The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-09
or LOoAL INTER EST.


 The present cool spell is due to re- main for several more days. General humidity's reign is about over also for the present.
 A whist party was held at the Bonsi- lene hotel, Woodmont, last night for the benefit of Grace hospital sick sol dier fund. Each member playing was taxed twenty-five cents.
 Secretary A. Mcclellan Mathewson of the shell fish commission is now receiv- ing applications from all over the state for permits from oystermen who want to work the natural oyster beds in the sound. The open season begins Sep tember 10. There were fewer appli- cants than usual, as the yield of oys- ters from the beds is very poor this year.
 Mayor FarnsWorth received Detroit papers yesterday morning announcing the death in that city of Chief John R. Elliott of the Detroit fire department. Chief Elliott was very warm friend Of the late Chief Hubbard.
 Grand Secretary Daniel Colwell of the Knights of Columbus has begun to re- ceive claims for benefits resulting from the war. In the Ninth Massachusetts regiment, which had such a rough ex- perience in Cuba, there were 4S5 insur- ed members of the order and 1S0 asso- ciate members. Colonel Began and Majors O'Grady and OConnell, all dead, were associate members, and yes tel day notice was received that one in sured member was killed at Santiago and another died of fever. Yesterday twelve benefits of S1,000 each were paid out to heirs of deceased soldier mem bers.
 The Manila Mandolin club was enter tained Wednesday evening at the home of Captain Frederick G. Hastings at ] Morris Cove. The visitors had pleas ant evening with songs and dancing. Light refreshments were served.
 The next civil service examination for positions in the public library will be held on September IS, applications to be filed not later than September 10, at room il, city hall between 12 and 1 o'clock
 Mayor Bohannan of Stamford yester- day morning received a letter from Mayor Oscar o. Tanner If Willlmantic requesting him to use his influence to- wards having the Third regiment, Unit ed States Connecticut Volunteers, mus tered out of the service.
 Proprietor Moseley of the New Haven house, desiring to do honor to some on1 the soldiers at the New Haven hospital gave dinner yesterday afternoon tc six of the convalescents. They are all Rough Riders. A splendid dinner was furnished and the soldier boys were de | lighted.
 l Mrs. F. F. Thompson has been spend | ing the past month in Foxon at the l home of her father-in-law, H. H Thompson. She is recovering from hei l recent illness of nervous prostration and is expected home next week. | Brigadier General Frost has issued al I order which will allow the sale of beer at the camp of the state militia, whicl l begins next Monday.
 1 John r. Greene, who is connected
 with the Welsbach department of tht l New Haven Gas Light company, had 6 1 bad fall from his bicycle at Wooster 1 place and Greene street on Wednesday l His wheel gave way and he was consid. | erably bruised.
 1 The New Haven democratic conven. | tion for the election of delegates to tht i state convention will be held at St 1 Aloysius hall next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. On the following evening l the democratic convention to elect del | taa ta ;oy | will be held in Turn hall at o'clock 1 A deed recorded in the town clerks
 office conveys the shops of the former l B. Manville Carriage company or Chapel street to F. M. Hotchkiss c1
 the Hotchkiss Paper company of Wa l terbury. The property was sold by Lyman M. Law and Louisa c. Good i rich.
 Principal Scudder of the Hillhoust ] high school on Monday and Tuesday l dismissed the fourth class, usually
 known as the scrub class, before tht l other classes, so as to do away witt 1 the usual hazing. The same plan was
 not carried out on Wednesday ant
 some hazing took place before MT Scudder could stop it.
 J
 elected these officers for the ensuing
 year at the meeting in Hartford: H. c 1 Whittlesey of Middletown, president
 Miss Mary Hall of Hartford and Miss
 Rebekah Bacon of New Haven, specia
 agents to assist in home work; Charle!
 P. Kellogg of Waterbury, secretary ant | general agent.
 Superintendent Hotchkiss of the de
 partment of charities received a cable
 gram yesterday from Reading, Eng
 land, ordering him to bury in New Ha
 ven the body of F. w. Christian, th'
 travelling tinker who died at the aims
 house Wednesday. The cablegram wal
 from Dr. Christian brother of th'
 deceased.
 One of the extra freight trains tha'
 was sent out yesterday morning owe
 the Northampton division about 9:4 1 blew out the cylinder head just above