Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-02
LOCAL NEWS.



A new house-$1 ,500-R. E. Baldwin.
Pease & Son have received Century for
March.
Go to Kirby's for the latest novelties and
genuine bargains in jewelry.
Mr.. James Pltkin of Union street, West
Haven, is very i'll. DR.. Shepard 10 attend
ing her.
Golden Rod chapter No. "a, o. e. s.,
held meeting at Masonic hall, West Hs-
ven, last evening.
Silver Spray Temple of Honor No. 10, of
West Haven, held q meeting in Temper
ance hall last evening.
Rev. W. q. Andrews, D. D, of Gull
ford. delivered the lenten sermon at Christ
church, Derby. last evening.
Mrs.. Almquist of Union street, West
Haven, who fell on the Ice short time
ago breaking limb, is improving.
Rev. J. Brainard Thrsll of Derby, for
msrly of this city, has accepted call to
the First Congregational church in Alba
ny, N. Y.
J.H. Shannon, a superintendent at Sar-
gents factory, left last night with his wife
for trip to Florida. They will remain
six weeks.
DR.. W. G. Vile of Danbury, brother-in-
law of the Loomis Brothers, piano dealers,
has Just returned from trip south on the
medical editors' excursion.
A very pleasant affair was whist party
given Wednesday evening by Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Thomas, at their home on Wash
ington avenue, West Haven.
The old elm In front Of the United
States hotel, Hartford, which has been q
familiar landmark for half a century, was
cut down yesterday afternoon.
William Rentsohler of New Britain and
Miss Minnie Scharfsr of New Haven were
married at the residence of the bride on
Cedar street yesterday afternoon.
The board of finance yesterday afternoon
approved the bill of $97 contracted by
Chief Kennedy and the FIRE commissioners
on an inspection trip to Seneca Falls, NY.
The chamber of commerce has been &C.
tive in efforts to secure the locating Of the
Bath iron works business for New Haven,
but the company prefers New London on
account of the deeper water of its harbor.
Again the committee on printing met
last night and held long "star chamber"
session, but did not succeed in accom-
plishing anything. The meeting finally
adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
F. G. Haviland & Go. of New Haven
have purchased the old stand of F. E.
Hartwell & Co., at 1919 Main street, Dam
bury, and will continue the clothing bust
ness there. The now firm took possession
last Monday.
A Danbury dispatch says: Charles 8.
Smith of the hating firm of Spain & Go.
dropped dead last night while on his way
home, accompanied by his wife, from q
meeting of the Red Men, of which he was
Q prominent member
Miss Catharine Brady, sister of the late
Father Brady, who was formerly pastor
in Ansonia, died in New Haven yesterday
at the residence of her sister, 81 Olive street.
The funeral will be from st. Pstrick's
church here on Saturday morning.
John T. Manson, Mrs. ]. A. Cutting and
Eli Manchester, jr., all of this city, ad-
dressed the Bible i7stitute held in Ysles-
Vile yesterday afternoon in the Baptist
church. A Eyes and no" question exer-
cisss WAS conducted by @. B. Foote OF
North Haven.
Walter h. Clark of Hartford, of the
sophomore class of Yale, who has been
home through the week on account of an
injury to one Of his eyes, 1ecsivsd while
snowballing, returned to college yester-
day. he caught cold and has not been
able to nee the affected eye since last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Eliza Perry Slmons, eyed eighty
six, widow of the late Daniel R. Simons of
Mansfield, Conn.,, died yesterday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. R. F. LaTour,
Main street, Ansonia. Mrs. Simons was
taken Ill with severe attack of the grip
the day after Christmas and complications
sst It.
The weekly newspaper editors of Con-
necticut will hold their next regular meet
ing March 10 at the Tontine in New Ha-
ven. The special speakers on this occasion
Will bs the Rev. Walter Scott of the SUI
field Church and Home, 8. T. Adds of the
Windsor Locks Journal and Ubert K. Pet
tingin of Boston. -......
The Boston Electric Light company has
lust contracted with the city Of Boston to
furnish 2,OOO arc lights for lighting the
streets and parks of that city. The con-
tract il for term Of Eve years from Feb
ruary 90, 1894. This in IN increase OF
ESQ lights, and makes the largest number
furnished by any ono company to any city
in the United States.
STRUCK ny A BOARD.
Hugo Ruberg seriously Injured ut
Linahan,s Casket Factory-Taken
to tho Hospital.
Hugo Rubsrg, Swede residing ct 271
Lombard street, was taken to the hospital
last evening in consequence of injuries re-
csived lAte yesterday afternoon az T. 81.
I.inAhan's casket factory on East street.
While ut work as the factory piece of
board slippsd off . buzz saw and struck
him in the abdomen. DR.. T. II. Cahill
- summoned, and after IN Investigation
ordered the man taken home. Last even
ine Ruberg grew worse and bis condition
teoaune 40 serious that DR.. Cahili ordered