The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-22

Tuesday morning. while going from New Haven to New York, were brought from that city yesterday afternoon. Preparations for the funeral, which will be held this afternoon at o'clock at the home of the young mans father on Oak street, Savin Rock, were completed last evening. The interment will be in the West Haven cemetery. The rela- tives of the deceased young man are much prostrated by the sad and wholly unexpected tragedy. The father of the young man, Smith Penfield, lives at 15 Oak street, West Haven. He owns a handsome house and some other prop erty there, and the family are in good circumstances. He is just completing a new cottage adjoining his home on Oak street.
 The following directors have been chosen by the stockholders of the Win
 chester Avenue railroad: Walter F.
 Ford of Boston, Hon. James Graham
 of West Haven, w. B. Ferguson of
 Boston, Charles E, Graham of West
 Haven, $. Harrison Wagner of this
 city, l. A. Kelsey and Albert F. Pond
 of West Haven. Mr. Ford was chosen a director to succeed the late President Pond. The directors elected the follow
 ing officers: Walter F. Ford, president;
 James Graham, vice president; l. A.
 Kelsey, secretary, treasury and general
 manager. Albert F. Pond was reap pointed superintendent. The annual report showed that the gross earnings of the road for the past year were about $250,000, which is about $25,O0O
 more than the receipts were the pre- vious year.
 H. Rider Haggard's new novel, "The Wizard" is just out and a number Of the first copies was received yesterday by T. H. Pease & Son, Church street. The new novel is said to rival in inter-
 est MT. Haggard's famous She" and
 evidences that his facile pen has lost
 none of it's charm and power The book has nineteen full page illustrations. 1 MT. Haggard's new story has a motive which is believed to be new to recent | fiction. The tale is African, and deals with the conversion of g savage tribe 1 by missionary and martyr, who does not trust to the ordinary resources of proselytism, but takes his stand upon | a literal interpretation of the New | Testament promises The story tells | how his faith triulnphed and how 1t l was strangely supported and Justified | by superior power working through | the forces of nature, and granting d.
 rect age which so many deny in these l latter days to be youonsafed to man. | The keynote of the book is that faith I can. and still does, work miracles | MT. Archie Crawford, the noted Eng l fish baritone, who has been in New t1a-
 ven for several days, has been prevailed upon. much to the delight of many of our prominent society people, to give a
 song recital of old English ballads or
 Wednesday evening. October 2s, at Harmonic hall. He will be assisted by 1 MT Albert Burgemeister, solo riLnist. l MT. Crawford is the friend of MT. Carl
 Blenner, who is giving a studio exhibit here this week. MT. Crawford is q 1 guest at the New Haven house. He is
 delighted with the City of Films and it's suburbs.
 The work of excavating under the l Second regiment armory has been com-
 menced and the members of Company i F, New Haven Grays, are seriously contemplating some extensive improve
 ments in their quarters, which are to be made at the expense of the company. 1 The matter is under discussion. It is proposed that in connection with the
 work being done by the state the com pany build an equipment room below the company room in the cellar. The cost of this, it has been estimated, will l be $1,20O, and it was proposed that the | companys sinking fund be used for that purpose. The proposition to use the sinking fund is opposed considera- bly, and hence a new plan devised is
 for the company to pay half of the cost if the state will pay the other half.
 This plan is not wholly favored, how | ever and the boys are talking the mat ter over.