The Newtown bee., 1891-04-10

In the office and wareroOms of c.. j.
Hughes of the Stratford granite and mar
bic works, opposite the station, are three
of the handsomest monuments seen in
Bridgeport in many day. Each is d.
rect importation from Scotland, received
at the Bridgeport custom house and the
first of the kind ever brought here. The
first is of Kincore granite, turned and
worked in Scotland. Another is from a
new Scotch quarry. 1t is of remarkably
dark, handsome granite, the first of its
kind in the State, probably. These two
are not sold; the third, Swedish stone,
is to go to Milford. 1t was mined in
Sweden, worked and polished in Scot
land and brought here under the imme-
diate transportation act. The granite is
OF peculiar shading, striking and attract
i've. Two or three more stones are on
the sea and are expected soon. Several
other monuments, all of latest designs,
from Vermont quarries, have just been
received. With his usual enterprise. Mr.
Hughes has distanced competitors in Sc
curing these monuments. Among work
on hand or recently set is granite mon
ument for the estate of Jesse Bradley,
Willow Brook, Westport; sarcophagus
monument of Barre granite for the Dun
bar family, Stratford; rock faced gran
lite monument for Evergreen cemetery,
New Haven; Quincy sarcophagus for the
Keller family, New Canaan; Scotch
granite for the Fletcher family, Noun
tain Grove; fine Chester granite sar-
cophagus for Rev E. L. Whitcome OF
Brookfield, North Haven; Quincy gran
tie for Crofut family, Roxbury massive
Mantle granite monument, weighing
over 20 tons, for family of Joseph A.
Banks, Mountain Groves cottage monu-
ment of Mantle granite, new and unique
design, for Alonzo Sherman, Long Hill
sarcophagus of Mantle granite for Smith
family, Milford; Quincy granite for par
ents of Col Richard Fitzgibbons, St.
Michael's cemetery; sarcophagus of Nj
antic granite for the family of F. H.
Belts of Hayes & Belts, Pembroke GEM
etery; sarcophagus of Concord granite
for Capt Augustine Harlow, Mountain
Grove; cottage monument of Mantle
granite for the family of Business Mana
ger w. III. Parrot of the Standard; a
monument at Easton has been Iettered
for the family of Floyd IT. Tucker of the
Farmer.
Frank Miller of Miller &c Strickland
has bought the LeGrand Sterling home
stead on Main street, between Congress
and Chapel streets.
Among improvements at Eckart Bros
brewery is new steam pump with a
record of $500 gallons per hour; it is OF
the latest pattern and made by the Barr
Engine Pumping Co., Philadelphia.
Miss Susan, daughter of Frederick B
Hawley, is to be married to Charles d.
Davis at the South church, Tuesday
18th, p M.
Collector George B. Edmonds reports
$2O,350 receipts from imports or March
This is far ahead of any month yet and
is largely owing to costly machinery
from England for the new East Bridge.
port plush factory.
Miss Jennie Tolles of East End has Wis
tied her cousin, Miss Lizzie Tolles OF
South Norwalk.
The Consolidated road will soon lay a
spur track at East End, leaving the main
line near the stables of the East End
horse railroad and running down past the
new factory of the vitrified pipe com
pany (the old tide mill) and extending as
far as the East End ship yard. The spur
will be mile or SO in length and the
company is to lay ties and steel, the road
bed being graded by private enterprise