The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-02-27

NOT OF w inulNm'
A MERIDEN CASE,
A hearing on the revocation of the
license of John Scheber OF 10 East
Main street in Merlden, was held be-
fore the county commissioners yester
day morning. The proceeding is
brought by Prosecuting Agent Sawyer
OF Meriden. on the ground that the IL
cense was obtained by fraud, Decision
was reserved.
SUPERINTENDENT KENDALL'S Wis
IT.
superintendent Kendall of the New
Haven public schools is on visit to
Brooklyn and New York. In Brooklyn
he will visit the Pratt Institute and in
New York the Normal college, This is
the first of series of trips he will take
to observe methods used in some of the
leading educational institutions in the
east
REV. DIR. REEDS LECTURE.
Rev. George L. Reed, D. D., formerly
pastor of Trinity NJ. L. church, this
city, will lecture at Epworth church
tomorrow evening, February n, at
O'Clock; subject THE New Woman"
NOT LEASED YET
General S. Il. Merwin said yesterday
that his building on State street where
his private Office has been, has not vet
been leased to Mr.. Frank c. Bushnell
Mr.. Bushnell had merely looked over
in n 81,
then he had heard nothing from him.
a report was current that Mr.. Bush
nell had leased the premises for to
carry on there a wholesale hardware
business. General Merwins retail bust
ness is to be removed to the vacant store
on State street, near Court. next to Coe
& Fields grocery store and the COM
pany's wholesale business goes to the
firms slaughter house in the town of
Orange, just beyond this city.
MIR. PIGOTT APPOINTED.
]. z. Pigott of Connecticut and j. F.
Fitzgerald of Massachusetts have been
appointed on the special congressional
committee for the coming democratic
campaign.
WELL KNOWN VESSEL.
Considerable anxiety is felt for the
three-masted schooner Josie r. Burt of
Taunton, which sailed from Providence,
January u, and which is well known
vessel in New Haven harbor. The Burt
proceeded to Philadelphia and loaded
coal for Allyn's Point. Since she pass
ed out of the Capes of Delaware about
a month ago nothing has been heard
Of her.
DEATH OF HENRY A. POTTER.
Henry A. Potter died at Ferrisburg,
VT, February Is. He leaves two daugh-
ters and two sisters. Mr.. Potter was
q member of the st. John street M. e.
church. and former member of the
Epworth church of this city. The in
terment was at Bantam, Litchf1eld.
ODD FELLOWS.
Frederick Botsford secretary of the
Grand lodge, I. o. 0. r., and grand
scribe of the Connecticut Odd Fellows
Encarnpment, is preparing his annual
reports of these bodies to forward to
the Supreme lodge at Baltimore.
BRAKEMAN INJURED.
Louis G. Vessel Of No. is Christopher
street, brakeman employed on the
Northampton division of the Console
ing freight train near CRANKY Tuesday
evening and escaped with a sprained
ankle and slightly injured arm.
GRANTED LICENSES.
Clarence B. Hotehkiss of $50 Dixwell
avenue and Joseph II. Wagner of IL
Shelton avenue were yesterday granted
licenses by the county commissioners.
Their applications were opposed by the
Symmetrical M. e. church.
ACCIDENT TO A WE'LL KNOWN
CITIZEN.
Ralph J. Miner of Bryan, Miner &
Read, wholesale grocers was thrown
out Of carriage by a runaway horse
on Orange street, near Grove, yester-
day afternoon. Mr.. Miner is badly cut
about the head and face. DIR. Skinner
attended him. 1t was feared at first
that a rib was broken but DR.. Skinner
says no bones were broken. Mr.. Miner
will be laid up about a week. The horse
is owned by Andrew Ure, the livery
man. 1t was caught on George street.
FROGS ON THE HILL"
Frogs, frogs, frogs--how they do
abound at corner of Howard and Syl-
van avenues, and there is a frog pond,
too there, although this is a part Of the
city known for ages past as 1.-THE Hill. !"
The excitement is intense among the
urchins and school girls, and the old
inhabitants in sealskin sacques or ul-
sters, according to SEX flock there also
to see the wonderful sight. 1t all comes
Of The famous frog who would a-woo-
ing go' and the marvellous show made
by Druggist Lowe in competition for
window illustrating the merits of the
celebrated Frog in the Throat rem
edy. The big plate glass windows Of
this elegant drug store-the corner win
dows looking out on this throngei thor
oughfare-present a great theatrical
background, a fly curtain also, while
the dramatic personae are imitation
frogs of high and low degree, dressed
up in character, with mice, cats, etc.
to fill out the cast, all representing the
various phases of the brilliant story of
cast, the various scenes deftly parti-
toned off, are on view mounted on O
huge revolving disc, which is moved by
electric power, and in the center looms
up tower, on top of which is grand
frog dancing carnival Down in the
green vale below at the foot of the pref
ty hillside, clothed in evergreen and
grass, is represented little lake with
more frogs, all as happy as if they had