The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-01
Local Weather Report.
Brief Mention.
High water to-day, 1925 p. m.
 family house S2. .600-R. .E. Baldwin

High water to-day 1925 D. m.
 Two-family house $2,6oo--R. F. Baldwin
 Munsey's and McClure's Magazines for August at McKee's, Crown street.
 Lippincott's for August, full of inter- esting contributions, at T. H. Pease & Sons.
 Professor Blackman of Yale preached at a union service of the North and South church in Middletown yesterday.
 Charles T. Lincoln of New Haven is visiting for few days at Mrs. A. R. Hawley's on Ponus street in New Ca naan.
 Mrs. Thomas Lynch of Rosette street spent last week at Morris Cove, the guest of MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Miley and MT. and Mrs. Daniel Hurley.
 About 800 people in from New York yesterday noon on the Richard Peck and after a trip about the city returned at about o'clock on the steamer c. H. Northam.
 Ray Mazeine and MT. Banks, two well known young men of this city, who are spending the summer at Short Beach, caught 150 crabs in about two hours last Friday afternoon.
 St. Johns Episcopal church, corner Orange and Humphrey streets, will be closed during the month of August. The next service will be held in the church on Sunday morning, September l.
 Miss Edith l.. Culver of 59 Atwater street, her fiancee, Fred Ammann, and Miss Louise Keller, stenographer for the Quinnipiac Brewing company, are spending two weeks at the Sunset View cottage, Morris Cove
 Mrs. Henry D. Franklin of New Ha- ven is enjoying an outing with friends at the Kirtland cottage, West Beach, Westbrook. Miss Lawrence, who has been sojourning there, has returned to her home in Meriden.
 MT. and Mrs. George P. Manson of Montclair, N. Y., MT. and Mrs. Win throp Allen of this city, and MT. and Mrs. C. M. Jarvis of Hartford are among those who have recently taken up their residence at the Pequot
 Mrs Edward s. Marshall and her two children of St. Louis, are visiting MT. and Mrs. James E. Minor of 271 Orange street. MT. Marshall is vice president of the Missouri Car and Foundry company of St. Louis.
 No less than 10000 people spent yes- terday afternoon at Lighthouse Point There were bicyclists innumerable be- sides the hundreds who rode down in the street cars and private vehicles Nhe beach was lined with bathers all the afternoon.
 F. c. Downs of this city has been chosen secretary of the Ansonia Y. M. e. A., to succeed Charles D. Evans, re- signed. MI. Downs for eight years was assistant secretary of the association in this city He will move to Ansonia the middle of August.
 Bishop John Williams, who has been confined to his room for a long time, shows slight evidences of improvement He stands the hot weather remarkably well. His appetite is good, he is con- stantly cheerful and takes deep in- teest in matters generally, especially the war with Spain.
 Captain Daniel J. Carr, brother of Registrar Carr of this city, has been ordered to proceed to Bayonne, N. J., anstead of Porto Rico, where he expect ed to go when he left this city Thurs day evening. When his duty at Bay Onne is completed he will return to his station in Washington.
 Daniel Hurley, superintendent of the Trimming department of the New Ha- wen Clock company, leaves tomorrow for a two weeks trip to Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands. Detroit, Cleveland and Washington. This is the first va cation MT. Hurley has had since his connection with the clock company, about twelve years.
 The tickets for the Newport eXcur- sion which takes place next Thursday go on sale to-day, and those who would make sure of securing them will do well to purchase at once. The attractive features of this trip will probably ere ate a demand exceeding the ticket SUD- ply, which is strictly limited to prevent overcrowding train or boat.
 William H. Pond has been appointed chief clerk in the office of the commits sioner of the school fund by Commits sioner c. O. Spencer. Mir. Pond is now on his twenty-fourth year as clerk in the office and the appointment is a de- served recognition of faithful service. His home is in Milford, but he lives in Saybrook. which he visits daily.
 Rev. MT Scofield of South Norwalk, late of Grace M. E. church, this city, where he completed a five years pas torate not long ago, and who preached at the First NJ. F. church here yester- day. rode from Norwalk to this city Saturday all the way on the trolley cars. The trip was slightly fatiguing one, occupying over four hours. MT. Scofield started at one o'clock, reaching here at about half-past four.