bridgeport paper mills, Sat
urday morning, by Trustee E. f. Hall.
The assets consist principally of $4,000
pounds of MANILA paper, with lime,
wood pulp, clay, etc.
When Barnum is given possession of
the First Baptist church building, April
l, the congregation will worship in a
frame tabernacle that will be put up on
the lot the church has bought at Wash
ington and West avenues. 1t will be
large enough to accommodate several
hundred people and will contain the pres
ent church furniture, which has been re-
tanned. The new lot is 1l0xl57 and on it
handsome church building will be plac-
ed, with sanctuary, Sunday school room,
church parlOrs, etc. The cost of this lot
was not far from $15, 200. The State
street site and building, ON which there
was a mortgage of about $2250, brought
$4,000. 1t is hoped that the new church
can be built for $50, 900, leaving the soci-
ETY. only few thousand dollars in debt.
: About $4,000 will be required to grade
the grounds.
Miss G. V. Keller has had many call
ers during her sickness and kind remem-
ORANGES from many friends.
Miller & Strickland have contracted
with Gould Bros. to build monstrous
coal shed, to cost 49, 900, 260 feet long,
100 broad and 40 high, on the east side
of Pequounock river at the foot of Howe
street. Miller & Strickland will move
from opposite the railroad station to
make room for the Consolidated's fine
new station building.
William B. Palmer of the engineering
firm of Hull & Palmer is spending a few
weeks with his father in Burlington, YER
mont.
William A. Garfield is driving delivery
wagon for Plumb & Winton.
b. FL. Hull has been in Great Barring
ton, as expert engineer in the case of the
fire district of Great Darlington, which
seeks to ascertain the value of the four
water companies which do not supply
the town of 1000 inhabitants with an
abundance of water.
Rosedale avenue is the name of the
new street opened through land owned
by Bradley Nichols & Sons on Park and
Harral avenues and Olive street. They
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