Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-08-09
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Theatrical.
The New Haven Opera House will be open
sd on Saturday evening, August &c, by
Messrs. Palmer & Ulmer, who have leased it
of DR.. Sklf. The "Danites" will be present.
ed with Lizzie May Ulmer in the part of
''Billie Piper, "a character in which she is un-
excelled. The 'Danites" will be repeated on |
Monday evening, and Tuesday evening '"The |
Passing Regiment" the success at Days |
New York Theatre last season, will be pre-
scented.
Booked for the house are the Clara Louise
Kellogg opera company. two nights; Salvini,
the great Italian tragedian Gus Williams in
Zone Of the Finest - Carrie Swain, q charm
ing soubrette of the Lolita school, in Cad
the Tomboy;" Mckee Rankin in " 40, the
Black Flag" written for Charlie Thorne,
who lately fell heir to quarter of million
dollars.
Mr.. Ulmer, himself an actor of repute. will
manage the opera house, and Mr. Palmer,
his associate, will direct the movements of
the combination companies they have put
upon the road Mr.. Frank Ulmer, the scene
painter of the house, is busily at work upon
scenery to be used in the "Danites.''
Excursions
Tomorrow morning at $50 the steamer
Sirius starts from Belle Dock with the mem
bers and friends of the Clan na-Gael society
on their first annual excursion to Coney
Island. The boat will make stop at Canal
Dock to take on friends from Waterbury,
Naugatuck, Ansonia, Derby and Birmingham
| The American band will be on board to fur.
| nish music during the trip and string band
will be at the service of the dancers. The
| quartette of the Grand Republic will dispense
vocal selections. The number of tickets have
| been limited, and everything connected with
! the arrangements indicates one of the pleas
| ATTEST excursions of the season.
The ninth annual excursion of the St.
Aloysius T., A. B. society takes place to-day,
| the party going to New York and Coney
Island on the steamer Elm City, the steamer
leaving Belle Dock at 1880. Thomas orches-
| ira will furnish music and Flaherty will
prompt.
The excursions to Osprey Beach by the
Elm City and to Glen Island by the John H.
Starin were largely patronized yesterday.
| Families appreciate these excursions because
there is no liquor sold on board and they are
essentially quiet and delightful trip. The
''Starin" will make her next trip to Glen
Island tomorrow (Thursday). Fare for the
round trip only Is cents.
Personal.
Mr.. James Day, of Whitneyville, is quite
ill again, but it is thought there is q slight
improvement in his case.
The wife of Chauncey Murray, brother o.
Rev. w. III. Fl. Murray. died recently in New
York of paralysis of the brain.
Martin Linskey, of Guilford, is the happy
father of fourteen children, seven of whom
are sons, and the last arrived Saturday.
Rev. Joseph Cook sails from Australis
August 10 and will arrive in this city, tt
which his wife recently returned, about thu
last of November. e.
Member of Congress Phelps was in tn,
city yesterday. There are those who sa.
that Congressman Phelps friends are ex
| pecting to renominate him.
The funeral of James Condor, the youns
man who died very suddenly Monday, tool
place yesterday from the Catholic church il
Birmingham. 1t was very large funeral
Tho Rev. Mr.. Clark, of Trinity church
Bridgeport in consequence of needed res
for his throat, is to spend the next six o
eight weeks in the Cumberland Mountains
Howard L. Hine, formerly lieutenant il
the old 10Th G. ", is in the city with hi
family, having just arrived from Brunswick
Ga, where he is located in business. MI
Hine IS inspector of lumber for Cook Bros.
Co., of Brunswick, one of the largest mills il
| Georgia.
Captain David Smith, an old and respecte
citizen of Naugatuck, died at his residenc
Sunday night at 10 o'clock in the seventy
second year of his age. He had filled ever
Office in the gift of his townsmen, and at th
time of his death was town treasurer. II
was born in Bethany and moved to Naug
tuck in 1886.
- Mr.. Brinley, of the Town Clerks office
and lady went to Osprey Beach yesterday
8 and Torrance Reynolds, clerk of the Office
, has gone to Long Branch. Mr.. Shuster
! busy with his other assistants, Mr.. Seeley an
| Mr. Brethauer, there being considerable bu
a mess in real estate transfers. beside the !
- | cense business
q Mr. G. H. Day, formerly of Forepaugh'
: has been reengaged by Mr.. Forepaugh und.
most fattering auspices, for term of tH
q | years. The great elephant Bolivar, heavi
9 than Jumbo, is to be presented by NJ
s Forepaugh to the Queen of England tt
q coming fall The animal is getting so bull
+ that it is inconvenient to transport the in
mense beast. A special of large si
IS made for it, as large as the exigenoies of ge
9 eral railroading would allow, is now tt
! small for the beast. Forepaugh is comm
1t east in 1888.
o large circle of friends mourn the dea
- - of f. w. Willard, a promising young ma
, | who for some time resided in this city. F
/ gained the high esteem of all who formed
1; acquaintance, and will be much missed. f
y, - died at his home in Egremont, Mass. F
is was pursuing the study of law in Barringto
10 Mass, when stricken down with typho
q fever which terminated his life Saturda
July 90 He WAS superintendent of a Sund'
l. school and an active worker in the churc
y He was for some time in the law school
Is Harvard College. He was young man
considerable intellectual gifts and sterlil
K character, and bright and promising care
70 seemed opening before him.
A. | Fair haven.
le At the monthly meeting of the warden al
1t hurgesses held last Monday evening Chi
Engineer c. s. Brown was instructed to
o tend the tenth annual convention of fire e
gineers to be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, on Il
18th of September.
a The funeral of Addie Smith took pla
N from the East Pearl street Methodist chur,
50 on Monday afternoon, q very large numb