The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-13
Brief Mention,
High water to-day at 8 p. m
 Ruv a. farm.-R. D, Baldwin,


 Buy a farm.-R. B. Baldwin.
 Houses, lots, all parts of the city. Ed ward M. Clark, AZ Church.
 Rathbone lodge, K. of F., had very Interesting meeting last night and initi- ated three more candidates. Rathbone continues to flourish.
 Dr. John Bushnell and wife of this city are passing a few days at the old homestead on the Grove Beach road, Westbrook.
 Rev. and Mrs. c. H. Buck of New Britain, formerly of this city, started Monday on vacation trip of six weeks. They will go to Mexico and return through the south and western states.
 Property on State street, east side. Nos. 543, 545, 547 and 549 next to the Canal railroad bridge consisting of two small houses, was sold at auction yes terday for $2,075, Messrs. Dillon & OBrien officiating.
 First Lieutenant James F. Plunkett of the Sarsfield Guard has announced himself a candidate for the position of captain of the company. There are now two candidates, Lieutenant Plum kett and ex-Captain J. J. Kennedy.
 News has been received here that Miss Lucy Trowbridges miniatures have been accepted in the Royal Acad- emy at London. She exhibited there for the first time and the young lady's friends are sending the warmest con- gratulations.
 Neil Fogarty of Derby, who was oper- ated on for appendicitis by Dr. Rus sell of New Haven, attended by Drs. Baldwin, Van Marter and Beardsley of Derby, Is reported by the attending physician as doing very well and it is believed that he will recover.
 Real estate investors should attend the auction sale of the property adver- tised by Edward c. Beecher, ,auctioneer, to be held this morning at il o'clock at the old stand of the American corset works, Nos. 22, 24 and 26 Franklin streets, as advertised in our columns. IA good opportunity for investment.
 Yale Conclave, order of Heptasophs, expects to have a highly interesting meeting tomorrow evening, at which l.. Besser, a delegate to the Louisville convention, will make his report, while other delegates to Louisville will also attend. Matters of importance in this growing and prosperous order will also be discussed.
 There will be no contest over the fill ing of the vacancy this year in the Yale university corporations. Returns re- ceived show that E. G. Mason of Chi cago has received the requisite number of votes to nominate, and Professor w. H. Welch of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore also received the requi site number Dr. Welch, however, has stated that he declines to stand as a candidate, thus leaving MT. Mason the only candidate.
 Major Bradley D. Lee who died at St. Louis Mo-, Monday afternoon, at the age of fifty-nine, was born in Pleas ant Valley Conn, and many of the older residents of Winsted will remem- Der him. He went to the war as quar- termaster of the Nineteenth Connecti- cut Volunteers. Later he was made brigade quartermaster, with the rank of major He was a graduate of the Yale Law school, and after having serv- ee three and one-half years in the army went to St. Louis and began the prac- tice of law. He rose rapidly in his profession and for several years he had been recognized as one of the foremost corporations lawyers in Missouri.