The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14
OELOOAL INTER EST.

Mrs. w. A. Waterbury, wife of Su- perintendent Waterbury of the Shore Line division of the Consolidated road, opened her Grand avenue house for 0 large charity whist yesterday for the benefit of the music fund of the Church of the Messiah. There were twenty-five tables and five prizes. Play was from 2:S0 until p. m.
 The Hillhouse high school graduating class has decided to hold the annual senior promenade at the Court street music hall Friday evening, May 27 Each member of the class is supposed to attend.
 Mrs. Tracy Peck and Miss Peck gave yesterday the second of their series of afternoon receptions. Yesterdays was the first "at home" these receptions being in the nature of farewells as Pro- lessor and Mrs. Peck are soon to sail for Europe to be absent a year or more. They have taken a house in Rome where Professor Peck will be at the head of the famous American classical school, having been granted years absence by Yale.
 Willard G. Van Name of the Grays will probably be the winner of the Lieu tenant c. F. Granniss gold medal which is annually awarded to that member of the company who in the competitive drill proves himself the most proficient. | Other points are also taken into con- n,,lye e,,1oo esl,i a | tendance, etc. In these matters MT. Van Name has taken high rank, and in | the drill of last Wednesday evening he stood first. He is a son of Professor Addison Van Name, librarian of Yale university.
 l Cards, limited to the friends of those who will take part, have been issued by Mrs. Charles Atwater of Whitney avenue for private theatricals on Mon day night.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Willard of Hart ford have arrived at the Gallagher cot tage, '"The Farm" Morris Cove, to re- main all summer
 Social events of the week included large luncheon party by Mrs. John Mansfield.
 Miss Lineburgh of Bridgeport has been the guest of pr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson of Grand avenue for the past l few days.
 The New Haven Water company has had men at work cleaning up the lands which form the water shed for Lake Whitney, and has expended several thousand dollars on the work, placing the water shed in a better condition | than ovar beforat tby,S aYsr1rino mora than ever a supply of pure water. The company has also purchased some ad- 1 ditional land in the vicinity. The com | pany proposes to strictly enforce the order of the state board of health pre- venting boating above the second bridge at the lake, and has men at the lake to put these restrictions in effect, President Whitney of the company says l there is plenty of room below the sec ond bridge for boating and this pastime will not be interfered with. The com- pany would not permit boats to go above the second bridge, as the regula- tions of the state board of health must be obeyed. Signs will be posted warn ing boatmen that they must not go above the second bridge before any arr bitrary action is taken.
 Miss R. D. Beach will go to New York to-day to represent the New Haven School association at the Public Edu- cational conference now being held at the Berkeley Lyceum, on West Forty fourth street. The president and chair man of the Public Education associa- tion and delegates from similar socie- ties in other cities will report on their present work and their plans for the future. Women prominent in the edu- cational work of New York, Philadel- phia, Boston and other cities will be present and describe their aims, efforts | and methods.
 has been 8 phenomenal one and will continue until Monday afternoon, when the festival begins.
 Charles Mueller has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late Dr. Henry Doutteil of New Britain, formerly of this city, and Albert Nor ton and Dr. R. M. Clark have been ap- pointed appraisers of the same.
 The important trolley parallel be- tween Stratford and Shelton appears to be blocked for time by the refusal of one property owner to surrender land except at an exorbitant price. All the other owners of the land needed have agreed to sell, but the one whc disagrees says that he will, if necessa- ry, carry condemnation proceedings tc the highest court. This would delay work until autumn, and throw it into the winter Consequently the new line is likely to have to wait until next spring.
 The Bridgeport Traction company ex
 poets to open its Westport extension ir
 ten days. When opened there will bt
 continuous trolley line from Bridge
 port to Stamford.
 A fine otter weighing ten and one
 half pounds was killed with a potato
 hook in Branford Wednesday by Firs Selectman P. D. BeaAl near the resi- 'dence of Miss B. J. Blackstone on tn
 Pine Orchard road. The animal wa
 evidently making from one swamp t.
 another when it was sighted. The announcement of the order di
 recting Captain James s. Petit of tn First infantry, U. s, A., to report a
 Washington for duty has been followe by his promotion to an assistant adju
 tant generalship of volunteers, wit rank of major.
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