The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-07
Local Weather Report.
Brief Mention.
FOR FEBRUARY 6, 1890.

High water day, S:51 p. m.
One hundred acres $4,000. r. e. Baldwin.
Miss Louise Hollister Of South Glas-
tonbury is visiting her cousin, Mrs. E..
G. Beecher of Orange street.
A high requiem mass will be held to-
day at 1880 a. m. at st. Patrick's church
for the late Mrs. Mary Lanigan.
Mrs. w. c. Robinson and children of
Long Lake, N. Y, is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Susan Peck on George
street.
Rev. DR.. Chapman, formerly pastor of
the First Methodist church, this city,
was the guest of DR.. Johnston in Meri-
den over Sunday.
The lecture by Rev. Douglass P. Bir-
Islands" will be given at Marquand
chapel tomorrow wednesday, evening
at o'clock.
Mrs. Carrie E. Peck, wife of Henry
Peck, formerly newspaper reporter, is
very i'll with complication of diseases
following an attack of grip during the
latter part of last summer.
Mrs A. E. Edwards of Prospect
street, East Hartford, came to this city
yesterday for a few days visit here,
and will pass the balance of the winter
travelling with her husband.
Merchants and others who may be in
terested in trade with Porto Rico can
procure, free of charge, at the New Ha-
ven custom house, a pamphlet contain
ing the latest tariff schedules and trade
regulations relating to that island.
Letters of dismisson from Whitney,
vile church have been granted as fol-
lows: Misses Margaret and Ellen Lowe
to Taylor church, New Haven, and Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur w. Stonestreet to the
First Presbyterian church, Rockville,
Md.
Representative Freeman Of Hartford
will Introduce into the house this week
a resolution appointing Henry w. Far
nam of this city and the Rev. Francis
Goodwin and Charles Dudley Warner Of
Hartford on the commission of sculpt-
ure.
"Old Sport" Campana, aged seventy
four. the old time pedestrian, formerly
of this city, but for some years past a
resident of Chicago, is confined at the
AIexian Brothers, hospital in Chicago
with a fractured rib. The old man fell
down a flight of stairs in one of the
public buildings.
The Past Master Workmen's associa-
ton of the state will meet at Bridge
port February 20 for the usual mid
winter consultation in the interest of
the order of United Workmen. Past
Supreme Master Workman Shields of !
Missouri and Past Grand Master Robe |
son Of Texas will be present to address
the meeting.
The civil service examination for
ships draughtsmen will begin in this |
city to-day at a. M Postmaster How |
arth has received instructions to the eff
feet that the applicants must bring ink
pens and other materials used by !
draughtsmen. They are also allowed to
bring their text books, logarithms, etc.,
but the examiners are to say whether
they shall consult them or not.
The New Haven Christian Endeavor
members are going to Branford next
Sunday to visit the Congregational and
Baptist Christian Endeavor societies
there. They will leave on the 4:55 ex-
press, which, by special arrangement,
will stop at Branford, and the train
which leaves Saybrook Junction at S:1S
will stop at Branford to bring the New
Haven people home. All the l1ndeav-
orers of the city are invited to 60.
The contract for the construction of
the trolley road between Shelton and
Stratford was let to c. W. Blakeslee q
Sons of New Haven yesterday. All
over right OF way were set
fled in a conference here yesterday
morning. Work is to begin on construc-
tion at once and under the terms of the
contract must be finished by June l.
Fu1l operation is promised for Memo
rial day.
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