The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-04
OF LOCAL INTEREST,

many people, The ruling is to the ef- feet that a tax of 25 cents must be paid on receipts for payment of rent. This will affect pretty nearly every landlord and tenant in the city. Commissioner Scott has now ruled that the rent re- ceipts must be stamped as the only evidence of contract between lessor and lessee. He declares: "The receipts for monthly rent come within the descrip- tion of a memorandum or contract for the hire, use or rent of any land, or portion thereof, and to be accordingly subject to the tax of 25 cents" The law intended only to tax lease, but where there is no lease each receipt is taxed. The landlords will endeavor to find a way to conduct the business by lease, as was contemplated in the spe- cial act.
 Pequot camp No. 77, Woodmen of the World, will close their charter at this evenings meeting. Over one hundred members, the desired number, have been secured.
 | The repairing of the concrete drive | way on Hillhouse avenue is completed and the street is reopened to travel. l The lower part, from Trumbull street l to Grove street, has been concreted anew entirely. The original pavement was laid at the cost of the property owners and has lasted fifteen years.
 The New Haven Caledonian club has | been invited to attend the meeting of | Clan Mcleod this evening at 9:15. At that time the challenge cup won by the l tug-of-war team of Clan Mcleod on | July 29 will be formally presented to | the victors.
 | The hearing which was to have been | given John Wolfe of Wallingford, whose application for a license was ob | jected to, by the county commissioners this morning, will not be held. Yester- day morning Wolfe appeared before the commissioners and withdrew his appli- cation. The objection was made on the | ground of the unsuitability of the l place.
 The Dixwell avenue Congregational 1 church enjoyed the day yesterday at | Lighthouse Point.
 l Judge Sheldon is meeting with much success in his work in the far west in behalf of the Red Cross society The work has been we'll begun in San Fran cisco, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma and Judge Sheldon went out to formal 1 ly organize the Red Cross societies. In each city he made several addresses l outlining the scope of the e'work and en- | couraging the members He writes that there is much enthusiast in the cause l on the Pacific coast.
 Mitchell Vincent of Worcester, Mass, i whose wife died at Grace hospital on July 20 after removal from train on 1 which she was going to Bridgeport | when taken i'll, came here yesterday to thank the officials and attendants at the hospital for the excellent treatment &C., corded his wife
 The Westville Methodist church and the Sunday schools of the Humphrey and Ferry street churches held their picnics at Manstields Grove yester- day.
 Eugene McKenna has become the business partner of Dr. Breed and these well known business men will manage the Grand opera house during the sea- son. Charles H. Day of this city, one of the best known men in the country, will assist in the management. MT. Day ! Wco LII yediS press agent TUT rOfe- paughs circus in which capacity he did some of the most brilliant work in that line ever done in the country, He edited for some years dramatic paper on the Pacific coast and is, and has been for many years, contributor of articles to various story papers and magazines, his work meeting with a most favorable reception. The Grand opera house will open August 22. A continuous vaudeville performance will be given after the style of the gigantic entertainments produced by Keith and Proctor.
 The children of the county home were given an outing on the cars yesterday, going to the west shore. Rev. MT. Moss man secured a special car, and Willard
 Matthews, superintendent at the home was in charge of the children during the trip.
 As Harry M. Hawkins, a clerk em- ployed at the grocery store of Adolph A. Eisele, 2S7 Dixwell avenue, was driv- ing along Shelton avenue yesterday the harness of his team broke, Frightening
 the horse and causing him to run at
 breakneck speed for two blocks. MT
 Hawkins finally succeeded in bringing
 the horse to a standstill and jumped out of the wagon to repair the harness
 The horse was restless and pranced
 about wildly, and while MT. Hawkins
 was endeavoring to control the animal he was knocked down and kicked sew
 eral times. Dr. Hotchkiss attended
 him.
 Several more days of sultry weather
 are upon us, so saith the weather bu- reau. Rain and sunshine, humidity and heat, are on the programme for the rest
 of the week.
 At a meeting of the Holy Name so-
 ciety or the Sacred Heart church last evening action was taken relative tc
 the funeral of Thomas Callahan.
 The general committee on arrange
 ments for Labor day will hold meet
 ing at Carpenters hall on Chapel stree
 Saturday evening to complete plans fol
 the celebration of the day. The New Haven Gun club has ar
 ranged for novel shoot to take place at the club grounds Saturday afternoon
 Sides are to be chosen and the sidt
 losing at the targets is to pay for z
 supper to be served the same evening
 at Mansfield's Grove. The shooting i:
 to be at fifty targets, unknown angles Those who will participate include J. B
 Robertson, J. D. Bassett, John B. Say rTN