The Newtown bee., 1892-03-18


 nearly set at rights, after the fair and festival. The carpenters are putting on the finishing touches inside and every af- ternoon and evening, many of the young men about town may be seen in the gym nasium testing their muscles, using the baths and bowling alleys. Secretary Ferguson is unusually busy looking af- ter the Y. M. c. A. rooms and taking in new members.
 Dr and Mrs I. DeVer Warner are. re- ported to sail some time in April for Europe, where they will visit Paris, Rome and other important cities of the old world.
 Some lunatic has threatened to kill Rev MT Pinkham since his recent on- slaught on the saloons, if he does not leave the city.
 Another big family row settled out of court, whereby Charles A. Hotchkiss and wife get a satisfactory share of the wealth of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, invent or of the Hotchkiss rifle and magazine field gun.
 Mrs l.. L. Parmly's house is to be re- modelled from plans of A. M. Jenks, ad- ding bay window at the front, library at the rear and port cochere on the side.
 Dr Holmes now occupies his new and beautiful residence recently built on Fairview avenue; is it is an ornament to this new street.
 Samuel B. Sterling is making many improvements about his home on North Main street, among them the removal of several large trees.
 A. M. Jenks made the plans for w. J.. Smiths $5000 two-family house on Grove street.
 As there was opposition to buying athletic grounds near the hospital, the Reilly tract, Park City athletic club has been formed to buy it, with Robert Weber president, J. D. Toomey, Jr, vice president.
 George B. Hawley, whose admirable answers on funeral etiquette appear in this issue, was born in Monroe, Fairfield county, Conn.,, December 7, 1840; receiv- ed liberal education in the common school of his native village and at the academy in the adjoining town of East on; learned the trade of carriage mak- ing; moved to Bridgeport in 1862; was - employed by the Wood Brothers, coach manufacturers, till April, 1877, when he : entered the service of Hubbell & Curtis, furniture dealers and undertakers, con- ducting the undertaking branch of their business till March, 1889, when he asso. ciated with him Charles E. Wilmot and John B. Reynolds, under the firm name = of Hawley, Wilmot & Reynolds, under l dertakers and embalmers, locating at 9s : State street, Bridgeport. Although hay - ing been in business but three years. they t are doing a successful and fast increas /. ing business. MT Hawley is gentleman
 ly and affable in his demeanor, quiet anC
 transformations in the discharge of tht
 duties of his profession, pays the strict , est attention to every detail of the busi , ness, trusting nothing to chance and in
 tuitvely adapts himself to the constant
 ly changing experiences of the funera l. director.-[Casket.
 A recent number of the Musical Cour
 fer publishes an artic le from Lawyer r
 l.. Johnson showing that James Bake
 settled honorably with his Bridgepor l. creditors before leaving for Cleveland t where he is proprietor of the Brainar' S music store.
 Albert Mertens is to build four-fam t fly brick house on Warren street, nea 8 Prospect, 36x75.
 Senator D. M. Read says that he woul' not accept a nomination as mayor. Hi
 term as senator has not expired and bus e mess interests prevent. , The net income of the Festival of Lan terms was $6l65 6l, the expenses $372 5j f George Lanphear has returned iron , Crafts Station, N. Y., where he has beel e working through the Winter.
 with grip and intermittent fever for tiv
 weeks, but is slowly on the road to re
 covery.
 Il A large number of Bridgeport gentle men attended the exercises in Coope
 Union hall, New Y ork city, last Frida. - night, in honor of the 114th anniversar. ,. of the birth of Robert Emmett, the Irisl
 patriot and martyr.
 Go. F, Hibernian Rifles, went to Stam v ford, Thursday, to take part in the par g ade on St. Patrick's day. They enjoye' 8 themselves in the evening with ban
 quet.
 Park avenue will protest strongl.
 against the trolley system that they pro - pose erecting along that line; they hay formed club to oppose it. :, DeVer Warner and Mrs N. W. Bfshol e have at last thought that they would try
 to do something about the we'll knowr
 Union Square hotel, and have brought
 suit against George Beck to break thu
 lease. It is to be tried before Justice Bartlett. The plaintiffs allege tha B the defendant infringes on the lease il sub-letting the place to William Brill. ! At the meeting of the Bridgeport Ia !, crosse association, Saturday evening, f reorganization was effected for the com :, ing season. They expect to begin tn |, season earlier and arrangements hay, f been made for game in this city witl
 the Long Island City team on Fast day
 It will be the first game played in thi e State, this Spring.
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 [, A large and much pleased audience at