Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-20
A Destructive Fire.
The WallimRR0rd Wheel COmpany.s Establishment Totally Destroyed-In- suramco S3O,OOO.


 Elton $ Co., shop is in imminent danger.
 Later-COnfined to the Wheel Shop.
 WAL1NaRoRD, 10 p. m.
 Hall, Elton & Co.'s factory is saved. The Wallingford Wheel Oompany's shop is totally destroyed. The establishment employed 25 men and did 8 thriving business. B. A. Treat and E. s. Parmelee were the owners. The fire caught in the boiler room. The premises were insured for $50, 900.
 entertainments.
 SHAUN RHUE.
 That splendid picture of Irish life and char acter, Shaun Rhue," will be given by MT. Joseph Murphy and company at Goes Opera House next Tuesday evening. The play is very popular one and possesses the elements that are necessary to maintain the interest of an audience. The sale of reserved seats will commence at the box office this morning.
 THE TOURISTS.
 On next Monday evening Mir. John P. Smiths famous company, the Tourists in Pullman Palace Car," will give one of their fine performances at the Grand Opera House. The company has previously given excellent presentations in this city and have been 1ib- orally patronizsd. Their return Will be a source of pleasure to hundreds, and they will surely be greeted by a crowded house. Seats should be secured at Loomis'.
 BUNNE1L's ANNEX TO BARNUM
 closes most successful season at Atheneum Hall to-day. Thousands of persons. young aud old alike, have attended the entertain ments during the past week, and all have been .-:kL ol nvIi bination of music, mirth, novelty and instruc tion. The most refined portion of the oom- muuity have been in attendance. MT. G. B. Bunnell has fully established reputation which will not be forgotten, and Manager Jacobs has faithfully fulfilled every promise made. Three levees today, morning at 10 o'clock, usual levees at and 7 p. m.
 IAN ARABIAN NIGHT"
 Owing to the bad state of the weather last evening the audience at the New Haven Ope- ra House was not large. But those who were there felt amply repaid for their trouble. ''An Arabian Night is full of ridiculous situ- ations and mixtures of persons, and in the hands of such company as played it here last night, is delightfully."- entertaining. MT. John Drew, as Alexander Sprinkle and liar oun al Raschid, was all that could be desired. and the other members of the company were excellently fitted for their parts. There have this winter, and if the company comes this way again it will probably have better luck.
 DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH LOAN EXHIBITION.
 So great has been the attraction at the Loan exhibition at Dwight place church that the managers have decided to continue the exhib- ition this afternoon and evening. Those who have witnessed the great show of curious things pronounce this the most extensive loan exhibition ever made in New Haven. The citizens are under great obligations to Messrs. Watkinson, Cutler, Ford, Thill, H. I. Thomp- son, Fields, Hall, Merwin, Bristol, Crane. Smith, Bradley, Coe, Bronson, Williams, Moulthrop, Stoddard, Elliott, Dickerman, Earle, Wehner, Camp, Searle, Orcutt and other gen. tlemen who have contributed in furnishing the art gallery with choice paintings. Among the paintings are 'Log Hauling," Boat mans Rest on the Rhine,' ''Waiting for Gus tomers' (Hahn, artist), ''Flowers and Insects, J owned by A. Thill; Autumn. ''l Heading for the Wedding" CThompson, artist), sFThe Forum Romanum," owned by Deacon Hall; Mammals Pet" owned by Mrs. Smith Mer- win; Painting on Chest" (Venice, 14th cen tury), owned by George Watkinson; 'sMarine View Bridal Veil," Mountain View" by Miss E. E. Peck; ''Far From Home," 'tNear Fontainbleau," 'FWinter Twilight" s'Trout and Bass" exhibited by E. Cutler; ''Wood Path" ''The Bull," both by Miss Sarah B. Gilbert; "Female Head" by