Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-12-25
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high water to day at 1900 q. m.
Money wanted on mortgage.-R. E. Bald
win.
The COURIER will be issued tomorrow
morning as usual.
Diaries for 1894, all styles, at PeIse &
Sons, Church street.
Many enjoyed the skating on Fort Hale
Park canal last week, when the Ice was
fine.
The CAUCUS of the democratic aldermen
takes place to morrow evening unless post
poned.
"A. Donnelly, superintendent at F. II.
Browns, is soon to take an extended trip
through the south.
Yesterdays weather was exceedingly
mild for the day before Christmas, so
everyone remarked.
The Chapel street stores where holiday
goods abounded were packed and jammed
with buyers Saturday afternoon and even
ing.
George W. Robinson, private secretary
to Patent Commissioner John s. Seymour,
is In town. He will return to Washington
to-day.
D. NJ. WEIGH & Son offer 1000 lbs of
fine turkeys, fresh this morning and only
lilo per h., full dressed. Store closes at
II q. m.
Ktrby's jewelry store will be open this
morning from till II O'Clock, which will
be great convenience to many wishing to
make Christmas gifts.
Captain John Tribble, a well-known
mariner in these waters, who was stricken
with paralysis, is lying at his home in
Aystic with no hope of his recovery.
DR.. Lee obtained bonds Saturday, G. R.
Hodgden, proprietor of the Tontine hotel,
furnished the required sum, So, 500, and
the accused was released from custody.
T. 8. Allis of Birmingham and A. H.
Sizer of this city were on Saturday ap-
pointed trustees of the insolvent estate of
Pratt Brothers of Birmingham.
The big factory of the Candee Rubber
company closes to-day for Christmas, re-
Stunning work again to morrow. The same
is the case at the big Sargent factory.
Manager G.. B. Bunnell handsomely re-
membered his trusted lieutensnts, W. Il.
Van Buren,, E. George Morton and John T.
Hendricks, with Christmas gifts on Satur-
day.
The jewelry emporium of the George b.
Ford company will be open until 10 o'clock
noon to-day for the convenience of the
public and all Wishing to make exchange of
gifts or complete their selections for Christ
mas.
The Quinnipiac Brewing company has
Oak street to secure q debt for $3.50 and
has attached property of the defendant on
Oak street.
Cornelius Pierpont, the president Of the
Di1well avenue road, presented each of the
married men employed on the road with
turkey, and the unmarried men with sum
of money as a Christmas gift.
An entertainment under the auspices Of
the Epworth League Christisn Endeavor
will be given Thursday evening in Masonic
hall, Westville. Among the attractions
will be "Mother Goose and Her Family"
Au610 WILL also Do IeCltALlOu6, AOlOH, Ou6IB
and oolloquies.
A telegram from Judge Munger of Biz
mingham announces that he has won his
case in the Texas courts at Colorado. This
refers to the suit of the Mallett Cattle
company, Dana Bartholomew, receiver,
which he has been pressing for some time
President CLARK of the Consolidated road
says his company isn't buying New Eng
land road stock and that 1t doesn't own
share of the New England; neither has any
one of the management bought any of 1t.
All the talk that the New York road ia
buying this stock, he says, is nonsense,
and his road is not trying to acquire the /
property. As to the taking off of the noon
trains, 1t was done simply because the
trains did not pay.
Filling a SluiceWay.
The hoard of pub]ic works and the Con.