The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-22
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

| To Rally at Savin Rcck-Crocodile Club
 Ames FamiIy-Doctors to Meet-To Glen
 Island ro-day-New Mail to Waterbury I Personal and Other Items.
 The first annual picnic and athletic games of division T, A. O. H., of this city, will be held in Schuetzen park this afternoon and evening. There will be high jumping contest and other games, also ball game for $50 between railroad shop men and Sacred Heart T, A. B. society. The winning team win also receive a baseball outfit from the society, Games called at p, m,
 A new mail from New Haven now opens in Waterbury at 9:4O p. nl., clos inf at this city at. 50. It is very convenient mall. Now letters written in New Haven business houses late in the afternoon can be received the same night in Waterbury, or will be found in the boxes for attention early in the following morning. Then, too the mail brings in many letters to Water- bury from the shore resorts, giving an opportunity for their delivery in Wa 
 The Fifteenth c. V. will hold it's re- union at Lighthouse Point on Tuesday.
 Mrs. R. L. Rochfort and daughter, Miss Kinney, Of Bantam, are in New Haven visiting MT, and Mrs. Rochfort of Edwards street.
 The Sunday school of the Union chapel iu Woodbridge has decided to hold it's annual picnic at Savin Rock on August 2S. If the day proves to be stormy the picnic will be postponed until the next day.
 The Crocodile club will hold it's annu- al reunion and sheep roast at Com bounce on September 8.
 The annual gathering of the Ames family took place at the residence of Hiram L. Bishop in Watertown last Wednesday. About forty members were present, some from Missouri, Bridgeport and Salisbury real good time was enjoyed by all present. The annual meeting of the Connecti- cut Eclectic Medical association is to be held at Milford Point on Tuesday September s.
 There will be another big excursion to Glen Island to-day The Water bury American says: "An invitation is extended to all to lay aside business to- morrow and take in the excursion to Glen Island. This is peculiarly a fam fly resort, every provision being made on the Island, as well as on the boats of the Starin line, to preserve deco rum. The reduced fare is within reach of all'
 Another of the popular excursions of 1,Tr t1,N
 and Hartford railroad occurs with an outing to Savin Rock from the Nauga- tuck division stations on Friday of next week, August 28. The same low rates prevailing on former occasions will be in effect on, this A special train service and first-class standard equipment will, as usual be provided On the last excursion to Savin Rock | from the Valley the demand for tickets at some of the stations exceeded the supply which proved disappointment to many who had arranged to go, but had deferred the purchase of tickets to the morning of the excursion. The number of tickets offered for sale is | strictly limited, to prevent overcrowd- ing the train.
 A Derby dispatch of yesterday says: l H. E, Stressburg, who came to Derby i about a year ago from New Haven and i purchased and conducted the business Of the Derby drug store, left town to- 1 day, and it is thought he will not re- l turn. He left note in which he turn ed over to s. w. Smith of Ansonia the stock and fixtures of his business It is stated that there is large number of creditors.
 Frank Phillips of New Haven is the guest of Levi Jackson of Colony street, Meriden.
 Fred M. Hotchkiss and family of Meriden have returned to their home after a summers sojourn at Katlyn Kpttage, West Peak.
 Alexander Troup will be the principal lspeaker at the opening of the Bryan and Sewall club rooms in Meriden next Thursday night. Colonel E. M. Graves of Hartford will probably be the speak CT on Thursday, September 3.
 Yesterdays Meriden Journal says of the late Gustave Schmidt of this city: l Members of the Second regiment band of New Haven are mouring the loss of Clarinet Player Gustave Schmidt, member of the band for fifteen years Mir. Schmidt died in New Haven last week of a cancer. He was well known in Meriden among musicians having played with the local bands and orches- tras for years, and his death will be sincerely regretted by his friends in Mcriden.