The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-26
NOTES ON LOCAL rNrEREsr.


 The Home Journal for April has Sousa's Colonial Danes Waltz" For sale by Pease SS Son,
 A stin alarm of fire was sent into No. 2s engine house at 8 o'clock yes terday afternoon from P. J, Kelly's store on Church street. Plumbers had left a stove on the roof which started the fire. It was put out after about s25 damage had been done,
 Postmaster Beach said yesterday that he had written to Senators Platt and | Hawley in favor of the postotfice clerks classification bill, now before congress, because he believes the bill to be long step in the direction of civil service reform He had not taken similar ac- tion regarding the letter carriers bill, ing had the case brought to his atten- ton.
 | Joseph Porter furnished bonds of l $10o000 yesterday as co-receiver on the Peck Brothers estate. The bonds were given by the American Surety com pany and were approved by Judge Shumway.
 MT. Evarts Cutler, the famous art store proprietor on Chapel street for nearly thirty years past, has taken into partnership with him his head salesman, Frank w. Tiernan, who has been in MT. Cutters employ for the past twenty-five years, or within three years of the entire time that MT. Cutler has been in business here and his pro- motion is an honor which all will be pleased with and which will give much satisfaction to all who know him.
 ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS. l At meeting of the directors of the New Haven Retail Merchants associa- tion yesterday morning, eleven new members were added to membership. ENTERTAINMENT IN CENTER
 CHURCH CHAPEL.
 The Junior Independent club will give an entertainment in the Center church chapel Friday evening. Among the se- lections will be a dialogue given by sev- en girls: Teacher. Annie Granick; schol- ars, Jennie Rather, Lottie Rogers, Ray Granick, Magic Isaacs, Mamie Rogan and Annie Moran.
 Shadow pictures will be given by Nora Healy, Nellie Liddel Nellie Gar vey and Grace Eagen. There will also be selections by Alma Schimer, Jessie Liddel and Mary Lonergan; a piano solo by Miss Cheney and Sarah Bengis and Rosie Schmitt will play the guitar and sing and L>s' sister Lena will sing SALTONSTALL PICNIC GROUNDS
 CLOSED.
 The famous picnic grounds located at the upper end of Lake Saltonstall will be closed to the public this year. President Eli Whitney of the New Ha- ven Water company said: We will not maintain any picnic grounds on the lake this year on account of the dan ger of polluting the water on the lake. Boats will probably be allowed on the N lake but as to the matter of picnics, that has been settled"
 FUNERAL OF WALTER G. TIILOU.
 The funeral services of Walter Gra- ham Tillou at his ateresidence, 11S Col lege street, took place yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. F. $. Lines was the officiating clergyman. The services included two selections which were sung by Misses Treat and Rob- erts. They were Art Thou Languid, , and Abide With Me. Among the floral decorations we're three large punches of white lilies and roses. They were presented by the men employed at the Bosworth company shops of Mill ford where the deceased was superin- tendent for over fifteen years.
 The bearers were: r. s. Bradley, J. c. North, W F. Gilbert, c. E. Barney, G. B. Brinne of New York and w. G. Mitchell of Milford. The burial was in Evergreen cemetery.