The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-18
NEVIS ABOUT TOWN.


 Baseball League-TO Send for Clark
 Board of Councilmen--The Symphony
 orchestra-The Business Improvements
 RathbOne Lodge, K. of P.-City Lodge,
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 The meeting of the stockholders of the Southern New England Telephone company to take action regarding the proposed increase of the company's capitalsstock takes place this afternoon at ? o'clock. The proposed increased will no doubt be endorsed and no de- crease In dividends Is expected. The new funds will be used gradually to enlarge and benefit the plant and in- crease it's efficiency and net results
 The reduction of passenger rates on the Shepaug road works very satisfac- torily on all sides and the management of the Consolidated road announce that hereafter all tickets on this branch will be unlimited. Reports from both the passenger and freight departments of crease since the election.
 A meeting of Connecticut baseball clubs will be held in New Haven on the 18th inst. to organize state league. Waterbury, Meriden, New Haven and Bridgeport will be represented. It is thought Hartford will come in, as it's location will make 1t an undesirable city for the Atlantic league for another season. At the meeting next week the wisdom of forming an eight-club league will be discussed. Norwich, New London and Middletown want to join the new organization. The Nau- gatuck Valley league will get along without Bridgeport next year.
 The J. E. Miles company are now pushing the Ashmun street pavement to the utmost. By this noon they eX- pect to have the concrete completed and then they will put another gang at work on the brick laying.
 It has been decided to send for Henry T. Clarke, the clerk of Peck 6 Bishop, who disappeared from the city last | September, with funds belonging to the | firm, and who gave himself up at police headquarters in San Francisco, Sunday night Acquisition papers will be ob- tained and Detective Sergeant Cowles will bring the man to this city. He will SLdIl tu-HloIIOW pTODdDly. l The New Haven Street Railway con- pany began yesterday to paint their | iron trolley poles. It will be a decided | improvement and please many people Miss Ella L. Cutler and William R. 1 Shaffer were united in marriage yes- l terday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. $. Lines.
 | Mayor Hendrick issued call for a 1 special meeting of the board of council men for next Friday night The object of the meeting is to get the board to concur with the aldermen In acting fa- 1 vorably on the petition of the fire com missioners for permission to transfer unexpended balances on some accounts 1 to other accounts.
 1 The West Haven Manufacturing com- pany has just been organized in that 1 borough for the purpose of manufact- uring the Universal hack saw Repre- sentative -elect Charles E. Graham is senior member of the firm and works | have recently been established Frank | s. Bradley, the well known inventor, is | the inventor of the saw and of the ma- | chinery used in making 1t. G. Edward | Osborn has been engaged as sales l agent
 The New Haven Symphony orchestra is planning reception to the conductor of the orchestra, Prof H. w. Parker The festivity will be for the orchestra and few guests and will take place at Lenox hall, corner of York square and Broadway, some time before the | first concert on December B.
 Damn Bros. & Go. are now running six days a week and ten hours a day. and are employing more men than for | any time previously for three years Prior to the election the factory was running only five days a week and sew l en. hours a day. Under the old system | the shop ran thirty-five hours and now | 1t Is running sixty hours a week. They | have put on quite a number of men | additional since the election, and the l firm has received instructions to go ahead with the orders. which were re- ceived conditional on McKinley's elee- | tion.
 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for December, the Christmas number, is one of great merit and full of beautiful | illustrations, number of which are | 1l0ely COlOFeQ. IDlS nufnDeT SlVcS a | continuation of the illustrated articles on American colleges, and Cornell this time receives due attention.
 1 CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH CON-
 CERT. Mrs. T. J. Adams and Mrs. M. J. | Hofer have arranged & delightful pro- gram for a, complimentary musical to be given tonight at the Church of the l Messiah Miss Ellen F. Hofer, Miss Kate Hofer, Miss Maude Klock, Mir. | Gervaise Green, MT E. c. Moore, Miss Mabel Sherman, Mir W. r. Morgan, jr., Miss Grace Nichols and MT Max Treu- man have promised to assist
 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
 Rathbone lodge No. 1, K. of P, will celebrate the twentye eighth anniversa- ry of it's organization this evening at | its lodge room, No. 400 State street, ! Courier building. The lodge will hold ] it's regular session, after which the members will have social time and collation.. It is expected that the grand 1 lodge will be represented and general i good time is anticipated. The lodge worked the third degree on one candi- i date at its last session, among the vis- l itors being members of the order from