The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-01
Local Weather Report. FOR MAyv5I lJJJ.
Brief Mention.
High water to-day, 1:25 a. m. Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros

Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 The United States census enumerator' begin their rounds this morning.
 City Engineer Kelly is confined to his house with an attack of rheumatism and pleurisy.
 The Rev. J. L. R. Wyckoff of Wood bury is entertaining his two sisters fl om New Haven.
 Mrs. Virgil McNeil of New Haven is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs Charles Curtiss, in Warren.
 Fire Marshal Gladwin yesterday gave a permit to F. L. Trowbridge to build a one-story brick addition cost $1,00O, at the rear if 99 Orange street.
 M Joseph Mccarthy, the we'll known tenor, formerly of this city, has been engaged to sing in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera company in New York next season.
 MT. and Mrs S. T. Riggs of 54 Shel- ton avenue announce the engagement Of their daughter, Grace w., to Allen C.. Curtis, shipping clerk in the Winchester Repeating Arms company's office.
 There was large attendance at the concert given at the Park City theater, Bridgeport, Wednesday evening for the benefit of the Bridgeport-New Haven cycle path fund An excellent pro- gramme was well rendered
 With the permission of Seaside cOun- cil of Bridgeport Grand Regent Carle- ton D. Hoadlev of New Haven has in- vited the members of Volunteer council of Milford and of Gilmore council of this city to meet with Seaside cotncil this evening. Duty TX will be worked.
 The Rev. Peter c. Brannigan, recently transferred from St Mary's parish, Bridgeport, to the Sacred Heart church of this city, was invited to Bridgeport "Wednesday night, where a reception in his honor was given in the parochial residence and he was presented with a purse of $500.
 Rights to subscribe to the new stock of the New Haven Water company and the New Haven Gas Light company will accrue June 1. Messrs. Kimberly Root & Day, No. 133 Orange street, will be glad to make subscriptions for stock holders, and will buy or sell fractional shares at current rates
 Benjamin D. Stillman of New York city is the oldest living graduate of Yale, of which his father and grand father were also graduates MT. Still man, at the age of ninety-ffve, still practices law at 31 Nassau street, New York. He is rich man and recently refused an offer of $400 per square foot the highest price ever offered for land in this country-fOr lot on Broadway,
 The deputy collectors in the internal revenue office in this city are all ready for the collection of tho special taxes, which begins to-day. The blanks were being mailed yesterday. For the New Haven district about 1,500 pay the spe- cial taxes and there are received through the New Haven office about B. 300 taxes from the western district of the state, These taxes are payable in the month of June and after July 1 pen alties will be enforced for delinquents.
 The Rev. pr. Beverley E. Warner sailed on the 29tb from New Orleans, by the West India steamship Floridian for England. He will take a short bi cycle trip there, returning about the middle of July, via New York and Bridgeport to Windham, Conn.,, where he will spend the remainder of his va cation Mrs. Warner was in Bridgeport yesterday, on her way to Windham. MT. Warner has purchased the summer residence in that town formerly the property of hia father.
 Julius W. Knowleton of Bridgeport as secretary of the Army and Navy club of Connecticut, has issued notices to the members of the club that the twenty second annual meeting of tie club will be held at the Fort Griswold house. Groton, on the evening of June P, the meeting to be followed by a banquet. The hour for the meeting is ' o'clock, and the banquet will be served an hour later. Boats will be provided at the New Lcndon station to take the mem bers from there to the place of meet ing