The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-08
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The Vessel Owners and Captains
National association, met at Boston
Wednesday and elected officers.
Charles D. Hall, the we'll known ship
smith on Brewery street this city, was
commissioned in place of the late Hen
ny Sutton of this city.
A horse belonging to T. III. Mills, the
Woodbridge milkman, slipped and fell
on the Orange street asphalt pavement
yesterday morning and broke "a shaft.
One of the horses hind legs was in
jured, but not seriously.
Yesterday the handsome bull terrier
belonging to Burns Henry of Detroit,
Mich, of the class Of Yale, 1900, fell
from the fourth story of the Hutchinson
block to the sidewalk and was so badly
injured that he was shot to put him out
of his suffering.
The Ell Captain Athletic association
will give concert in St Aloysius hall,
Meadow street, next Monday night, for
the benefit of gymnasium fund
Francis B. Allen, chief marshal of the
Farragut Day parade at Hartford, Oc-
tober 10, has selected his staff on which
he has named among others Messrs.
Simeon j. Fox and William S. Welles
Of this city.
Ex-Commissioner James e. McGann
has bought of M. N. Burwell the wood
en- block on Congress avenue, between
Hill and Lafayette streets beginning at
120 and extending to 12S inclusive. It
is a three story building 40 feet front.
The first story is occupied as floors and
the two upper floors as tenements.
The convention of the New Haven
Baptist association yesterday in Wal
lngford decided upon Essex as the
place for the next annual convention,
the dates being october T and g. 1898,
Rev. Edwin NJ Poteat Of New Haven
was selected as the preacher.
The 50-foot sloop yacht Niagara,
which belonged to the late TreadWell
Ketchan, has been sold by the cxecu-
tors to Abner Hendee, the feed dealer,
The sale price is variously estimated at
from 81 900 to $500 Captain Billiard,
who was in charge of the yacht when it
was owned by Mr.. Ketclam, remains
on the yacht. This yacht is the best
known craft in the waters of New Ha-
ven harbor 1t is a 50-foot first rater
sloop yacht. built some years ago for
the late Captain George Ward, and at
the time of launching was considered
the feetest of fast craft When Mr..
Ketcham bought it, an overhanging
stern was put on, the keel repaired and
the lines somewhat changed for speed
At the s o'clock mission service at st.
Johns church yesterday morning the
Very Rev. A. J. Kreidt, Of the Carme-
lite order of Niagara Falls, Canada,
preached an eloquent and impressive
sermon on the commandment Re
member the Sabbath Day and Keep it
Holy" He also announced the hours
for hearing confessions from to and
from to IL in the morning, and from
4 to 6 in the afternoon, and after in
the evening. The mission is very large
~ attended.
The following gentlemen have been
elected officers for the season of '97 and
'9S of the University Extension Center:
President, A. Maxcy Hitler; vice presi
dents, Charles L. Baldwin and Mrs.
Henry 6. Newton; treasurer, Herbert
w. Snow; secretary, Isaac Thomas; as
sistant, w. K. Stetson; finance commit
tee. chairman, Samuel r. Avis, W. K.
Stetson, J. Rice Winchell; committee
on membership, w. K. Stetson, chair
man, c. L. Ayres, George B. Hurd, Mrs.
It. r. Honey, Miss ]. E. Studley. 1t
was also voted to have one or two
courses on literature, a course on music
and one on art and science, and to en-
gage Prof Winchester and Prof Phelps
on literary subjects, Prof Krehbiel on
music, and Prof. f. b. Rosa on science
and electricity, with Prof. Richard Bur
ton of the Hartford Courant and Prof.
w. H. Goodyear to follow later. The
first course Will probably be by Prof.
William Lyon Phelps about the 18th.