The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-23
or LOC4L INTEREST.

Officer James Ward of this city is Wis
ting his sister, Mrs. Kane Of Washing
ton avenue, Brooklyn, Conn.
young child of w. S. Woodruff of
Orange is seriously i'll and fears are en-
tertained Of its final recovery.
Former Congressman James P. Pig
oft of this city was in Meriden yes
terday afternoon.
The Rev. DR.. Chauncey B. Brewster,
coadjurtor, bishop-elect Of the Connecti-
cut diocese had a bad fall from his
bicycle in Brooklyn, Saturday, and was
severely bruised, but was able to con-
duct services as usual in his church
Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Shelton of Derby addressed
the ladies of Orange at their mission
airy meeting at Mrs E. G. Russells in
Orange, yesterday afternoon. His sub
ject was Home Missions"
The Waterbury baseball team and the
local Elks will battle on the YIN. c. A,
field in Waterbury this afternoon, the
proceeds Of which will be turned over
to the players of the Waterbury team.
The sloop yacht Niagara, belonging
to the estate of the late Treadwell
Ketcham, has been sold to Abner
Hendee, the State street feed merchant
Frank Speh, the fourteen-year-old son
of Herman A. Speh of the Sea View
hotel West Haven't disappeared from
the hotel a week ago last Friday and
was not heard from until last Satur-
day, when Mr.. Speh received letter
from Boston stating that his boy was
there. Mr.. Speh left early Monday
morning for Boston and he Is expected
back to-day with the boy.
Naomi chapter, o. f. s.. of Water
bury, held their second meeting for the
| season at Masonic temple Tuesday
night, which was well attended. 1t was
| announced that the grand officers of
| the order in the state would pay an
official visit to the chapter at the next
meeting October 5, and it was voted to
invite the chapters from Naugatuck,
| Seymour. Ansona, Bristol, Southing-
ton, and Cheshire to be present on that
occasion and share the hospitality of
| Naomi chapter.
The Farrell Foundry and Machine
company of Ansonia have contracted
with Royal Holbrook for the building of
| a heavy retaining wall along the west
side of their property on the bank of
the Naugatuck river The section to be
built is over 800 feet in length and the
foundations will be eight or nine feet
in width, the wall being from 12 to Ia
feet high.
The Connecticut Universalist conven-
ton, the Boys club of Waterbury and
the Scovill Manufacturing company of
Waterbury have filed with the secre-
tary of the state certificates of the ac-
ceptance of amendments to their char
tiers.
| Seymour will be represented at the
bicycle races in Waterbury next Satur-
] day by Charles Wyant, who is entered
in the one-mile race for the champion
ship of New Haven county, the two
third mile open, the one-mile handicap
and the twomile handicap. Clarence
Adams is entered in both the one and
two-mile handicap. A very large
crowd of wheelmen from Seymour will
attend the races.
Yesterday ended thirty consecutive
years that William It. Lane of Walling.
ford has been employed at the Merider
Britannia works, having begun Worl
there on September 3d. 1897. During al
these years he has been employed ii
the plating room and with the excep.
ton of the first six months he has hat
the contract of wiring and stamping
the ''1atware." He has been a com
muter for upwards of twenty-fou
years out of the thirty.