The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-03
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

just below the knee. He was taken to the hospital.
 Dr. c. A. Shelton of Shelton, who is ill at Woodmont is slowly improving. The Methodist church at Westville will go on a picnic to Manstleld's Grove this morning, leaving at o'clock rom that place, It will be basket picnic and a fine time is expected.
 The board of charities and corrections went to Springside farm yesterday ar | ternoon to look over the building ana the grounds.
 Rev. l.. M. Keneston of Shelton and family left yesterday for stay at East Andover, N. H.
 The Elizabeth Clarke Hull chapter, D. | A. R., of Ansonia, has been requested 1 by the D. A. R. Hospital corps at Wash ington to make a number of aprons Tor the hospital nurses The material is furnished by the Washington society, and the chapters work consists only lh making the aprons.
 The National band of West Haven went on an excursion yesterday to Glen Island on the steamer John H. Starin. | A number of West Haven friends were with them.
 Yesterday there was large excursion to Savin Rock from New Britain and vicinity. Eight trolley loads went from this city to Savin Rock from the train that left New Britain.
 Herman Goldberg, who lives on the first floor of the house No. 23 Hallock street, yesterday morning started wood fire in the stove and it smoked so that the neighbors were frightened ana l sent in an alarm. There was absolutely nothing for the firemen to do. The house belongs to David Gordon. Fire Marshal Fancher in driving to the fire ran into Russian bioyclist who did not heed warnings to get on to his own side of the road and the marshals horse stepped on the bicyclist's wheel Mo- body was hurt.
 H. G. Nichols, who is in charge of the music at the Church army post on Gregston street, has decided to give a midday concert from 12 to 1 o'clock daily in mission hall, adjoining the res- taurant. These proposed concerts were given several months ago with great | success.
 The second annuel field day and bas- ket picnic of the Order of Pilgrim Fath- CTS will take place at Compounce on Wednesday, August "A. Dinner will be served about o'clock, after which speeches, literary exercises etc, will be in order Preparations are now being made by the Hooker colony of Plain vile and Ponset colony of Bristol. Su- preme Governor Taft of New Hamp- shire and ex-Supreme Governor White of Boston will be present. It Is ex- pected that large delegations from col onies throughout the state will be in attendance.
 Rev. B. M. Smith of the Bethel Cos pei church, assisted by the blind evan- gelist Rev. MT. Ehlers, and by J. B. Wheeler of Derby, is holding camp meeting services in Overton's grove at Port Jefferson, L. l., and is meeting with gratifying success.
 Observer Tarr reports that during July there were thirteen clear days, twelve partly cloudy, six cloudy and nine when one one-hundredth of an inch or more of rain fell. A little over five inches of rain fell last month. h July year ago the fall was 16.63 inch- es Yesterday was a warm day, but a delightful one, there being, as about everybody remarked with satisfaction such good air'-one less charged with humidity But alas! the weather bureau says we are to have warmer weather for the next three days.
 The Sunday schools of the Humph- rey street and Ferry street Congrega- tional churches will go to Mansfield's Grove to-day. Cars will leave State and Ferry and Humphrey and State at g a. m.
 Captain William Mansfield left yes terday morning in F. Mansfield & Sons steamer for Narragansett Bay, where they have a large leased oyster ground near Rocky Point
 At the meeting at Church army hall last evening H. D. Riddle, superintend- , ent of the Rescue mission in Westerly , R. l., made telling address, giving his f experiences. There were also bright singing and personal testimonies.
 The Branford chapter of the Sanitary , and Relief association is busily engag- , ed finishing up the work on hand, and , a barrel will be sent to the front this week filled with pajamas and abdomi- nal bands, with other accessories fol the sick and wounded soldiers.
 
 trict No. 4, North Haven, has engaged for teachers Room l, Miss A. P. Bald win of Woodbridge; room 3, Miss A. L f Prindle of Sharon; room 3, Miss M. G , Huntley of East Lyme.
 The parents of Edward Wallace, who reside in Branford, received letter from his within a few days, dated Hamilton, Scotland, in which he says that he is well and is member o1 Company D, Twenty-first Cameroniar Rifles. Edward left Branford few months ago to join the navy. His pa rents had not heard from him for some time, but now their anxiety is relieved He writes them all particulars about his travels.
 Thomas Madden, cashier at lieu. blein's, and Frederick Kaye of Statt street, and of Hopkins grammar school class of '99, who returned on Monday from cruise down the sound, are re- ported to be somewhat surprised t learn from evening papers that they had so narrow an escape when off Mer' wins Point as was so graphically re lated They were struck by sharI squal1 but MT. Kaye says the boat dit not ship pint of water and that at nc time were they in serious danger. Be sides, both men are excellent swimmer: and are confident that they could have