New-York tribune., 1896-01-04
THE LOWER EDGE or KINGS.


BITS or NEWS FROM HENsONHuRsT AND ALONG
THE BAY SHORE.
t,,oai,v the plan, of the ncn Utrecht Water Com
| many las been purchased by BensJnhars;. This
has been a remarkable transaction 81 several ways
TIC yinpany held out for over $4,000 al u!e start.
| then fell sraIually. Referee T. White. city Com
nist,oner was determined IN his rc.Gsll - pay
only !ts true value The price finally hxei upon
was sso5s;5 less 1858 in taxes due ON the plant.
Il will now De IN order to enlarge the mains. put
| I'm fire hydrants, FOR which tie town has been
pa..onty waiting for more than year. and equip
the new nfe houses. but (. Is expected that no
srcnt progrcs. IN ;ns direction can be made before
sur',. III. people look forward to cheaper water
rates
ow!ns TO the death Of Frederick A La,hrop.
nHuce OF Miss Martha Hoettier. the card party 70
haze been held ai the home 0l her uncle. Charles
NJ. Smith. OF Bay ais;. BcNsonAuFst. on New Years
Eve. abandoned.
Pol.oe Judge Nostrani has observed his frs,
Christmas Oh the bench by presenting every police
man I'm tho Twenty fourth Precinct with turkey,
~ we'll n every attacho OF his court The Judge
has become a prime favorl,e ali along shore
Tho energrtic pastor ol the Church Of the Advent
the Rev. II. II. Boscrt. mas issued the nrsi number
Of hs new religious local papeF The Catholic
Signal" Tie mnia purpose OF the publication Is
10 rase funds FOR the building OF church and
rec,ory, for which PROPERTY has already been
bought IN Twenty y-th!rd-ave. near Eighty s!xth-st
Eennonhgrst
The cotilon given In the Marine and Field Club
house. Bath Beach, Tuesday evening. was most
Louile Carinan. Mss Lillian Geston Miss Louise
pc Mund, M:ss Anne Van rel.' Miss Gertrude
,Iiss susie Van pelt M.ss Ruth e. Heseman, Miss
Dora Kramer. Miss ). zerbe. Miss Frances Finlay
Carrie stowe, Miss Anna Colm"n. Miss A. Gibbons
Al.ns fildn Freeman. Miss Co..nne stowe. Miss h
dera Eugene Carm,an, u " -, hegg'm-ms 4
Cotton. Arthur j. Zsrbe, John Dewey. Andrew
Aeselnan, Joseph Herbert. }. Nj. Whituesey. v. f
oliver. Arthur clapp. ir4ak Wells. Hartley sher-
WOOD q; H. st. JoAn, A. L. XQorhsss Dr. Iohm pe
A. voorhees,. The patronesses were Mrs. r. &. De
slaad' Ai,s T. GriTish Mrs j. NJ Eds1;l .IoS Mrs j. s.
Mrs H. Il bn!ay Mra Fsn@e Tra CgyiSr leGSnsi lt9eaSws
The next coton VIII be given February T.
Harry Coleman. Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Cole
man. Of r ghty -nrst-s,, Bensonhurst and Miss
May Robbins. OF Arlins ston Heights, Boston, Will
be married January u I'm Boston. Elaborate prep
ara,lons being made for the ceremony.
Amateur theatricals so popular a few years ago.
Will be revived by the young women and men Of
Bensonhurst and Bath i5each. Tie nrsi production
veteran actor. is coaching the asprants to non
professional footlight honors. Miss Ethel Parhtt
is tak.ng an active interest. and George La Sau-
wage. T.. Kennedy and George CAnrody are promi-
ncntly connected with the project The proceeds
viii be devoted to charitable objects.
The wheslwolnen of Parkville have decided to
organize bicycle club. and meeting FOR that pur-
pose will be called at an early rate. About fifteen
Young women have volunteered to Join the move
ment led by Miss Nellie Driscoll and Miss Edith
kupper
Great success Is attending the efforts of the pro-
moters OF the proposed Reformed Church in Bay
W Bennett putting his name down for $1,000 and
number OF others for 1900 each.
A handsome silver trumpet IVES preeented TO Will
lam H. Hunter by the members OF Prospect Hook
and Ladder Company Of Windsor Terrace The
company. OF which Mr.. Hunter is foreman. will be
mustered oat OF service to-day. AT the final BAN
quot the following present: George W. Hy-
slop Prosper Ba.,ou, William Carney, Theodore
q. " Vail, F. Maher. T. Watts. q. d. Bader, Will
lam Gresnbar and NJ. Moran.
The lecture OF Wallace Bruce Scotland and
Scotsmen' Monday night In the Reformed Church
Chapel Van Pet Manor. was highly appreciated.
Tho next address will bo by Bob Burdette. the
hunor.et, the 18TH inst.
Mrs. j, II. Coiman, OF kignty-frst-s, entertained
the Bcnsonhurst Ladies' Euchre Club yesterday af-
tcrnoon. The meeting VIII bs at tho home OF
Mrs II. X. Hooper, In Bay INrkway