The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-13
FAIRFIELD
This Weeks Weddings = Magnificent Presents Death of the Fire Chief Coming Back to Town Church Dec. 0rati0ns.

ding in town read as follows: The
 Reverend and Mrs. Frank Samuel Child request the honor of your pres
 ence at the marriage of their daugh-
 ter, Grace, to MT. Alder Ellis on the
 afternoon of Thursday, the fifteenth
 of April, at four o'clock. at the First Congregational church, Fairfield, Con- !necticut.'' A second card requests the pleasure of the recipients company on the same afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
 at Sherman parsonage. It is under stood that MT. Ellis has arrived Tn town in anticipation Of the happy event. It is announced that the brides maids will be the Misses Theodora and
 Ruth Child, sisters; Miss Ruth Kings bury of New Haven, Miss Annie A. Sturges of New York, Miss Theodora Wheeler of Vassar College, Miss Ruth Guilbert of Smith College, and Miss Marion Sterns of Chicago. The best | man will be Angus Wurtle of Chicago, I and the following gentlemen will act
 Jr-, of New York; Dawson c. Glover, of Harvard University; Darlington Beeman, William B. Glover and Sam 1 uel Glover. all of Yale University.
 The bride is Smith College girl and l it is expected many of her classmates will be present. There will be car riases at.the railway stations in town to meet the noon train on Thursday IEOIn NeW OTk, ana to convey out Ol | town guests to the parsonage. It is understood Miss Child has received
 many handsome and costly presents, and these will be on exhibition in the study of the parsonage. Among them | there is a very handsome pearl neck | lace, said to be the gift of O. G. Jen- | nings, containing 700 pearls with a handsome pendant; handsome gold watch and chain, the chain being
 studded with pearls; two brooches, one | of amythests and diamonds, and the other of cameos and pearls; set of beautiful hand painted plates from
 Miss Helen Gould; many rare cups and saucers; salad sets; chest of | linen from Mrs. Samuel Wheeler, and | a chest of silver, heirlooms, from the Ellis family, as well as a large num- ! Der of other presents. The. wedding
 promises to be a very large one. as all the members of the church have | been invited, as well as many friends
 and relatives. After the wedding MT.
 and Mrs. Ellis will live in San Fran
 cisco. where MT. Ellis. who is hl the
 railroad business, has office. | The death of Fire Chief Herman R.
 A. Seggel, at g o'clock last Sunday
 as he had been i'll for a long time, and | for the past week his life had been l hanging in the balance. He was al-
 most sixty years of age. and had been
 chief of the fire department of this | town for a long time- He took deep | interest in the work and devoted much
 time to keeping the apparatus in or | der. and the rooms of the Hook & | Ladder company in good condition.
 All this was done for the good of the
 cause since there is no salary attach
 ed to the position. MT. Seggel was a
 carpenter by trade. He is survived by
 six children and a widow. His two
 sons from New Jersey, George and | Adolph, have arrived in town. The | funeral will ike place tomorrow morn
 ing at St. Thomas church. A. G. | = .f q | issued a call for a meeting last night
 at the truck house to make arrange
 ments for the funeral. The flag is | flying at half mast, and it is under
 stood the boys will attend the funeral l in a body.
 MT and Mrs Charles Clucus of New i York, were in town over Sunday. The social event in Southport this | week is the marriage tomorrow Of
 Miss Banks, sister of Judge Banks, to
 MT. F. Bishop of Bridgeport
 | A few of those who came to town
 for Easter were Miss Katie Francis
 Curran of New York; Miss Annie Gull
 lam of Stamford, and Keith Morris | Sunday last on what is known as | Sedat's field, the Fairfield Stars de- l feated the West End baseball club. 5 1 to ?. McGarry and Drew were the l pitchers for the Stars, and John Park, 1 who works at the depot, was the um- pire.
 Miss Minnie Connell is home from a | weeks visit to Bridgeport. | Two Southport young ladies who are | in college, Miss Ruth Holman and | Miss Isabelle Guilbert, have been | spending their Easter vacation in town.
 MT. Sturges, as usual. had his gar dener- decorate the Congregational church with ferns and host of flow CTS for Easter. MT. Ellis. who is to be married Thursday, was present | and created a very favorable impress | sion.
 There is a rumor that there will be another boxing bout next week at the l usual place.
 Richard Bender was seized with l Iheznorrhages from the lungs at the | works of the Royal Equipment Co.,, at