The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-02
NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST
YESTERDAY EOREN00N'S FIRE--St =
CI4L SCIENCE cum no MEET.

Andrew ID. white of the Venezuelan Com
mission to speak-Dwight Place Church
Choir Complete--Mr. Maodpnaid's New
Inveution--other Notes
Yesterdays weather was highly en-
ioyed by everybody, 1t was the sec
ond day Of genuine ETHEREAL mildness'
this season.
Romance for April at MeKee's news
stand.
The fire yesterday morning was in a
barn owned by Fred NJ. Smith, the feed
dealer, and in the rear of the store at
$50 Congress avenue. The damage was
about SIS,
One of Police Commissioner Doolit-
ties best work horses ran away Tues
day. One of Mr. Doolittles men hung
on to the reins and turned the animal
against the street curb, where it fell,
breaking it's les. Senator Lyman II.
Johnson, agent for the Humane society.
was summoned and ended the horses
sufferings, killing it instantly with his
revolver,
At the next meeting of the New Ha-
Ven Social Science association. which is
to be held this evening in the rooms of
the Young Mems Institute, Judge s. E.
Baldwin will deliver an address on the
subject of Municipal Government in
England and the United States" The
address will be of much more than
usual interest, and it is expected that
large number of our local municipal
economists and others interested in
good local government will be pres
ent.
Andrew d. White So, xpresident of
Cornell, ex-minister to Russia, and a
member of the Venezuelan commission
win speak before the Graduates club
on Saturday evening. His subject will
he Some Changes That Have Taken
Place In Russia in the Last Thirty
Years" He will also address the Mems
club at the United church next Sunday
evening
Attorney J. P. Goodhart yesterday
bought from Horace H. Field, admins
traitor of the Dr. Isaac S. Miller estate,
the house and lot at No SO Howe street
Mr.. Seymour Spier, the talented ten
or, has signed a contract with the mu-
sic committee of Dwight Place church
for the coming year. beginning May l..
This completes the quartet, which Is as
follows: Miss Mary Lynch, contralto;
Miss Florence Loomis, soprano; w. S.
Cooke, bass; Seymour Spier, tenor. 1t
Is an excellent choir, one of the very
best in town. Miss May Lynch, alto,
and Miss Florence Loomis both have
rich, strong voices which blend harmo-
niously. Miss Loomis is one of the
most gifted singers in the city. Mr..
William S. Cooke Is the basso and Will
direct the quartet, and his ability in
this work is acknowledged by all. Mr..
Spier has sang in the Christ church
choir of Ansonia during the past ten
years. and for five years In the quartet
of the Court street synagogue. He has
delightful voice. Mr. Willis G. Alling
Is the organist, and his work is highly
satisfactory.
Chairman James H. Mcdonald of
the good roads commission has just
invented a new street car fender which
it is believed possesses many import
ant improvements over any yet de-
SlSIl6u. commissioner MdCuOIidlu w dr.
yesterday granted a patent on his In
vention. His new fender is of the net
work type. 1t consists of frame
which supports curved or semi circular
tube, which is reinforced by series
of metal springs that fit around the
tube. This tube when in position rests
just above the tracks, and forms the
fender proper, The net Is depended
from the dash to the curved tube. The
frame which supports the tube is hinged
and connected with a lever so that ii
may be raised when not in use. The
tube may be made Of rubber or other
| flexible material. The springs keep il
! firm, yet when an object is struck the
| tube yields and thus reduces the resist