The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-27
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 Two family house, ,s2 500. R. E. Baldwin.
 Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Carlisle of Goshen came to this city this week to spend the winter.
 Four big pickerel weighing over four teen pounds were caught at the Litch- field lake last week. This is a big av- craze, but the fishing is exceptionally fine this winter.
 MT. and Mrs. Augustus S. Thompson held their second ''at home" at their residence, 47 Court street, last night. A large number of their friends called during the afternoon and evening.
 The old officers of the free public li- brary reelected are as follows: Presi- dent, Rev. pr. E. s. Lines; secretary, Benjamin R. English; treasurer, J. Rice Winchell; assistant secretary, Theodore Gruener.
 Frank J. Thomas, aged sixty-four years, one of the leading musicians and orchestral conductors of the Naugatuck valley, died in Derby yesterday. He had conducted musical organizations in Derby for nearly forty years.
 A meeting of Columbia castle, No. 9, K. G. E., was held in Odd Fellows hall, Fair Haven, last night. Appropriate remarks were made by Grand Chief Harry Leigh and Brother Compton. the latter presenting Brothers Frank Burn ham and J. Sig. Baur with past chiefs badges.
 Papers were served yesterday morn- ing on Salvador Degello and wife of Reeds Gap in the interest of Raffaele Cavallard of New Haven for a bill of $38 850 for groceries and food furnished. The case is returnable before Justice Jacobs in New Haven on Saturday February 5.
 Fred M Hotchliss, prominent wholesale grocer of Meriden, has been appointed by Meriden's new mayor a member of the board of fire commits sioners of Merden for two years. MT. Hotchkiss is a former New Havener and an ex-member of the New Haven Grays. He is also one of the leading men in the Connecticut Commercial Travellers as- sociation
 Mrs Edward C.. Fenton of No. 209 Blatchley avenue entertained few of nGT ITIeIlQS at Iu1lCIl6Ou yGSIGGudy. | 1HG affair was in honor of her friend, Mrs Bradley, who is in town during the junior promenade. Mrs. Arthur Smith of Woolsey street, assisted by Mrs. Dr. Hall and Mrs. J. Lee Mitchell, also gave a reception on Wednesday of this week.
 The state and county officers of the IA o. H. met yesterday afternoon and plans were arranged for the celebration of Ireland's centennial and state parade in Waterbury May 23. The following were present: J. P. Murphy of Nor wich, state president; J. D. Cunning ham of New Haven, secretary; P. D. Ryan of Hartford, treasurer; J. c. Iv- CTS of Bridgeport, H. J. Saunders of Norwich, H. w. Murphy of Middetown, John Bransfield of Portland, P. J. Silk of Hartford, Patrick Gleason of Tor rington and A. J. Cavanaugh of Rock vile.
 An unexpected combination of unfa- vorable circumstances made it necessa- ry to omit altogether the Mems club ad- dress at the United church last Sunday evening, the speaker being prevented from attendance at the last minute and so late as 10 make l1npOSSlDle any SUD- stitution. The course will however, be resumed this coming week, and the speaker for Sunday evening, January 30, is Dr. Amory H. Bradford of the Outlook staff, whose address will be upon '"The Unity of Christendom" Dr. Bradford gave the very unusually in- teresting discourse on "Oliver Crom- well'' last year, and in other ways is very favorably known in New Haven.
 MT. James Dooley, manager of the Dooley Pretzel works leaves to-day on an extended business trip through Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island.