The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-11-13
BRIDGEPORT.


Charles Whitney, who has been steal
ing lumber to put up houses with, went
to Jail in default of ss2100 bonds.
With the help of Alderman Ward and
Mayor Marigold's deciding vote, the Re-
publicans got the aldermen to decide,
last week, that James Hurley did try to
bride Tom Wood.
Mayor Marigold took the field in per-
son, last week, with police contingent
and surprised 20 young men at keno in
Andrew Farrell's Wall street gambling
house. The fines imposed footed up 1915.
The Housatonic road is preparing to
build brick freight house 900 feet long,
north of South avenue. The general
freight office will be located in it.
Alfred G. Hobbs, until two years ago
superintendent of the Union Metallic
Cartridge Co., died, Friday, 70 years old
leaving a widow; a son, Alfred j., who
succeeds him at the cartridge shop and
daughter, Mrs Frank Kinsly. Funeral
ON Monday at his home, 116 Stratford
avenue. Mr. Hobbs was a Boston boy
and knew more about locks, especially
safe locks, than any man living.
M. E. Bunten, news dealer and con-
fectioner, has moved to 1913 1-2 Main
street.
1t is now the Bridgeport athletic asso-
citation, with rushing Henry A. Bishop
as president, membership of 118 and a
governing committee of Is such men as
Editor Floyd Tucker of the Farmer, ex-
Mayor P. Coughlin, Fl. E. Bowser, W..
E. Burnham, Zalmon Goodsell, w. B..
Middlebrook.
One of the worst gambling joints in the
city, roulette resort ON Fairfield ave-
nue., was raided, last Friday night, and
four men and the gambling outfit were
seized. Most of the gamblers slid out
the rear windows while the colored SEN
tinel was parleying with the officers.
DIR |. DeVer Warner is president of a
football team which practices, Satur-
days, on lot at Old Mill green.
The water company has bought lot
200x75 on Water street, now occupied by
carpenter shop, ON which to build fine
barn.
The widow of j. L. Harlem is to wed
, Henry c. Tuttle ON the 18th.
A casting pot of the Farmers new
printing outfit set the building on fire,
, Saturday, but half hours work smoth-
cred it. The superintendent office at
Park cemetery was burned, last Friday
; evening.
The remains of the late A. c. Hobbs
: were cremated at Fresh Pond, l.. L.
= Alonzo Hoadley, veteran of the late
: war and popular engineer of this city
is on two-weeks' vacation near MARI
= borough, Conn.,, hunting. Uncle Lon i:
crack shot.
John Willis, Sr, has sold several acres
of land on North Main street to Clarence
Swan, the popular seed merchant.
Richard Williams has covered his home
at Forestview and has built a neat barn
c. w. Tator has cellar completed on
land recently bought from j. Scanlon on
North Main street.
The Sunday school institute to be held
{ in the South Congregational church,
Bridgeport, Tuesday, 18th, promises to
, be meeting of unusual interest to Sun
day school workers. The program is
full of rich things. Prof Ell. M. Hamill,
. who has charge of normal Sunday school
work in Illinois and is an experienced and
enthusiastic workers. to conduct normal
classes in the afternoon and make an ad-
!, dress in the evening. Mrs j. S. Ostrand-
er of Brooklyn, who has had large ex-
perience in primary work and who has
charge of the Brooklyn primary union,
meeting 100 teachers each week, will
speak on primary work in the afternoon.
There will be discussion of the teach
er's preparation, duties and helps by
leading pastors and a consideration of
temperance work in Sunday schools I'M
der leadership of Rev J. Ell. James, secre-
tary of the Connecticut Temperance Un-
ion. Prof Clark S. Beardslee of Hart
ford theological institute will give an ad-
dress in the evening on ''Means and Ends
in Sunday School Work.
Every one knows the New England
Tea Co. has the largest store and largest
assortment of presents in the city. They
have just got new catalogue, l6 pages,
illustrated, offering premiums to boys
and girls. See ad.
Mrs William Burr Smith of New York
is building a $4,000 mausoleum of
pink marble at Mountain Grove.
S. Ell. Baldwin, says the Record, will
build j. M. Orford's house ON John
street. Architect j. w. Northrop's
plans have been accepted for the new
Baptist church on Washington avenue.
Jones e Hoffman are at work on their
three houses, Pembroke and Stillman
streets, for James Spargo, one on Or
chard street, another on Union avenue.
w. F. Randall will build $4,000 houses at
Beardsley street, East End, for George
0. Lines of the horse railroad and f. w.
Marsh. Mr. Randall is building three ON
Carroll avenue for Ell. Fl. Scribner and j.
I. Sterling.
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