The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-24


Two-family house S2,6O0-R. baldwin
Francis B. Trowbridge is engaged in
compiling history of. the Trowbridge
family-Litchfield Enquirer.
"A marriage license was issued in
Hartford yesterday to Charles Clark
son and Jennie L. Ronald, both of this
city.
Mrs o. E. Cartwright, Mrs. Judson
and Mrs. Charles Minor all of Wood
bury, are spending short time in West
Haven.
Pease & Son, the Church street book
sellers have a set of the new Omaha
exposition stamps displayed in their
window.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Stevens of this
city will arrive at their summer home
on Main street, Clinton, this week for
the season
About forty Of the Yale men at Man
tic, enlisted in the two batteries, were
at New London to witness the boat race
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Deming and
family of this city have rented DR.. c.
r. Duties lower cottage on South
street, Litchfield, for the season.
The Womans School association will
hold their regular meeting on Saturday,
June rs, at o'clock in the parlor of
the Institute library, S27 Chapel street.
IA brief sketch of the association will
be given and report from the play
grounds committee. All interested in
the work are invited.
Rev. Francis M. Murray, who for the
past five years has been curate in st.
Patrick's church in Norwich, has been
transferred to st. Johns church in this
city and arrived here yesterday. The
Norwich Record says: He has been
jealous for the cause of religion and
popular with the parishioners here, and
they dislike to have him go from among
them.
Owing to the delay encountered in a
"trip from New York Wednesday even
ing in consequence of the recent smash
I'D of freight cars at Naugatuck juno
ton, passengers from New York to this
city who left New York on the 5 o'clock
train did not arrive here until $40 a. m.
Yesterday On account of the unayoid-
able irregular running of the trains the
transfer of the mails has been in a de-
rnoralized state and the delivery of reg
istered letters between New Haven and
New York has been very much delayed.
The railroad authorities have put for
ward every possible effort to remedy
the trouble, and to-day the trains and
mails will be all right again.
After June 30 stamps must be affixed
to all checks, notes and drafts. This
is in accordance with the war tax law
recently passed by congress. Bank
checks and drafts and certificates of
deposit not drawing interest must have
q two-cent stamp affixed notes, drafts
and certificates drawing interest must
have affixed a two-cent stamp for each
800 or fractional part thereof Bonds,
certificates of Indebtedness and stock
certificates, five cents for each 500 of
original issue or fraction thereof; on
all sales or agreements to sell or trans
fers of shares and certificates of stock,
two cents on each $100 of face value or
fraction thereof The fine for failure
of the maker to affix the stamps as or
dered is $1OO, at the discretion of the
court.
The remains of Captain Frank M.
Etheridge, the ship commander of West
Haven, whose death was announced
yesterday, arrived last evening from
Fortress Monroe, where his vessel put
in after his death. He died suddenly
on the voyage. The deceased leaves a
wife one son, Alfred G., of Sylvan ave-
nue., this city, and a daughter, Mrs.
Hurlburt, wife of Alfred G. Hurlburt
of A. H Hurlburt & Co., real estate
dealers, this city. The funeral SER
vices will be held at the late residence
of the deceased on Elm street, West
Haven, this afternoon at 8 o'clock. Rev.
DR.. Gilbert, pastor of Trinity NJ. E.
church, this city, will officiate. Keller
& Son have charge of the funeral. The
interment will be in Evergreen ceme-
terry.