The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-19
LOCAL NEVIS JOrTINGs.


 Change of Base-Sew Haven Street Rail-
 BushneIi's Submarine Gun-rhe Pro-
 lessor Jepson Testimonial, Etc.
 The local police have discovered no clue to the identity of the burglars who broke into George W. Warmers store in West Haven early yesterday morning and stole about s2OO worth of booty, as announced in yesterdays Courier"
 William Thiele of IS Garden street. who had portion of one of his fingers taken off in the cog wheel of press. is recovering from the effects of the &C., cldent and will soon be about.
 The office of the New Haven Street Railroad company. which has been To- cated on State street. near the corner of Elm street. was removed yesterday to room B Exchange building, recently oc- cupicd by H. c. BretZfelder. the real estate dealer. Since the company &C., quired the Edgewood avenue railroad, it was found necessary to have the of- flee nearer the terminal of the line in this city.
 c. s. Bushnell, formerly of this city, was in town Monday and expressed great hopes Of the submarine gun that he Is interested in furnishing for the navy of the United States. He Is vice president of the Ericsson Coast Defense company, which has invented the submarine gun, which placed in the bow of a ship of war and eight feet below the surface of the water. fires a shell containing 800 pounds of gun cotton.
 The new quarters for the money or der and registered letter departments were occupied by the clerks for the first time yesterday. The new quarters were formerly the private offices of the postmaster. They have been remodeled and connected with the old money order department.
 At the thirtieth anniversary of Prof. Jepson's service in the public schools, which Is to be celebrated at the Fly perion January 3. 1895, the following choruses will be sung: Achieved is the Glorious Work" from "The Crea- tion," "He is Watching Over Israel" from "The Elijah" "Hallalujah Chorus" from "The Messiah" All mem- bers and ex-members of the Gounod so- ciety who are graduates of the high school, and others, also graduates, who may be perfectly familiar with the above selections, are invited to meet at Veru hall Thursday evening of the present week for rehearsal
 Hundreds of ladies in making selec- tions for Christmas gifts find the prob- lem solved at the store of the Home | Drapery company, 694 Chapel street, in | the rich displays of sofa pillows, novel, | ties in silks for making same, in rugs in great profusion, odd bits of decorated | chinaware sold for half price, etc. The ladies are delighted with the stock and | the bargains they obtain.
 c. F. Bradley was elected coxswain | of the Naval Militia Monday evening, | succeeding William Weaver, who was | honorably discharged. The militia de- cided to drill once a week instead of | twice and Thursday will be the drill | night hereafter.
 The prizes offered by the Light | Guard for their shoot on Christmas | eve and Christmas day will be placed | on exhibition in the windows of | Stahl & Hegel in Church street. The prizes are unusually numerous and valu- able.
 Further hearing was had in the pro- bate court yesterday morning on the report of James K. Blake as adminis- trator on the estate of the late Mrs. Mary J. White. Objection is made to the report by Josiah J. White, husband of Mrs. White. He has se- cured at different times several. law yers to fight his side of the case. Yes- terday morning Doolittle & Bennett | and Attorney c. A. Hamilton appeared | as his counsel