Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-26
THnEE F1REs I'm ONE DAY.

THREE FIRES IN ONE DAY.
Am old Barn Burned ON state
Street-A House and Grocery DAM
aged-A Chfld's Narrow EscaPe-A
Joiner shop Burned Last Evening.
After long interval in which fires have
been few the fremen have had busy week
this week. Yesterday there were three more
fires, making the fifth within thirty-six
hours. The first alarm yesterday was early
in the afternoon. 1t was for blaze in an
old wooden barn on the premises of Mrs.
Sarah F. Potter, No. GIT State street, near
the junction of Olive, and occupied by Mr.
William Smith, teamster employed by the
New Haven Manufacturing company. The
building, an old, dilapidated structure, was
destroyed. together with buggy and guam
tity of feed and hay. A small shed attached
| to the barn and filed with kindling wood
was also burned. The fire is attributed to
spark from passing locomotive. The yard
abuts on the Hartford railroad track. A
spark from the cars set the grass fire in
Mrs. Potters yard the day before. The barn,
which was worth about 5000, was fully in
sured. Mr.. Smith had no insurance.
DWELLING AND GROCERY.
Just before O'Clock another alarm was
sounded from box 512 This fire was at the
house Al Eaton street. S. j. Smith, the
grocer, who occupied the first floor, succeeded
in removing most of his stock. Mrs. Francis
Ennis, colored woman, occupied the second
floor and lost most of her household goods.
The fire started in the third story, occupied
by Edward Hayward (oolored) and his fami-
l. Jto ~ &C.
years old, was the only one on this floor and
could not tell how the fire was started. The
women on the first floor said that the boy
was in the building as soon as they recovered
from the fright. A wood peddler happened
to be going by the place and he found his
way through the smoke and rescued the
child. 1t is thought that he was playing
with matches. The top floor and roof were
burned beyond repair and the building had
to be drenched to put out the fire. The
building is insured by the owner. None of
those who occupied it carried any insurance
The loss amounts to $780,
An alarm of fire was sounded from box 90
at 730 last evening. It was occasioned by
the burning of the joiner shop in the L part
of the house No. 80 George street. The shop
was owned by Mr.. Dave Porter, who boards
in the building. The upper part of the shop
was occupied by Mr. Porter and his workmen
yesterday in making window sashes. A stove
fire was kept burning and when the work
men left for supper at $50 or 7 o'clock in
tending to return to work everything was ap-
parently all right. The L part was complete
ly Quilted There was large tool chest, val
ued at about $50, and an overcoat belonging
to Mr.. Porter, and $50 worth of wood work
and lumber all consumed by the flames. The
L part of the building belonged to the Por-
ter estate and was fully insured. Mr. Porter
had an insurance of$100 in the Pond Bros
Insurance agency. In the front part several
families lived and at the first alarm every
entertainments.
SIBERIA.
A large audience enjoyed "Siberia" again
last evening The plot is interesting and
the acting and scenic effects are exceptional
ly good The presentation in New Haven ia
very successful 1t will be given on the re-
naming evenings of the week.
MAGGIE MITCHELL.
Maggie Mitchell appears this evening at
CarlPs in her latest success, maggie, the |
Midget" written expressly for her by Fred. |
Williams. The support is excellent A good |
opportunity is afforded the theater-goers of |
New Haven to see Americas favorite or
tiste. |
LAWRENCE BARRETT.
Lawrence Barrett will present a double |
programme tomorrow evening at Carll's. |
The first feature is "The Blot in the 'Scutch- |
con-" Browning's well known two-act TRACE
dy. ''The Kings Pleasure a comedy in
one act, will also be given. Mr.. Barrett is |
supported by Louis James and a distin-
pUlSh6d a fTnQ ia in st1ro
for those who attend
PECK's GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The Boston Ideals made their temperance
in our city yesterday at Peck's Opera House |
in a matinee. The opera given was '.Girofle- |
Girofa, ?" which is very popular here, wheth-
er because of the music or the excellent sing /
ers who take leading roles it is impossible to |
say. Mr. Mvron w. Whitney, Karl and Bar:
nabee sang in good voice and manner as of |
old. Miss Ulmar delighted her many admir-
ers by her spirited Interpretation of "Girof1e-
Glroda" and her charming rendering of her /
selections. She always receives hearty |
welcome from our patrons. Miss Phillips |
also deserves special notice. The audience |
was large and appreciative. There were sew
eral encores, shared by Mr.. Whitney and |
Karl and Miss Ulmar.
The opera "Fanchonstte" was presented |
for the first time in this city by the Boston /
Ideals last evening at Peck's Grand Opera |
House. The plot briefly told is this: Fan |
chonette and Clarice are twin sisters; the |
former milliner and costumer, the latter |
an opera singer. The numerous lovers of |
the latter 60 to the former for consolation |
Clarice loves and is loved by young Count de |
Savigny, but has been unfortunate in also |
winning the admiration of the king, who, in /
order to possess her, orders de Caramette,
his minister of police, to entrap her. Hector /
de Caramette is an aged profigate and hen
pecked husband, who employs his detective |
force to hunt down the opera singer: Owing |
to the resemblance of the sisters and the stu |
pidity of de Caramette and his officers the |
skill of the singer and the devotion of the |
count, they outwit the force and remain at |
liberty. Incidental to the main story Bijou,
a mulatto basket boy, who falls in love with |
kissed by a strange man in the dark and |
discovers it to have been her hus-
band, give additional fun to the play
Miss Marie Stone impersonated the twin sis
tors and Mr.. w. II. Macdonald the count
Mr.. Barnabee was ode Caramette" and
Burton made an excellent Madame de Cara
mette." These in their respective lines were
most satisfactory. Miss Stone and Mr.. Mac
Donald in their impersonation of the country
peasants in the third act brought down the
house. The music is in parts very sprightly
and spiriting and the audience encored al
most every number. Mr.. Morsell deserves
mention for his excellent treatment of his
solo. The opera as given last evening is the
best given in our city this year and is to be
declared a success. The applause was con-
slant and at times almost deafening This
evening "Giralda" will be given with Miss
Ulmar in the cast and will be their farewell
here.
FOR n STATE PARADE.
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Parade In Augusta Notable Oeca-