The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
OF LOCAL INTER EST.

Pending a decision from the revenue | department the several registrars of births, marriages and deaths through | out the state are not using stamps up- | on certificates which are brought into their offices,
 It is thought to be unlikely that | Chairman F. $. Andrew will appoint other gold democrats to places on the committee on county organization which Colonel N. G. Osborn and George M. Gum declined to fin. Some of his co-laborers, however, are urging him to try other gold democrats.
 | The MerWin Provision company, which is branch of Armour's, had to hustle all day Sunday to fill a rush or der from the government for dry salted pork. The company shipped on that day seventy boxes of 560 pounds apiece of the very best pork in the land 1 The young men of the Swedish Con- gregational church are organizing a military company, Dr. Endmund and eX-Captain AXel Carlson of 72 Pearl street are the promoters. Captain Carl son is well known in Boys Brigade cir | cleS as captain of the Swedish com- pany. Thirty recruits have already en- listed ranging in age from 16 to 25. Dr. Endmund will be surgeon to the com pany, and c. A. Johnson of 30 Church street, West Haven, is first lieutenant.
 Free scholarship for worthy and poor young girls will be offered at the Luray l College Va, this year. Rev. H. M. Wharton of Baltimore, Md, has all the | information at hand for intending ap- plicants.
 One of the heaviest thunder and rain storms of the season was that of yes terday morning from to o'clock. | The Mckinley union, composed of colored men, Rev. J. c. Ayler chairman, will meet again this evening. The place of meeting is S7 Eaton street.
 Yesterday was one of the most humid days of the summer of 1898. To-mor- row better and brighter weather is in- dicated.
 Ex-Town Clerk Philip Hugo says he is not candidate for representative.
 The series with a concert by the American Second Regiment band on the central green this evening at 8 o'clock.
 A plate window glass 11x10 feet was placed in the front of J. Johnson & Sons clothing store yesterday It re- places one cracked a few weeks ago by one of the salesmen. A crowd stood by to see the work of putting it in yester- day afternoon.
 James F. Foley will attend as a de1- egate the national T. A. B. convention in Boston, August 10. He will repre- sent St Aloysius society J. F. Bren- nan and Attorney B. E. Lynch will &C., company him. The state T. A. B. meet will be held in Wallingford early in September
 A valuable horse owned by George A. Wells of 710 State street ran away about noon yesterday. The animal ran through Trumbull street, and at the corner of Orange street collided with an electric light pole in front of the house of Prof. W. H. Brewer. The horse broke his neck and died almost instantly. The wagon and its contents, butter and eggs, were badly damaged.
 President Raymond of Wesleyan uni- iversity has received word of the death of Rev, John Scott, chaplain of the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, of typhoid | 1IldldTld NIT. ScOIC was a graduate or Wesleyan of the class of 1SS0
 Ira Baldwin, the Woodbridge farmer who was terribly injured by his horses while they were attempting to run 1 away, died at his home early yesterday morning.
 Three more rooms in the old Cedar street school building will be opened for school purposes in the fall owing I to the need of more school room accom- modations in that section. Before long probably an eight room brick school building will be erected on the site of the old building.
 A letter to his parents was received yesterday from George D. Bone, jr., the baseball and polo player. He has been with the Pawtucket team of the New England league, and, when his nine disbanded last Friday he received offers from New Haven, Meriden, Springfield Portland and Syracuse of the Eastern league. He accepted the last named offer and joined the Syra- cuse team last Saturday at Ottawa He is in fine condition and received a good increase in salary as a result of his change from the New England to the | Eatern league.
 A barn in Meriden owned by J. G. Schwink, located on the east side of Meriden, was struck by lightning this morning and was destroyed. Another barn near by was struck and it's roof badly burned. Two Jersey cows and a horse in it were killed. Loss S2, 900; in surance, $1400.
 An oil stove in the kitchen on the second floor of the four story frame tenement at 15 Palmer street exploded at 11:40 yesterday, and the blazing oi scattered about the room burning the right arm of Mrs. Ida Newall who oc. cupies the apartment. An alarm was sent in from station t3 at PIP Congress avenue, but neighbors had smothereG the flames before the firemen arrived Mrs. NewalPs arm was burned from the shoulder to the finger tips. One of the firemen applied a lotion which they carry for the purpose, and Mrs. Newal proceeded with her household duties The building is owned by Philip Free. man.
 The copper covered cars which have been running on the New York anC Boston express on the New Haven sys tenn for nearly a year, and which are the invention of Master Car Builder w