The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-27
Local Weather Report.
FOR APRIL a6, 1898.

Ugh water to-day, 800 p. m.

High water to-day, $40 p. m.
Two-family house $2.6O0-R E. Baldwin
Detective John F. Spang is critically
Ill with peritonitis at his home, No. 100
Portsea street.
Rising Sun circle Of the Lady Forest
ers gave dance in the Cutler building
last night, which was well attended.
Professor A. M. Wheeler delivered
the ninth lecture in the Boardman
school series at the school building yes
terday noon
A tiny stranger, tipping the beam at
nine pounds, arrived at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Macdonald of No 176
Franklin street yesterday morning. 1t
lis boy.
New Haven people in Washington
are: At the National, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas ]. Lynch; at the Raleigh, Lew
is Hitchcock; at the Cochran, E. B.
Munson.
Miss Mary Mansell, a former employee
of Hislop & Co., Stamford, and Eugene
Collins of New Haven, were quietly
married in Port Chester last Saturday
night The couple will reside in New
Haven.
II. p. Downs, president and treasurer
of the Star Manufacturing company
is rejoicing over the arrival Of
bouncing boy at his home, 1923 Edge
wood avenue, Monday morning last
Congratulations are being received.
w. ]. Atwater & Co., $50 Grand ave-
nue., report that the sale of flags in this
city for the last two days has been
the biggest ever known. They carry
a large stock and advise people to buy
now as the prices are advancing daily.
At meeting of the members of the
Yale Law school yesterday morning, it
was decided to purchase a large Ameri-
can flag to be foated from the Law
school building. The money for the
same will be raised by popular sub
sciption.
The body of Mrs. J. L. Farnham, who
died in this city April q, will be taken
to New Britain this afternoon and will
be inferred in Fairview cemetery. Mrs.
Farnham was formerly Mrs. Moses Gil
bert of Christian Lane and was the
mother of Waldo Gilbert of New Brit
ain.
The Rev. Joseph Irons, formerly as
sistant at English Hall, this city, and
later pastor of the North Methodist
Episcopal church, Hartford, but now of
Asheville, N. c., is spending few days
i'll Hartford on business. Mrs. Irons,
who is residing in Ashville for her
health, is improving.
Miss Leona F. Weeks was recently
married to Burton t. Cannon, the pro-
prietor of the sale stables on George
street. The many friends of the happy
pair will wish them happiness and
prosperity. They reside at 460 State
street, and welcome awaits their host
of friends at their pleasant home.
Benjamin Warren, ninety-three years
of age, of Woodstock, is visiting his
grandson, A. McC. Mathewson, clerk of
the shell fish commission. They were
out riding about town yesterday. The
old gentleman was much interested in
the New Haven sights. He is quite
active and looks twenty years younger
than he is.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Sessions of
Bristol, who have many friends in this
city, will to-day celebrate the fiftieth
L
will be rendered reception in the par
Tors of the Prospect Methodist church,
Bristol from until 10 p. M, and a gen.
eral invitation has been extended to
their friends to attend.
Ten sales agents of the Enterprise
Rubber company of Boston, a selling
concern, were in New Haven yester-
day afternoon as guests of the L. Can
dee company. They were taken
through the Candee factory and We're
rendered a luncheon at the Tontine
hotel, after which they We're driven
about the city in carriages. C. G.
Ames, superintendent for l.. Candee
& Co. had charge of the entertainment
of the party for the L. Candee COM
pany.