The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-09
LOCAL NEws JorrINGs.

High School Prom Meetlng-FuneraI l of Mrs. Gaynor.
 Plans have been submitted for the | improvements in the Second regiment armory which are to be made and the various companies occupying the ar mory have been notified that the work will be begun at once and that, there fore, the rooms must be cleared of fur niture, pictures, etc. In the rear of the building a cellar is to be excavated under the company rooms, and new floors are to be laid. The big drill room is to have a new floor laid in concrete, It was hoped that the state would ex- cavate under the drill hall also, which would give room for baths, bowling alleys, shooting galleries, etc, but this the authorities claim would cost too much. Larkins & Sons have been awarded the contract to do the carpen- ter work The work is to be com menced this week, and it is expected that it will be completed by Novem- Der 1, when the drill season will com mence.
 The engagement is announced of MT. John G. Beck, proprietor of the Elm City bakery, and Miss Annie M Belz, daughter of the late Charles A. Belz, and sister of Councilman Charles F. Belz of the Sixth ward. Both the young people are well and favorably known, and they have the best wishes of large number of friends in this city and elsewhere.
 | The whist club has decided to begin it's fall whist tournament on Monday, 1 October g.
 | Miss Carrie l.. Stewart died Wednes- day afternoon at 67 County street. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, from the house. | John F. Goodrich has sold to Han nah G. Wynehouse and Minnie E. l. Merles, a lot at the corner of Charles and Townsend streets The lot has a frontage of Al feet on Charles street and 15S feet on Townsend avenue The work of repairing the tower on steamer S's house is now In progress and the erection of the bell tower on steamer 5's house is nearing comple- ton. The bell has been raised and put into place.
 The annual fall inspection of the po- lice department will take place on the central green at 2 p. m. to-day. The entire department, in full dress uni form, white gloves and dress clubs, will be reviewed by his honor the mayor, the superintendent of police and the I police commissioners. Immediately af- ter the inspection there will be meet ing of the Police Mutual Aid associa- ton.
 Mrs. Edward Field of Lynwood street l has returned to her home from Madi- son, where she has been living since Decoration day, MT. Field coming to the city each morning to business. 1 Clerk A. McMathewson of the shell fish commission yesterday received a letter from his brother-in-la Republi- can Central Committeeman Haskell of Nebraska. which states that never in the history of the state has political enthusiasm been so high as itsis at the present time.
 Two weddings, for which cards are out, are those of Miss Minnie Martha Reichell and Harry Clifford Oviatt on Tuesday, October 20, at 6 o'clock, at the bride-e elects home on River street and that Of Miss Helen M Smith to Walter Ives Addis, jr., on Wednesday October ?, at o'clock, in St. Peters church
 A meeting of the board of education will be held this evening, and it is ex- pected that at this meeting bids for the , construction os the proposed Norton ! street school building will be consider ed.
 Fireman William A. Bates who was injured in the boiler explosion of engine 58 at Meriden Wednesday, is in very serious condition He was burned more seriously than was at first supposed : and Dr. Doherty, who has been attend ing him, fears that gangrene may sci : in.
 The schooner Robert J. King has been again stationed off the new west break
 water by the New Haven Steamboat company as lightship station, in ort der to warn their steamers in time of fog or storm. Captain Parker Hall whose trouble with ghosts off the har- Dor the past winter brought him into prominence, will continue to act as
 keeper of the ship.
 The vessel has been on the marine
 railway in Fair Haven and been put ir ! good condition
 William E. Morgan, a. member of the
 board of education, was asked yester- 7 day for the boards attitude in reard to sanctfoning having a high schoo
 Prom" He said: "The board as a whole up to the present time has taken
 no action in the matter. This years
 board has only held one meeting and
 that was solely for the purpose of or
 ganization. The committees appointed
 then have not met as yet, so I could
 not express an opinion with regard tc
 the probable action. The board will in
 vestigate the question of allowing the
 present graduating class to hold 8
 promenade It is the general opinion
 among the board members that it is
 inadvisable to have such expensive af-
 fairs connected with the high schoo
 and the result of their action is looked
 to with interest by the pupils, theii
 parents and citizens of New Haven.
 Last evening at o'clock, at the home
 of MT. and Mrs. I. Atwater Merwin ot
 Pond Point, their youngest daughter
 Miss Rosalie Merwin, was married tc
 William Fowler Platt of Milford. The
 brides gown was of white silk witt
 chiffon and pearl passementeries. The
 bride was attended bV her maid O