The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-02

Insurance & Loans. Ctas. Wilson & Go.
 Two family house, s2. 600. RE. Baldwin.
 c. H. Preston of Norwich is visiting in this city for a few days.
 George A. Haines, formerly of this city, is critically i'll at San Antonio, Texas.
 The Hartford merchants exhibition and food fair opened yesterday morn ing at Foot Guard armory.
 Mrs John w. Nichols of Cherry Hiil, Branford, and her daughter, Mrs. D. F. Hall, of this city, left yesterday for Nassau.
 The thermometer at 10 o'clock last evening at the corner of State and Chapel streets was IA degrees above. The streets had deserted appear --ance.
 very attractive article in Peter sons Magazine for this month, entitled .sYale Her Pads and Fancies," is from the pen of Jane Marlin. It is well il- lustrated.
 Rev. MT. Marlwick of Ansonia, for merly of this city, will tomorrow con- duct the funeral services of Captain John S. Hoyt of Madison, an old friend Of his of twenty-five years standing.
 There is lively call for tickets for the lecture to be delivered by Hon. Jo- seph L. Barbour of Hartford on Lit tie Things in Great Russia tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Yale Kent club
 The annual meeting of the Lumber T1Ao nnc,, jn+j Of tho efo +1 1f Connecticut will be held at the Build CTS exchange, this city, February 9, at 10 o'clock. The dinner will be served at the Tontine hotel.
 Judge Shumway was unable to reach Hartford from his home in Danielson yesterday owing to the storm. MT. Co., nant received a telegram from the judge directing him to adjourn the su- s perior court until to-day
 The Chinese restaurant, the first and only one ever started in this city, clos- ed Saturday night. The proprietors were very enterprising and gave good service in both American and Chi nese cookery, but the patronage was insufficient.
 Mrs. A. J. Goodrich of 172 Washing IOH SLTeSty w dllllSlOIu, DSGH dD- pointed assistant national inspector for the state of Connecticut of the Wo- mans Relief corps by National Presi- dent Sarah J. Martin of Brookfeld, Mo. She received her commission on Mon- day afternoon, to date from November 29, 1897.
 Seth H. Moseley of the New Haven house has been seriously ill for year as the result of an attack of the grip last winter He has so far improved as to be able to leave for Nassau, Ba- hama Islands, yesterday, accompanied by his family, and expects to be absent several months. William H. Nose ley has the entire management of the hotel during his absence.
 D. E. Childs of A Edwards street, employed at the Marlin Firearms com pany, while returning to work at one o'clock yesterday afternoon fell on an icy sidewalk at the corner of Nash and Lawrence streets, opposite Hesse's drug store, and received a bad scalp wound. He was attended by Dr. w. H. Sanford of 39 Edwards street
 The Yale university library to-day will receive two valuable gifts from Charles Gormley of Pittsburg. Both gifts are historical manuscripts of great value, one consisting of the ser mons and notes of Rev. Timothy Ed- wards, father of the renowned New England theologian, Jonathan Ed wards. The other is a copy of the Ul- ster County (New York; Gazette of January 4. 1900.
 A movement for slelghing carnival on one of the avenues was being talk ed up by coterle of horse owners last evening. The Bridgeport Driving as- sociation had their sleighs out yester- day all day driving back and forth on Clinton avenue in that city to pack down the snow in order to have car nival there to-day. A race has been arranged for to-day for a turkey din- ner for all concerned. There are two classes, with six entries in each.