The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-11
OF LOCAL INTEREST.


wedding of Miss Florence S. Fowler,
daughter of John S. Fowler, assistant
clerk OF the superior court, to Edward
M. Bradley, of the firm of III. G. War
rem & Co. The ceremony will take
place at the residence of the brides
parents, 27 Dwight street, at o'clock
on the evening of April %.
The firm of F. c. Bushnell & Co,
wholesale grocers, has just been organ
lied as joint stock company with a
capital of 100000, and they will begin
business May in the Ives building on
Water street, next to the Stoddard
Kimberly & Co. building. The men in
the company are Frank c. Bushnell of
j. D. Dewell & Co., NJ. w. Shaughnes-
sey of Meriden, Floyd Andrews of Wa
terbury, and Edwin M. Somers of this
city. All the partners are now con-
nected with the firm of J. d. Dewell &
Co., the three latter being travelling
statesmen.
Robert Foote has been chosen cashier
of the National Tradesmen's bank. He
has been assistant cashier and teller
He came to the bank as clerk in 1876
Howard w. Thompson is promoted
to be assistant cashier. Douglas M.
Smith rises from bookkeeper to teller,
and w. Perry Curtis becomes book
keeper. All the appointments are ex-
cellent.
The members Of the Bethel A. M. e.
church have lost possession of their
church edifice. The mortgage of $4,000
upon it has been foreclosed. The
church debt has been accommodating for
years despite heroic efforts to meet it.
The society will not disband but has
taken temporary quarters in the Y. M.
c.. A building, corner of Goffe and
Sperry streets.
The contract for the new $4,000
brick block, Brown & Berger, archi-
tects, which is to be erected by Will
liam Splitter at State and Osborn
streets were announced yesterday. The
mason work will be done by the G. M.
Grant company and the carpenter work
by Scott & Barnes.
John E. Igo of Dixwell avenue has
the plumbing contract for the new two
family house to be erected by Christian
Richards on Foote street. Brown &
b6ISeI lc IIlC dSHitCClS. iiC
contract is let to Warner & Son.
M. S. Tyler of Northford sold to
local fish dealer yesterday twenty five
trout weighing five and one-half
| pounds, and they We're caught in one
of the East Wallingford streams.
G. N. BulIey caught on Monday thir-
| teen trout and on April he brought in
| dozen.
The Second regiment will take new
| departure this year as regards it's field
| day. Instead of the two companies of
| the regiment holding their field eXer-
| cises on different days the regiment
| will be ordered out in body. The pro-
| gram for field day will include man
| oeuvres in extended order-which
| means to form in line of battle. The
| regiment will assemble at a. m. at the
| place selected and drill in battalions
| until noon. Then half hour will be
| taken for dinner, and the afternoon
will be devoted to drilling in extended
order and, if suitable grounds are at
| hand, to target practice also.
| Messrs. Merles and Weinhouse of this
| city are having plans made for new
| four-story brick block which is to be
| located on York street, near George
| street 1t will cost $4,000. There will
| be sixteen tenements Of four rooms
| each.
| The Washington bridge contest,
| which has been pending in the superior
court for some time, has been appealed
to the supreme court and will beh card
| by that body on April q.
T. B. Kelly, superintendent of parks,
is already making preparations to be-
| gin war upon the elm tree beetle. He
| will purchase a boiler of 75-horse power
and steam pump, and seven lines of
hose; also buy or hire a watering cart
which he intends shall carry around a
| supply of the emulsion or insecticide
used in spraying trees. The boiler and
pump will be carried around on a
| wagon. The pump will take the insec-
ticide from the watering cart and six
or seven lines of hose will be supplied
| by II. The noZzles of the hose will be
held by men in the trees, who will
spray the leaves. Mr.. Kelly wrote yes
terday to Y o. Howard, eutomologist
of the Agricultural department at
Washington, and asked his advice as to
the scheme.