The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-02
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Pierce N. Welch, jr., and Charles W. Gross, both of Yale '9S, sailed yesterday afternoon on the Lucania for a two months trip to Europe.
 Lieutenant Daniel Goodrich of the Naval militia, has been assigned to the command of the auxiliary patrol boat Sylvia. Some of the members of the Connecticut division have been as- signed to duty with him.
 The hot and humid weather yester- day will, it Is promised, be succeeded by little cooler weather to-day. Yester- day was a record breaker this season. The record was four degrees hotter than last Sunday, which held the rec ord for the summer up to that time. The percentage of humidity yesterday was s. which was very high.
 Health Officer Wright says that there have been more deaths from whoop- ing cough during the past three months than there have been from scarlet fev- CT in a year.
 Lieutenant Weston of the Connecti- cut heavy battery, who has been re- cruiting at 1918 Chapel street, will close the office to-day. He sent nine men to Mantle yesterday, and requires only three more men, which he expects to have enlisted by this morning. The public will regret to hear that Contractor John Ruff is very low at fear that he cannot live more than | three or four days
 Edward Keveaney, the well known sexton of St. Mary's church, and John McGee of SS Winchester avenue, will sail from New York for Europe to-day for a stay of two months. Friends gave them reception Thursday even /! ing at 99 Winchester avenue. The Old Plantation minstrels gave an entertainment in the Town hall Thurs day evening in aid of the fund for
 building new rectory for the Episco- pal church. There were about 100 pres
 ent and a very enjoyable time was re-
 ported Mrs. Borden was in charge of | the entertainment.
 1 There is large sale at McKee's news
 store, Crown street, near Grand opera
 house, of the July Ainslee Magazine,
 which contains a description of the l Winchester Repeating Arms company g | works, with illustrations, very interest ing. Price five cents.
 Henry Rodman of 165 York street,
 son of Dr. Rodman, has accepted po- sition in the chemical department of | the Pennsylvania railroad at Altoona. | The members of the New Haven
 Yacht club have finally decided to hold
 no regatta and no racing events in any
 class on the Fourth. They had laid plans for a catboat race.
 | All the Yale buildings will be closed for the summer to-day.
 The board of assessors perfected or
 ganization yesterday, and Edward F.
 Merrill was elected president of the
 board in place of c. A. Baldwin, who 1 is reported as having declined the nom-
 ination. Oscar P. Ives was chosen sec retary. and Theodore H. Macdonald
 chief clerk.
 Word was received from Glen Springs, |
 c. Mowry of Norwich was dying with
 Brights disease, and was not expected
 to live but few hours longer. Rocci Block, an Italian boy about ] nine years of age, was reported to have 1 shot Emma Blomberg, aged seven, on l York street yesterday morning, while
 they were at play. The girl was hurt
 in the head Her wound, which was a scalp wound, was dressed at the hospi- l tai. It was not serious and she was taken home. She lives at B York ! street. The police are searching for
 Rocci, who ran away. It was thought
 at the hospital that the girls scalp : wound was caused by fall. Orders have been issued from head 1 quarters of the army sending Captain
 Frank E. Hobbs, now stationed at Wa l tertown arsenal to New Haven, "to act as inspector of ordnance under in-
 structions from the chief. of ordnance. ' The annual picnic of Davenport
 church will be held to-day at Pawson
 park. The excursionists go on the fine
 new steamer Hildegarde, which is to
 run to the park this season.
 The Yale 'Ve rsity baseball nine took 1 it's final practice of the season yester- 1 day afternoon at the Yale field. The
 coaching was in charge of Harry Keat-
 or and Walter F. Carter. Harold Let
 ton was also present. The team is | playing excellent baseball.
 The marriage of Miss Alice B. Clark and Gilbert L. Homan is announced to ! take place July 27.
 A number of city officials started on
 new terms yesterday. There were also l some retirements Thursday, and yes | terday some new officials came into of l fee. All the old members of the board
 of assessors, three members of the old board of relief and two members of | the police board started on new terms | yesterday. So did F. w. Orr, sealer of
 weights and measures. The new off, | cials are Joseph Kegelmeyer, on the I fire board; D. G. Carmichael, board of ! health: c. E. Curtis. board of finance; James B. Martin, assistant city clerk.