The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-16
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Little Pearl Trefry, aged about five years, younger daughter of Thomas C. Trefry, the druggist on State street, corner of Edwards, died of diphtheria yesterday afternoon. All that the best medical skill and care could do for the little sufferer was unavailing. She was an unusually bright, pretty and inter- esting child and her death is greatly mourned. Funeral will be at o'clock Friday. The remains will be talen hy rail to Brooklyn, and then by steamer to Yarmouth, N. S, for interment
 Mrs. Catherine Leonard of Water bury died at the home of her son. James Leonard, in that city, Monday night Besides James, she leaves a daughter, Maggie, of that city, and Mrs. Thomas Devine of this city The remains will be brought to this city for burial this morning. Interment will be ln St. Bernard's cemetery.
 The Northampton division train due in this city at 11:50 in the morning was delayed twenty minutes yesterday py one of the cylinder heads blowing out at Whatley Village. No one was in- jured.
 The formula recently discovered by Professor c. s. Hastings of Yale is be- ing used in the construction of fine telescope by Brasher of Allegheny City, Penn. By the formula greater clear ness of vision is obtained and the bar rel of the instrument may be made much shorter.
 The Christmas number of the Horse man excels and outshines the char acter of it's contents it's illustrations and it's illuminated covers any pre- ceding Christmas number of this work, and the price is reduced from thirty five to twenty-five cents. For sale by T. H. Pease & Son.
 Superintendent of Schools c. N. Ken dall announced yesterday that the Christmas vacation of the public schools would begin at noon Thurs day, December 24. Session will begin again Monday January 3.
 The Yale Y. M. c. A. has raised over $60 for the relief of thirty Armenian refugees who are now in this city Four of the men are graduates of Ain | tab college in Turkey, and several of 1 the company belong to families whose fathers have attended Yale. Professor Brastow has consented to see that the | fund is dispensed economically and usefully. A special audit of the town accounts l is in progress, conducted by Attorney | James P. Bree and Attorney Howard | C. Webb, the town auditors. The work is being done at the request of Town Agent Baldwin, and is for the purpose of ascertaining the exact amount of | outstanding orders, so as to fix the amount to the credit of the town after all indebtedness is included.
 B. F. Hosley lodge No. IS, First reg iment, U. R., K. of P, of Branford will hold a social in the new Pythian hall there on Thursday, December 17.
 Mrs William J. Doyle of Branford aged thirty-e eight, died suddenly with apoplexy about l o'clock Monday after noon at her home on Cherry Hill Mrs 1 Doyle was formerly Miss Julia Kane and had only been married a few months. Both she and her husband | were well known and highly respected MT. Doyle has the sympathy of the en- time community in this his sad be- | reavement. The funeral takes place | to-day.
 Charles H. Day of this city has one of his admirable Christmas stories 1T the last issue of the New York Clipper MT. Day has entertained and highly in terested the readers of the Clipper fol l l.. e. none of it's old-time perspicacity ant power to please but rather improves A new issue of 'The Daisy Music Sc ries'' has just been received from th' Cornucopia company, 257 Broadway New York. This number contains fivt | very choice and popular vocal and in strumental pieces. They are Bid NJ Goodbye Forever" She's My Sister, "Drifted Apart The Red Schoolhoust on the Hill," and "The Blanca Waltz CTS"
 The Knights of St. Patrick will holt @ special meeting this "Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, when the neV house on Temple street will be formal ly opened. Arrangements will also b made on that evening for the annua ball.
 The St Aloysius T. A. and B. societ! will hold one Of it's regular monthl. temperance rallies next Sunday even ing in St. Aloysius hall. beginning a o'clock A program of pleasing mum | bers will be given in addition to an ad dress by T. J. Kennedy on the growtl of the temperance movement in NeV Haven MT Kennedy was one of tn, pioneers in the temperance cause Il this city.
 The caucus of the republican mem bers of the court of common counci has been called by Alderman c. D Nicoll, chairman of the caucus commit tee for Monday night next. The join caucus will be held first at 8 o'clock il the aldermen's room. At that time tn members will proceed to nominate can didates for corporation counsel, lam inspector and assistant city clerk. Tn boards will then separate and will pro ceed to nominate presidents of eacl body, pages and members of the boar of finance.
 The republicans have 42 out of members of the court of common cOun cil. and expect to elect their nominees They have on joint ballot a majorit. of p.
 FEDERATION. MEETINGS.