The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
\ Frederick j. Banks has succeeded ~.
L. Bartholomew as cashier Of the City
National bank.
Arthur S. Miller, employed by Downer
& Edwards, has been laid up with a
game knee, hurt while skating on
Moody's pond, Christmas day.
Married, New Years Eve, William
Wright, an employe at the Holmes y
Edwards works and Miss Edith May,
daughter of James II. Lewis of sc Broad
street.
Bridgeport harbor is to have a new
$l5, 900 breakwater 100 feet long from
''thertongue" to the inner beacon, with
$4,000 more spent in dredging the chan
mel between the horse car and Berkshire
bridges.
G. l.. Burgess of Worcester spends a
short vacation with his father, Henry
Burgess of Atlantic street.
/ VhiSS II. ~. l. VI " d1ASh INV
has recovered from severe illness.
Property in the western part of the city
and the eastern border of Fairfield is
rapidly increasing in value and will soon
be largely built up. A Bridgeporter who
owns tract of land thereyhas had offers
for parts or the whole of his property,
but says that the future of that region is
too promising to induce him to sell at
present, unless large prices are offered.
New officers of Elias Howe, Jr, Post
No. 3, G. A. r., elected short time ago,
were installed, last week Thursday
Past commander, I. l.. Bartholomew.
Senior vice commander, J. III. Smith.
Junior vice commander, William r. Palmer.
Chaplain Charles w. Rowe.
Officer of the day, Henry stephens.
Officer OF the guard Thomas Boudren.
Quartermaster, w. E. Disbrow.
Adjutant, A. S. Bodine.
Sergeant, DR. Geol ge L. Porter.
Board of relief, Thomas Boudren, James II.
Smith, Dwight r. Scripture.
Trustees, Patrick Wade, Jr, o. S. Jennings,
G.. E. Williams.
They were installed by Comrade Rog-
ers of Post No. s, Meriden, assisted by
several Meriden comrades and by others,
including Col Selah G. Brakeman of Bir-
mingham, and visiting comrades from
Boston and New York. After the install
lation, camp fire was lighted and
speeches were made. The fragrant Ha-
vanas of Il. l.. Bartholomew were enjoy
ed to the utmost.
Newsdealer l.. ID. Plumb is occupying
his handsome new house on Stratford
avenue and Pembroke street.
Il. L. Bartholomew, who has been en-
ployed in the City National bank for IS
years and cashier for 10 years, succeed
ing the late John F. Fayerweather, on
was presented by the bank directors with
an elegant gold watch, chain and charm.
The young men of the bank also pre-
sented Mr. Bartholomew with gold
headed cane.
The old Howe property has been OBJ
tanned by an extensive plush and velvet
manufacturing company, which will come
to Bridgeport from Saltaire, England.
The syndicate owning the works is pos
sessed of almost unlimited capital and is
composed of r. and j. w. Pearsons, j.
Baker and j. Taylor, all of Saltaire :;
Charles and G. ID. Stead of New York
They have, for some time, been consid-
ering the advisability of coming to Amer
100 nd no ctt in To-
sey and elsewhere. The plush works
will occupy the entire factory lately used
by the American graphophone company
and will, besides, have the dockage and
all property connected with it. 1t is ex-
pected that the plush works will be in
operation before Spring. This will be a
valuable addition to the manufacturing
industries of Bridgeport, for several hun
dreds will be employed and most of them
will come from England.
Col F. A. Mason is home again, in re-
newed health.
Miss Florence Jones has been seriously
sick.
Father Rogers, who has been sick for
months in England, is recovering and
hopes to be home soon.
1t is hoped that the new Y. NJ. C. A.
building may be entirely enclosed before
February /. Part of the roof is already
on and work is still being carried on.
About $4,000 more will be required to
finish the building.
James Thornton, the organ builder,
has sold a $4,000 pipe organ of his own
manufacture to the new Methodist church
iu Danbury. 1t contains 1900 pipes and
is of rare sweetness of tone, besides con-
tanning all improvements. Mr. Thornton
is now to build larger and finer organ,
containing $500 pipes.
The capital stock of the Bridgeport
spring company has been increased from
$40, 25O to $25, 200, the additional stock
being held By G. A. and G. F. Grannis,
Edwin Banks, III. G. Cogswell.
An Idaho Home Missionary.
Edward 4. Smith, formerly principal
of the Easton acadimy, is one of a Yale
band engaged in home missionary work
in the far West and he writes as follows
of fiis work: I am the farthest east of
all the band. Twenty-Five miles from
me is Mr. Baird at Pullman; about go
;lao ~ ic Mr. Hookor az IoIs,. X