New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-02
on THE LOUER EDGE OF KINGS

NEWS AND NOTES FROM BENsoNHURsT AND
ALONG THE BAY SHORE
Entertainments in full swing at the Ridge
Club On Tuesday evening tables participated In
progressive euchre party. OF the guests being
Mr. and Mrs c. De Nyse Mr.. and Mrs. c. Van
Brunt Mr. and Mrs. James Ruddison. Mr.. and Mrs.
John II. Boyce. Lieutenant and Mrs n. l.. Haw-
thorne Mr.. and Mrs. W. F.. Parftt. Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Berry Mr. and Mrs. G.. w. Cropsey. Mr..
and Mrs Fred Weir. Mr.. and Mrs. John Cowen-
hoven Mr. and Mrs. William r. Bennett. Mr.. and
Mrs Peter Bogert, Mr.. and Mrs Jacques Van
Brunt, Miss Minnie Martin, and Fred w Mackay.
Whist games and bowling contests will be made
special and attractive features this season. and a
fund for defrayng the expenses has been literally
subscribed to.
The Rev r. p. %. Bennett, eldest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs NJ T Bennett, OF Bay Parkway. Bensonhurst.
and who recently finished his studies at Princeton,
will marry on Wednesday next Miss Lulu Collins.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs V. ID. Collins, of Wash
ington. D. c. The ceremony Will take place at the
capital and the couple VIII live at Lyons Farms.
n j. where Mr.. Bennett has charge.
Mr. and Mrs. jeremiah Lott. OF Mapleton. were
asreeably surprised by large party OF their friends
the other evening. their fifteenth wedding ami
versary The visitors came prepared TO make II
pleasant for everybody. and brought with them =
number OF gifts commemorative OF the occasion
Dancing and cards were INDUCED in. with supper
Brunt Mrs Sumner. d. V. Hegeman. MIR. and Mrs
G Cropsey and others responsible for the
surprise"
The hose carts and other equipments OF the new
frehouses are ready for delivery and immediate use.
1t is not probable that the City Department will
draft men nd be ready for work before the first OF
the year. until the new water supply ppes-now
slarmngly frequent and the discipline and practical
utility OF the pad service cannot be put in operation
any too soon TO please the residents.
I'm he NJ
Edgewood Sunday-schoo OF Bythebourne will be
and The friends OF the sshoo are nnrds
invited to be in attendance
A. p Agresta an ex-naval veteran, is erecting an
odd house at Bay Eighth and Bath ayes. He Is his
own architect. and his house is to be in the shape OF
a boat which he will call the Defender The rooms.
and staterooms The second floor will be the upper
deck the cellar will be the hold. and the fiat roof the
hurricane deck.
Thursday evening the Church OF the Advent en-
joyed sociabie at the Homestead in Benson
ave. Bensonhurst
Hoeffen. niece Of char.es n smith. OF Bay Thr-
her. Of the Grayesend Bay Yacht Cub; also OF Miss
Fannie Finav TO John Dewey. all OF Bensonhurs,
James d. Lynch. the founder OF Bensonhursi. IS
taking great pains to maintain Its reputation
one OF the prettiest OF New-Yorks suburbs, and
with dat end in view ii, mas removed the hideous
rty in ave and other street, and
privet hedges.
Preliminary to the founding OF a Presbyterian
Church in Bay Ridge, beginning with to.morrow.
ton Eighty sec9nd-st and second-ave the Rev.
Or. Theodore l.. cuyler delivering the initia,ory
succeeding, Sundays by Dr. T A. Nelson: Dr. Mac G.
preach sermons. and give all the aid possible
toward the establishment OF . resident consresa-
ton with a habitation and home.
Several attempts have been made to obtain q
meeting OF the governors OF the moribund New
Utrecht Club but without success. John Cottier,
the president, has issued calls. but quorum cannot
be secured This clubs demise In another example
OF the aggresslveness OF the machine politician
Miss Jennie Cozne who quietly married to
j. Frank Butler. at the nom OF her mother. In
Benson-ave Bath Beach. and who In spending her
honeymoon in the South. Will return on the 18th
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