The Newtown bee., 1891-07-31

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George Banks, clerk at Howlands
shoe store, has been in the Adirondaeks.
John B. Clark is to build a $3400 four
family house, James and Grand streets,
for John Mckeon.
Like St. Patrick's church, only the
basement Of the new Hungarian Roman
Catholic church, Brooks and Jane streets,
will be built at present, a temporary roof
being placed over it so that it can be
used. Tt is 51x104 feet and will be built
of pallet brick trimmed with brown stone.
Rev DIR Ray Palmer delivered the ad-
dress at the unwilling of the memorial
tablet to Rev John Robinson, leader of
the Pilgrims, at Leyden, Holland, last
Friday.
id. Senior and wife drove to New
Milford, last week.
Bridgeport is i'll the throes of a hot
fight over the extension of Broad street
from its present terminus at Elm street
north to Washington avenue. The old
fight of the Housatonic and Consolidated
railroads is dragged into it, Col Steven
son favoring it and Nathaniel Wheeler,
who holds Consolidated stock and Good
win Stoddard, the Consolidated attorney,
opposing it and proposing instead that
the Housatonic's tracks be taken out of
Housatonic avenue, doing away with the
dangerous grade crossing at Congress
street. The petitioners for the extern
sion represent So 900, 900 in taxable prop
erty, an eighth of the city's grand list
and they propose to bridge Golden Hill
street, the total cost not exceeding $19,-
900. The opponents of the measure es-
innate the cost at $G7 1884, with too steep
a grade, seven feet in 100, too steep for
practical purposes. The land damages
are also rated high, one $4,000 building
being destroyed and the Lyon estate be-
ing damaged to the tune of $4,000. An
other charge of the opposition is that it
is merely scheme to provide another
route for horse car line. 1t is a very
pretty fight with wide reaching compli-
cations.
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merchant thrown from his carriage in
Fairfield, some weeks ago, died, Satur-
day, 60 years old. He leaves a widow
and two daughters, Mrs Mary B. Alvord
and Mrs John B. Bowen. The Farmer
estimates his property at half million,
made by dealing in lumber. Funeral,
Tuesday afternoon.
Hall & Smith, the Housatonic avenue
carriage makers, have made an assign
ment.
Mrs Emily G.. Wheeler, who died at
Washington, d. c., about so, was brought
here for burial, last Friday.
In the city directory for 1891, just is
sued by Price, Lee & Co. of New Haven,
the veteran directory publishers, there
are but 10 John Smiths, while of John
and an initial there are and of Jona-
than l. In the German or other forms Of
the name, there are but Johns, netting
a total of but ~ John Smiths. There are
81 who acknowledge the name of William
Smith, and 2 Wilson Smiths. Most of
the Williams own a middle initial; there
are William E. and William HIS.
Charles Smiths found % times. In the
directory are 104 Smiths, Is Sehmidts, l
Smit, s Schmitts, 2 Schmitzs, l Smithly,
1 Smyth, a total of 1872 names, resresent-
ing about 500 people. The Smiths form
per cent. of the entire population of the
city.
w. Il. Hoyt has visited his father, Rev
j. 2. Hoyt at Cheshire.
Michael Ii. Ford was married to Miss
Margaret A. Martin at st. Patrick's
church, Hartford, Friday. They will re-
side in this city.
w. A. Wilson of 129 Colorado avenue
is agent for Stephen Hoyt's Sons, for
Bridgeport, Stratford, Fairfield, Easton
and Trumbull.
Attorney e. S. Sumner has left for a
vacation trip to Camp Magou.
Children spend many minutes in front
of the Main street show windows of w.
B. Hall 81 Co., gazing with pleasure on
the wax dolls displayed. In one is a rep
resentation of a ball game, in the other
tennis playing, fishing, bathing and
d camping out of society people on vaca-
ton.
A house has been built for John A.
Birge & Co. ON Marion street, North
End. Many applications for renting it
have been received, but it is for sale.
Presbyterian church picnic at Parlor
Rock, Thursday, August 6.
The family of 4. p. Billiard are Sum
mering at Camp Comfort, near Port JET
ferson, l.. !.
Rev Fl. A. Davenport of the Presbyter-
ian church gave an account, last Sunday,
Goth, of the great international Y. T. S.
G. E. convention at Minneapolis. Mr.
Davenport will take his vacation in Au-
gust and Rev DIR Hovey will preach on
the first Sunday, with other preachers on
succeeding Sundays.
Mrs I'll. A. Davenport and Miss May
are spending week at Cambridge, Mass.
A number Of other Bridgeport ladies are
at Jne center OF Culture.
Misses Lille Nissan, her mother and
Miss Kate Nissan Of Brooklyn are at the
White Mountains.
James 4. Gould, formerly of the Farm
er, is at Swampscott, Mass.
Mrs P. t. Barnum expects to sail for
home, August 10.
The plans of Architect Briggs for Oil
vets $50, 900 church have been accepted
and work begun on the foundations.