Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-06
STATE OORRRsPONDENcE.
Milford.

MILFORD, June 5.-Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald will be absent for the next two weeks on his vacation, which he will spend up the Hud- son.
 Henry G. Thompson lost valuable horse last Monday night by getting it's he9d caught in the rack from which it took its hay. Ali other horse has been purchased to replace it. John H. Merwin of New York, who died last Thursday after short illness, was brought to this place for interment. The burial services were held at the residence of Mrs. John Merwin on Broad street on Satur- day afternoon and were conducted by Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald. Elegant floral designs in l great profusion accompanied the remains. Mfr. Merwin has for years been prominent ! business man in New York. He leaves | wife and daughter to mourn his loss. Children's day concert will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday evening, with l an interesting programme.
 The Milford cornet band, after giving some fine music on the Broad street park on Saturday evening, proceeded to the residence of Max Plenker and serenaded him, and in | turn were invited into the house and feasted | with good things.
 Rev Mir Williams of Yale university oc- cupied the pulpit of the First church last ! Sunday.
 l MT. John E. Rogers, of Wheeler's Farms,
 and Miss L. E. Wilcox, now of Canandaigua, | were married on Tuesday morning at | Park Place parsonage, Canandaigua, N. Y., by Rev. N. M. Calhoun.
 During the severe thunder storm of last Tuesday grape arbor near the house of David N. Clarke was struck by lightning and destroyed. At A. N. Clarke's residence on the Orange road the lightning followed I the telephone wire into the house. passing ! through different rooms and rendering MT. Clarke and his little daughter unconscious. The clustering was torn from the wall, and where the lightning passed out of the house the clapboards were torn off. Mir. Everett \ B. Clarke, who lives but short distance be- yond, awoke to find his telephone box on | fire. He quickly extinguished the flames ! without serious damage.
 l Memorial day was duly observed with beA ! coming ceremonies on last Wednesday, but not with much enthusiasm owing to the l important event which is to take place on | July 4th. A pleasing feature of the exer- cises the marching of the school children ! and the decorating of the graves by them with flowers. At the Town hall Mir. Thorpe of West Haven delivered an address and some fine music was rendered by the Plymouth church choir. The exercises were conducted | by Chaplain 0. w. Merwin of George Van Horn post, G. A. R., whe were out in full numbers. The Milford cornet band also did themselves much credit in the music which | they discoursed during the marching. Mir Norcross very generously treated the 0. A. R. boys and the Cornet band to soda water. NOFkn 10Eens June 5-The annualmeeting of the Center | school district is to take place on Thursday evening, June 2.
 The civil authority met in the court room on Monday and chose the following as jurors | for the ensuing year: D. L. Clinton, L. I.
 Fowler, Nathan H. Marks, Byard A. Pierpont, Theophilus Eaton, Samuel A. SAckett, George E. Brockett. L. Peet Futile, F. k. Jacobs, J. w. Futile, Whitney Elliott, George W.Smith, Edward l.. Goodyear, George H. Squires, Jo- seph E. Bishop, Henry D. Todd. Miss Hattie Parker, who has been obliged to suspend school duties on account of measles, commenced with her usual number 1 of scholars on Monday morning. A fire in the wood and sprout land, just south of the old Sam Morse place, com | menced early on Sunday morning and was fought by several men for some hours, but was not subdued, and ragged all day and 1 night The smoke from the fire was seen all day yesterday, and at this writing it is not known, but it is burning yet. It is said that some of the sprout land burned over belonged to R. T. Linsley.
 Remember F. c. Bradley's lecture on Wednesday evening. There is to be an en- tertainment by the Montowese Sons of Tenn there are people enough in town to fill both places Let the rooms be full. SOuIh1DgtOn. June 0.-Chrlstopher huettner, aged about fifty years, was in @ boat on Stow's pond Sun day night about o'clock fishing and was ac- companied by James O'Connor when he fell overheard and was drowned. O'Cennor was frightened and could render no assistance. The body was recovered that night and priv ilege obtained from the medical examiner to have it taken to the undertaking establish ment of R. w. Cowles. The deceased was a section hand on the railroad and was faith
 full man for the place, but was heavy. drink
 CT. He had no relatives here, but son and
 brother in Holyoke have been informed by
 telegram of his death.
 Mir T. H. Mckenzie, secretary and treas-
 urer of the Southington Water company, has
 been engaged to build the Nsugatuck water
 works.
 Mir. Thomas Wilson, one of the best known
 Irishmen in Southington, died at his home in
 the southern part of the town Sunday at
 the age of sixty-sevsn. Funeral on Tuesday