The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-21
MILFORD.

April 19-George B. Clark who has Accumulated quite a stock of second- hand wagons at his repository, in Mill < lord, will auction them off in Derby on Thursday of this week.
 A limited number of invitations are extended for the fourth annual recep- lion of the Misses Downs dancing class which will be held in the Lawn hall Wednesday evening, May 3, 1899. The committee are as follows: George w. Carroll, w. E,. Smallwood, John c. Me Lean, Charles T. Benjamin and Harold c. Smith.
 The regular weekly meeting of the MllIord Wheel club was held on Thurs day evening.
 Mrs. Sarah G. Blinn of West Main street has returned from a visit with Friends in Albany, N. Y.
 Mrs. William L. Merwin has returned rom an extended visit with her cousin, Mrs Cora Kellogg in Hartford.
 John H. Futile has acquired fruit farm in the vicinity of Poughkeepsie, N. r., and has moved his family to that place. His place lately known as the
 
 ed to MT. Murfree of Bridgeport.
 The Ladies Aid society of Woodmont on Thursday evening presented at the chapel of M. F. church a drama en- titled "Woman's Rights Miss Ruby Fowler of New Haven recited. Vocal and instrumental music was furnished.
 Chicken thieves were out in full force last night again, but had all their ronJ 1o1,t lives at the straw hat shop boarding house has had until lately large number of choice fowls, but early this spring he disposed of them and since then has not kept his hennery stocked as before MT. Gilligan thinks the thieves visited his henery just after midnight last night as an unusual noise was heard about that time. They were evi dently in great haste for they left a saw behind They also visited w. H. Tinkham's about two weeks ago and re- 1ieved him of some fifty fowls
 Miss Theresa Earth left Wednesday morning to attend the marriage of her sister. Miss Mamie to Raphael Witter- will of this town. The wedding took place Wednesday at the home of the bride in Brooklyn, N. Y. MT. and Mrs. Witterwill will reside in Bridgeport up- on the return from their wedding tour, where the groom has house all furn- 1shed for occupancy.
 Contractor A. H. Davidson has f1n- sished painting the Citizen building in very attractive colors and is now en- gagged in painting the Star market.
 Yesterday morning steam was let into the pumps at the water works and be- fore noon the stand pipe was more than half full of water This work of testing the tank and starting the machinery was done under the supervision of En- gineer D. J. Green.
 F. F. Stowe has cottage raised and shut in at Walnut Beach for Miss Carrie Camp of New York city.
 Wednesday Charles A. Smith of the firm of D. E. Smith & Go. had the mis- fortune to fall from a roof which he was building at Woodmont, striking on a pile of stones in such a manner that his right shoulder was badly dislocated. This fall was caused by one of the brackets which held the staging pulling out and the whole thing came down.
 Nearly one hundred members of the New Haven Pomona grange met in Mill ford yesterday. Th2 principal speaker at the morning session was Professor l Jenkins of the experimental station, | whose address on the purchase and use of commercial cattle foods was as inter- esting as it was instructive, and held the attention of all present At noon an elaborate dinner was served in Bailey &s Smiths hall to the guests
 George D. Wright, who has been liv- | ing on Gulf street, has moved to New | Haven.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur E. Parcelle have returned to Milford after several months visit with relatives in Mt. Vision, N. Y. MT. ParceAe is very much improved in health.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Doherty are spending a few days with their daughter in Brooklyn.
 E. B. Hol1away was elected grand sec retary of Royal Arcanum for the tenth consecutive year at the annual election of state officers held in Winsted yester- day. Professor H. I. Mathewson was also elected grand orator. Milford will be highly honored this year in Royal Arcanum circles.
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