The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-12
or LoCAh INTEREST.

To-day (Lincoln day. will be half
holiday at the postofflce. There will be
but one delivery in the morning and
the money order and stamp depart
ments will be closed at noon. The car
riers' and general delivery windows
will be open from to s p. m.
Town Clerk Brethauer and Registrar
Preston will attend the annual meeting
of the Town Clerks association to be
held at the Allyn house, Hartford, Feb
ruary 16. The county health officers
will be present as invited guests and
tell about their work,
Ellen Burke, fifty-nine years of age,
an inmate of the almshouse nearly all
the time since 1879, died there yester-
day. She leaves no relatives so far as
the almshouse officials have been able
to ascertain. She died of general de-
bility.
A meeting Of the board of compensa-
ton will be held this evening to con-
slider the construction of new bridge
across the West river at Derby ave-
nue..
The New Haven Gun club expects to
hold an all-day tournament of sweep
stake events on Tuesday, February %,
at the grounds of the club, Schuetzen
park. Shooting will begin at $3.50 in
the morning. An invitation has been
sent to the Yale Gun club to enter rep
resentatives.
Charles S. Warner, the Yankee auc-
tioneer known throughout Connecticut,
died yesterday morning at his home in
Hartford. Two years ago he suffered a
paralytic shock and had since been
confined to his home. His age was fif-
ty-nine years. He leaves wife.
The Master Plumbers of Connecticut,
to the number of over one hundred,
will hold their annual convention in
Republican hall, this city, next We'd
nesday. The business session will be-
gin at IL o'clock a. M, and at o'clock
the delegates will have dinner at the
Tontine.
A question has arisen in the knights
of Columbus whether or not there will
have to be special election of a SUI
preme knight to succeed the late James
e. Hayes, who died this week. A
meeting of the national council will be
held in this city on the first Tuesday in
March to decide this important prob
lem.
Another meeting of the reorganized
union of Journeymen Carpenters of
this city, formed by amalgamation Of
the United Brotherhood and United
Order of Carpenters, was held last eve
ming at ISL Chapel street.
Postmaster Beach has made up a
list of about half the stamp agencies in
this city which could best be spared If
any must go under the rule of economy
in the postal service, and has forward
ed them to the department at Wash
ington. He named the ones less used
and least remote from the main office
and sub stations.
The girls of the Hillhouse high and
Boardman Manual Training schools
will meet at the Anderson gymnasium
on York street this morning for anoth-
er game of basketball. The onlookers
will be restricted to teachers and girls.
All the boys are ruled out to punish
them for noisy brawling after the last
game.
The torpedo boat Foote, named in
honor of Admiral Foote post, G. A r.,
of this city, has arrived at Norfolk,
Va, with a broken shaft. The little
ship came north from Port Royal, s..
G., using only one propeller. The Foote
had a very stormy passage, encounter
ing terrific gale off Hatteras. A COM
mittee from Admiral Foote post is en-
gagged in securing some memorial gift
from the post to be placed in the cabin
| of the Foote. Possibly the boat will
come to New Haven to receive the
gift.