Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-18
A Fair Haven House Struck by Light
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A Fair Haven House struck by Light.
 ming. During the heavy downpour of rain yes terday afternoon at about o'clock James Tenders house at 160 Pine street was struck by lightning. The chimney was demolished and slight fire was started. A few pails of water suficed to extinguish the flames, though an alarm was sou nded from box No. s.
 STATE CORRESPONDENCE
 Farmington. ss her ms FI6s sst o of weeks visit with MT. and Mrs. Henry Whittel- Mr.F. S. Jones and family returned from their main a at the Darlington house untif october. MT. senior year at Princeton college.
 Trowbridge Darlington passed his examina- dition on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, and is now full fedged member of the H. P. H. MT. Adrian R. wadsworth, Henry S. Woodruff of Brooklyn and Henry N Whittelsey represent. afe this Iii erts Samuel Crane was entertaining on the piazza of the lake when on an unguarded moment he in- fused too much power into his voice, and the tree went oyer that so nearly cost our next gov Driver Resley of the depot tally-ho will have plenty of company on his early morning trips ride with him, all graduates of Principal F. A. Latimer& & formerly 1;e of the public @ schools here astsh soaasng5on, @ John Lynch the % sehool d at Unionye TrGT S GMa;T1angt9p M;1ad @ the Hartford high Sasness a1a coege Mes Will attend 'ne Rev George L. Clark occupied his pulpit at the l Congregational church on Sunday, having re- Mrs. Charles Lee of New York city is visiting at Rev. T. K. Fessenden's. Her daughters, Misses Carrie and Grace, are paying visit to Misses | Milie and Ruth Gay.
 | the Chinese legation and wife left on Monday for visit with friends in New York for about a month. Miss Alice, their daughter, will join Mr Erastus Gay and Adrian R. Wadsworth, delegates to the republican convention. left on 1 Tuesday afternoon for New Haven to be in at the | opening meeting of the convention the evening before at the Hyperion: of typhoid fever, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Kea- ron Manyon, took place on Sunday afternoon and s vas attended by large , number over twenty | Miss Julia Brown leaves on Friday for visit with her friends, the Cranes, at Dalton, Mass. school at New Britain to perfect herself for @ teacher and goes over and returns each day: Henry N Whitteisey attended the funeral @ T of l the late Newtown Case in Hartford on Wednes- This is the eighth day of continual rain, and l the river is overfowing the meadows: Thirty ! ..Noah's Ark Trust and establish yachting par l ties.
 M. Wadsworth successful lawyer of Minne- ] apolis, arrived here Tuesday on a visit to his father who is quite feeble.
 have returned from Watch Hill Miss Florence Gay has; has gone to Maine to attend the wedding of
 Miss Edith r whittelsey, daughter of Mir. l Henry Whittelsey, has just returned to Boston I after delightful trip to Bar Harbor, Halifax, toga, with MT. and Mrs J. N. Davis and Miss Bes- sic Hazard of Staten Island.
 with an unusual number of new scholars and 1 two new teachers. Mrs. Timothy Root will have 1 charge Of her same department. 1 North Haven. | Sept. 17.-Not much interest taken in the state grange did not make any Arrangements for an exhibit few went from here yesterday. |. Key MT Marvin of Woodbridge preached at the Congregational church last Sunday. At4 o'clock 5. B. Thorpe and others drove to Quinni- piac and attended the services there. A brother l more assembled in the lecture room in the even ing and, led by R. N: Barnes, considered the sub ject of Gods Care for His People" in a very in
 The Ladies Benevolent society meets at the center chapel on Thursday afternoon.
 The base ball game arranged Saturday be- tween North Haven and Montowese clubs was not played on account of the storm. The Monto- wese club had high hopes, having practiced
 Ta1%sss generally tell of decsying gotstoss,, varieties and prospect of a large yield on exam nation finds a third or more already decayed. I. l E. Mansfield expected two thousand bushels, but estimates now less than one thousand on account
 H. D. Todd has a fine large crop of cranber- September 20. Those desiring to have a hand in the picking will hpp probably find enough to do Tougaloo, Miss, to accept the position of critic teacher in the school of white and colored chil Sunday, September IA, 1890.
 ing of RogTS Maven % Taes day evenings according to the vote of the from attending. Mrs. Potter, lecturer, came l from Meriden for the purpose.
 Milford.
 Sept 17.-Miss Bessie Monson, daughter of Charles Monson of the firm of Monson 6 Carpen- of New fda aayen sailed from New York last
 George Van Horn post, c. A. R.. attended the dedication of the soldiers monument in West Haven last week. Echo drum corps accompanied
 MT S. sw Churchill of New Haven has moved l into the house recently vacated by Rev FL. Fer
 Rev Mr. Bothwen, recently returned from Cali fornia, occupied the pulpit of the First Baptist church very acceptably last Sunday
 Miss c, M Strong of New York was the guest of Mrs. Owen T. Clark last week. Miss Strong is conducting mission work among the Spanish people of New York city in very successful l manner.
 The Misses Harriett and Jerusha Marshall, af- ter several weeks on Money Island. are spending the remainder of their vacation at their old home
 Mrs Lucy Fields has taken trip to Vermont l to visit her friends there
 Dr. Putney's new house on Broad street has l been raised and the work is being rapidly pushed along. When completed it will add another to the 1 fine residences of Broad street.
 | Miss M E. Phelps has resumed her position as assistant principal of the Union school, much to bs of her pupils F She her
 Arctic Fire Engine company escaped a serious conflagration in their room last Friday evening. l While unloading their new hose carriage a lamp exploded in the room and by speedy efforts the flames were extinguished. Some damage was done the carpet and other articles by scorching, and the smoke left it's disagreement over every thing
 known man throughout the community and sur } rounding towns died at his home last Tuesday r afternoon after a brief illness. He, was eighty four years of age and had always been a strictly frugal and industrious man. At one time he R himself bs he to ors at in New H been to prevent Sunday dissertation.
 Southington.
 Sept 1T.-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Neale are home from New Hampshire where they have been spending the summer. MT. Neale is mnch i'm Cards are out for the marriage of Mir Herbert Holden of Waterbury to Miss Lizzie Reader of this place. The wedding will take place on ) Thursday of this week at the home of Miss Reader.
 Miss Minnie Helrigle of New Haven is a guest of Prof. Trisch.
 Miss Helen Bacon of Sharon, Mass. has beer engaged to take Miss May Stone's place in the Plantsville graded school.
 List of Letters } Remaining in the New Haven postofice, New Haven county, state of Connecticut, Wednesday September F, 1890:
 LADIES' LIST.
 l W--Mrs. E. P Walden
 t GENTLEMEN'S LIST. 1 D.-Mr c. J. Dobin
 1 E-Mr D. D. Edds.
 l P-Mr. Geo. F. Perkins.
 | IW-Mr S. R. Wells
 [Ask for advertised letters and mention datt of list]
 ND. SHERRY, P. M. ? 9fmatIIia1.