The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-09

from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ave.
Being Improved.
| Park Superintendent Asabel II.
| Thompson, with his men, have put Fort
Wooster park in fine condition. No more
| beautiful outlook can be had about New
+, Haven than that from Fort Wooster
park. The earthworks thrown up by
the people of New Haven and the stu
dents of Yale university hundred years
ago, are still there, as we'll as the mag
| azine for storing the ammunition. The
| Indian burying ground just back of the
| old fort has been levelled off so no trace
| of the same appears. The late Prof
| Dana, DR.. Levi Ives, together with the
venerable Horace Day (who the citizens
| of New Haven rejoice that he still lives)
have dug up articles showing traces of
the Indians, together with hatchets,
arrows and trinkets, which were buried
with the former owners of the soil The
old treaty tree" though nearly dead,
still remains.
Miss Jennie Moulthrop of Bridgeport
is visiting her father Arson Mouthrop
of Pierpont street. She has been quite
III with grip, but is now much improved.
Among the festival visitors here is
Mrs. Frank I. Hitchcock and her daugh-
ter, Miss Alice Hitchcock of Bridgeport.
Il understand it has been stated that
1t took 500 in cash and fourteen bar
rels of beer to carry the Eleventh ward
for Mclean" said one Of the republican
workers this week. ut is true spent
little money, but is was the vast sum
OF forty cents for cigars. I guess there
wasn't any money sent into the ward
If there was, / never heard of any. And
the story about the beer is on a par with
the rest"
The attendance at the mission services
at St Francis church continues large.
The church is filled at nearly all the
services. The services are for women;
next week the services will be for the
men.
The remains of Private Feely will be
brought from the Philippines to Fair
Haven for burial the arrangements
having been affected through Congress
man N. D. Sperry. Feely was killed in
battle.
The director of public works has had
a gang of men at work on Townsend
avenue and improving that thorough
fare immensely. With a good stone
dressing the roadway would be perfect |
1t was considerably out of repair, no
work having been done on it in a num- |
Der of years.
Fl. Fl. Benedict and family have left |
President Dwight's house in Hillhouse
avenue, and removed to their elegant |
u
William Reeves will take charge of |
the depot of the New Haven Ice Co. on |
Exchange street Monday of next week |
Fair Haven is to have two candidates
for president of the board of aldermen
in Druggist C. II. Converse and Alder
man Walter Walsh Of the Twelfth ward.
Mrs. Catherine Hurlburt of 233 Elk
change street is to enlarge her house.
The house will be raised one story and |
improved.
Mrs. Hudson B. Forbes of Morris Cove
attended a family reunion in
East Haven on the occasion of the birth
Of her father, Joseph
Hotchkiss. Mr.. Hotchkiss is eighty-six
years of age. He is highly respected
old gentleman and has held many re-
pOSitiuHS III LIS DdliNe lOWl,
as we'll as representing the same in the
legislature.
DR.. Lewis Porter, who has been sent
by the United States government as
surgeon to the Philippines, is a grand
son of George Porter, and nephew of
Letter Carrier Lewis Porter of Town
send avenue.
A new electric light has been Install
ed at the corner of Houston and Pier
oont street, and effecting marked i'm
in the illumination of that
leighborhood.
Frank Trowbridge, assistant cashier
If the National New Haven bank, has
tired one of George Chamberlain's cot
ages at Morris Cove for the summer
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