The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-29

High water to-day, 504 p. m.
Two-family house $2.6O0-R.E. Baldwin
ARGYLL Hull of this city has returned
from a visit to his grandmother in
Bethlehem.
G. H. Deming of this city has bought
a fast trotter and a pair of bays from
Nelson W. Phelps of North CRANKY.
The Woman's Seamen's Friend soci-
ETY. will hold it's monthly meeting Mon
day, May 2, at p. m, at the Bethel, 81
Water street.
The state committee of the Y. M. c.
"a. Of Connecticut will hold its spring
meeting and banquet at the Winthrop
house, Meriden, May-6.
r. A. Fowler, organist of st. Paul's
church, this city, was elected president
of the Clef club at the annual meeting
held in New York this week.
Professor Stoeckel and family of Nor
xolk, formerly Of this city, who have
been spending the past winter in New
York, are expected at Elmslea, Norfolk,
this week.
Miss Justine Ingersoll has very in
teresting article in the current issue Of
O10SL dilU olIGciIl CllCllltu IS SdIS
of Marmosets.' Copies for sale by T.
Fl. Pease & Son.
To-day is Arbor Day and it will be
appropriately observed by planting
fruit trees. There will be appropriate
exercises in many Of the schools
throughout the state.
The reception to the pastor of the
First M. E. church, to have taken
place last night, was postponed on ac-
count of the weather until next week.
the date to be determined later.
The first cannon fired in Clinton after
the declaration of war with Spain was
the old cannon captured from the Brit
ish in 1872, and now in possession Of
Captain Farnham. The reverberations
shook the houses in town.
Wallace S. Moyle of New York, coach
of the Brown university eleven for the
last three years, has declined an offer
to return as coach Of the team next
fall An effort is being made by Brown
to secure the services of John A. Hall,
end rush on the Yale eleven the past
season.
The New London Day remarks con-
corning Commander w. H. Everett of
the Mangrove, who halls from this city:
HE was a classmate at the naval acad-
envy of Charles Prentis. Two years ago
Commander Everett was in this harbor
on the Cincinnati, of which vessel he
was executive officer"
Before fair-sized audience, compos-
ed for the most part of teachers of the
public schools of the city, in College
street hall last night, DR.. James Meal
lister, president of the Drexel Institute
of Philadelphia, read an interesting pa
per on 1.-THE Training of the Active
I Powers in Education
Chief Johnson has received an anony-
NOUS letter from New Haven. The pen
manship is bad, the photography is
worse and it is impossible to make any
sense out of the epistle. The chief
thinks the letter was written by some
crank and those who have tried to read
it agree with him.-New Britain Her.
aid.
In their hall in the New Music hall
building on Court street last night the
members OF Santa Maria council No. s,
X. of c., entertained about two hun
bred of their friends. The first part of
the evening was given over to the rem
dition of a very interesting musical and
literary programme. Refreshments and
a general good time followed.
New Haven conclave No. 1923, Improv-
ed Order of Heptasophs, will hold
meeting in the lodge rooms in the Odd
Fellows building tonight to consider
the matter of paying the dues and as
sessments of any members of the con-
clave who may enlist for service in the
present war with Spain. Lamp Inspec-
tor Henry Hopkins will deliver a lee
ture on improvements in the methods
of lighting.