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

a few feet from the pavement and fell
with big crash. The firemen from
No. 2's house were soon on the spot
and chopped the trunk in two, and just
then Edward MCGOWAN, the famous
pioneer, came along with one of his
trucks, and supplying a truck rope the
tree was pulled out of the may so
that travel was no longer impeded.
Pioneer MCGOWAN calculated some
wholesome truths, saying that if the
tree had fallen at the junction of Grand
avenue and st. John street the city
as to the necessity of widening that
thoroughfare.
ceived an official invitation from the
managers of the Trans Mississippi ex-
tend. He intends to witness it. Mr..
Dewell says he does not know of any
New Haven industry that is to make
an exhibit. The present war has inter
fered very much with the exhibition of
products from the eastern states.
Charles Bonney, choirmaster at st.
Thomas church, who has been Ill for
the past month or more SO that he was
quite incapacitated to attend either to
his choir or to his duties at the New
York college of music, is improving
rapidly.
The locomotives of the Consolidated
road will soon be equipped with ventil-
ators on the roofs which will add to
the comfort of the enginemen.
Arrangements are nearly completed
for the annual meeting of the Connec-
ticut Pharmaceutical association which
will be held in this city on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. John w.
Lowe has been in Bridgeport and 9TH
er places for the purpose o&ascertain-
ing how many members anticipate at
tending.
Children's day at Davenport church
occurs next Sunday. There will be
Baptism of children, and Rev. Mr..
Prentiss will preach, taking for his sub
ject white Robes There will be a
choral service at o'clock and the
choir and orchestra will assist.
Orders were issued to the police at
the Central station Saturday night to
compel bicyclists to dismount and walk
across the crossings at Church and
Chapel streets and at Chapel and Or
ange streets on Saturday nights, when
the crowds of pedestrians are more
t1,or, 1xy lo,, n nf1 Tlir otcs
bicyclists can ride through at these
crossings unmolested.
Miss Elizabeth Sheehan Of West Ha-
ven won the gold medal for mathe-
MATES at Mt. St Vincent, which is no
small honor at the famous convent on
the Hudson. This medal is known as
the Curran gold and silver medal and
was founded by the late Rev. Michael
Curran. Miss Sheehan is the daughter
Of james r. Sheehan and sister Of DR..
Sheehan of this city.
s. 2. Poll and wife were among the
spectators at the Princeton game
at Yale field Saturday. After the game,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Poll were returning
from the field in a carriage they We're
run into by an electric car on West
Chapel street and the carriage nearly
demolished. The occupants We're
thrown out and both were injured, Mrs
Poll sustaining more injury than her
husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Poll We're pick
ed up but declined medical assistance.
When they reached the sidewalk Mr..
Poll discovered that he had lost the
large and valuable diamond set in
ring on the third finger of his left hand
1t had been torn from its setting in the
crash. After a search the stone was
found uninjured in the dust near the
car tracks.
A large party from this city will go
to Milford tomorrow night for the
plays which have been arranged by
the Milford Athletic association, which
will be given under the direction of
Miss Mary Dudley Burke at the town
hall, by the Dudley-Burk Dramatic
company.
Mrs. Philo S. Bennett is expected
home this week from Waterville, N. Y.
1t is anticipated that fully $500 men
will be in line at the annual state pa
rade of the c. T. A. u. in Derby next
Thursday. The societies expecting to
go up from New Haven are the st.
AIoysius society, st. Ignatius society,
st. Mary's, st. Francis and St. Joseph's
society, Westville. After the street pa
rade in Derby, there will be the field
games at Housatonic park in the af-
ternoon. One of the features of espec-
,ial interest to the New Haven men will
be the drill between the St. Johns ca
diets of this city and the Rockville ca
diets.
Mrs. Frank Sherman Meara of New
York is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Sykes of the York-WalI
General and Mrs. S. e. Merwin are
in Switzerland and when last heard
from were sojourning at Interlaken,
being guests at the Victoria. They ex-
pect to get back TO this city next
month.
David Healy, laborer, was thrown
from a car opposite F. M. Brown &
Co.'s at 1920 o'clock Saturday night,
and badly bruised about the head He
was not otherwise hurt seriously.
The Second company Governors
Horse Guard will parade to-day with
the city battalion as escort to the Ma
val battalion.
Mrs Chatfeld and daughter of 3S5
Whalley avenue have returned after
spending the winter in Rockledge, Fla.
It.has been Mrs. Chatfield's custom for
the last twelve years to spend the win