The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-01
MILFORD NOTES.

N9Gull reSlueICe the morse WeHt iSo''S out of sight in sn w drift, ani 'r thrashing around broke the sleigh in several places,
 Eugene N. Clark, who left Milford some time since leaving his small fam fly to the care of friends and relatives has returned to his home to nurse number of injuries received in Thomas ton, Conn.,, while working for c. w. Blakeslee & Son, contractors.
 The social which was to be given last evening by William Fowler Council c. U. A. M, was postponed until Decem- Der 14th.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter I. Addise are rejoicing over the arrival of baby boy in the family.
 The heavy snow has not interrupted the Milford Water company from lay l ing their water pipes. They are now l laid from Cornwall's store west to Cen | ter street, and from their they took jump to Lafayette avenue, not wishing l to disturb the macadam road at this point. From this corner it Is laid west to Tory Brook, and is being laid further west as rapidly as possible. It is ex- pected water will be in the pipes for use by January list.
 President Charles A. Tomlnson | hired all the men who wanted employ ment, and also secured the services of Il large gang of the Water compunys employees, yesterday and to-day. With these men he was able to extricate the car which was stranded at the old Cath ollie church, and then the tracks were cleared as far west as Meadows End. No cars have as yet been run but are expected to some time this afternoon. The National Electrical Manufactur- | ing company are putting in an electric fire alarm service into the LOEB Island state hospital at Kings Park, l.. l., which will have twenty-five boxes and several miles of wire. This contract was secured after a competitive exhibi- tion of the leading workers of the coun- try. experts considering the system made by the Milford company the most practicable.
 The funeral of Ferdinand Gutens- burg, who died on Saturday, was not held yesterday on account of the con- dition of the travelling. It was held, however, this morning, services being held at St. Mary's church,n after which 1 tAlC Oouy WoS pleiNCu III IIAS iSNN V AA' D vault at the cemetery.
 The regular monthly meeting of Free love Baldwin Stowe Chapter, D. A. R., will be held at the residence of Mrs. Hart N. Sperry, on Prospect street, on Thursday afternoon, December list, at 3 p. m.
 The Milford fire alarm service has so far progressed that MT. Moves, presi- dent of the National Electrical compa- ny, is able to state that permission has l been secured from the Western Union Telegraph company, Southern New England Telephone company and the Milford Street Railway company, to hang the wires on their poles, which leaves but a very few poles left to be erected and cared for by the town. Over six miles of wire will be used and about fifteen boxes. The location of some of them will be: One in front of the post-office, one at the corner of Green and Lafayette streets, one at the corner of Clark street and Bridgeport turnpike, one near s. N. Oviatts store, one corner of High and West Main streets, one corner of North street and Orange avenue. one corner of Cherry street and Governor avenue, and one corner of Gulf street and New Haven avenue Work will soon begin on erecting these boxes.
 The meeting of the Needework guild which was to have been held on Mon- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Fred Cornwall, was postponed unti, Wednesday at 8 p. m.
 Mrs. George F. Platt, who is ill at her home on Derby avenue, is gradually re- covering.
 The Milford Street Railway company was assessed sixty-f1ve dollars for state taxes this year.
 The annual election of officers of Vol unteer Council Royal Arcanum, will he held on Thursday evening.
 pr. Albert L. House, formerly of Milford, but now of Torrington, Conn.,. will be wed to Miss Florence Lane to- morrow Wednesday, at high noon al the home of the bride in Cheshire.
 The regular weekly meeting of Wep. owage lodge will be held on Wednesday evening.
 The funeral of Mrs. John Minor, who died suddenly on Saturday, was held to- day at 2:30 D. m. Rev. W. H. HuIch- inson officiated. Burial was in Milford cemetery.
 Nov. 30.-The annual meeting of the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor which was to have been held on December Ii in the First Con- gregational church, will be held on De- cember f.
 President Charles A. Tomlinson in his endeavors to keep the tracks of the Mil ford Street Railway Co. clear of snow has been directing the work of a gang of men almost all the time from Sun day night to Wednesday. Enough of the track was clear to run a car to ac- conmodate the public in the town of Milford on Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning car came through from Bridgeport, the snow which had been taken from the tracks was piled in the road, In some places this snow was carted away, but after while the ma chine which is used for hauling the mud out of the gutters was hauled out and the snow in Gulf street, Cherry street and Lafayette avenue was haul ed back cito the electric road, which stopped the running of cars, and in some instances caused some people who were on the cars to walk into the cen. ter of the town, which action on the part of those who are responsible for the moving of the snow is not appre- t1sr 4,I n