The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-09-29
or LOCAh INTEREST.


Evening services will be resumed at
the Church OF the Redeemer Sunday
evening at 1880, when the pastor, the
Rev. DR.. Watson L. Phillips, will begin
series OF short talks on 1.-THE Chris
tian Life"
The board of assessors will be busy
in their outdoor work of assessing prop
erty all through the month of October,
and hence for the making out OF tax
lists Chief Clerk Macdonald will remain
inside and John w. Stevenson, one OF
the two clerks appointed a year or TWO
ago, will assist. EX-Clerk d. l.. GarVey
will not be present this year, as he Is
otherwise detained. 1t Is probable that
the board will put on one more clerk,
and it is said that they have practical
ly appointed Frank M. Lovejoy as the
additional clerk.
AT recent meeting of the executive
committee of the New Haven orphan
asylum Thursday, October %. was fixed
for Donation day. Plans are now being
formulated for Il most thorough city
canvass.
Being needed owing to the increasing
business of the road around New York
harbor, two powerful seagoing tugs are
in process of construction at Whining
ton, Del, for the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad. They viii
be used in the transport work between
Harlem river and the railroad docks
The tugs will each be It's feet in length
and equipped with heavy machinery
for hauling big barges loaded with
freight and passenger cars.
The lightship which has for num-
her of winters past been stationed of
the west breakwater by the Steamboat
company as a guide for their boats Is to
be sent out again this year and station
ed at the east end of the west break
water. The lightship is the schooner r
| c. King, Captain Parker Hail. and sht
| now lies at Graves dock. where she is
| being fitted up and repaired. The nee
essary equipment, the fog bell, light:
! and gun, will be placed on board to
| day, and the boat will be towed out t.
her anchorage. This is the so-calleo
'spook" lightship but Captain Hal
says he isn't at all worried abou
spooks, as he has a mystic spell read,
for 'enl.
George Henry Smith, formerly witt
| the Niagara Laundry company. has &C
cepted a position as advertising man
ager for the Pond Lily company, ant
will in the future look after their ad
vertising interests. The business of tn
| Pond Lilly company has increased 81
much in the past few months that the!
| have found 1t necessary to organize al
advertising department, and they ar
fortunate in securing the services o
Mr.. Smith to look after this importan
part Of their business.
The plot of land owned by Edmund
Zernitz which has been proposed as {
contagious hospital site, is situated il
the town of New Haven, just over tn
city line. There are about five acres
and there is driveway both from Jew
ell street and from Blake street. Ter
| nitz also owns another lot of land o.
Jewell street, which is about fifty fee
in width, running back about $50 feet
! The lot which is in dispute is assessed
at valuation of $500.
The observance of the Jewish New
Year was continued yesterday by tn
orthodox synagogues. In the reforme'
church the observance ended Monda.
night at sunset. Yesterday was tn
second day of the year 565s according
to the Jewish calendar. In each of tn
orthodox synagogues a sermon wa
preached yesterday morning. Afte
the sermon was delivered the congre
cation chanted from their books. TIL
observance Of the second day in tn
New Year ended last night at sunset
Some of the orthodox Jews closed thei
stores yesterday as well as the da
| before.
] On Tuesday evening, October IL, Sen
ior Vice Commander Fred S. Snow @
Admiral Foote post G. A. r., will g
to Meriden to inspect Marian post NJ
of that city. A goodly number of tn
members of Admiral Foote post will at
tend the inspection. There Will proba
bly, be forty-five who will go from here
leaving on the 6:15 train. A good tim
Is assured to all who go.
Sheriff Egan and Officer McCabe c
Southington drove to Burlington Mon
day and arrested Ernest Elton of Wa
terbury. Elton follows the life of
music teacher and selling sheet music
Several weeks ago he hired a team {
Fl. H. Newell Of Marion for a week
trip. He collided with a trolley car /
New Haven three weeks ago and wa
laid up for repairs at the hospital fo
several days. After he recovered h
started out again with the team bu
did not inform Mr.. Newell Of hi
whereabouts. The horse died in Grar
by last week, so he claims, and he ha
since been driving a mule. Mr. Newe
brought Elton to Waterbury, he agree
ing to settle the bill against him.
r. NJ c. A.