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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
FUNERAL OF GENERAL COUGH.

 Held in South Norwalk Yesterday Af-
 ternoon-Governor Cooke Pays Honor
 to His Memory.
 NorWalk, Feb. 15.-The funeral ser vices over the remains of the late Gen eral Darius Nash Couch were held at St. Paul's church here at 2;90 this af- ternoon, Rev, s. B. Pond and Rev c. M. SelleclI officiating. The remains rested in heavy oak casket with OK idiZed silver trimmings. The pallbear- CTS were George Buxton, Thomas Brad ley, Joseph Crossman, Charles Loomis, Ava Hauschildz, and George w. Ray mond, all m5 m5mbers of Buckingham post, G. A. R., of which General Couch was also @ member.
 At the close of the services this after neon the casket was closed and the body will remain in St Paups church tonight, attended by guard of honor from Buckingham post. Tomorrow forenoon the remains will be taken to Taunton, Mass, escorted by G. A. R.. delegation, consisting of George w. Raymond, G. H. Raymond, Charles Loomis, and Ava Hauschildz. When Taunton is reached the remains will be delivered to the w. r. Bartlett post, G.. A. R., and under the auspices of this post the last rites will be performed Wednesday at St. Thomas church.
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REAL ESTATE NOTES.

Architects Brown & Berger are get ting out plans for new residence on the corner of Cold Spring and Everett streets for c. ". Hoyt. The house is to be 30x37 feet, containing ten rooms, with hard wood finish, hot water heat ing, mantels, stained glass, plate glass and other improvements.
 Plans are being made by Brown & Berger for an addition to the Clark building at S2 Church street. It will be 5Ox20 feet, of brick, one story high, and will be built so that ii may be raised to the elevation of the present structure whenever desired. The addition is de- signed to meet the requirements of J. T. Johnson & Son, clothiers, and w. A. Spalding. the druggist, who will occu- py it when completed.
 Architects Brown & Berger are get ting out plans for a first-class two-fam- fly house on Orchard street, near Whal- ley avenue, for Mrs. E. M. Reilly. It will be 30x52 feet, finished in ash, and will be heated by two hot water fur naces. On each floor there will be five rooms equipped with electric bells, mantels and all improvements. The cost will be about $4,500.
 J. J. Hogan of 972 State street will do the plumbing and gas fitting in Mrs Hyde's new fourteen-room house on Shelton avenue. It will be equipped with Brown Bros.' copper boiler, open plumbing and modern improvements, all of which he will furnish. He also has another similar house on the same street, and was the lowest bidder for the plumbing contract on John H. Hea- ly's new Charter Oak flats on State street.
 John J. Osborn has broken ground for a six-room $2,500 cottage on Garden street.
 Contractor l.. l. Thomas has raised the new $3,000 house of Jeremiah Smith & Sons on First street. It will be a first-class cottage home, with furnace heat and all the improvements. G. A. Baldwin & Sons are doing the mason work and the Arnold company the plumbing and heating. Contractor Thomas is also building for the same parties 8 fine $6,OO0 two-family house on the corner of Howard avenue and First street. It is similar to MT. Thom- as' own new and handsomely equipped house on the avenue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
SONS OF THR REVOLUTION.
Large and Brilliant Gathering at An
 nual Dinner Already Assured.

Large and Brilliant Gathering at An
 nual Dinner Already Assured,
 The list of speakers at the approach ing annual dinner of the Sons of the American Revolution in Hartford, with their subjects, so far as known, is as follows: Joseph G, Woodward, the his torlan of the society, will act as toast master and will make the introductory address. Rev. E, s. Lines of New Ha- ven, the chaplain, will offer prayer. Hon. Charles T. OFerrall, governor of Virginia, will speak, but his subject is not yet known.
 His EXcellency Governor Lorrin A. Cooke will respond to a toast to the state of Connecticut. Jonathan Trum- bull, president of the society, will re- spond to the toast to the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and Samuel J. Elder of Boston will speak of the wives and daughters of the revo- lution.
 Other expected speakers are: EX- Representative Lewis Sperry, G. Stan ley Hall, president of Calrk university Worcester, Mass; Rev. Dr. Philip S.. MoXom of Springfield, Mass, Edward A. Sumner of the Empire State society, s. A. R., who will respond for that soci- ety, and Charles P, Clark, president of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company.
 It is expected that the dinner will be the largest in attendance in the history of the society. Landlord Pocock of the Hotel Hartford will be the caterer. Members intending to participate in the annual banquet on February p, who have not already done so, are re- quested by the banquet committee to send their responses to Treasurer Charles P. Cooley, No. 20 Pearl street, Hartford, before February 20, so that proper seating arrangements may be made for them. This is also desired as souvenir menu containing the names of all the guests will be prepared for the occasion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
SOUTH
Wheel Club Differences idiusted-C Clergy men and whist-An Interesting Course of Lectures Announced.

