Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-04-02
LOCAL VIEWS.
Brief Mention.

Fancy lax wells at Dorman's.
Leaky roofs repaired at II. P. Hoadley's.
Bargains in pianos atCatlin's, GAS Chapel st.
A. E. Gould, who has been spending the
winter in the South, has returned home.
The Connecticut Weekly Press association
will hold meeting at the Tontine Hotel this
afternoon.
April Fool candy was in vogue again yes
terday, but to limited extent only, the LIST
falling this year on Sunday.
The four new permanent men for service
on the aerial truck and life saving apparatus
will be put on the first of May.
The monthly meeting of the managers of
the Ladies' Seamen's Friend society will be
held this afternoon at 8 o'clock at Center
church chapel.
The New York and New England made an
increase of $22, 434 on its February earnings
over those of the February before. The in
crease was mostly in passenger business.
Clan McLeod's first grand anniversary eel
ebration, including concert and ball, takes
place tonight at the Atheneum. A large at
tendance is assured. The concert will be a
great attraction.
Palm Leaf lodge No. 1, K. of P, give q
full dress promenade at LOOMS Temple of
Music tomorrow evening. large attend
ance of the members and friends of the
lodge is expected.
Il Miss Gertie Bradley, graduate of Gaffsy's
shorthand school, has taken position with
the National Pipe Bending Co. Twenty
three others have secured positions during
the past two weeks.
And now for the glossy and speekled
trout. The law was off yesterday, but being
Sunday and the streams being yet swollen
and the water icy cold it is doubtful if any
big stories are due yet.
Yesterday and to-day are the closing days
of the Passoverfeast. Rev. DR.. KIeeberg de-
Iivered lecture last evening before large
audience. This morning at 7:30 Rabbi Klee-
berg delivers the closing lecture.
There is one street in New Haven, said an
ex-city father Saturday night, through which
no team has passed since the great blizzard,
and it is within 500 or 900 feet from the old
depot, now the City market. 1t is Prindle
alley.
Ex-Mayor Bradley of Waterbury is stop
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few weeks. He expects to be present at
the two hundred and fftieth anniversary cell
ebration here April %. He is well known
here by New Ravens older residents.
Officer Pabor extinguished small fire at
Ratner's news store, No. 97e Chapel street,
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock. AS he
was passing he saw the smoke in the room
and broke in the door and put out the FIRE
before it had done damage to any extent.
DIR. Robert Ogden Dubois, graduate of
the Yale Medical school, has now position
as resident physician in the Nursery and
Childs hospital, Fifty-frst street and Lex
ington avenue, New York. Last year he was
resident physician in the Chambers street
hospital, New York.
George ]. Tillotson, the retired clergyman
who died in Wethersfeld last Thursday at
the age of eighty-three, was intensely inter-
ested in the education of the negro and
founded the Tillotson Institute in Texas, en-
downing it with the use of $4,000, which
passes to it completely at his death.
The subscribers to the capital stock of the
Colchester Rubber company are: George
Watkinson, New Haven, 1000 shares; Ches-
ter 81. Davis, New York, 1000 shares; Frank
M. Fargo, Chicago, ILL.,, 1000 shares. The
concern is to be backed by Wells, Fargo &
Co., of express fame. Frank N. Fargo, who
is one of the stockholders, is Mr.. Watkinson's
son-in-law.
Yesterdays New York Sun says in it's
society gossip: The wedding of Miss Louise
Lawrence Whitney, daughter of Mr.. Stephen
Whitney, and Mr.. Hugh T. Dickey, jr., will
fill special train to New Haven with pretty
girls and spring bonnets on Tuesday next.
The marriage will be in Trinity church, New
Haven, and all the invited guests will be
present, both at the church and at the
house.
Commencing Tuesday B. Booth will sell at
public suction in the store corner Church
and Chapel streets large assortment of
French clocks, bronze ornaments, silver
plated ware and cutlery. The sale will last
Ave days. Tuesday and Wednesday at II, =
and O'Clock the sale of clocks will take
place. The last three days fine line of
silver plated ware and cutlery will be dis
posed of.