The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-14
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

wards street schools were reopened yes terday for the regular fall term, after delay of one week, caused by the late arrival of new desks and seats, The Davenport building was not opened. un- til afternoon; the other two opened at g o'clock.
 The work of putting new seats in the Lloyd street school will be completed, and this building is expected to be ready for pupils by tomorrow,
 The Ezekiel Cheever and Roger Sher- man buildings will not be ready for scholars until next Monday, if then.
 The Westville schools reopened yes terday morning. Principal Mclean is back again from his summer trip. A new room has been opened In the main school building and the building has been newly repaired and furnished.
 The Monopole hotel has been reno- vated by Manager Dunn. Its new name is the Hotel Savoy.
 The fourth room in the new school house at East Haven will probably have to be- opened about October 1, as all Of the other rooms are now crowded beyond their seating capacity and there are still more applicants for seats. There is also large batch of appli- cations already in the hands of the committee for the position of teacher in the new room
 The new hotel in Milford has been leased by Andrew l.. Smith, at present clerk of the Atlantic hotel, Bridgeport
 Brazos & Sons began work on the contract for removing thirty-five trees Tor $S4O about the center of the city yesterday morning. The first tree Which they began on is located on Chapel street, close to the corner of Howe street and interfered with the proposed setting back of the curbs on the street.
 Agent Preston of the Organized Char 1ties has instituted inquiries to ascer- tain if there are any relatives here apouts of Jennie Anderson, the young German girl who again attempted sui eide, Sunday, this time at Lighthouse Point. She says her name is Stein bruder and that her home is Gutten- berg, N. Y.
 The woman who was searching for her husband of the name of Hamilton Roy, and who fainted away in the Brooklyn police headquarters, an &C., count of which was given yesterday. was formerly Nellie Lockery, a daugh- ter of William H. Lockery, who resided at one time in Dewitt street, and later in Franklin street She was divorced from her first husband, John Clough, and later married Hamilton Roy, bookkeeper, who once worked for Tut tie, Morehouse & Taylor
 Fire Marshal Fancher has come to the conclusion that the fire at James Monroe's house at SS Lake Place, last week. must have been caused by the grounding of an electric wire on a gas pipe. The house was new one and the fire had been smouldering for some time before it was discovered.
 Ex-Governor Thomas M Waller has recently bought Governors Island and now the Stars and Stripes float from the top of long pole there daily Cover nor's Island is just off Ocean Beach and is rocky formation of the most con- spicuous spot that opens to the vision from the paradise of New London. The governor will erect a small summer home on the island next season and will undoubtedly spend a great deal of his time there. The island was named by Lieutenant Governor Loomis, who in his political prime, established a summer home there and entertained many prominent men of the state.
 The Pequot association has decided to postpone the formal closing of its house to Thursday, as many of the resident members were unwilling to leave yesterday. The September days at the Cove are delightful, so in spite of the fact that Fleming, the clubs steward, leaves on Thursday. which the formal closing of the season, many of the members will go down to the house daily.
 The. Danbury Evening News is in re- ceipt of letter from John Addison Porter. secretary to President McKin- ley, expressing regret of the president at his inability to visit Danbury in De- tober and attend the Danbury fair. Mr Porter writes that the president must bring his vacation to a close very short ly, and that official business will re- quire his presence In Washington for several weeks at least The president will probably visit Connecticut at an- other time, however.