The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-18
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Ine lh Canuee & Co factory VIII start ID tomorrow. Contrary to gem eral expectations, there has been a boot ticket" printed; so the bootmak- CTS are to return to work also. The girls in the shoe room and the boot makers will fit up to-day and the pack CTS will go to work on Thursday.
 STOLEN FROM YALE STUDENTS.
 Detectives Jere MoGrath and Gibson arrested Samuel Fish at his boarding place at the corner of Wooster and Ol- i've streets, yesterday afternoon, and he | is locked up at police headquarters, charged with complicity in the theft of $2OO worth of jewelry from students rooming in Durfee hall. About the first of this month and until February s Roderiek Terry, jr,, and A, H, Barney, roommates at 206 Durfee hall, missed several articles of iewelry. A search of the pawn shops revealed that many of the missing articles had been pawn ed and all by the same man, who from indications was thought to be Fish. His case was continued by Judge Dow until next Tuesday morning.
 | Detectives McGrath and Gibson paid another visit to the residence of Fish on Wooster street yesterday afternoon and arrested Henry Johnson, a negro; Joseph Duffy, about nineteen years old, | were charged with frequenting house of ill-fame and an additional charge was placed against Fish of keeping such a house.
 REVENUE FROM LICENSES.
 The county commissioners have so far year 362 full licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, 35 beer licenses, g druggists licenses, ? pharmacists li- censes and licenses for the sale of liQ- uor in packages to be consumed off the premises. The total amount paid to the county treasurer for all grades of licen- 1 SeS is as follows:
 Full licenses, 362 at S450 each, s162, 300; 35 beer licenses at s200 each, $7,000; 52 druggists licenses at $50 each, $2,600; 2 pharmacists licenses at SIP each, SPA; and package licenses at $250 each, a,- 800; total, $174,024. Of this sum per cent goes to the county and per cent. of the balance each to the police and fire pension funds. The remainder goes to the town of New Haven.
 DEATH OF D. J. VACCINATION.
 Daniel J. MacMahon, son of Mrs. Eli ga MacMahon of fl Bradley street, died at the residence of his mother Sunday afternoon, after several weeks illness, of bronchitis, aged twenty-eight. He and his brother John, now also deceas- ed, were in business in this city several years ago. Reverses came and the partnership was dissolved. Since then the deceased had been employed in Newark, N. J., as theatrical mechanic until he was attacked with grip last fall, when he returned home for rest and recuperation. The disease howev- CT, developed into bronchitis, which ended in his death.
 The deceased was unmarried. He was very popular young man. He leaves a mother sister, Lizzie, unmarried, and a brother, Michael MacMahon of Bridgeport
 The funeral will take place to-day, with a high mass of requiem at St. Pat ricks church at 9:30 o'clock, after which the remains will be taken to Collnsvllle for interment.
 The civil service commission appoint | ed under the new act to examine all applicants for appointment upon the 1 police or fire forces, consisting of May l or Hendrick, Chief A. J. Kennedy of the fire department and Superintendent Treadwell Smith of the police depart ment, has prepared two sets of applca- ton blanks. The commission obtained statistics and valuable information from forty cities of 100000 inhabitants or more and has culled out the very best from each. They have prepared blanks for applications.
 A MILD CASE OF SMALLPOX.
 The physicians have found that Miss Slade, the colored girl who was taken to the pest house Saturday, was suffer ing from smallpox. It is, however, a mild case. The woman who resides at 22 Factory street. where the girl was found, will continue to nurse her and a physician who is hired by the board of health will attend her daily. He takes every precaution in visiting the patient. Health Officer Wright is puzzled to know where the girl could have con- tracted the disease He finds that she has not been out of town and how she could have come in contact with the disease to have contracted it is a mys- tery. Wherever the girl has been pre- cautions have been taken to prevent any spread of the disease.
 TO CLOSE UP LONG WHARF
 The Consolidated railroad and Strong, Barnes, Hart & Co. have entered into an agreement which means. an effectual closing up of Long wharf from State to Brewery street. The indenture pro- vides that the Consolidated road shall quit claim to Strong, Barnes, Hart &s Co. the right to collect wharfage and re- ceive freight on the west side of the wharf adjoining the meat firms proper ty upon condition that the latter release all claim to the right to go up Long wharf from Brewery to State streets. The only way open to Strong, Barnes, Hart & Go. to get into the business portion of the city is to go up Brewery to Water or Chapel instead of going up ] the wharf to State street.
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