The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-27
TARIOUS NEWS ITEMS.

| Gold Mine Prospects AFashionable We'd
/ ding-An Explosion in Waterbury-Vari-
GUS Opinions as to the State of Business.
| The projectors operating the Bristol
mine have dug to vein which lis yield
| ing small quantities of gold. The work
is to be pushed at once and it is expect
ed that the mine, which has been aban-
doned several times by different parties,
will prove a good investment for the
stockholders of the reorganized concern
now working the mine.
A COMING WEDDING.
Invitations We're received in Meriden
yesterday announcing the marriage Of
Miss Sarah Isabelle, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Marshal Stewart Of
New York, to Wilbur Fislxe Parker Of
Meriden.
Mr. Parker is one Of the best known
young men in Meriden. He is grand
son of Hon. Charles Parker, a popular
member Of the Wheel club and for sew
eral years prominent figure in bicycle
circles. During the relay race from
Boston to New York and Chicago two
years ago he carried the message from
Meriden to Wallingford.
AN EXPLOSION.
A heavy explosion, occurred at $3.50 yes
terday morning in Waterbury, from
some unknown and mysterious cause,
which damaged the building at No. 11j
Bank street In the basement of the
store. which is occupied by P. F. & r.
c. Snagg, tailors, there is a brick ASH
pit with walls eight inches thick, and it
was In this pit that the explosion took
place. The walls were demolished as
though made of paper, and all the win
dows in the building, as we'll as the
doors on the first floor, were blown out.
A large plate of glass in the front of
the building was also broken. Chief
Snagg of the fire department could not
discover the cause of the accident, but
said 1t might have resulted from gas
generated by throwing hot ashes on
refuse which was deposited in the pit.
Or 1t might have been caused by gaso
line, which had been thrown there by
occupants of the building The loss is
between $500 and $400
STATE OF BUSINESS.
President Clark of the Consolidated
railroad said yesterday that trade over
the road was picking UP and that things
seemed to be Frightening. While the
freight department of the road was o.
ing, a fair business, still he said there
was room for 1.-TWO or three cars more
to be filed"
George A. Butler, president of the |
bank, New Haven, stated |
that it is not SO easy for bankers to |
feel the increase or decrease of trade |
as it is for the manufacturers, owing to
the fact that all dealings in paper in |
the banks are usually transacted to
cover from sixty to ninety days ahead.
He believed that there was at present |
a better feeling in business and al
though there is as yet only a slight in
crease, still it was felt in materially
larger degree,
General S. e. Merwin, president of
the Yale National bank, New Haven,
could not see any improvement in trade,
out believed that in short time there
would be the usual spring squirt, but
ne did NOT think it would be any i'm
over previous seasons, judg-
ng by the present outlook.
p. P. Bennett, the Hartford represen-
ative Of Bradstreet's agency, said.
we have not suffered as much here
is in some places. The general situa-
ion among manufacturers is somewhat
improved This is shown by the num-
Ter of men employed and fuller hours
By this do not mean that the business
s so very much larger, but the manu-
acturers have gone throug the mark
ng-down process"
George Quimby of the Real Estate
ompany of New Haven, Boston and
who was interviewed at his
springfield office yesterday, said that
n the real estate business there is a
etter outlook, as there are indications
hat many new industries will be start
d in the state, which will require a
arge amount of land and buildings to
g erected. In New Haven his company
as received orders for a number of res
1entil and business blocks, which will
e comenced as soonm as the weather
loderates