The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
Local Weather Report.
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 High water to-day, 10:35 a. m.
 Insurance & Loans. Chas. Wilson &Co Trunks and repairing at l.. Bostwicks Cheap farm for sale-R. E. Baldwin. Millinery opening at E. Moses & Co.'S Wednesday and Thursday, March 23 and A.
 Captain Murray's lecture before the Quinnipiaclz club Saturday evening was enjoyed by a very large audience.
 William F. Lockwood of this city is spending few days with MT. and Mrs. James L. Hoyt of Cove street, East Norwalk.
 The Connecticut Training School for Nurses is preparing to make an exhibit at the health exposition to be held soon in New York.
 The Consolidated road directors on Saturday discussed the extension of -~the-4 third-rail system to Bristol, and action favorable thereto was taken.
 MT. and Mrs William Reeves have returned from a trip to Washington. MT. Reeves took the trip partly on busi- ness and partly for pleasure.
 A meeting of the Connecticut Ice Dealers association will be held next Thursday, at which time a scale of prices for ice to consumers will be agreed upon.
 Rev. w. F. Markwick of Ansonia, a former New Haven pastor has been secured by the Ansonia board of trade to deliver the oration in Ansonia on Memorial day.
 The religious services at the jail yesterday were conducted by the cen- tral r. M. c. A. Secretary Lotze ad- dressed the prisoners and was listened to with interest.
 Some bedding was destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock Saturday night in the Gen. tral house, 37 Church street. The blaze was extinguished before the arrival of the fire apparatus.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Historical society will be held Wednes- day evening in Colonial hall A paper entitled Some Early Irish Settlers in New Haven will be read by Walter J. Connor.
 The Rev. Dr. William Maher of Mill ford will give a lecture at St. Joseph's church, Westville, on Sunday evening, March 27. The subject of the lecture will be "The Roman Catacombs, the Cradle of Christianity"
 dispatch received in this city Sat- urday evening from Captain Joseph A.. Mcclure announced the safe arrival of the I&londike schooner Thomas S. Ne gus, with the New Haven gold hunters on board, at San Francisco.
 Business is now brisk at the New Ha- ven Bicycle company's works and the firm is busy with a large spring trade. The spring bicycle trade has opened up well and the company is turning out fine pattern of wheels.
 The Epworth M. E. church officials have extended unanimous call to their pastor, Rev. B. M. Tipple to re- main with the church another year. The church has prospered finely and the congregations are increasing.
 A party of young ladies, prominent in Bridgeport society, came to New Haven Saturday under the chaper- onage of Mrs L. K. Gould. They spent s the day in the Elm City and visited the many buildings comprising Yale uni versity.
 Mrs. Charles H. Merwin of 52 Bishop street, who is at Dr. B. Austin Cheney S private hospital on Elm street, where she underwent a surgical operation about a week ago, is improving daily as her many friends will be glad to learn.
 Benjamin c. Lum, chief bookkeeper of the New Haven Savings bank, was on Saturday afternoon fined S100 and costs by Judge Bishop in the city court, for embracing Juror John R. s. Todd of Wolcott, when the latter was sitting in the Clayton will case. The fine was paid and Mr. Lum left the court room a free man. The fine was levied on statutory grounds, the common law count being nolled.