Wheel Club Differences djusted-Cf Clergy
 men and Whist-An Interesting Course
 of Lectures Announced.
 Southington, Feb. 15.--The differences
 existing between certain members of
 the committee which is to arrange for
 the cycle show and fair of the Quinni-
 piac Wheel club have been adjusted
 since the return from New York of the
 committee members who had been ab-
 sent during the week attending the bi-
 will be in the hands of the members
 tomorrow. While the trouble of the
 past week is to be deplored it may be of advantage to the club in the end,
 as many who are not members of the club have signified their intention of extending a helping hand, so strong is their desire to promote the organiza- tion's welfare. A large display of cycles and cycle sundries will be made by local and out of town manufacturers and agents.
 CLERGYMEN AND WHIST.
 The differences existing between cer-
 
 flock as to whether the game of whist is suitable pastime for a church mem- ber do not have a very long rest be-
 fore some one awakens them. Last evening B. F. Campbell, an evangelist who has been holding meetings in the Baptist church, Plantsville, closed his stay there with a sermon the subject of which was If Christ Should Come to Plantsville,'' and during his discourse he touched up the whist playing church
 members. Other indulgences were not | ignored. The sermon caused consider able comment to-day. The Christian | scientists also came in for the atten- tion of MT. Campbell. NINE LECTURES. Yesterday W. s. Perkins of Meriden began a series of nine lectures which | he will deliver on successive Sundays at the o'clock meeting in the Me chanics' hall. The course of lectures
 is on the History and Belief of the | Christian Churches" treating the gen. eral theme under the following: 1. Common Ground, of Points of
 Doctrine in Which All Christians Agree"
 ?. "The Two Branches of the Christ ian Church, Protestant and Catholic 3. Main Division of the Protestant | Church, Evangelistic and Liberal" Representative Evangelical Churches. 4. ''The Episcopal Church-Its Ori- gin. Doctrine and Growth ,. "The Congregationalists and Their
 History"
 6. "The Baptists and History" 1 '. "The Methodist History and Spir- 1 itual Character"
 i Representative Liberal Churches. S. "The Unitarians, History. Free dom and Learning"
 9. "The Tniversalists, History, Doc | trines and Government
 Rev. MT. Perkins delivered his first | lecture of the course yesterday after
 noon on Common Grounds or Points of l Doctrine in Which All Christians I Agree"
 Next Sunday he will preach upon The Two Branches of the Christian l Standardization and Catholic"
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Local Weather Report. FOR FEBRUARY l5. 1897.

Mean temperature. B. Max. temperature, 36. Min. temperature, 29. Precipitation, 0 inches. Max velocity of wind, ll-N. ... Accumulated excess of daily mean tem- perature since January l. A degr ees; or an average daily excess of 10 degrees. ary l, 1225 inches.
 U. G. MYERS, Observer. Note.-A minus sign Q prefxed to ther- mometer readings indicates temperature be- low zero.
 A 'aT" in connection with rainfall indi- cates trace of rainfall too small to mea- sure.
 Snow is melted and resulting depth of water not stated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
LTEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES THE RIPER.

