Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-12-26
oHRIsrmAs 1892.

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TYPICAL Christmas weather-Busi-
ness To-day Mostly Suspended-Last
Weeks Chriatmas Trade-The Merry
mas Packages.
To-day 10 legal holiday and nearly all
he shops and factories, as well as the
ranks, viii be closed. The grocery stores
will be open only a part Of the day. Many
If the Chapel street and other stores where
Christmas gift goods abound win be open,
but only until noon. There is skating at |
Lake Whitney, but 1t is hardly to be
yet as safe. Skaters will do |
we'll to use prudence, yea, great precau-
ton, If they essay to try the ice there. On
the small ponds the skating is excellent.
Yesterday, Christmas day, brought joy
full services at all the churches. Appro-
pirate mention Of many of the services is
made in other columns Of the paper. The
childrsn's celebration at the City Mission
Saturday afternoon was very happy
affair. Yesterdays celebration by so many
of the Sunday schools in honor of the day,
brought home to the scholars the nature
and character of the day and what 1t sig
nifes. The public schools are closed this
week and this fact enables the small boy
and the small girl to enjoy Christmas hol
days to the fullest extent. Yesterday
brought out the unusual sight of express
trucks in full service about town deliver
ing Christmas packages, the on rush of
such articles having been so immense as to
entirely preclude the idea of delivering all
before Sunday hours came. Eleven trucks
were delivering goods and had all they
could do yesterday.
Yesterdays weather was typical New
England Christmas weather-of the regu
lation sort-cold, frosty, the air keen and
light fall of snow during the afternoon,
giving the earth feecy white mantle of
the aforesaid tbeautiful Snow"
Trade at the postoffice wac great. Uncle
Sans officials were put to their trumps to
keep pace with the immense business
offered. The package supply for the mails
seemed unending. This officials kept pace
| with the burdens only by unremitting ex
| ertions. The public veal or woe seemed
| to be depending on the celebrity with which
their particular package got into the mails.
The Christmas trade the past week has
been an excellent one for our merchants.
All reports concur. that the Christmas
| weeks business has been very satisfactory.
On two of the days the trade WAS i'm.
mense. Fridays trade fell off little, the
extreme cold keeping it back. The warm
stoves and the warm radiators had toe
| much attraction for the ladies on that day,
as compared with the stinging cold weather
| without. Saturdays trade was dulled 9
little for the same cause, but considering
the severity of the weather the trade Sat
urdsy night was amazingly large. Nicely
& Co., F. NJ. Brown & Co., the Geo. 81
Ford company, Even Mcintyre, Howe 8
Steteon, the Chas. Monson Co., Msrsder
@. Perry and other merchants all concur II
denominating their Christmas trade al
highly satisfactory. Burgess & Burgess
the furriers, say their business was excep
tionally large this year. The George e
Ford company say their sales were YER,
far in excess of their big trade of last yea
and beside selling vastly of the high priced
| goods, multitudes of articles of small COS
went off with a rush. Mr.. Nicely and Mr.
Brown and Mr.. Mcintyre, the dry good
men, were found in a highly satisfied franz
| of mind over the weeks results, and, II
spoke of large Santa Claus buying the pas
| week.
PLEASANT REMINDERS.
| While the employees of E. McGowal
were on Saturday putting in the big IA
diators furnished by the New Have
Steam Heating company for the Odd Eel
lows building, on Crown street, Mr.. Nc
Gowan appeared among them. surprisin
them all with present for each Of a fin
large turkey for the Christmas dinner.
F. M. Brown & Co. gave each of thei
married men turkey as Christmas re
, minder.
Mr.. George D. Watrous, who is having
handsome residence built on Bradley stree
, near Whitney avenue, gave each of th
workmen on the building a fue turke
lunch at the noon hour. The lunch wa
served to the men in the house in whic
they are engaged in building. All tn
concomitants accompanied the dinner
which was topped off with box of fin
| cigars. .z-
i Saturday night the employees of tt
Grand Opera house and the Hyperion tn
atre presented George B. Bunnell. the pol
ular amusement caterer, with handson
oak Office desk. His assistant manage
| William 81. Van Bnren, was also presente
: with an elegant carving set, mounted
? | real silver. Professor George 81. Morto
t | was presented with beautiful si,vt
8 handled elk umbrella, appropriately ii
! | scribed.
i. jerome B. Lucke, the popular city edit'
!. | of the JOURNAL AND COURIER, Saturds
received a very handsome oak chiffonier
Christmas present from his reporter
By the kindness of William Stahl, jr.,
Z Stahl & Hegel, the reporters were enable
: to make q very fue selection. Mr.. Lucl
4 was completely taken by surprise and e.
!. pressed his thanks in glowing terms.
a CHRISTMAS AMONG THE GERMANS
9 The Harugari Lsidertafel held Chris
mas festival yesterday afternoon In the
hall. Presents from mammoth Christm
tree were given to the children. After Il
II festival the ladies sat down to a suppe
during which there was singing by the e
;, ciety.
BERGIsCHE Harmonic.
The Bergische Harmonic held Chril
:, mas festival yesterday afternoon in t
70 Little Germania hall The Christmas TT
g was handsomely decorated and all Il
I'd children received a present.
80 THE ARIoN.
81 The Arion Singing society gave an ents
IS tainment and Christmas festival last eve
at ing in their hall at which all the childr
received a pretty present, and after
o'clock dancing was INDUCED in.
~ THE CECELIANs.
The Cecslia Singing society gave We
;. enjoyable Christmas entertainment Ia
evening in their hall on Union street
l. which all the children were each present
1 with gifts which were taken from Chri
< mas tree which was deliberately decorate
70 THE PosToFFIcE TODAY.
t. To day will be observed as a holiday
~ the postofice, which will be closed at
"a o'clock noon, also the branch at Fl
b. Haven.
st The carriers will make one trip on
N Stamp window at main Office will rems
open until 1 o'clock p. m. Carriers wi
ID dow open from 2 to 8 o'clock p. m.
The ROvers.
Ks The annual reception of the Rovers
ie cycle club will take place January II
~ Warner hall. The following is the CO.