The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-21
OF LOCALJNTEREsT.


 Past Grand Chief Alfred Merritt of New York, Grand Vice Chief J. W. Hut of New Haven, Grand Master of Records A. B. Reynolds of Bridgeport, Grand High Priest Charles E. Jones of New Haven, Grand Keeper of Ex- chequer George A. Sanford of New Ha- ven, Grand Sir Herald John A. Walk CT of New Haven, and District Grand Chief George H. Wood of Bridgeport were guests at the meeting and ban quet of Ivanhoe castle, K. G. E., in Da- rien, Friday night
 Rev. Chardall J. North, presiding elder of the New Haven district, preached at the Cromwell M. E. church last evening.
 Miss May Crockett of Avon is visit ing friends here.
 Mrs. Marcus Baldwin of Woodbridge, who has spent the past few weeks in Woodmont, has returned to her home.
 Highway Commissioner Macdonald has decided to make April 20 the last day for towns to file aplications for share of the state appropriation for the Improvement of highways.
 Olin H. Clark of Hartford is enter taining Miss Mabel Gillespie of Lyme and Miss Gertrude Gile of Woodmont.
 Mrs Auger, Miss Buell. of Fair Ha- ven and Miss Sarah Hall of New York city, were entertained by Miss Stevens at Miss Baird's seminary, Norwalk, Friday afternoon. They also called upon South Norwalk friends.
 The address committee, appointed by the democratic state central committee, of which Colonel E. M. Graves of this city is chairman, was to have held meeting In this city Friday night, but 1t was. postponed until April 21.
 w. A. Wyatt, the senior in Wesley an university, who won a handsome cup at the Wesleyan university gym nastic exhibition held at Middletown Friday evening, for being the best all- around college athlete, is the son of Rev. MT. Wyatt a former pastor of the old St. John street M B. church, New Haven, and is a relative of Or ganist Jepson of Yale's Battell chapel. Out of eight events Wyatt won first in five of them The judges of the con test were Drs. D. A. Sargent, W. G Anderson and F. E. Parker, directors of the Harvard, Yale and Brown uni versity gymnasiums respectively J. w. Beard and Burritt Hill with their wives, of PlaiIlville, returned on Thursday evening after spending six weeks at Rockledge, Fla.
 General H. P. Fox and wife of Hart ford are in Washington on their way home from a trip to the Pacific coast. General Fox in conversation said that while in Seattle he met a party of Connecticut people on the way to the Klondike They were from Hartford, Manchester, South Norwalk, New Brit ain and Stamford, and left Connecti- cut the latter part of January bound for Copper. river. In fact they had al- ready chartered a steamer to take them there, but when they arrived at Seat tie they found the vessel unseaworthy and they had to wait a whole week for another boat. They all left in good spirits.
 At the police court in South Man chester Saturday morning prisoner, who gave his name as Joseph Free man, a negro, said he was born in East Hampton and now lived in New Haven. He was charged with assault and pleaded not guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Hathaway asked for an ad ! journment until next Tuesday morn Al ing at o'clock. Bonds were fixed at 8 $500. No one went his bail and he was taken to the county jail. He was ar x rested for bloody assault with knife made upon w. P. Smith of that town. Smith was pursuing the negro, who had been pouring forth volley 5f abuse upon Mrs. Smith at her home < for not giving him food when he de- manded it. The negro drew large knife and directed a downward blow < at the head of MT. Smith, who threw up his left hand to protect himself. 8 The index and middle fingers were # badly lascerated. MT. Smith made an attempt to hold his assailant until z help would arrive, but he escaped and took to the woods under cover of dark ness. Later an officer arrested Free man.