The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-04
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
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 Fire broke out in the residence of William L. Brooks on North, Front street yesterday morning at 5:24 o'clock and an alarm was sent in from box S21. The blaze was confined to the kitchen, where it broke out, and about $25 dam age was occasioned.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Hubinger will start on trip to Texas in a fortnights time. The trip has been deferred since March on account of sickness in the family, but unless unforeseen events occur it is their expectation to leave in two weeks for an absence of several weeks.
 Yesterdays Meriden Journal says: At the First Baptist church the quartette is very good one. Miss Neva Squires of New Haven has fine soprano voice and the people of the church will doubtless be satisfied. The tenor, Win field Beebe, has good voice, the other members, Miss Susie Spencer and Claude Sutliff, needing no special in- troduction.
 Levi H. Toucey's hardware store and plumbing shop at I'll East Main street, Waterbury, next to Polls theater, was damaged by fire yesterday morning; loss $200.
 The British schooner Mercedes, Cap tain Saunders, from Porto Rico, moored at Long wharf yesterday morning. She has three hundred hogsheads of mo- lasses and five hogsheads of bay rum consigned to J. D. Dewell & Co. The Mercedes cleared from Porto Rico on April and sailed April 6. She has been long time out and it was feared she might have been lost. Battery A of Branford fired salute of twenty-one guns on Branford green Monday in honor of our great naval victory.
 Captain Tripp and Sergeant Crocker of the Second precinct have filed re- | monstrance against the issuing of a license to Michael Santaragello of 422 East street. They claim the locality is unsuitable.
 The Past Grand association of Odd Fellows will celebrate the seventy ninth anniversary of the order next Sunday, and an interesting session is looked for.
 Yesterdays Waterbury Republican says: The Waterbury Wheel club whooped her up last night in honor of Acting Rear Admiral Dewey and the boys who helped him win out at Ma , nila. The Wheelmen are patriots of the '9S style and they had bonfires red l fires, cannon crackers Roman candles
 and what not to help along the jubilee. | They made noise enough ito attract
 several hundreds of people at their | Leavenworth street house. President Hart, whose person is daily made spec l tacular by a large assortment of flags | and bunting, was the chief executive l of the fireworks display. The celebra- | tion lasted for quarters of an hour.
 | William P. Futile, recently appointed | assistant postmaster, reported at the postoffice yesterday and was initiated into the business preparatory to taking office. He will assume the duties of the l OlllC6 Mdy 10. ASSlSld1I IOSlIIldSIeI
 Rowe is expected to conclude his ser- | vices at the office May 16 The Children of Mary, the young Ia- dies society connected with St. Fran cis' R. c. church, will give an entertain
 ment and May festival on Wednesday, | Thursday and Friday evenings, May Il, | 12 and IS.
 Joseph A. Mcdonald of Miami, Fla, manager of construction for Henry M. Flagler in his east coast enterprises, is 1 in town for a few days, the guest of ex- | Commissioner James Reilly. | Davenport council Mo- 700, Royal Ar
 canum, is about to institute new de- | parture in the workings of the organi- l ation by forming a woman's auxiliary
 organization.
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