The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-23
0E LOCAL INTERESr,

Change in a Prominent New Haven Firm Better Times When Mckinley is Elected A Distinguished English Nisitor-Con-
 solidated Roads Guest -HarttOrders
 Here Tomorrow Night-Home From the
 Old Worid-Grocery Clerks-Chnmber of
 Commerce school SOtes-Per-
 sonal-NIr. and Mrs. WaIdron's Silver
 Wedding.
 Miss Annie Gray and Miss Alice Brown of Forestvlle, who have been visiting the family of Colonel JohnG Healy on sherman avenue, have re- turned home,
 Ex-Alderman Charles l.. Well was receiving congratulations yesterday on the arrival of a fine little baby, a daughter.
 School Fund Commissioner Herbert E. Benton has returned from two weeks business trip to Ohio.
 The co-partnership of Mayer, Strouse & Co.,, corset makers of Court street, New Haven, has just expired by limita- ton and a reorganization took placeim- mediately, Saly I. Mayer retiring from the firm and Abraham Strouse and Adler the two other members, pur- l chasing his interest and assuming all the assets and liabilities of the old con cern The new concerns name is | Strouse, Adler & Co., MT Adler will manage the factory here and MT. Strouse the New York end, and MT. Adler is hopeful regarding the busi- ness outlook now that Vermont and Maine have spoken so unmistakably 1 that the country wants none but sound money, Business at the factory is very | dull yet. The factory is running only forty hours week or five days of eight hours each, with only orders enough practically for three days work. Sir Andrew Fairbairn, a well-known English railroad official, was the guest f ci General Superintendent c. H. Platt Of the New Haven road yesterday Sir Andrew has about completed an exten- siye tour of the United States and has made a careful inspection of the lead | ing American railways. While the l Consolidated road officilas were in Lon- don last year they met Sir Andrew and when he came to this country was in vited to visit the New Haven road. l President Clark was out of town, also l Vice President Hall, and Messrs. Platt and Parker, President Clarks secre- tary, entertained the English railroad man, showing him the office building and the New York division, and taking him on a short drive through the city. Messrs. Platt and Parker accompanied their guest to New York on the obser- vation car, He left this city in the af- ternoon and will leave for home to- morrow.
 Tomorrow night the local Naval Mil- itia will entertain Company K of the Hartford Naval Militia. The Hartford men will arrive here at 1 :50 In the af- ternoon and will be escorted from the station to the green, where there will be a dress parade. The visitors will have Colts band. After the parade the visitors will be taken out in specially chartered steamer for a sail and will | have dinner at Branford Point. They Will leave for Hartford about midnight. Ihe committee on special instruction Of the board of education has engaged Miss Minnie Coggswell of Boston, a graduate of the Boston Cooking school, t@, assist in the teaching of cooking in the grammar grades of the New Haven schools. Miss Coggswell will receive salary of s450, and will begin | her work on Thursday Miss Pierce who has had charge of the classes at the Boardnlan school and also of those from the grammar schools, is unable to cope with so large a number and it his been thought advisable to secure an assistant.
 Miss Bessie Kerns and Miss Lizzie Healy, both of Humphrey street, have returned from two months visit in Ireland. They report a very pleasant trip, and both have been benefited by the sojourn in the old world.
 The grocery clerks in the Sixth and Seventh wards have a grievance and are making some endeavors to try te induce their employers to inaugurate an early closing movement. All. o1 nearly all the grocery stores on Grand avenue, from State street to East street, and the stores on the adjoining streets to the number of twenty-five keep open until 10 o'clock every week day night, except Saturday night, and then they keep open until midnight The clerks are not kicking very hard as it is hard times but think they are having no picnic.
 The meeting of the chamber of com merce will be held Wednesday evening September 30, instead of tonight, as announced. The committee on harbol improvements will report progress up. on the preparation of memorial set. ting forth the reasons why the channe in New Haven harbor needs to be wid. ened. Henry c. Rowe, secretary of the harbor improvement committee, is col lecting the facts
 A meeting of the board of education has been called for next Monday even. ing. At this time the members elected Monday will take their seats and tht board will organize for the comins year.
 Henry Hooker & Co.,, the New Hay. en carriage manufacturers, shipped tc New York yesterday two new mail col lection wagons, which are the first O the kind ever manufactured in thi country. They are fashioned some thing after the manner of the mai cars used on the street railways for tn, collection and sOrtiOo pf mail and ar