The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-31
T.dRIOUS ITEMS.

1 James E. Kelsey mas Deen appolHlet
 postmaster at West Haven to succeed | Clarence E. Davis whose term expires
 on March 1. MT. Kelsey was formerly
 superintendent of the West Haver
 Buckle company and Is popular citl-
 zen of the borough. He has been a l good party worker. with many friends William M. Pritchard and John Will
 kinson were candidates for the office | and an active but quiet contest was waged for the position.
 Dr. Samuel D. Gilbert has been an at- tending physician at the New Haven hospital for fifteen years and at the meeting of the directors Saturday he became senior physician.
 The Woodbury and Southbury Elec- l tric Railway company was organized in Woodbury Saturday with the fol- lowing directors: President, James Huntingdon; secretary and treasurer,
 E. S. Boyd; J. s. Bradley, W. M. An thony and F. c. Boyd. The capital
 stock is $50, 900 and the road is expected to run from woodbury through South bury to Waterbury, and later perhaps to Westville to connect with the New Haven street cars.
 At meeting of Yale corporation held Saturday no action whatever was taken relative to the election of new presi- dent for the university. The plans for the bi-centennial celebration were not
 acted upon. The meeting was for dis
 cussion simply upon various matters of importance to Yale.
 The St. Cece1ia T. A. B. society will
 celebrate their third anniversary with
 an entertainment and ball in Academy
 hall next Tuesday evening, February S..
 From to o'clock a musical and lit-
 erary programme will be given The
 patronesses of the society are: Mrs
 William Cronan, Mrs. Thomas Nancy
 Mrs. William Miller and Mrs. Frank
 Kinstry. Following is the committee in charge: Miss Sullivan, chairman; Mrs. William Miner, Miss Mamie Dowd, Miss Bessie Callahan and Mrs. Daly.
 ''Mr. Dooley in Peace and War;" now in It's thirtieth thousand, is we'll worth reading as being one of the most anus ing books of the season, If not for years. The many people who read the sketches as they appeared from time to time last year in the Sun will be glad to learn that they have been bound in a conven- tent volume, retailing at $1 For sale at Pease's, 1O2 Church street.
 The appeal of the Mallory, Wheeler company from the assessment on the stock was heard by the board of relief in city hall yesterday.
 Two more of Nicholas w. Hubinger's trotters are suffering with either ty- phoid influenza or typhoid pneumonia. He has just lost one valuable horse, Wilderness, from this same trouble. The horses which are sick now are Woodside and Margaret F., both valua- ble and promising trotters.
 , James N. States says that he is a candidate for mayor, not candidate who would give up all other duties to seek the nomination, but candidate in the sense that he would permit the use of his name by his friends and hoped he might secure the honor.
 Hon. J. D. Dewell left on Saturday af- ternoon from New York city on board the steamer Philadelphia for Ponce, Porto Rico.
 E. Harris Weaver, the Long wharf ship broker, yesterday received word that the three-master Harry Prescott of this port, which went ashore Saturday on inner Middleground, off Lewes, Del aware had been floated by the life- savers and is not damaged much.
 A new company has just been formed in this city and Guilford to conduct a canning business on an extensive scale lott 11aD bard, assistant treasurer of the Jan- ney Hein Coupler, with offices at 116 Church street, this city, and Frank P. Knowles, a Guilford young man, will manage the factory which will proba- bly, employ 100 hands. The factory will begin operations as soon as the neces- sary machinery can be purchased and set up.
 There will be civil service examina- ton for all applicants for places in the police and fire departments on Friday evening, February +, at 7:30, in the city hall.
 Otto Wall, the proprietor of the Club cafe on Park street, who has been i'll for number of weeks with pneumonia, was about the city yesterday for the first time. MT Wall has recovered, al- though he still shows the effects of his long illness. Mr. Wall intends to take a trip in the south, starting next week, | to recuperate. The cafe on Park street will be sold to Charles Stump and MT. | Wall will retire from business for the l present.
 J. B. Ricketts will give an interesting talk at the next meeting of East Rock | odge next Thursday evening, which all | members of the lodge are earnestly re- 1uested to attend.
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