Entertainment in Peoples Course This Evening--Relic of an Old wound-Will Run Presses by Electric Motor.
 The third entertainment in the peo- ple's course will be given in the Grand avenue Congregational church this eve- ming by the Boston Rivals. The com bination consists of Miss Jennie Mae Spencer, contralto; Miss Edna Louise Sutherland, reciter; Miss Maud Paradis, pianist, and MT. Felix Winternitz, vio- linist.
 The program is as follows: Piano-"Valse de Concert" .... Mattel
 Miss Paradis
 Reoital-"IIis Duty. .... Octave Thanet
 Miss Sutherland.
 Song-"Leggero Invisible" ........ Arditi
 Miss Spencer,
 Violin-"Concerto" (Second and Third Movements).. ..., .Mendelssohn
 Mir. Winternitz.
 Recital-"The Art of Alluring" ..... ........ ...............M Mariette Holley
 Miss Sutherland.
 Piano--"Polacca Brlllante" ...... Weber
 Miss Paradis.
 Song-"The Tear" ....... ......Stigelli
 Miss Spencer.
 Violin-Ia. "Serenade" ..........S Schubert
 b. Gypsy Dance. Sarasate
 MT. Winternitz.
 Reoital-"The New Kingdom" (with music) .... ... Mary Mark-Lemon
 Miss Sutherland.
 Twenty-Five years ago James E, Woodhouse of Perkins street acciden- tally shot himself witha a revolver, leav- ing a piece of the copper shell in his neck. He was not aware that any fragments of the shell remained in his body, although he has from time to time felt a smarting sensation about his neck. Several days ago what appeared to be boil formed on his neck and when opened on Sunday fragment of the shell was picked out. MT Wood house was greatly surprised but is sure that the foreign substance is a relic of his accident of twenty-five years ago. Carnival in Gooseland' is the title of an entertainment to be given un- der the auspices of Grace Episcopal church at Polar Star hall tomorrow evening. Mrs. D. K. Roberts will be in charge.
 Ira E. Fonda has placed in his print ing establishment on the east side an electric motor of one and a half horse power for running his presses and for lighting purposes. The power is SUD- piled from the incandescent circuit and it is the only electric motor on the east side. MT. Fonda has just ordered another printing press in New York. MT. and Mrs. William c. Bartlett have been rendered a reception by Thomas Curtis of Fifth avenue, New York, to take place next month. MT. Curtis is an uncle of Mrs. Bartlett, who was formerly Miss Fannie A. Hillhouse. Mrs. John Thompson is very i'll at her home on Center street.
 Rev. D. M. James preached in ex- change with Rev Dr. Hovey of New buryport, Mass, on Sunday. Dr. Hovey was formerly pastor of the Second Con- gregational church and was warmly greeted by his former parishioners. Miss Mamie daughter of Mrs. Ellen Flynn of 158 Chapel street, and John J. Quinn mototman on the Fair Haven and Westville railroad, will be married at St. Francis church on February 24
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
A FREIGHT WRECK.

Greenwich, Feb. 1.-The Colonial fast freight No 112, east bound, was wreck ed at West Portchester, N. Y, at 4 o'clock this morning.
 The train broke in two and the for ward portion slowing up, was crashed into by the rear section. Seven cars were derailed and four loaded box cars were telescOped and wrecked.
 Tracks A and B were completely blocked and traffic was delayed for sev- eral hours. No one was injured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
VETERAN ODD FELLOWS.

Their Annual Meeting Will be Held
 Monday, February 22.
 The annual meeting of the Veteran Odd Fellows will be held in I. o. o. F. hall Monday, February p, beginning at o'clock. The organization is one formed about twenty years ago, and consists only of those who have been members of the I. o. O. F. in good standing for twenty five years At the meeting of the officers reports will be made and passed upon, and new officers will be elected for another year. Af- ter the business meeting there will be speech making, followed by a banquet. There will be some invited guests pres ent, among them the grand officers of the I. O. o. F. t4t
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
Tuesday, February 16. 1897.
NEW ADYERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAF. Blank Books-O. A. Dorman Co. Cycle Exhibitlon--Veru Hall. nr. Frost's Remedies-At Druggists :. ~, Dressmaking Supplies-F. NJ. Brown x to- nr. Greenes Nervura--At Druggists pissolutiop-M. Zunder x Sons, >,. Estate Solomon Russell-Probate Notice' Entertalnment-Hyperio Theater' Korrect Keepers-Surety Shoe Store Markdowns-H. II. Guernsey. Optical Goods-Malley, Neely & %. RockerS-Chamberlain Funiture Co, Real Estate Bargains-G. ". Kelsey Seal Boefgrain--At Grocers
 Special Sale-Publlc Market
 Suits for Spring-Chas. Monson 70. Wide-Awake Store-Howe X Stetson. Wanted-Situation- College Street. wanted-Position- This Office. Wanted--Situation-62 York street. Wanted--Situation- Mason. t,.-L Wanted-Situation-- Ashmun Street. Wanfed-Situation-2 Grand Avenue. Wanted-Situation-e Ashmun Street. Wanted-Situation--44 Chapel Street. Wanted-Silk Goods Manuactufer'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
"Phroso." S9c.
Plenty now for everybody more just ln.


