Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-16
LOCAL NEW 3.
Brfef Mention.

Delicious strawberry ice cream soda with
fresh fruit at Hauf Bros.
Concrete sidewalks laid by Conn. Con-
crete Co., room 2, 40 Church street.
Norwich people are already talking of
having big Fourth of July celebration
this year.
Mrs. Lee, wife of Professor J. NJ. Lee,
has returned from a very pleasant stay in
Litchfeld county
Henry Warren, the veteran newsman of
the Derby railroad, has recovered from his
illness so as to be out.
''Getting there with both feet is what
the Royal Shoe company is doing by sell
ing at factory prices. Save 81.
DR.. Patrick Cassidy of Norwich, who has
just recovered from dangerous illness
left yesterday for trip to Europe.
The Hon. J. D. Plunkett will deliver his
lecture, "Ireland as I saw it." in the An
sonia opera house the evening of May IA.
Howard H. Knapp of the law firm of
Seymour & Knapp has begun course of
lectures on Connecticut practice before the
senior class of the Yale Law school.
The late Arba Hyde of Stafford, the vet
eran conductor of the Boston and Albany
railroad, who died last week, left $50, 900
found and support free library in Stat
ford
Judge L. T. Deming and F. D. Grinnell,
both of this city, we're elected grand war
den and grand secretary respectively of
N. E. O. P. at the third annual meeting of
that order yesterday in Bridgeport.
Miss Katie Reynolds of Fair Haven,
another pupil of the Hogarth Business
university, has just taken position as
bookkeeper in the Office Mr.. John Burns,
dealer in steam boilers and machinery,
this city.
The electric cars which have run on the
Fourth avenue line in New York for year
or more, have been Withdrawn and there
is no prospect of the immediate use of
these or any storage battery cars on the
New York tracks.
Mayor Sargent of New Haven cuts an
interesting figure when he walks the tight
rope of Australian economic theories, but
when it comes to conducting an Italian
matrimonial bureau he isn't alurid success.
Waterbury Republican.
The death of Frank Richardson, the VIC
tim of theWebster street crossing accident,
was investigated by Coroner Mix yesterday
and decision rendered that it was due to
the boys own carelessness while attempt
to steal ride on the cars.
STRUCK HIS WIFE WITH A CLUB.
Edward Stanford Assaults His Wife
With n Baseball Bat-IIer Head Cut
Badly.
A baseball bat figured quite extensively
in family quarrel last evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Stanford live at No. Is York
street and all the evening long the hus-
band and wife had a misunderstanding
which resulted finally in his taking the
club and dealing her a murderous blow on
the head. Mrs. Stanford's screams at
soon appeared on the scene. Her head
was bleeding profusely. The husband was
placed under arrest and escorted to the
Mrs. Stamford also walked down with the
officers to the headquarters and then DR..
Lindsey was summoned to dress her
wound. This was found to be of quite
serious nature, there being cash cut in
the scalp several inches in length. She
was taken home in the patrol wagon and
will not be able to appear in court for sew
eral days.
They have five children. Stansord is
employed at Sperry & Barnes. He had
not been drinking, and, therefore, has not
that excuse to offer for his brutal action.
The Kings Daughters Mt tho City
Missions.
The entertainment given last evening by
the, Kings Daughters of the Trinity Meth
odist church for the benefit of the New
Haven City missions was very successful
one. Mrs. E. NJ. Willis, the president of
this circle of Kings Daughters, announced
the program. which was varied and pleas
ing. The chorus singing by about twenty
voices was conducted by Mr.. E. M. Willis.
with piano accompaniment by Miss Alice
Kraft. There were Rotations BY Miss
Bertha Haskell, Miss Rita Palmer and little
Marjorie Lum, vocal solos by Mr.. Eugene
S. Willis, and piano solo by Miss May
McChesney. The violin solo by little Olive
Bullivant, accompanied upon the piano by
her sister, was encored, as was also the
special feature of the musical part of the
entertainment, viz, the medley by the vo-
cophone orchestra. Near the close of the
exercises Rev. Mr.. Mossman, the minister
in-charge at the City mission hall, express
ed acknowledgment to the young people of
this church for their presence and help,
and invited them to conduct song service
and gospel meeting in the large mission
hall on any week-evening not already as
signed to other societies of Christian En-
deavor. The evenings exercises closed
with the singing of sMy Country, IT'S of
Thee, led by the chorus, and in which all
present were invited to join.
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