The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-13
Local Weather Report.
FOR MARCH io 1900.
BrieT M entton.

High water to-day, J.40 d. III.
Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
The Sacred Heart Catholic club will
hold banquet and celebration at the
club house on the evening of Saturday,
March II.
Two additional cases of scarlet fever
have developed at the County home
since the last report. All of the cases
are very mild
Presiding Elder Adams of New Ha-
ven conducted the quarterly conference
at the Methodist church In New Brit
ain last evening.
The concert of the Second regiment
band and the Dorscht lodge will be re-
peated at the Hyperion Sunday evening,
March rs, and large attendance is ex-
pected.
Owing to the small and decreasing at
tendance at junior exhibitions, it is pro-
posed to change them from the after
noon to evening and from Battell chapel
I to College street hail.
George H. Gray of Washington who
is%well known throughout Connecticut
particularly in New Haven, where he
has many friends, has just concluded
a visit here of over a week. He left
yesterday for the SOUTH
The March meeting of the New Ra
ven Branch of the Woman's Board of
Missions will be held in Center church
chapel this afternoon at o'clock. Pa
pers on practical topics will be given
by branch workers from out of town.
Business at the Henry Hooker Car
~riage companys factory is brisk. In
the last few weeks blacksmith fires
which had been idle have been started
up again, and the factory has a large
force Of hands at work in all depart
ments.
The informal dance to be given by
the Ancient Danes at Republican hall
this evening will be well attended. Pro-
grammes for the event call for about
sixteen dances, music for which will be
furnished by the Second regiment Or
chestra.
The Gounod society will resume re-
I1earsals this evening in preparation
for the concert After to-day the week.
Nv rehearsals will be held every Monday
evening" Applicants will appear this
evening at Z o'clock to have their voices
tried. The society needs a few bass and
alto singers.
Pages carriage factory on Franklin
street started in on ten-hour sched-
ule yesterday morning. The factory has
been running eight and nine hours for
some time. The company has received
a large number of orders for high
grade of carriages.
The chief of the railway mail service
has put up two blackboards in the post
office building. One is located in the
vestibuIe near the stairs and is to he
used in posting notices regarding the
departure of foreign mails. The other
blackboard is in the United States court
room vestibule.
John p Camp of New York city spent
Sunday with the family at his home in
Newington. The six brothers, with the
exception of George B. Camp of New
Haven, We're at their home there on
that day. John Camp returned to New
York Sunday evening. Charles Camp
will come to New Haven to-day to WIS.,
1t his brother George here.
The schooner William E. Downes,
which is in New York undergoing re-
pairs, will be ready to start for eouth-
ern lumber port within a short time
The repairs on the Downes have cost the
owners $4,000, but with freights still
high the investment is a good one. The
Downes could not be replaced for less
than $4,000.
The grip is very prevalent IN Bridge
port. The Standard yesterday says:
"Where a disease is epidemic it ie i'm
possible to ascertain the number of
cases, unless it is a contagious disease
and therefore reported to the health Of
ficer. AS every doctor seen to-day re-
ported from five to ten cases it is not
unlikely that the total number of cases |
will reach the 500 mark"