The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-01
OF LOC4L INTEREST,


 The fair for the benefit of the releas- ed Irish political prisoners opened last night in Union armory under the man agement of the United Irish Catholic Societies of the city. There was a large attendance, and there are many attrac- tions at the fair.
 The city hall elevator which is sui fering again, was undergoing repairs yesterday.
 Ex-Judge Pickett has gone to Cleve- land, O., where he will attend the meet ing of the Sons of the American Revo- lution.
 Willis R. Cooper of 60 Henry street, who has been seriously ill at his home, is rapidly recovering and it is expected that he will soon be able to go out again.
 That sterling monthly, "Outing," grows in excellence, and the success it is winning is well deserved. Of special interest hereabouts'in the May number is an article by Mrs. Mary TroWbridge Townsend of this city, wife of United States Judge Townsend, entitled "A Woman's Trout Fishing in Yellowstone Park" A handsome illustration ac- companies the article. Pease & Son, Church street, have Outing for sale. Mrs. Allen Warner of Hamden gave a whist party Thursday night at her home. Following the game lunch was served, and the guests were then treat
 ed to musical and literary entertain
 ment, in which MT. Edward Durnneen, Miss Ellis and Miss Warner took part. | The office of the secretary of the Ma
 sonic Mutual Benefit association was yesterday removed from the Tyler | building on Chapel street to the First National bank building.
 Derby Transcript: John Hendrick of New Haven was in town to-day eX- hibiting a fine specimen of a black bass | which he caught in Lake SaltOnstall on | Wednesday. The fish was perfect specimen of the small -mouthed black bass and weighed four and a quarter pounds. Local fishermen admired it greatly, and it was on exhibition at Victory's for some time"
 The Derby Transcript says of the re- 1 cent session of Nathan Hale camp, this city: State Commander of the Sons of Veterans w. w. Wheeler, in company with Major Leon Hall of Wallingford
 and Past Division Inspector Hitchcock of Meriden, were royalty entertained entertained by the Sons who, besides | providing a banquet, gave fine mu- sical and literary entertainment. A | feature of the evening was a paper read by Adjutant General Embler of
 the c. N G., on The Last Days of the | Confederacy.'
 | Dr. Charles Mclean will lecture to-
 morrow night at 7:30 o'clock at Warner hall; subject, "The Mistakes of Robert
 G. Ingersoll."
 l Ex-Registrar James J. Carr has with
 drawn his declination of the contract
 for the preparation of the rate book and he has decided to do the work. He accepted at the earnest solicitation of
 the committee and of his numerous l friends.
 Stephen E. Champion formerly of the
 firm of Sparks, Champion x Co.,, has leased the store occupied by White
 more, the Chapel street druggist, and
 is preparing to conduct confectionery
 and ice cream business there.
 A very pretty sight was that in the
 show window of Ayres, the shoe mer-
 chant on Chapel street, yesterday. It
 was very suggestive of May day. There
 was May pole, around which a dozen little dolls were represented as having
 a May-pole dance. Many people stop ped to admire it.
 | Dr. c. A. Dorman, who has been a
 leading physician for many years, is
 preparing a popular lecture on medical topics and will make a tour of the
 country during the coming season. The lecture is to be fully illustrated, and
 the illustrations are being made by Dr