The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-26
VARIOUS ITEMS

Little Boston, with view to purchaa
 ing it for asummer residence.
 At the 2ollner concert to be held thi
 evening at the New Britain Lyceum tn
 soloists will be- Miss Elizabeth c. Calf
 hey of this city. soprano; Miss Louis Clary of New York, contralto, and Mis-
 Clara Corbin Wilson pianist. Tn
 chorus will consist of fifty voices.
 The Misses Wheeler, daughters of tn
 late John P Wheeler of Stpatford, ar,
 soon to build house on lot purchased
 from Miss Carrie Judson situated jus
 below the residence of AlonEo Derby.
 Winsted sportsmen, hunters and trap
 pers say that this heavy storm has kill | ed thousands of partridges, quail an(
 rabbits, and many other denizens o,
 the woods, as we'll as foxes. Some have i died of starvation, and others have
 been showed under.
 A fire which broke out in Waterbury
 yesterday in Mrs. Mi Bronson's five story tenement house on North Mair
 street, did about $500 damage to two tenements. Great crowds ran to the
 fire, which was the first of serious na-
 ture since the big fire. Mrs Bronson
 resides in Middlebury, and has many
 New Haven friends.
 The lineup of the Wallingford high school girls basketball team, which
 plays Hillhouse in this oity this even ing, will be: Ackert and Sternberg, guards Chaffee, center; SaleslSi and Gladwin, forwards; Reilly and Casey, substitutes. The coaches, Holden, Reilly, O'Brien and Rogers will prob ably accompany the team. Willard Hyatt is booked to act as referee. It was because of the uncertainty of pro- curing his services that the game was postponed from last Saturday.
 With the settlement of the John P. Wheeler estate the M E. church of Stratford comes into possession of a considerable sum, about s6,000, it is said, as trust fund, the proceeds from which are to be used equally for the im- provement of the music and the sup pert of the minister.
 The resignation of M J. Grilley as SUI pelintendent of the Plume & Atwood rolling mill, Thomaston, which took eff feet Monday, has for some time been anticipated by MT. Grilley who, all though having celebrated his eightieth birthday last December, is quite active, and up to three weeks ago, when he fell, cracking three of his ribs, was always at his post of duty
 Ralph Gilbert spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. D. W. Moore in Talcotville He is taking a special course in chem istry at Yale.
 c. l.. Upham camp, Sons of Veterans of Meriden, will go to Southington this evening, where their degree team will muster several new members into s. s. Woodruff camp,
 The Meriden Journal yesterday says: "The engine of the 713 south bound accommodation train broke down here this morning and was unable to pro oeed. The through passengers took the 7:30 express to New Haven while the passengers for Wallingford went to the brought by trolley. Among the pass engers who transferred to the express train were Ernest Thompson Seton, who lectured last evening In Rockville, and who was on his way to New York"
 At the town hall in Trumbull this morning commencing at 10:30 o'clock farmers institute will be held under the auspices of the state board of agri- culture upon invitation of the Easton and Trumbull granges, Patrons of Illus handry. The address of welcome will be made by Worthy Master Fuller Among the topics to be considered and the speakers are the following: Fruit Culture in Connecticut" by N s. Platt, state pomologist an address by Pro lessor Stimson, acting president of the Agricultural college; ''Dairylng in Connecticut" Professor c. I. Beach, and "The Poultry Industry for Profit,' by the manager of the poul- try department of the Connecticut Az rioultural college. Discussions will fol- low each address.
 The will of the late Hon. Charles Parker of Meriden was approved at Meriden probate court yesterday and Dexter w. Parker and w. H. Lyon were appointed executors as named in he will. The estate would reach $1,- 700 900 were it not for legacies given prior to his death by MT Parker to heirs. Over 4,000 shares of capital stock of the Charles Parker are given as follows To his son, Dexter w. Parker, 999 shares; 10 lis daughter Annie, 300 shares; to his Charles F. Breese, Nellie l Parker Breese. Louis C. Parker, and Wilbur r. Parker, 340 shares each To i mother son, Charles E. Parker, who | lied about two years ago, he gave 999 | hares, and this stock goes to the two | urviving children, Dexter w. Parker | md Mrs. w. H. Lyon, to be divided | qually between them. To his son Dex- | CT the deceased gave his house and | rounds, furniture, horses, carriages, tc.; to his niece Helen R, Merwin, wife | f George c, Merwin, $S,500, and to 'arah and Mary, two nieces, children of | is sister, Mrs. Jeralds, $2,000 each
 Herbert D. Hodgson, who has been he organist at Calvary Baptist church or the past ten years, has been re-en aged. Warren Williams, the basso of | Dwight Place church the past year, has cen engaged at Calvary Baptist hurch.
 Director of Public Works Coe yester ay received from pr. Herbert F. Smith f the Yale medical school, who is state hemist, report in which he says that he water in the wells at the corner of congress- avenue and Washington ave ue is contaminated with sewage and is 1erefore not fit to drink. Director Coe ,+apdc oory tp baya the town 1