The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-06
LOCAL NEWS JorrrNGs.

Trip-A Fishing Trip by Three wen Known Men--A Betrothnl West Side Club-A Slight Fire at Dr. Roberts'-New $1OO,O00 Building-A Paper Suspends-- Dorscht Lodge, Etc.
 Mir and Mrs. Clarence Deming re- turned from their summer home at Litchfield on Saturday.
 Israel Putnam lodge, A. o. U. w., will hold a meeting Friday evening when the question of graded assess ments for the insurance will be dis cussed.
 General Samuel F. Merwin will sail for Europe to-day He has just been summoned to London on business in cident to a large estate, of which he is administrator, and is obliged to leave at once,
 The horse BE-" owned by Hiram Fox of Whalley avenue, made a mile in 2:15 at the Great Harrington fair last week on half mile track. This is the fastest time ever made on this track. l Attorney J. Birney Futile and Miss Bernice Chase, daughter of the late | Frederick Chase, were married Satur- day in Fair Haven. MT. and Mrs. Tut tie will reside in their new home in Sylvan avenue.
 The West Side club will give a re- ception and dance at the town hall, West Haven, tomorrow evening. The committee in charge is: William F. Powell Charles F. Lundie, Harry E. lilies, F. Darlington Hopkins and Leon H. Gregg. A banquet will be given at the club house on Howard avenue.
 Fire in an open grate set fire to the floor of the house at 23S Grand avenue, owned by Dr. B. K Roberts, and oc- cupied by N. A. Ludddington, at $50 yesterday morning. Engine No. was called on still alarm, and extinguish- ed the blaze after about $30 damage vas done.
 Some unknown miscreant threw a l stone through one of the windows in St. Francis R. c. church, which is in course of construction damaging it to the extent of $25 The window is one of the prettiest in the church and was valued at $500,
 | Yesterday morning party, consist ing of Judge Samuel Bryant, Charles F. Graham and G. F. Osborn, left for the Adirondacks to hunt deer. They will make their headquarters at Judge i Bryant's lodge, but will spend much of the time in the woods
 I A betrothal reception was given Sum day afternoon for Miss Jennie Machol and Malvin Simon, at the home of the bride-elects parents on William street. MT Simon is from New York The house was handsomely decorated with cut flowers and palms. Receiving with the betrothed couple were MT. and Mrs. Machol and MT. and Mrs. Simon. I Mrs. Catherine Murdock. widow of the late Robert L. Murdock, died at the hospital Sunday morning after a Hong illness from consumption. She was fiftyfve years old and the mother Eof Samuel w. Murdock The funeral will be held this afternoon at o'clock at Cox & Henze's undertaking rooms in Church street The interment will be in the family plot in Evergreen ceme- tery.
 Contractors Sperry & Treat have | been awarded the contract for the con- struction of the new Osterweis buiId-
 
 an old building located next to Polls theater The old building is now being razed. The new building will be a handsome fourstory brick structure which is to cost about $40 900.
 Morris Zeideman, who conducts a meat market at 116 Congress avenue, has discharged Hugo Abeles of 295 Ce- dar street because he charged Abeles with having collected $275, which he has never turned over to him. Zeide- man was formerly collector for his uncle, Frank Nuzzenholtz, the baker at 119 Congress avenue, but seven weeks ago was placed in charge of the meat market across the street. Abeles says the charges are wholly unfounded; that there is some mistake.
 The Connecticut Banner, published by Rev. A. F. Miller, has suspended. Ir | it's issue of Saturday appeared the fol lowing: "So little attention has beer given to collecting in the publication oi the Banner, and we have got so far be hind our bills, that we have decided after long struggle against the inev- itable, to suspend publication of the Banner and devote some time to tht collecting field"
 At the meeting of Dorscht lodge No. Sunday the following officers were elected President, Louis Felsburg vice president Nathan Herz; secretary Albert Mallon; treasurer, Charles Hal ton; sergeant at-arms, William Hegel librarian. E. l.. Rawson; musical direc tor, Frank Fichtl board of governors Louis Well, Frank Fichtl and MT Trisch. A committee consisting O Messrs. Fichtl, Felsburg and Mallol was appointed to arrange for serie of subscription concerts to be givel during the winter
 In New Britain yesterday Attorne. E. F. Gaffney made application in tn probate court that the Yale Brick com pany of Berlin be declared insolvent The petition is made on the ground o an alleged failure on the part of tn company to pay part of a note for $500 It was learned in this city that tn