The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-05-11
or LOCIL INTER- EST.

OPSA Sbio WIZ ne put On the Netlouo
street car lines in a few days. This
spring weather is of the backward kind
but will be probably succeeded by
warm wave ere long. The work on the
Cosy Beach and Branford Cove extern
sion of the New Haven Street railway
is rapidly advancing toward compile
tion. About 100 men find employment
in this enterprise. About a mile of
rails is laid. The gang is now walking
along the East Haven salt meadows.
Treasurer Farnam yesterday said
there is no truth in the report that the
corporation has bought the Hotel Ma
jestic property or that it is going to be
purchased by Yale.
The Rev. r. A. Woodthorpe and wife
of Christ church, New Zealand, who are
making a tour of this country, have
been spending two or three days in this
city, stopping at the New Haven house.
They stopped here to visit Yale. They
left yesterday morning.
During Sundays gale and rain the
big United States flag which ex-Town
| <aSCilt Hlllp IIuSO IlctQ iIuuS W SiS
breeze at his premises on Edwards
street tapped so vigorously as to I'M
! loose from it's base and twist around
the chimney on the roof of Mr.. Hugo's
store, to which one end of the flag rope
was attached. The masons had to be
called in and build the chimney up
anew from the roof.
President Mckinley has nominated
Frederick A. Hill of Norwich, son Of
| Congressman E. J. Hill, to be judge ad-
vocate of the volunteer army with the
rank of lieutenant colonel. Mr.. Hill
has many friends and is well known in
this city, where he resided for several
years while studying at the Yale Law
| school.
Frank Smith of the New Haven Win
dow Shade company lost a valuable
mare yesterday morning. 1t was killed
by a train on the Derby railroad few
rods east of Orange depot The driver,
S. l.. Simpson, did not see the train I'M
til it was close upon the team. Mr..
Simpson had most narrow escape
| from being killed.
James McGarr will succeed Conrad
Miller in the joint management of the
/ New Haven baseball club, and has ac-
quired a financial interest in the team.
Lucey and Motze, players of the Brook
lyn League team, will probably be adj
ded to the home team.
Miss MelIe N. Meickle, niece of Will
liam M Meickle Of the east SIDE and
| s. M. Christie were married at her
home in Jersey City yesterday noon.
Miss Meickle is daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. M. Meickle, and has visited
here for several summers.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. EIolcomb of this
city arrived in San Francisco yester-
day on the City of Pekin on their way
home from their trip around the world.
/ The Y. M. c. A. Wheel club will take
a run to Mt. Carmel tonight. The
club will meet at the Y. M. c. A. rooms
at 1880 sharp.
The latest issue of the Connecticut
Quarterly, just out, is highly inter-
esting number. This magazine is meet
4 ing with success, which it well merits
Copies for sale at T. H. Pease G. Sons
102 Church street.
The following men Of the Yale uni
versity crew have been measured for
suits: Payne Whitney '9S, captain; J.
w. Cross 1900. J. H. Niedecken 1900, r
P. Flint '99 S., J. c.. Greenleaf '99 S., j.
c. Greenway 1900, H. p. Wickes 1900, J.
Brock 1900 r. A. MCGEE 80 S., w. b
Williams 1900, F. w. Allen 1900.
/ The marriage Of John e. Watrous tc
Miss Julia B. Wedmore of New Haven
has just been announced The cere-
mony was performed on March 81 by
the Rev. John Floyd Steen of the AS
cension Memorial church Of New York
city.
William Lum and Miss Belle Stotes.
bury will be married at the home Of
the bride in Fishkill, N. Y, May rs
Mr.. Lum is son of BENJAMIN Lun
and is cashier in the New Haven Saw.
ings bank Miss Stotesbury is a sistel
of Mrs. Carleton e. Hoadley, and since
Mrs. Hoadley's marriage has spent sew
eral winters in New Haven. After
their honeymoon journey the happy
pair will occupy the former residence
of Mr.. Lum's father, 10s York street
which is being thoroughly renovated
and put in order for the young people