The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-01
LOCAL NEWS JOTTINGS.


Death-Manager GreiSt and the New
Haven A. A. Nine-Dead Body Found
Near Saltonstall Lake-Death of George
w. Banning, Formerly of This City-The
D. A. r., Etc.
L. Wheeler Beecher and family have
returned from their trip through the
Berkshire hills.
The social circle of Naomi lodge will
meet at the home of Mrs. F. S. Epson,
lao st. John street, Thursday, October
L.
Mr.. Charles Hoyt is in the Adiron-
dacks to be absent for a fortnight
DR.. Hotchkiss Of Trumbull street is
also in the Adirondacks.
City Auditor Brown is having room
fitted up in the city hall for the sealer
of weights and measures. The officer
has never had an office in the city
hall for some unaccountable reason,
but has had it on State street.
Edward ]. Dean, the brakeman on
the Cannon Bali freight, who is ac-
cused by Michael Maloney of having
shot him Saturday Saturday night,was
arrested in New London by Detective
Cowles yesterday and brought here
There was slight fire in the house of
Daniel Grady of 1928 Poplar street at 3
fireboard behind the fireplace in the
basement The firemen We're obliged to
cut away some of the floor in the base
ment but the damage was light.
The assessors yesterday completed
the work of assessing new buildings
within the limits of the town, in con-
formity with the legislative act of 1895
The increase on the grand list will be
quite as much as that of last year.
which Appropriated s1,500,0o0.
The Morris Steinert violin scholar
ships at Yale We're awarded yesterday
The winners werer Miss Emma Spieska
of Hartford and Miss Belle M. Sigour-
ney of Bristol Both showed excep-
tional talent. The trials for the Stein
ert organ scholarship were held yester-
day and the award win be announced
to-day
Prof. Malone will give an informal re-
ception for his pupils next Tuesday
evening. The ehildren's classes will
meet on Saturday evening.
The date is set for october Is at high
noon for the wedding of Miss Grace
Josephine Ritter to George Fisk Platt
ir., of New York. The ceremony will
take place in Center church.
A story has been going the rounds
of the fraternal papers to the effect
that the Odd Fellows Mutual Benefit
association has been allowed to con-
duct it's business as a part of the ses-
sion of the various lodges. The frater-
nal papers condemn the alleged prac-
tice. The story is officially stated by
Mr.. Moses to be without foundation in
fact.
The firm of Peck Brothers & Co.,
which has been in the hands of re-
ownership for the past four months,
notified their employees yesterday that
the shops would be shut down for the
remaining three days of this week. Dull
times is the cause of the closing.
A committee composed of three mem
bers of each of the New Haven castles
of the Knights of the Golden Eagle,
large gathering Of all the Connecticut
| castles to be held in this city, Octo-
! Der Is, has chosen Major Sucher mar
shall of the parade to be held in connec-
| ton with the event.
Lorenzo D. Robinson, sixty-five years
of age, died at his home in Henry street
| Tuesday evening, and as he had not
been attended by a physician for ten
hours before death, Medical Examiner
| White was called in. The official found
| that the dead man had been i'll for sew
eral weeks with a severe attack OF ma
| laria and rheumatism. The deceased
was a member of the Grand Army
| Terrence f. Coyle died at his nome
| on West Carlisle street Tuesday night,
| after an illness of several weeks from
| malarial fever He belonged to several
| Catholic societies, and was highly
! thought of among his acquaintance
| His mother, two sisters and three
! brothers survive him. The sisters are
Mary E., unmarried, and Mrs. James
| Brundage. The brothers are John
Frank and Charles, the latter being SUI
perintendent for R. c. Lowe and also
| connected with the firm of F. e. Nu-
/ gent & Co.
| Miss Mary Louise Crane of Gill
street and Miss Edith Hart of Warren
/ street are among the New Haveners
who will attend the marriage of Miss
Lillian Brown, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Brown of Springfield
to Mr.. Mortimer Harmount of New Ha-
ven. set for this Thursday evening
at the \bride's home. Mr.. Harry Hol-
comb of New Haven is to be best man
and Mr. Henry Brewer and Mr.. Edwin
{ Uhl both of New Haven, will act as
ushers.
Manager Greist of the New Haver
Athletics has received word from tbs
5 Shelton-Derby team of the Naugatucl
Valley league, answering the challenge
of the Athletics for game to dispose
of the tie for third place. As the club:
now stand, the Athletics and Derby'
are tied for that position. Presiden
Porter of the league, and also mana
ger of the Derbys, has refused to NEE
the Athletics again. The refusal is re
GREETED by the friends of the Athletics
in this city, as they are confident tina
the Derbys would be beaten in the de.
cisive game. Both the Derbys and tn,
Athletics will now disband for the sea
son.
Manager Greist of the New Haven a
4. nine says that New Haven will sure
Is be represented in the 'Naugy'
league next year, providing the leagui
goes under the national agreement