The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-27
OF LOCAL {NTERE EST.

| Dennis Keane, secretary of the Ouinni- | piae Brewing company, has purclnsei the | house No. Wooster street. formerly tIe ] residence of the late Edward Stevens, sec | retary of the New Haven Clock company
 The sum paid is said to be well over $15, ,0Oo. | A recital will be given by Miss Mary McLay Logic in the town hall, East Haven, l Wednesday evening, February O. There will | be other attractions also in the entertain
 ment and a good attendance is indicated. Controller Brown received an answer yes terday morning to the letter he wrote to President Dwight of Yale, regarding the | hosting of q Shelf. flag on the flagstaff in the Green President Dwight says the col | lege authorities will act summarily in the | matter, just as soon as the party implicated | is arrested.
 | The committee for the Knights of St. | Patrick ball has secured the Second Regi- ment band of twenty-five pieces for the promenade music, and the Philharmonic or | chestra of twenty-five pieces for the dance | music. There will be concert by the band
 from s;3o until 10 p. m. The he ball will take John Ryan of Washington, this state, was brought to the hospital in this city yester- day, suffering from severe burns of the face powder. He will recover.
 | In the superior court this week, divorce was granted to Jane B. Martinez from An drew Martinez, jr., cigar maker of An sonia on the ground of deSertion. The | plaintiffs name was changed to Jane E. | Ely.
 There was slight fire at , o'clock yes | terday morning in the basement of E, Sug- | enheimer's furnishing store at 10 Church street. Officer Flynn discovered smoke com ing out of the store and sent in d still
 alarm. The chemical engine responded, ana soon put 1t out. Ashes thrown down the chute by families living upstairs in t1e | block probably caused the fire. Some goods | in the store were slightly damaged by smoke.
 A well contested hockey game is expected
 when the Yale and Montclalr A. c. teams | meet tonight at the Clermont avenue rink, | Brooklyn. On next Friday and Saturday | the Brooklyn Skating clubs league hockey | team will play against Baltlmores crack | team at the latter city. | Assistant Postmaster Rowe has received word from Washington that the two tenn porary clerks in the office must be laid oif
 on account of lack of work This order T WI! VII | necessitate the non-employment of Clerks Jacob Jacobs and Michael Murphy. although one of them may be kept employed In the | money order department, where another | clerk Is needed. The order Will make the New Haven postoffice get along with two | clerks less.
 The street department had between sixty and seventy men employed removing the | snow rom the SLFeetS, Sullels, NloooNaiN | and public parks of the city. The people also generally obeyed the law regarding the | clearing of snow from the walks. | The Retail Merchants association has ar. | ranged for the annual dinner to be served l at the New Haven house on Tuesday eve ming, February 1. It is expected that q | large number will be present.
 The steamer Erastus Corning Of the Starln | line was four hours late in arriving from | New York yesterday morning owing to the | storm.
 | Michael Lawler, the wrestler, who is
 known in this city and who has been miss ing from his home In Middleteld, has re- | turned safely.
 l The schooner Negus that left New Haven
 with many Klondikers on board, sailed from Montevideo December 2S for Valparaiso. l At the Griest Manufacturing company in | Westvile, Tuesday, a plumber in connect | ing two gas pipes left off a cap and the gas escaped. The plumber then returned with his lamp and the gas exploded. A shed, 25x25 was smashed into splinters. big hole was torn in the ground. The damage was about $500.
 ! Some of the leading milk dealers of the | city will soon hold q meeting to take ac- | tion on q proposition to apply to the court of common council for an ordinance to raise the license fee for milk vender from | fifty cents to $50. Their contention is that 1 there are q number of small milk dealers | in the city who puryey impure and diluted milk who should be shut out of business through the operation of a high license; or. | in other words, they claim that high license would ensure only responsible dealers.