Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-28
A Christmas Social

Christmas social was held at the College Street church last evening. The lecture room and rooms above, where fine supper was served, presented beautiful scene of socia! enjoyment. The supper was served from 5:3O till 9, and was provided free for all by the ladies and gentlemen of the church. About $50 persons enjoyed the oc- casion, including many prominent citizens. The children were first served, and afterward the older people. Several boxes of oranges Malaga grapes and other luxuries contributed to the feast. The interest was kept up till about half-past nine, when the gathering broke up, all highly pleased with the bonds of friendship and fellowship cemented anew.
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 Attention is called in another column to the advertisement of the Wilsonia magnetic appliances by the proprietors. It certainly shows great confidence, we conclude, from past success. This claims to be, we believe, the first and only invention whereby mag netic currents are infused continuously (day and night) into the system and retained sufficient length of time to work cure, and this is the secret of it's success. We are glad to see this offer of half risk made. We be- speak for Mir. Ives a large increase of sales. If electro-magnetism as curative of chronic disease is yet to be ranked, as it's advocates think, with other manifestations of the same power which have already astonished the world, there are thousands Of chronic suffer- CTS who will be ready to hail it with joy. Young XVomen's Christian Association One of the pleasantest gatherings which has been held at the home of the Young Wo- | mems Christian association was that which took place there on the afternoon of Satur- day, December 9. The lady managers, with the help of some outside friends, gave 8 little social entertainment to the children belong l ing to the sewing classes, and no one who l saw the bright happy faces of the little folks could question that they enjoyed every mo- ment of the afternoon. hundred and ten | little girls, all of them under thirteen years of age, and all regular members of the sew | ing class which has been so faithfully and successfully carried on by the ladies of the College street church, spent the afternoon in games and singing At five o'clock came the call to tea, and after being seated in the three ! rooms thrown open for the purpose, they were furnished with an abundant supper of biscuits, rolls and lemonade, with 8 dessert of cake, oranges and confectionery. The managers feel that one of the most important branches of their work is being
 
 ones who are so SO on to be our young Wo- men,
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 AT MIR. wADD1NGHAMs HOUSE IN WEST HAVEN. Mrs. Waddingham, wife of Wilson Wad- | dingham, the millionaire in going up stairs Tuesday evening to put one of the children to bed. came upon man lurking in the bed room. She discovered him by the reflection of his face in a mirror. The man, seeing he was discovered, ran pell nell out of the l room and down the front stairs. Mrs. Wad- l dingham, screaming, ran another way. See- | ing him going off out of the house she turned and ran and saw that he had a vest of Mir. Waddingham's in his hand In the pockets were $250. The man dropped the vest in unbolting the front door and left it behind. l Mrs. Waddingham alarmed the house, and | the coachman and his friend gave chase for the intruder, but Intellectually. A guard was 1 kept over the house the remainder of the | night.
 IN BRIDGEPoRT-TWO ARRESTS. Mir. R. Walters a storekeeper of Bridge ! port, had three men arrested who came into 1 his store Tuesday evening offering miscellan- 1 eous articles for sale. In their possession | were large number of articles, such as small | articles of silverware, pocketbooks, blank ! books, etc., were found, also about hundred ! keys, some of them skeleton keys and a quartz for cutting glass. A letter was found | on one of the parties, showing that he had ! previously been in jail in another State, The l men gave their names as John Evans, Ed ward Morris and Edward Williams. The two former claim to belong in Stamford, and