The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-18
OF LOCAL INTER EST.

eu, come 10 WOoQlnOnt soon Wlln HIS wife and family to spend some time
 with Cashier Rockwell of the First
 National bank, Meriden, and family,
 who are summering at Woodmont.
 Mrs. Chaffee is a cousin of MT. Rock well. Mrs. Chaffee and her daughter, who is the wife of Lieutenant Hamil-
 ton, are in New York to meet General
 Chaffee on his return from the war. The trades council has decided not to have a parade on Labor day, but has arranged for an interesting pro- gramme of athletic sports at their pie nic at Savin Rock on that day, Septem- Der 5. The athletic contests will be- gin at o'clock and at o'clolk in the afternoon there will be baseball game between the Strouse-Adler team and Wallingfords. Three prizes will be distributed to the winners in the ath- letio events. The committee in charge of the observance consists of A. D. Ellis,
 
 treasurer; John c. Morton, w. H. Sy-
 mons, Sol Isaacs, H. Hughes and W. H.
 Banks.
 J. D. Cowper, state organizer for the
 American Federation of Labor, will be
 theN orator at the Labor day picnic at Norwich, September 5.
 This evening trolley ride over the New Haven Street Railway system will be indulged in by members of Sterling circle, Lady Foresters, and their friends. Dancing at Taylor's is on their pro- gramme.
 St. Ann's guild of St. Johns church and the St. Johns cadets had their picnic at Pawson Park yesterday. The
 members of the guild dine at the Branford Point house. They had a de- lightful time, barring the thunder shower late in the afternoon. Russell council, Knights of Columbus, will give an excursion to New York
 and Coney Island on Sunday, Septem- Der 4, the steamer Sirius having been engaged for the day. A band and or-
 chestra will furnish music. St. Rose of Lima guild of this city had picnic at Mansfields grove yes- terday.
 The Mckinley union, J. c. Ayler chairman, had meeting last evening
 at their temporary rooms on Foote street.
 The tenth annual excursion of the
 St. Patrick's Y. M. T. A. B. society in
 conjunction with the St. Aloys.us soci- ety of Middletown, will be held Tues | day, August 29, to New York and
 Coney Island, by the steamer Sirius.
 Next Wednesday the New Haven Knights of St Patrick will give their
 annual ladies' day outing at Pawson
 Park. All members and their families will be welcome, and it is expected that
 the party will be large. An attractive
 programme has been arranged, and
 some new features have been added
 Boats will leave Belle dock at a. m. and ? p. m., and provision has been | made for return by moonlight for those who desire to remain late The committee in charge consists of M. c. C'Connor, J. J. Kennedy and Michael Dillon.
 At the republican caucus held in Durham Tuesday night, delegates to the congressional, sena torial and state con- ventions were elected as follows: State, John H. Ball, c. G. Tucker, Jerome Johnson and Ransom Trout; congress sional, W. R. AtWel1, John R. Smith, J E. Tryon and W. J. Powers; senatorial, w. A. Parsons, T. P. Strong, J. Bowers
 and F. F. Newton. The delegates for the state convention were instructed for Porter and the congressional dele
 gates for Sperry
 The report that John H. Starin was negotiating for site at Mansfield's
 grove to run as a resort in connection with his line of steamer, was not con- firrned at the office of the New Haven Street Railway. Superintendent Dodge said he had heard nothing from MT. Starin about the project.
 John Powers, who swings Tomlinson ! bridge at Belle dock, states that two sharks are in the harbor. They are ten feet long and very ugly looking. He has seen them playing about
 schooners looking for good meal The sharks were last seen swimming toward the Yale boat house and vicinity.
 Commodore F. w. Hinman and the
 schooner yacht Diana, N. H. Y. C., ar
 rived at Marblehead from Province
 town Saturday. She proceeded to
 Gloucester. Mass, Monday, and sailed
 Tuesday from Cape Ann direct to Bar
 Harbor Me. Mrs. Hinman, who is this
 week in Litchfield, will join the commo-
 dore at Bar Harbor.