The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-20
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
LAKR GROYE RINK DESTROYED BY
 FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING.

Wedding of Leonard E. Rice and Miss Nellie Edna Grieb This Evening-sud- den Death of Charles Gannon-Frank A. Wallace to Erect a New Residence on South Main Street.
 The old Lake Grove rink, which was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, was erected during the late summer and opened up late in Novem- Der, 1884, by the Bull Brothers. During that winter and the next year, while the roller skating craze lasted, quite business was done. Later it was con- verted into an opera house and was used for that purpose until the Slfnp- son opera house was in order. for d while it was non-paying investment and nearly ten years ago came into the possession of H. H. Fall. The Lake side Social club rented the building Tor a while, run in polo and was falrly successful. w. L. Horne, as the Horne Cold Distilled Brandy company, occu- pied the place for while, and at one time a full fedged cider mill was in operation on the skating surface For the past five years, until last winter, the building was unoccupied except a small portion of the east wing, where Mrs Horne and family resided. The TakevieW Athletic club rented the building early last winter and fitted It up for polo, which it conducted for a part of the season, and then the polo franchise was transferred to the Wal lingford Amusement company, which srb-rented it and carried out the polo season, since which time the building has been empty, and it is natural to suppose under the circumstances that the fire was of incendiary origin. The building was valued at $5,OOO and has an insurance of $1,250 In the Holland County Mutual, in the agency of J. A. Martin. The main building was 66 feet wide and 13O feet long. The fire start ed down stairs in the southwest cor ner.
 Leonard Eugene Rice and Miss Nel- lie Edna Grieb will be married at o'clock this evening at the home of the bride on North Farms. Rev. E. G. \ Richardson will officiate.
 Yesterdays recorded real estate transfers were: Henry B. Hall to A. .. Brown, jr., two lots 65x140 feet on Sylvan avenue; MT. and Mrs. A. J. At kinson to Mary Ebert, house and lot 50x150 feet on Pine street.
 The Wheel and Cycle Bar company is rushed with orders and running to its fullest capacity.
 Napoleon Lacoursire and Miss Geor- gie Porter of Hall avenue were mar Tied at o'clock yesterday morning in the Holy Trinity church. Miss Eve < line Porter, a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid, and Paul Lehoniller was best man.
 Mrs Charles Cannon of Church street died very suddenly late yester- day afternoon, aged twenty-four years. The cause of her death was Bright's disease. An infant child survives it's mother. Notice of funeral will appear tomorrow morning.
 # "Rebecca's Triumph was presented in the opera house last evening by the young ladies of the Congregational church and it's rendition reflected much credit upon the young ladies who filled the different roles.
 The quartette choir at the Congrega- tionaI church will be given up after Sunday next, and singing by the con- gregation will be the order of the day Mrs. Carrie Fenn Peers will at that time give up her position os organist of the church.
 Frank A. Wallace will soon erect ar elegant residence on South Main street on the site where the house was recent 1y moved away. W. H. Allen of New Haven is the architect.
 H. L. Judd has purchased the Thom- as Pickford property on the corner o1 Center street and Whittlesey avenue
 Miss Sara Jennings, one of the teach CTS at the Whittlesey avenue school has sent in her resignation to take ef. feet on Friday of this week.
 Nearly every member of Company K JC. N. G., and Company I, Hiberniar Rifles, are ready to offer their services gto the president in case of war witt Spain.