The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-09-04
T-dRIOUS ITEMS.

Mr. and Tirs. Walter H. Brown of 1 New York are guests of MT. and Mrs.
 Frank G. Ball of West Haven. They
 will so later to Pine Orchard, whrre
 they will be guests of Mr, and Mrs. w J. hlock of Meriden, who are occupying
 a cottage there
 l A fire caused by a defective Hue re- suited in the destruction of T taramelIJ lfhouse owned by the National Enamel
 and Stamping company in Portland yesterday and the tenants lost thsir household effects. The loss is estiluet-
 ed at about $3,500.
 Miss Edna Higby, daughter of MT.
 and Mrs. Henry s. Higby of Howe
 street. has returned from a months yis-
 it in Maine.
 MT. and Mrs. Enos Kimberly have
 been spending several week at Range | ley Lakes in Maine.
 MT. and Mrs. Malcolm Booth and family are occupying a cottage at Ori- ental Park for a few days, the former spending his days in town, however, | engaged in tutoring students for college and the high school.
 The thirty mill, peddlers who supply Willimantic citizens held 9 meeting on Saturday and organized what is to be known as the Milk Dealers Protective l association. An alleged object of the association is to protect it's members from dead beats brt apparently the prime object was to raise the price, for. before they adjourned their first meet ing the association voted 60 raise the price from five cents to six cents a quart to retail customers and srom four to five cents to wholesale customers.
 Joseph H. DeveraauX of the firm of Devereaux & Sullivan, a:.G manager of the circulation department of the Wa
 terbury American and Miss Elizabeth l.. Mackey were joined in wedlock at the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion in Waterbury yesterday.
 Registrar of Vital Statistics James J. Carr was at his office in the city hall all morning yesterday in the interest of any one who wanted a marriage li cense or a burial permit. Three cou- ples. two white and one colored, called to secure marriage licenses. They stat ed that they would be married in the afternoon.
 The Branford fair this year promises to be the best ever held. Louis S. Fisk, the popular end energetic proprietor of the driving park, has secured several fine attractions and there will be horse racing each day. The farmers in Bran ford and vicinity are taking great in- terest in the fair, and no doubt the ex- hibition tents will be filled with their products.
 Miss Ella Barton, who has been spending the month of August with her sister, Mrs. Thomas M. Payne of East Mountain and Mrs Charles w. York of 21 Ludlow street Waterbury, returned to her home, 125 High street, this city, yesterday Miss Barton will spend a wek or ten days at the Anchorage, Nor ris Cove during September.
 Miss Sara Noether of Waterbury left yesterday with a party from this city to attend the floral fete at Saratoga and also will spend 3 few days at Lake George before returning.
 Rev. Dr. Wtson l.. Phillips, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, will re- turn to New Haven next Thursday from East Pembroke, Mass, where he has been spending a month with his WIe ana udueHleI dt MiS iiliipS olu home. Dr. Phillips will resume preach ing next Sunday morning at his church, | the evening service being omitted until | October l. Mrs. Phillips and Miss Ruth | will not come home for two or | three weeks.
 The Misses Marion and Helen Fowler, | daughters of Mir, and Mrs H. R. Fow- Ter of 35 Lynwood street have return ed to their home after six weeks visit to their grandparents in Greenwich, Conn Mrs Fowler joined her daugh- ters for a few days during the end of their stay. Mrs. Mead and daughter, from the same place, came to New Ha- ven on Saturday, the latter to enter the Normal Training school here at it's open ng.