The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-24
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 10, Kantrovitz, the Grand avenue shoe dealer, has been presented with a sec- ond bouncing boy. Mother and son are doing. well.
 MT. George D. Seymour, of the law firm of Earle & Seymour, has gone to Cleveland, O., where he is called in an important electric case
 The railroad cut was blocked and all traffic on the Hartford, Air Line and Shore Line divisions of the Consolidat- ed railroad was checked for an hour at noon yesterday. The trouble was due to a broken wheel, The rear wheel on the caboose of an outgoing freight train broke while the train was pass ing under the Franklin street bridge. The caboose and two freight cars were wrecked
 The local Knights of Columbus open ed its ten night fair in old Union ar mory last night. The members met at their hall in the evening and, headed by a platoon of police, and drum corps, had short street parade before going to the fair. Hon. c. T. Driscoll made the opening address.
 The time for the Hillhouse- New Brit ain football game at the Yale field to- day has been changed from 10:30 a. m. to D. m.
 Samuel Sugenheimer, who is employ ed by M. Moses, the Chapel street mill- finer, was married Thursday morning at the St. Francis church to Miss Liz zie Marlowe of Clay street.
 Henry c. Rowe the Fair Haven oys- ter dealer, has recently purchased oys- ter grounds in the vicinity of New Ha- ven, amounting to about 335 acres, which in addition to that recently ap- piled for from the shell fisheries com mission, brings his holdings up to S,S25 acres, making him the owner of more oyster lands than any other grower in the state, so far as can be ascertained, MT Rowe has increased his holdings during the year more than 700 acres.
 The ladies' aid society of the Grand avenue Congregational church is busi- ly engaged in making preparations for bazar to be held in the parlors of the church on the evenings of December 2 and g. The latest novelties in fancy articles and articles of useful char acter suitable for Christmas gifts will be for sale at reasonable prices The former successes of the society in this direction insure an affair of undoubted worth. A musical program will be ex- ecuted each evening"
 Jake Schaeffer, the billiard expert, and the western star, w. A. Spinks are to give varied display of their versatility in c. H. Miller's billiard parlors next Thursday evening. giving an exhibition of balk-line, cushion car om and straight ball playing There will be a match between the two ex- perts. The entertainment will conclude with an exhibition of fancy shots by both of the stars.
 The piano recital to be given by MT. w. H. Barber at Warner hall, Novem- Der 6, promises to ve very fashionable affair MT Barber is a remarkable virtuoso of great brilliancy and power and ranks with the finest pianists Of the day. He played with distinguished success this summer at Lenox, Stock bridge, Lakewood and Newport, both at the casinos and in the drawing rooms. The following ladies are very much interested in his coming; Mrs. Horatio Parker Mrs. Arthur Hadley, Mrs. A. J. Dubois, Mrs. John Schwab, Mrs. w. Sturgis, Mrs s. H. Kirby, Mrs. Leonard Bacon, Mrs. E. G.. Bourne and Mrs. F. A. Gorch.
 MT. H. G. Fleming, agent for the Drummond Tobacco company, who is on one of his regular visits to this city. said yesterday that the news paper reports that the tobacco trust, which has been warning for a year or more with various old established in- dependent companies, had settled the fight and come to a. harmonious under standing, were without foundation. No such agreement has been made. The fight is still on. Mir. Fleming said that an old company like the Drummond Of fifty years standing and other inde- pendent companies was so strongly in- trenched that they were inpregnable. | It is an interesting fact of special local note that Harrison I. Drummond, vice president of the Drunmond company, and his brother, J. T. Drummond, are both Yale graduates, the latter gradu- ating this year, and that a younger brother, Edward, is now a Yale under graduate,
 Mrs. Rose Martin, aged ninety three, grandmother of ex-City Clerk James B. Martin. and Edward M. and Will liam P. Martin, died yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs | Catherine McQueeney, 227 Commerce street. Mrs. Martin was in good health until one week ago. She was one of the oldest Irish residents of New Haven. Three daughters survive her.
 | Edward c. Wilson and Mrs. Mary Coombs, brother and sister, who lived | together at No. 56 East Chapel street, and who were both taken to the hos pital last Monday, are both dead. Mrs | Coombs was taken to the hospital slIf- fering with typhoid fever, and few hours later her brother was taken there with a broken leg. They were both about sixty years old. Mrs. Coombs died Wednesday and the funeral was held yesterday afternoon. Her brother died at 10 o'clock yesterday and his l funeral occurs to-day. Mrs. Coombs' family obtained prominence several years ago by the marriage of her daughter, Isabella, to Archibald E. | GWrathney, a Yale student. His par ents were wealthy and they disinherit-