The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-16
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OF LOCiE INTEREST.
 
 One of the eitys oldest Irish Ameri- can residents, John Kane, passed away Saturday evening at his home, 2S St, John street, He leaves widow and forr daughters Mrs. John J. Hogan, Mrs, Arthur C. Daly, Mrs William J. Rose and Mrs. Daniel D. McNamara,
 pr. Il. w. w. Hawkes. of New Haven is in Washington for few days,
 A two inch water pipe burst in one of the rooms on the fourth floor of the new First National bank building at s o'clock Saturday night. The water flooded the room.
 The contract to build Henry Warmers new barn at Iighwood to replace the one that was burned last fall has been awarded to William Mix of Hamden.
 The Stafford Printing company of S6 Crown street was sold Saturday to WyQples & Peckman, both of this city, Tho stafford company has been con ducted since May by Walter Emerson, a brother of J. N. Emerson of the An sonia Sentinel.
 At a meeting of Olive Branch lodge No. S4 of Westville Thursday evening the following officers were elected: c. A, Bradley, w. M; R, T. Grant, S. w.; Dr, A. W, Marsh, j. w, trustees, Wal ter Leigh, c, E. Prince, James D. Mer- cer; E. B. BeecheI, c. J. Thomas, mem- bers to the Masonic charity fund. The officers will be Installed on the second Thursday in January.
 An alarm of fire at 20 Saturday af- ternoon called the department to Chap- el and Howe streets for a smoking pile of coal ashes at the residence of Mrs. Emily B. Upson at 1239 Chapel street. There. was no fire. A servant threw some hot ashes into an ash bin and the smoke frightened her.
 The hearings on the land at Lake Saltonstall, which is, being condemned for the use of the New Haven Water company, have been continued till next Friday. At that time, the land of Mary Hartley, Eliza T. Smith and Rosanna Clark will foe taken up.
 Steuben lodge, Knights of Honor. will hold an anniversary celebration on February IA and the following commit tee has been appointed to arrange for the affair: Alexander Krah Frederick Lehr, J. P. De. John William r. Radon and Joseph Faulhaber.
 It is reported that after January l, the Winchester Repeating Arms com pany will re-employ the help they laid off because of the dullness i'll the shot shell department. There are about one hundred and fifty hands who were en- gagged in the shot shell work who are out of employment.
 Fire Marshal Hubbard has issued the following building permits during the past week; Patrick Hogan frame addi- tion S3 Downing street; Benjamin Olen- : ski, frame addition 116 Portsea street; John Cayne, frame house, two-tenement. Grafton near Ferry streets; Kate L. Linsley, frame house corner of Maple and Mott streets; Lapides Carstoh, frame house, one store, six tenements, 15 Rose street: Wolf Alderman, brick barn. 20 Dow street, Robert N Burwell, brick barn, rear of 10S Congress ave- |nue;; Charles H. Miller, frame addition 20 Portsea street; Fred Lehr, brick ad- dition, state street.
 The state good roads commission, of which James H. Macdonald of this city is chairman, the past week ac- cepted the new road built in Stoning- ton under the auspices of the com mission Owing to the cold weather a number of roads in process of con- struction will not ,be completed till spring.
 The Berlin Iron Bridge company of East Berlin have filed a certificate Of an increase in their capital stock in the office of the secretary of state. The in- crease is from S3o0,000 to $500,00o The shares were increased from 12.000 to 2o,- 900, and more than 20 per cent of the increase has been paid in. The certifi- cate is signed by Charles M Jarvis, Burr K Field Frank l.. Wilcox. George H. Sage. J. w. Burr, H. II. Peck and F.. Howard Wilcox.
 Frederick Botsford of the state fish commission has returned from New Milford. where he went to attend the funeral of his brother, William c. Bots ford Mr Botsford was in the eighty  ly a silversmith at Woodbury. His fla 1 ther. the late Gideon B. Botsford, lived | in Woodbury in the house where Bish- | op Seabury was nominated for the of flee of bishop. The house is still stand- | ing and it was the birthplace of Fred- erick Botsford and his seven brothers and sisters Frederick Botsford was the last of the family of eight chil- | dren.
 l John c. Hubinger of the firm of Hu- binger Brothers has purchased a tract of land of 50000 acres in Crawford coun- l ty, Missouri. The land is said to be particularly adapted to fruit growing and Mir. Hubinger has placed an order with a we'll known nursery firm for g. 000 apple trees to be set out in the spring. Pear and other fruit trees will also be planted. The price paid for the land is said to be in the neighborhood of $275,0o0.
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