New Britain herald., 1914-08-17
City Items

Mrs. Robert Lohr and son of West New York, N. J., are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Theodore Wagner of South Burritt street.
 There will be regular meeting of ] the board of public works tomorrow evening.
 The charity commissioners have l filed an invitation with the city clerk | inviting the council members to visit the town home in a body at some future date. The invitation will be read at Wednesday nights meeting. Special Officer Walter Hall has filed his resignation from the supernumer- ery police force. Hall was recently l fined in court for assault and previous to that had been suspended for viola tion of the rules.
 Some time Saturday night or early Sunday morning thieves entered the garage belonging to Horace Reynolds at 15S Maple street and stole his TIarley-Davidson motorcycle. The police are Investigating.
 Rev. MT. Smith, pastor of the Universalist church of Middletown, prea ched an interesting sermon last evening at the Hillcrest church, this city, upon Why I Am a Universalist." MT. Smith will preach at the Hill crest church the next four Sundays.
 Chimneys repaired. H. A. Trainor Go. Leave orders at Mills Hardware Store.-advt.
 Mrs. l.. s. Willard of West Main street is the guest of Mrs. A. G. Hen derson at Wawlick lodge, Highland lake.
 Ext ensive line of trunks. bags, suit cases. Ryan's. 43 Main street.-advt.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Bertram of Francis street have gone to Quincy, Mass, for the next two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Sullivan and children of Francis street are in Wor- cester, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis Schwab of At lantic City and formerly of this city, arc visiting here.
 Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Dunn, Miss May Coffey Robert Stone, and Mrs. F. B. Cox are at Ocean Beach.
 John B. Smith is spending his va cation at South Hero, Vermont
 Miss May B. Lord of New York, the evangelist, spoke at both services at the Peoples church yesterday.
 Clair Upson made the address and R. H. Crawford gave the lesson story at the South church Summer Sunday school yesterday.
 Miss Mary Gaffney of No. 26 Hart street is seriously i'll at the Hartford hospital. where she was admitted as a patient yesterday morning.
 Dr. Harry Flannigan and Attorney Daniel O'Leary of Lynn, Mass, are visiting at the home of Miss Mary Kiely on Winter street.
 Miss Helen Blank, of Prospect street. has returned from a vacation spent in Boston.
 James O'Brien has gone to Atlantic City, where he will spend his vacation.
 A marriage license has been granted to Steve Wvok and Mary Gion, both 1 of 125 Broad street.
 Miss. Nellie Farrell, of Norwich, who has been visiting with friends in this l city, has returned to her home.
 The Misses Ella Moore and Helen | and Mary Monsees have returned from l a pleasant two weeks vacation spent | at Rockaway Park, L. I.
 Miss Esther Kallberg is stopping l at the Ravine House, Randolf, N. H.
 William Cowlishaw will spend two ] weeks at Merwin Beach, Milford, | Conn.
 James V. O'Brien is spending his l va cation at Atlantic City.
 Mrs. c. B. Golf will spend the next | two weeks at Pleasant View, N. J.
 Mrs. Sarah Williams, of Grand | street, is seriously i'll with pneumonia. i Dr. Arvid Anderson is attending her.
 Miss Grace Ryan, clerk in the city ! engineers office, has returned from 1 her two weeks vication.
 James Perlman, a local congressman, l lost a valuable horse yesterday. The l animal died of the cholic.
 Howard Sherman has been granted 1 the, contract for grading Broad street 1 between Curtis and Booth streets. l The high hill will be. cut down and l the low places filled in, making valu- able building sites.
 The delegation from St. Mary's | church, headed by Rev. John T. Win ters, who have been to Canada to l visit the shrine there, have returned l to this city. 1
 Samuel Robington reported to the | police today that his horse Is lost. ! The beast evidently strolled out of the 1 barn when the door was left open.
 Caspar Kasica, of 63 Booth street, to the police yesterday that neighbor was saving wood on his front porch and was annoying him.
 Emil vogel and Otto Hipp have left m an extended trip into Canada, l which will include visits to the Thou sand Islands and Lake George.
 The Misses Estella, Vine Coral and Bertha Carlson ar staying at Gardner cottage at Clinton Beach, 1