Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 High water to-day at 9.08 a. ID.
 Buy 8 good house-R. E. Baldwin.
 A psns!on hes been issued to Joseph A. Hall of this city.
 Concretipg and artificial stone. Con- necticut Concrete Co.,, AZ Church, room 4.
 The Royal Shoe store seems to be always busy. Perhaps their prices have some thing to do with 1t. Try them.
 Flag day was periodically celebrated yesterday in Norwich, Danbury, South Norwalk, Merlden and other places in the state.
 Warren s. Bellows of Norwich has ac- cepted position as a bookkeeper with L Candee & Cc., rubber goods manufactur- CTS of this city.
 The Consolidated railroad nine will play game of baseball at Savin Rock with Mayer, Strouse & Co.'s nine to-mor- row, June 16, at $50 p. m.
 George Foster Sanford of this city has been selected as 8 member of the Yale Track Athletic team which will visit Eng land i1 July. Sanford will be entered in the middle distance runs.
 The investigation into the death of Frederick Weller, cook on the exploded tug Rambler, will be held this morning, when witnesses will bs examined in refer ence to the cause of the accident.
 The St. Aloysius T. A. B. society will hold memorial service in St. Johns R. c. church Ext Sunday at 7:30 @. m., at tending holy communion in body. Rev. Father Bray w;l' address the s:c.ety.
 Mrs. Lowe, wife of Alderman John W. Lowe, starts to morrow for Omaha to visit relatives. Mr. Lowe leaves to attend day. Mrs. Lowe will join him in the west.
 National Grand President Paul Gebhart of this city was among the honored guests at the fine celebration made of its sixth anniversary by Hervegh ledge, Sons of Hermann of New London, Wednesday evening.
 A Washington dispatch yesterday saye: The president to-day sent to the senate the nomination of Frederick B. Clark to be postmaster at Moodus, and Frederick E. Jacobs to bs postmaster at North Ha- ven, Conn.
 The new chemical engine went on duty yesterday at noon. It will be manned by three men, driver, one to tend the boiler and the third, who will act as hoseman. The engine will respond to calls from ninety seven boxes.
 The new Norwich directory published by Prics, Lee & Go. is now being distrib. nted. There are Il. .52O names in the directory, this being an increase over last year of 381. The number of new names Is ], ,530, ard the number erased Is 1,l49.
 Captain Samuel J. Hurley of Mo- As engine house was raised to the degrea of master mason at the meeting of Olive branch, F. and A. M., in Westville last night. A fine collation. was served by the ladies of Ethel chapter No. 2s, Order of Eastern Star.
 Prominent Yale alumni have decided to publish weekly paper devoted wholly to the work of especial interest to graduates. The plant of the present Yale Alumni Weekly will be absorbed and the present managing editor, E. W. Bsa.tie, will be continued as undergraduate editor of the new publication.
 This Is the fortieth year of Governor Norris graduation from Yale and he is going to attend his class reunion there during commenc sment week. But for the engagements of that week he would participate in the Catholic Total Absti- nence demonstration in New Britain, June 2S.
 The annual state parade of the Catholic Total Abstinence unions of Connecticut will be held in New Britain, June 2S There are Afty-four societies in the union with . membership of 5000, and in addi- l ton there are several women's societies with a total membership of $50. There l will be all sorts of athletic events. Harriet Beecher Stowe was eighty-three l years old yesterday. The world-famous l author very quietly observed the ann1ver- | ssry at her home in Forest street, Hart l ford. She is in excellent physical health, l And spends the larger part of her time out | of doors, wandering up and down the strest and among the trees which grow along the river bank back of her pleasant | home.
 A delightful family gathering, or re- union, of the children of Elnathan Peck took place at MT. and Mrs. Charles Peck's residence in New Britain Wednesday af- Eernoon. Among those present were: Ex. Mayor Henry Peck of New Haven, Mrs Isaac 8. Lee of Denver, Col, Mrs. William H. Hart, Mrs. Charles Peck, Mrs. M. 8. Wizard and Mrs. Walter Fl. Stanley.