The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-03
Rrtef Mention.

High water at noon.
 Two-family house $2600-R E. Baldwin
 The Hartford Screw shop employees will picnic at savin Rock on Saturday.
 Miss Helen Leahy of Little Falls, N. Y., is the guest of her cousin, Miss Bes- sic Kenna of Olive street.
 Miss Florence Pardee, a teacher in the Welcome Hall kindergarten school, has returned from a two weeks stay at Chautauqua.
 About one thousand people came to Savin Rock from points on the Hart ford road on the Knights of St. Patrick outing yesterday.
 The Newport excursion tomorrow of fers rare opportunity for a days recreation and sight seeing at a rate of fare within the reach of all; only $1.50.
 Pequot Camp No. 7, Woodmen of the World, will close their charter at to- morrow evenings meeting. Over one hundred members, the desired number, have been secured. An especially large attendance is expected.
 Mrs. Charles Scranton of Harlem is visiting relatives in this city. Mr. Scranton, who is an engineer on the Consolidated road, and who resided in this city until year ago, will come the last of the week for short vaca- tion.
 Joseph A. Black of Bridgeport has executed a quit claim deed in favor of the Consolidated road of his property at Crescent avenue and Clarence street in that city. The committee of apprais- al appointed by the court awarded him $7000 for the property.
 Mrs. Jennings and Miss Julia Jen- nings of New Milford, who have been visiting with Mrs. J. H. Bronson of 61 Stanley street, will leave to-day for Cosey Beach, where they will be guests at the commodious Leigh cottage. Mrs. Bronson will also accompany them.
 The Rev. Henry Macbeth and family of Willimantic, formerly of this city, left on Monday for Troy, N. Y, for a months vacation. In his absence ser- vices at St. Paul's church in Williman- tic and Windham will be conducted by MT. Bentham of the Berkeley Divinity school.
 Rev. B. M. ripple, pastor of Epworth M E. church, and wife, who went to I4itchfield for the summer, were obliged to return home last Saturday on dc- count of the illness of their child. MT. Nipple expects to start on a wheeling trip, visiting various points north, and finally making stay of some weeks in the White mountains.
 In Bridgeport yesterday Louis c. AL len, who shot and fatally wounded John H. Betscha on the morning of July 21 was brought before Judge George P. Carroll in the city court and charged with murder in the first degree Prob able cause was found and the accused bound over to the next term of the su perior court without bail
 Superintendent w. R. Mackay of the Meriden Silver Plate company has re- turned from the Hot Springs, Va. Mrs. Mackay will remain there for some time with her brother, Charles I. French, agent of the New Haven Steamboat company in this city. MT. French has been troubled with rheu- anatism and took the trip for the bene- fit of his health.
 F. w. Husted, clerk of the New Ha- ven Baptist association, sent blanks to all the churches in the association yes- terday morning. The reports of the various churches will be made out on those blanks, which will be returned by September 15 in order that Mr. Husted may prepare his statistics in time for the annual meeting of the as- sociation, which takes place at Essex, October 5.
 Charles S. DeForest, vice president and secretary of the DeForest & Hotch- kiss Co.,. is home from Holderness, White mountains, for a couple of weeks during the vacation of his brother, Eu- gene DeForest treasurer of the com pany, after which he will return to the mountains His brother Eugene will spend his. vacation in eastern Massachusetts. The latter has just finished an outlay of several thousand dollars in improving his pretty home on Edwards street, which was formerly the residence of the late MT. Stillson, the architect.