The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-03-27
BRIDGEPORT.


er upon which Mr. Yost has been at
will manage the factory.
Druggist Nelson will occupy one of
the stores in II. E. Plumb's new build
ing, corner of Bunnell street and STRAIT
ford avenue, now nearly done.
Radcliffe Hicks, who recently bought
the property opposite the Standard office,
corner of Fairfield avenue and Middle
street, is to spend $4,000 or so improv-
ing it. An iron front and plate glass
windows will be put in on Fairfield ave-
nue., with broad staircase leading to the
offices above. There will also be stores
with plate glass fronts on Middle street,
with a passway u feet wide between
them to a court in the rear, in which a
four-story brick factory about 40x6C
will be built. The new buildings are to
have steam heat and modern equipments.
A. w. Burritt has the contract for the
whole.
Swan e Bushnell have bought j. II.
Froman'S house on Caroline street and
sold him two lots at the corner of Park
and Putnam.
Timothy Daley, conductor on the
Housatonic road, is to build an eight
room cottage on Black Rock avenue, tC
cost $4,000. Nanstone & VanstOne have
the carpenter contract and O'Brien &
SCHNEIDER will do the mason work. Rec
ord.
A handsome portrait of A. B. Sumner,
painted some time ago by Calvin Curtis
of Stratford, has been presented to the
Fairfield county bar.
w. K. Colley, State secretary of the
Y. M. C. A, formerly general secretary
of q IN hnnn q
his home here with nervous prostration.
He left, Friday, for "A visit in Virginia.
High school hall was well filled, last
week Thursday night, when first annu-
al entertainment of the B. H. S. Orches-
ira was held.An entertaining program of
vocal and instrumental music, recitations,
a whistling solo. The program was we'll
rendered and about $50 cleared.
N. w. Farley, general agent of the
Connecticut industrial association, has
bought house and lot of +. f. Hall on
Hallett street, East Bridgeport.
Connecticut avenue, one of the widest
and pleasantest of the new streets in
East End, has been ordered put in good
condition for public travel by the board
of public works and will soon be ready
for use. The street is about a mile long,
running from the StratfOrd road to Vel
low mill bridge by a shorter route than
Stratford avenue. 1t is 60 feet wide and
straight and level as possible. 1t opens
up any quantity of desirable building
lots. These are in the hands of A. w.
Burritt and B. Nichols & Sons.
Plans have been drawn for a two-story
house on Fitch street, near Connecticut
avenue, which will be put up by John
Fryer. The lot was bought of \. w.
Burritt.
Chauncey Warren is to put up a two
family brick house on Bunnell street.
A new house is going up on Norman
street, between Fairfield avenue and Lau-
rel street.
William Jones of Thomaston has visit
ed in this city.
C. A. Warrington is re-modelng the
Hancock avenue house of Mrs William
Kelley.
Samuel Wheeler contemplates block
of stores and tenements on State street,
West End, next his present building.
C. A. Warrington has sold a lot on
Peace street, East End, to Melville G..
Goodwin of Black Rock also another on
the same street to Wheeler & Howes.
The Savage & Smith building compa-
ny is re-modellling the building at
~ Wall street, lately occupied as res
taurant, for VIII. Beardsley's news room.
Warner, Youngs & Smith are to put
up two-family house on Fremont street,
one of the newest West End streets; the
Savage & Smith building company has
the contract.
No work has been done at the new
post office building during the Winter
10, -
and the Savage & Smith building compa.
ny will soon put in the interior wood
work.
Estimates are being prepared for q
house which Hugh Sterling will put uI
on a lot on Buckingham street he recent
ly bought of Gable & Smith.
E. A. Godfrey of West End is travelling
all over Connecticut, New Jersey anc
Long Island in the interests of the Quin
nipiac fertilizer company, for which he
is general agent.
In the east window of Scully's art store
is large and beautifully engrOssed copy
of the resolutions of the common cOun
Gil on the death of the late William P
Beardsley. The whole is elegantly fran
ed and at the bottom are the signatures
of the mayor and the committee which
drew up the resolutions. The pen work
which is superb, was executed by w. f
Dennis.
The regular Spring meeting of the
teachers association of Fairfield county
will be held at the high school here
May l.
Mrs Aaron Deane of Warren street ha!
been quite sick.
Miss Helene futile of West End is al
Seymour.
A child of Richard Robinson has beer
sick with diphtheria and his sister-in-law
Miss Minnie Best, has also been attacked
by the same disease. Both are recover
ing.
Rev L. r. Streeter delivered his fare
we'll address in the First Methodist
church, Sunday evening.
Bunnelrs offers prime attractions fol
the coming week, beginning with Mr. and
Mrs Kendall and their London company
in ''The Queens Shilling, this week Fri
day evening. Comedy finds it's highest
charm in the elegance and refinement OF
the Kendals, both of whom are skilled
artists ably sustained. A new product
ion of 1.-The Private Secretary closes
the week and April opens with the Wash
ington marine band, Mr. Bunnell giving
a quarter of the gross receipts for the
Improvement of the roads in the town OF
Westport, where he resides. This is a
public spirited offer in which Mr. Bun
nell should be sustained.
Tenants on Lyon street, opposite the
station, are moving out, which is taken
as proof that the Consolidated road will
take the property for its new station
when its option expires, April |.
Rev l.. N. Booth threatens to dismiss
the surpliced choir at Trinity unless the
wealthy members of the parish, whom
he scored, Sunday, for not giving to its
support, raise $500. He warned the men,
bers of the church, the Farmer says, that
they must attend the O'clock service if