New Britain herald., 1914-08-31
City Items


 East Hampton.
 1nis Wednesday afternoon will be the last half holiday for local clerks.
 $. Ravizza is having plans drawn for a garage at the corner of South Main and Brook street.
 Mrs Xenophon LaFlamme has re- turned to her home on Main street from a visit to relatives in Quebec, Canada.
 Charles Disbrow is reported to be seriously ill at his home on Lincoln street.
 The first meeting of the fall season of Centennial lodge, A. F. and A. M, vii be held Wednesday evening. The members will plan for the resumption of degree work.
 Attorney W. H. Darrow of New York is the guest of his brother, D. C. Darrow. of Glen street.
 MT. and Mrs. Dewitt Hancock of West Ellis street are back from d trip to Virginia.
 Registrars T. J. Smith and w. H. Scheuy will begin taking the school enumeration tomorrow.
 The school board has engaged Miss Margaret Wallace of Springfield to teach at the Smith school.
 MT. and Mrs. H. E. Johnson of Chestnut stret have returned from a vacation at Madison.
 Judge John H. Kirkham and chill dren are home after a sojourn in the Adirondacks. Mrs. Kirkham will re- main there a few weeks more.
 c. L. Barnes has purchased land on Steele street of E. s. Hart.
 MT. and Mrs. John l.. McCabe have returned from a vacation spent at Block Island.
 Mrs. Lee Bergren and Mrs. Elam of Glen street, have returned from Beach.
 pr. H. J. Lockhardt and wife have returned from their honeymoon and will take up their residence in Hart ford.
 Mrs. Frank B. Cox and Mrs. Will liam G. Dunn are expected to return today from Ocean Beach, New Lon- don.
 The United German Societies will 
 ing in Bardeck's Hall.
 President w. E. Atwood of the New Britain Trust Company and his family have returned from months stay at Madison.
 Sen. A. J. Sloper and George P. Spear have returned from trip spent at Moosehead Lake, Me.
 Judge and Mrs. E. A. Merriman of Meriden spent Sunday with friends on Russell street.
 Miss Margaret Geary of the So. N. E. Telephone Company has returned from d vacation spent at Springfield, Mass.
 The family of Principal Louis F. Slade of the High School will return this week from their summer home at Tiyerton, R. l.
 C. A. Hierpe and family have re- turned from East Hampton.
 MT. and Mrs. M. r. Leghorn Of Stanley street have as their guest Miss Mary Sheehan of Philadelphia.
 F. w. Johnson has returned from Muncie, Ind, where he attended the convention of the O. U. A. M. as na- tional delegate from this state.
 Chief w. J. Rawlings has returned from Gloucester, Mass. He attended the convention of the Supreme Tenn pie, T. of H. and T.
 Rev. Dr. s. G. Ohman married John Pierson and Miss Bertha Johnson at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage Sat urday night.
 The First Church Summer Sunday School held its last meeting yester- day. The meeting was marked by large attendance.
 James M. Maher, a we'll known athlete, is nursing a painful injury at his home on Commercial street. While working at John Pinches' last week a saw cut two of his fingers to the bone
 Chairman T. l.. Wagner of the municipal ice committee has sent ln- formation regarding the local ice plant to New York city and West Point, Miss. It is probable that ice plants will be started there. The New York letter is for the borough of Manhattan.
 The receipts from the sale of mu- nicipal ice up to date amount to s2,00O.
 The publicity given to the arrest end conviction of personal tax dodgers hae resulted in an influx of delinquent taxpayers to the office of Collector Charles J. Elliott. About 200 paid their tax Saturday.
 sub-contracts for the erection of w.