 Plenty now for everybody more just in.
 "dod help Us" said between my teeth Crouch in the boat. Low down, ge. right down. Lower down, Phroso,
 A., one has knocked up the barrels :! They're liking again. Why don't trey fir ,"
 Do they look like hesitating? ,"
 Yes. No; they're aiming again Nc; they've stopped Row, my lord, row ]"
 I was pulling as I had not pulled sln:e I rowed in my college boat at Oxford, nine years before. Thought of the race at that moment with sort of amusement. But all the while Phroso kept wat for me; by design or chance she did not move from between me and tn shore.
 Anthony Hopes newest and best (readers say) book. Realistic romance. Meat tor men-yet the prettiest love passages possible. "Phroso :" Soc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
AT DAVENPORT CHURCH.

There will be a sale and supper at Davenport church tomorrow evening, which will be very interesting affair and largely attended, no doubt. The supper will be served from 6:S0 to z o'clock, and the sale begins at '. There will also be music by the High School Mandolin club at intervals throughout the evening, and several recitations will be given by members of the church and Sunday school
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
Japanese Carpets

A forward shipping.
 Elaborate Oriental designs and rich colors-size, oxI2, $75o. A really wonderful value for the money. Sea shore and suburban cottagers please take careful notice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
ANNUAL MEETING
Of the Organized Charities.

The nineteenth annual meeting of the organized Charities association of New Haven will be held February IS at 4:90 D. m. Annual reports of treasurer and agent will be rendered and board of directors will be elected for the ensu- ing year
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
STATE HoNoRs TO HIS MEMORY.

Hartford, Feb. Ex-Governor Cooke to-day issued military orders announc- ing the death of ex-Adjutant General Darius N. Couch at Norwalk Friday, and relating General Couch's distin- guished services to the state and na- ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
WEATHER RECORD.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
 Am rrrrIr ANrn AnrnnR RIIREAII

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT,
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
 OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. To, lSsI, 5 p. m. Forecast for Tuesday-For New England: Light showers, followed by partly cloudy weather; southeasterly winds, becoming va- riable.
 For eastern New York: Threatening wealth CT and light showers, followed by fair; winds shifting to westerly. The indications are that the weather Will be generally fair in the central valleys and that local showers, followed by clearing weather, will prevail along the Atlantic coast
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
PICTURE FRAMING

We have nearly seven hundred diff ferent mouldings for framing pictures and wish to reduce our variety. There are many patterns that we will sell at large discount, and they are all good styles. On these mouldings we offer special bargains.
 f16 2t EVARTS CIITLER- -& co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16
MIRROR FRAMES REG1LDED.

We regild mirror and picture frames in best manner and at reasonable prices. Many old frames when proper ly repaired are better than new.
 f16 2t EVARTS CUTLER & co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-02-16

FINE LAMPS AT LARGE DISCOUNT
 From this day till February 20 we of fer all our fine lamps, together with our silk, linen and glass shades, at 25 per cent. discount. These goods are all of superior quality.
 f162t EVARTS CUTLER & co.
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SidebOard Time

is no7o if ever 1t was. Look at the bargain way they'r selling: 4.
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lJTeVS.

No doubt of their being dollar and half goods, but they go in the dollar bunch. Awfully fine fabrics, light, yet rightly firm enough for tailor-made gowns.
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:alnmrnal and Gnmrier.

THREE MONTHS, $l.50; ONE MONTH, DO CENTS ONE WEEK, l5 GENTS; SINGLE CoPIEs, Q CENTS.
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Luck for you

Looked over the Ladies CAoth" stock and found fol- lowing colors in fine Freneh (importedl cloth f..
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CHIClGO'S ELEVATED ROADS.
to The Engineering News.

Letter to The Engineering News.
This is now pre-emincntly the city Of rapid
transit for the electric trolley lines and the eie-
waited railways have invaded the very heart II
the city. and there seem To he cable or electric
lines on nearly every street In the business cen
tire. The elevated railways form very extensive
systems which will soon bc connected by the
new loop line, the actual operation If which VIII
be interesting to study, in view If the very COM
plicated arrangement OF functions ana switches
In regard to the elevated railways il must be
admitted that the spans Of the Metropolitan Line
crossing the streets. which have curved cOnncc-
tons Gor appearance mainly between the sir
d,rs and columns and slightly decorated out
line have a much more pleasing anu graceful
appearance than the plain rectangular ORDERS
resting squarely the columns which are To
be seen on most lines. Ii has been objected thdt
there Is too much decorated construction on
this particular line, but II Is not optrusNe' ana
certainly produces a far better looking structure
The iron work Is all painted smoky gray color.
which is unobtrusive and does not show the SCOT
and dirt which Chicaso's atmosphere deposits
upon r.
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= Alce Fl5ehER>"7ne PROPER cAese
Hoyfj HsAT1E

