The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-03
Local Weather Report.
FOR APRTT, 9 1900
Brief Mention.

Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
"A meeting of the special committee
ON school supervisors will be held to-
night.
Mayor Driscoll was out again yester-
day after an illness of about two weeks
with an aggravated grip cold
Wilson Fl. Lee of the firm of Price
Lee & Co., has been i'll with the grip
for a few days. He was able to be out
again yesterday.
Timothy B. Blackstone formerly
president of the Chicago and Alton
railroad, is seriously ill at his residence
in Chicago with pneumonia.
H Ex-Assessor George w. Neil, who is
i'll with pneumonia, was a little easier
yesterday and his physician, Dr. March
thinks that with no setback he will re-
cover
terday to make out money orders for
transmission to Russia. The office now
does business with ali of continental
Europe.
w. A. Croffut, years ago journalist
of this city and for many years a
prominent Washington journalist has
IA copiously illustrated article in Frank
Leslie's for this month on Alaska.
Clarence Wilson, son of Charles Will
son, the insurance agent, who bought a
house and land in Woodbridge some
time since, is having it enlarged and
improved. He is to occupy it for his
summer residence.
The democratic nominating commits
tee of the Ninth ward will meet to-
night at the corner of Charles and Or
chard streets. Charles Lutz is chair
man of the committee. He is also can
didate for alderman.
The new grain elevator Excelsior,
launched at John E. Mars shipyard in
West Haven Saturday and which stuck
i'm the mud after sliding off the ways
has been foated and ID now moored
alongside the Steamboat companys
wharf at Belle dock. The boat will be
flowed to New York this week.
Malcolm Booth, superintendent of the
Wallingford schools, who has been i'll
with inflammatory rheumatism at his
home, No. $50 Winthrop avenue, this
city is convalescing. Mr. Booth has
been confined to the house for several
days He was able to be out a few min
utes yesterday and it is expected that
he will be able to resume his school du
ties in few days
The L. Candee Rubber mandatory
started up again yesterday after shut
down of four weeks. BY Monday all of
the hands will be at work again. The
mill room hands began work yesterday,
the cutters go to work to-day and the
boot and shoe makers will start to-mor-
row. On Thursday the packers will be
at work again. By Thursday about H.,
300 hands will be at work again.
The members of Christ church, West
Haven have issued parish paper. 1T
will be known as 1.-THE Parish of Christ
Church." and will be issued quarterly
1t is expected that the subscriptions
for the paper will pay it's cost without
resorting to securing advertisements.
Rev. Arthur j. Gammack, rector of the
CQurC1, is the GullOT Oh the paper dlu
H. H. Ames is the business manager
A water main on Frank street burst
yesterday morning at about daylight
and damaged the house occupied in
part by Maurice Meaney, who at one
time was bugler in the Second regi-
ment and who is employed at the Mall
ley store. There was quite a shower of
dirt and stones thrown against the
house and the water flooded the house.
The Water company have had force
of men at work who repaired the main.
Attorney Homer H. Shepard and j. e.
Blatchley have opened an office in room
20, Glebe building. Mr. Shepard is a
graduate of the law school of the class
of 1899 and is son of Alderman Har
vey G. Shepard. Mr. Blatchley also took
course in the law school, but decided
to take up the real estate business in
stead of law. He was for a number of
years with S, L. Blatchley & Son. The
many friends of the young men wish
them success.