The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-30
MILFORD.

May 29.-Lane & Peters have purchas-
ed a new horse.
New planks are being laid on the
North street bridge.
c. w. Goodwin is having his store
painted.
Walter Irving is building a house in
Woodmont for Mrs. Edward Merwin of
New Haven.
Norman Williams has purchased a
handsome wagon for delivering his Ike
rosene oil
Mrs. John Wilcox is spending a few
days with her sons in Brooklyn.
The needlework guild will hold it's
regular meetings during the month of
June at the home of Miss H. B. Thomp-
son.
Theodore Stowe has moved into the
house next to the Methodist church on
Broad street
Ebert Lott. who has been visiting
James Howarth, is now visiting friends
in Woodhaven, N. Y.
Arthur Davidson has received the con-
tract for painting Noyes Bailey's new
house.
The annual free will offering of the
w. G. r. U. will be held in the First
church on Thursday evening, June IL.
A fine program will be rendered.
The regular meeting of the incorpo-
rators of the Taylor library will be held
in the library building on Monday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
Miss Annie Roberts, who has been
visiting her brother, Frank Roberts,
has returned to Plainville,
There are a number of persons who
have not paid their dog license. Those
failing to pay before June l are liable
to fine of 81 or thirty days in Jail
George Van Horn post, G. A. R., No.
80, will assemble at their hall at /
o'clock tomorrow afternoon for the
purpose of decorating the graves of
dead heroes. The parade will form at
1920 and will go to the cemetery. From
the cemetery the parade will go to the
town hall, where there will be few
exercises. The post will reform at the
town hall and march to the soldiers
monument on Broad street, and then
back to the G. A. r. hall. All soldiers
are invited to attend.
George Porter is slowly recovering
| from his sickness.
Mrs. R. Amadon is ill at her home on
North avenue.
improvements are being made on the
| town dock by the selectmen.
| Five children of Thomas Phalen's sis
| ter, who reside in Illinois, were killed
| by the cyclone in that place.
| Hon. Ardon l.. Judd of Stratford viii
address the G. A. r. post, No. 80, at the
town hall this Saturday afternoon.
| Mr.. and Mrs. George Booth will take
| trio on their wheels to New Mil
| ford to-day.
! The Misses Downes' dancing class
| held a reception in the town hal
| Thursday evening. There were about
| fifty couple present, of which a num-
| Der were from out of town. Among the
| ladies present were Misses Bessie
| Brown, with pale blue silk with white
lace; Glendora Brown, yellow silk, white
| chiffon, and ribbons; Minnie Clark, blue
| with white lace; Anna bort, white tulle
| over pink; Lolita Baldwin, white tulle
| over blue: Lillian Bristol. blue and
| white silk with lace and ribbon trim
| nlings; Nathalie Clark, pale green and
| pink silk with lace and ribbon trim
| mings; Mamie Downes, pink organdie
with chiffon; Grace Robinson, pink or
| candle and ribbon trimmings; Mrs. H
| S. Young, black lace with old rose trim
| mings: Della Smith, pink dimity; Flor
| ence Davidson, lavendar silk; Grace
! Morgan, blue figured silk with white
| lace; Nettie Mott, white lawn; Alice
| Clark, white silk with lace; Lottie Fur
| man, pink organdie and lace; Minnie
| Botsford, black with yellow silk;
| Maude Burleigh. black with pink silk;
| Minnie Nettleton. black with pale blue
| silk and velvet; Libbie Warburton
white organdie with lace, and Mamie
Hurle, drab with blue silk Among the
! gentlemen present were Messrs. Wor-
| den, Witterwell, Carroll, Smarwood. Do
| herty, Bristol, Gordon, Higgins
Downes. Benjamin, Paterson, MCLEAN
Davis, Peck. Haywood, Totten an6
Woodbury..