lection OF the Manhattan Theatre for the pur-
pose crowds out Mr. Broadhurst's farce. What
Happened to Jones" AS the play has been
doing a pretty good business at the Manhattan
there natural desire to keep II In New
York. and accordingly another farce by the
same author, THE Wrong Mr. Wright" is
CROW Gcd out of the Bijou to let What Hap
pened 10 Jones" drop in there The only I'm
portan, change, except the place. will be the
substitution Of Miss Matte Ferguson for Miss
Pearl Andrews, as the servant Souvenirs Will
be distributed tomorrow night at the BlJou 10
the nen-not to the women-Of the audience, TO
celebrate the beginning OF the new stage In the
career of the play.
Miss Vesta Tilley will begin an engagement
NJ Weber e. Fieldss Music Hall this week. She
Is already a favorite here. having had two en-
gasements in past years at Tony Pastors Thea
ire The male impersonator' Of the variety
stage is usually an odOus person. but MISS
Tuley succeeds in being inoffensive. Presuma-
bly, she has songs as clever as those sne
sang when she was here before. The other por-
tons Of the entertainment at this mousse re-
main about as last week. The buriesque, Inc
Glad Hand" still forms the chief part of the
performance.
Richard ManStleld Will DeSln dH tH6dSc'"SH'
Of several weeks at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
tomorrow evening. In the course Of il he ex-
poets 10 present several new plays, unless the
public demand should seem TO be for the con-
tinuance Of some one. The first OF them will be
George Bernard Shaw's The Devifs Disciple
When. some years ago. Mr.. Mansfield presented
Mr. Shaw's Arms and the Man." II was noted
that the writer, though rather ruthlessly incon-
sjSerate of certain generally recognized require
uenis OF the stage had yet produced a work
which had distinct elements or interest Ills
new NAV deals with the times that tried mems
souls" II Is a drama Of the American Revo-
lution and Il has General Burgoyne as one OF
its characters. II is curious subject TO be
chosen BY an Irishman resident in England. but
perhaps the play will not be found less attrac-
tive than previous stage works on the Re'oiu
ton have been. II is strange that so few plays
scarcely any-on the subject Of this war nave
been successful. There seems to be abundant
material, but, although many attempts nave
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any score in the whole musical repertory Thu
natives attribute il all to the ghosts Of departed
warriors said TO inhabit the Businesses round
about but science has found the real eXplana-
ton. Nevertheless. the native attributiOn Is IN
terestinF and well worth consideration before
the more prosaic explanation forces itself upon
The top OF Tantalus Is voiced like dreamland.
and even the most stad nature will thrill and be
mystihed by its sweetness and melancholy. IL
il at nighttime only when the piaintive and
strange sounds are heard which fall upon the
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startled senscs like Lamentations in th' "lr ~
strange screams Of death" At times they Arr
loud and hOIsterous. Ike midnight rcv'if ana
again they soften into \ complete wall Il's"
voices which moan and scream and sob ABOUT II
the night are believed by sup rstit.lus uaii'
70 he the spirits OF the warriors whose intael-d
bodies lay at the foot ~ iali after T. ~ Iitdd!u
lean and whose names are still unapp"as'd
To destroy this pretty illusion IS almost bar
haroUs Still. these sounds so rcvcrently listened
TO 10y tho oahu natives can be caused ny nnlHlNS
more than the ocean cakeis beating on the
windwar9 shore and the plaintve cadence II The
calrnor surf below. alternating with the angry
and wilder scodng OF the storm above. echoing
among the dalos and crags Of the lofty mountain
Now II two persons whose voices accord
should sing from one Of the heights IL Viii be
found that the mountain Will catch up the song
and take II from cliff to cliff. carrying ii of into
the distance IN one direction and bringing IL back
In another, until a perfect round ~ obtained
Then IL the two singers suddenly cease then
feeding" song the mountains will 80 on singing
Il for a long time. The same song Is being re-.
peated in all directions. the first part making