The Newtown bee., 1892-05-06

Old Testament subjects, The Crossing of the Jordan, was interestingly described by the pastor, with practical suggestion applicable to every day life. After the successful crossing of,the Jordan, Joshua commands that stone for each tribe be taken from the bed of the river where the priests stood and erected in Gilgal for memorial, forever attesting Gods wonderful leadership, and ability to provide for His own. Just so,in all ages, monuments have been erected to com memorate deeds of valor, of heroism. So we, as individuals, erect in imagination monuments to memorabilia our successes over evil. Next Sunday evening, May s, olthe second subject in the series will be the seige of Jericho. Monday evening, May ?, the first quarterly conference of the year was held, Rev Dr Clark presid- ing in the absence of Presiding Elder c. $. Wing. At the annual conference held in Brooklyn, four weeks ago, Elder Wing was elected one of the delegates to the general conference that convenes in Omaha, this month.
 The board of charities have adopted the Ruggles property on Middle street as the site of the emergency hospital. It can be bought for $lO,00O or rented for $500 year.
 L. B. Sterling has bought c. A. Dor mans stables, 93 and 95 John street. . Dr Bakers handsome residence on Park avenue near Seaside park, now in progress, has reached the top of the underpinning.
 Plans have been made for d new horse car stable to be of brick, on the corner of State and Clinton avenue.
 The East Side NJ. E. church of New Haven awarded the contract for their pressed brick and red sandstone church to O'Brien & Schindler of this city.J. W. Northrop architect.
 The plans for the mammoth seashore hotel to be erected at Long Beach, this season, for McMahon & Wren, have just been completed by Architect Joseph A. O'Brien of this city. The building will be 300 feet long, with a veranda P feet wide all around; it will be GA feet deep, will be three stories and a basement high will have three towers, the center towers being 70 feet high and take the greatest part of year to build.
 It is well founded fact that McMahon & Wren will, in the near future, come in ftI, Er,J then propose putting a bridge from the main land to Long Beach, extending the railway into the center of the island.
 Dispute over property by Italian fruit dealers at the east end of railroad bridge. The dispute rests between Tony Musante and his wife. The latter claims that the entire place belongs to her.-Thomas Drury, formerly proprietor of the saloon at the corner of Congress and Main, and Jerry Kane, a cab driver, while returning from dance, Monday night, 18th, had a set to, in which Drury proved the better man. The insolvent De Oxydized Metal Co. has been bought at private sale by F. W. Smith.
 Aiming J.. Smith has just returned from Baltimore, where he went to finish l arrangements for the towing of the hand some steamer Lenoir, which is to ply l between this city and Long Beach.
 One of the students of the High school living on Iranstan avenue, on his way home to dinner, last week, after his laborious work of the morning, had some disagreement with a colored gentleman, which ended in resorting to Natures weapons. The fued ended without any disastrous results, but the student fears now as one told him that his reputation in society would be ruined.
 '. P. ". Wren is expected home from Hot Spring, Ark, next Monday.
 c. W. Tator has been busy, the past week, grading and making extensive i'm provements about his pleasant home on North Main street.
 The Morning News has thrown off it's and became a Republican organ. Hope that it will be Republican of the Leader stamp, that dares denouncei what it believes wrong, even in it's own party.
 The Lounsbury faction is again in pow CT at the Yost factory and about 100 em- ployes were discharged, last week.
 Married, April P, at Trinity, Theodore II. Stone to Miss Emma l.. shannon.
 Dogs and saloons are what Bridgeport las had too much of, but the mad dog care is thinning out the canines and the county commissioners are sensibly refus- ng to license all who apply.
 There has been no little amusement to he many patrons of the past few weeks t the Bulls Head pharmacy, due to one 4 # Edison's automatic photographs. ( This wonderful mechanical instrument is githout an equal. Even the inventor ii imself could produce the human voice g o better from his own lips. John A. ct .everty, popular and genial manager, is | lways ready to attend to the wants of | is many customers and, by honorable ealing, has built up business in drugs nd prescriptions in the short time that \ IA, l,,a., s1xaafo od af thsc agl1app fhnf 26