Mrs B. H. Coe; Lake Winnipiseogee" and "Winter," owned by F. s. Bradley; s'Fleur de Lis by Miss Stoddard; Chickens in tke Rye.' by Mr 0. B. Curtis; Paying the Fiddler" owned by Professor Wehner. and the amusing Might Squalls" and ''Fair Weather owned by Lewis Elliott. All these attracted much atten- ton. The portraits of MT. and Mrs. Deacon G. F. Smith, taken fifty years ago. were in great contrast with the happy old faces so well known to-day. Wonderful relics of fire arms from all countries are on exhibition. Mrs. l.. l.. Camp furnishes an old cider mug 150 years old, an old-fashioned sugar bowl, painted tidy and infants skirt, embroidered twenty years ago. Mrs. Smith Merwin ex- hibits case of wonderfully well preserved articles of clothing worn many years ago, coffee and tea cups 50 and 75 years old, 8 portrait of Thomas Painter and wax bust of distinguished as having been first to open fire on the British at West Haven in 1799. Deacon l.. S. Punder- sons collection numbers some twenty ancient things of ''bye gone days" Mrs. Joseph Parker's contributions are simply ele- gant. Mrs. Frank Bristol, large candlesticks, china ware and tiny wine glasses, with an old vest of the style of eighty years ago, and Mrs. North's crockery, child's tea set, coffee pot, tea pot 100 years old, mustard cup, Turkish coffee cup, attracted much attention. Mrs E. A. Hale exhibited pitcher 70 years old Mrs B R. Sanford one 160 years old Mrs. Hu- sted one 1O9 years old; Mrs Lamb Andrews, tumblers 100 years old; Mrs 0. A. Dickerman, toy tin set, 75 years old :; Mrs. E. l.. Austin, immense tumbler 100 years old Mrs. W. Lamb, camphor bottle 200 years old; Miss O. A. Dicherman, chair, 25O years old; Rev. s. w. Williams, slab from Ninevah, with name of Sardanapalus, 300 years before Christ Miss Nellie Disbrow shows an opera cloak and lace flowers wrought by her own hands very beautifully Mrs. Giles Cooper, a lace veil embroidered 50 years ago Mrs. Lamb, four worsted birds of splendid colors, very natural Mrs. William Moulthrop, tidy from flax, raised in South bury, 1915, and spun in 8 New England log cabin on spinning wheel brought over in the Mayhower; Rev. H. D. Northrop, basket and flowers made from West India shells Mrs. Austin, veil 45 years old Miss H. E Judson, handiwork by ladies of the Floyd family in Georgia; Mrs. William Dickerman, prayer rug, 150 years old MT. George Watkinson, over 300 specimens of valuable Egyptian antiquities, besides many ancient coins; MT. Smith has @ great collection of living and preserved salamanders, young and old, together with frogs and snakes enough to make one crawl to see them; Mrs. Noble has bed quilt with 5,321 pieces in it, very much admired by ladies who never used sewing machines, Mrs. Charles Fabrique has the Connecticut Journal printed in 1789, with an account of the election of the first President, George Washington. Doc tor Crane presents deeds made in 17O8, ITO and 1714, during the reigns of Queen Anne and George I. Mrs. A. Husted shows pie ture of the New Haven Green in 1900. Mrs John H. Rowland has file of the Norwich Journal printed by John Trumbull, near the meeting house, in 1786. So general is the demand that the exhibition should be continued another week that the committee has decided to defer closing until Saturday, the 27th. The exhibition will be open this afternoon and evening, and every afternoon and evening next week excepting Friday even- ing, when the weekly prayer meeting takes place in the auditorium. In view of the con- tinuation of the exhibition, MT. Alphonso Thill has generously engaged to contribute more of his valuable paintings. the creme de Ia creme of his collection as specified below: Preciosa, from Longfellow's play of the Spanish Students, by Professor Wagner-Mun- ich; Westphalien Peasant Girls, by Franz Kunnar-Duase1Idnrf NapOlaon 1 ct in Riv