The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-27
Local Weather Report. FOR FEBRUARY 20, 1899.
Brief M enttOn.
gh water to-day. 11:5O a, m.

High water to-day, 11:50 a. m.
 One hundred acres 1000. R. .E.Baldwin.
 For written visiting cards, handsome ly executed, go to Ewen McIntyre's.
 The masked ball of Elizabeth con- clave, Mo- ?, will take place tonight.
 The Schwaben Verein will give a masked ball in Germania hall tonight.
 Night Editor Kelly of the Associated Press in this city was visitor in New Britain Saturday.
 Rev. Watson l.. Phillips, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, made an address at Welcome hall last evening.
 The monthly meeting of the managers of the Young Women's Christian asso- citation will be held at the home this af- ternoon at o'clock.
 Mr. and Mrs. George T. White of this city were the guests of Mrs. Whites parents, MT. and Mrs. John Skelly of Elm street, New Britain, Saturday.
 The regular meeting of the New Ha- ven Primary union will be held at the United church chapel this evening. at 7:3O o'clock All who are interested in primary work are cordially invited to attend.
 E. A. Saunders, general manager of the new rubber factory at Mishawaka Ind, arrived in Naugatuck Saturday morning to attend the funeral of his brother, J. Russell Saunders, which took place Saturday afternoon.
 Horace F. Hopkins of 72 Spring street and one of the oldest engineers in the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, cele- brated his fifty first birthday yesterday. A number of his friends took dinner with him.
 George S. Wildman, who formerly re- sided on State street in this city, and who enlisted in the Seventh United States infantry of Boston at the begin ming of the late war, is visiting some of his old friends here while awaiting his discharge papers.
 The Woman's School association had another interesting meeting Saturday afternoon. The feature of the meeting was a paper read by Miss Alice Rey- holds, assistant supervisor of the public schools. Her subject was Primary Class Work in the Public School"
 Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth yesterday morning preached from the text Matt 19: But Wisdom is Justified of Her Children The sermon was one especi- ally appropriate for the Lenten season. and contained many valuable -sugges- tions for consideration during the sea- son.
 Calvin N. Kendall, superintendent of the New Haven public schools, returned yesterday afternoon from Columbus, O., where he was in attendance upon the sessions of the annual convention of the National Association of School Superin- tendents. He reports a very pleasant and profitable time.
 Another hamburger of spring. J. D. Shumway, the former Chapel street photographer, went out to his barn Fri day morning to harness up his trotter, when to his surprise he heard bluebrds singing The feathered songsters were in a tree near the barn and their early arrival is considered a token of an early spring.
 F. G. Culligan, who has been night watchman at the Town hall, West Ha- yen for some time past during the ill., ness of Edwin M. Russell, will doubtless be continued in that position by the board of warden and burgesses. MT CulIigan was night watchman for years previous to Mir Russells term of ser vice.