The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-16
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

lol Shltbll dlllouutS anu dL Iue SttIllS time show their regard for Uncle Sam. The new issue of $200,00O00O will doubt less be subscribed for many times over and big bankers stand ready to take the whole amount, or whatever the people at large don't take. Post- master Howarth yesterday wrote to the officials of the postal department mak- ing formal application for some of the bonds to be distributed to the New Ha- ven public.
 By reference to our advertising col umns it will be seen that the following banks, viz, the National New Haven, First National, Second National, Ma tional Tradesmen's, New Haven County National Mechanics and Merchants, will receive and forward subscriptions for the new issue of United States 3 per cent. bonds. coupon or registered, under the terms of the circular issued by the treasury department June 13. Receipts will be issued for funds de- posted and the bonds will be delivered free of expense when received from Washington. The subscription list closes in Washington on the 14th of next month
 Henry Ridgeway Hart, Hillhouse 1900, has been unanimously elected captain of the Hillhouse football team for next season. MT. Hart played half-back on the team last year and was considered the best half-back in the Interscholas- tic Football league.
 Deputy Sheriff Joseph R. Warren, who suffered two strokes of paralysis recently is little better and hopes are entertained of his recovery.
 The Cleveland club of Yale under graduates has elected the following off, cers for next year: President, c. A. Powers '99; vice president, M. L. Me Bride 1900; secretary and treasurer, E. B. Greene 1900.
 Deputy Collector Kennedy sold on Tuesday about $10,000 worth of internal revenue stamps to the twelve brewers in this district. All of these stamps have to be restamped by the collector: Stamps at new rate. Rate $2 per bar rel. Series 1S9S' Anticipating the new law, Deputy Kennedy did not order a large amount of stamps. His present stock will last less than week. When the department disposes of the old stamps, stamps with a new design will be issued. Dealers in tobacco and ci- gars stocked up well, anticipatory of the increased tax.
 As a result of competitive examina- tions held at several places in this coun- try and Rome, fellowship of $500 for the American School of Classical Stud ies in Rome for the year 1S9S-99 has been awarded to Charles Upson Clark '97. MT. Clark has for the past year been pursuing course in the graduate department
 Postage stamps at the New Haven postoffice are now sold only from a. m. to S30 D. nl., the sale at night hav- ing been discontinued. Postmaster Howarth says that for the month of May of this year 1,632,970 pieces of mail matter were distributed, received and dispatched from the New Haven office, as against 1,453030 for the same time in 1897. This increased amount was handled with one less clerk. MT. How arth says that the night clerks have all the work they can do without selling stamps.
 Lieutenant Governor Dewell will lec- ture on Cuba" before Harmony divi- sion, Sons of Temperance, in it's rooms in the Insurance building this (Thurs- day) evening.
 The annual meeting Of the Com bounce Association of Spiritualists was held at Compounce Lake yesterday. The business meeting was held at 10 o'clock, at which time about one hun ha al of off cers resulted as follows: President, Mrs. A. E. Pierce of Hartford; vice presi- dent, F. B. Kenyon of Southington; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. J. F. B. Dillon of Hartford. The attendance in- creased as the day proceeded. The af- ternoon was given up to pleasure. A large delegation of the Mary Clap Wooster chapter, D. A. R., went to Woodmont yesterday on a special car for their annual outing at the Penn broke The Daughters listened to the
 reading of reports and to a paper read by Mrs. Kate Foote Coe of Meriden, and occupied their hands while so do- ing in making bands for the soldiers, so large a number of which are to be shipped to-day to the hospital ship Sol- ace. Five thousand bands are ordered by the surgeon general of the ship, and the chapter hopes to complete that number soon.
 The line of march of the Foot Guard and Putnam Phalanx of Hartford on the occasion of the visit of the latter to this city tomorrow is as follows: Leave the armory at 3:30 p. m., up Meadow to Church, to Chapel, to Or ange, to Trumbull, to Hillhouse avenue, to Grove, to College, to Elm, to York, to Chapel, to Church, before city hall in review, to Elm, to Temple and to the green.
 The Bay State Limited express made an almost phenomenal run from this city to New London last Tuesday. The train left at 11:50 a. nn., or fifteen min-
 utes behind time, and arrived in New
 London at 12:42, making up twelve min- utes of the time lost. The time was | fffty-two minutes, and most of the run was at the rate of nearly sixty-five | miles an hour, about as fast time as was ever made on the Consolidated ! road The engine handling the train | was 107, in charge of Engineer Stearns. | Conductor Warriner was in charge of | the train.
 The annual meeting of the New Ha- 1 ven Archdeaconry will be held at St