The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-20
-igh water to- day, 12:53 p. m.

Brief Mention
 High water to-day, 12:53 p. m.
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 Miss Eva Hurd, who has been visit Ing in Thomaston returned Saturday.
 Governor and Mrs Lounsbury are visiting Comptroller Grant at his En- field home.
 Francis Bidwell leading old resi- dent of South Manchester, died Friday, aged seventy-eight.
 The New Haven Symphony orchestra will play Beethoven's sixth symphony at it's next concert.
 Mrs. H. and Miss Smith of Hartford are the guests of MT. and Mrs George Davidson of Westville.
 The corner stone of the St. Mchaels church in Beacon Falls will be laid at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon by the Right Rev. Bishop Tierney, The ser mon will be preached by the Rev Mi chael Sullivan of Kensington.
 The funeral of Joseph M. Hoadley took place Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock at .lais late home on Prospect street, Derby. Rev. G. M. Brown of the Methodist church officiated. Burial was in Oak Cliff cemetery.
 Mrs. Augustus c. Hausmann of Bea- con avenue, Fort Wooster Park, has been staying week in Wallingford in attendance on her mother, Mrs. Frank Allen, who has been quite seriously ill with rheumatism.
 Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Mary c. Davidson, eldest daugh- ter of MT and Mrs. William Davidson of 37 Avon street, to A. H. Bowdtch of the Bowditch Furniture company. The marriage will take place Thanksgiving eve.
 Mrs J. F. Lewis of Denver, Col, for merly Miss Esther Damn of this city, and MT. Lewis are making a six weeks visit to Sale Lake City, stopping at many smaller towns en route They stayed several days at the Interocean hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
 Fred Brill of Wooster street ceIe- brated his f1fty-eighth birthday last Friday evening in fine style. He was a member of the Twenty-seventh c. V. and member of Von Steinwehr post, G. A. R. A godo time was enjoyed by
 
 long life and prosperity.
 Joseph and Louis Coon, sons of Abe Coon of Hawkins street will make their professional debut in Polls vaudeville theater in New Haven this week. The boys will appear in their novel cake walk and acrobatic feats. They have been carefully trained for the stage by able tutors.-Ansonia Sentinel
 The reception committee having in charge the reception part of the Tal- Jon reception and mass meeting to be held Sunday, November 26, held meet ing yesterday afternoon at the Tontine hotel, Chairman Colonel John G. Healey presiding, and practically completed their arrangements for the affair.
 James F. Hunter of the Journal and Courier, residing at 227 Ferry street. was receiving congratulations on all sides last evening. It is fine boy MT. Hunters first born, and arrived at 6:30 Saturday morning. MT. Hunter is being deluged with little presents of soothing syrup, rattleboxes and other trifes that promote infantile welfare. Mr. Mix, the mason, has just put in new front brick wall at Peck & Bishop & CO., s DaE0 OH OHlOn SlIeeL. MT. Mix is also the fortunate possessor of an Admiral Dewey badge, one of those worn in New York at the Dewey re- ception. He obtained it of a~naval hero in New York in exchange for one which MT. Mix wore. It has, MT. Mix says no duplicate in New Haven Rev. N J. Squires preached at West Haven Congregational church both in the morning and afternoon yesterday. | Next Wednesday evening the women of the church will give a thank offering supper, beginning at 6:90, Free-will of- ferings will be received for charitable | purposes. Next Sunday a special offer i ing will be received at the morning ser vice for the needs of the church.
 Contracts have been awarded for 1 building Mrs. F. l.. Heermance's new 1 residence on Edwards street. The house [ will be handsomely built and equipped. | Plans for a three-story bricg block to be built on Wallace street between | Grand avenue and St. John street, by | T, Costanzo have been made The | building will be of common brick, East Haven stone trimmings, 92x79 feet. It | will contain six flats of six rooms each.