The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-11
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Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Crawford of 629
George street left Saturday to attend
the National Laundrymen's convention
held at the Iroquois hotel, Buffalo, Sep
TENDER 10 to Is.
Burton f. Dorman, superintendent of
Mountain Grove cemetery, Bridgeport,
left for Cleveland yesterday to attend
the annual session of the National AS
sociation of Superintendents of Gene
teries.
This evening the friends and attend
ants of the mission in Stratford will
take a trolley ride New Haven way,
holding their monthly social at the cot
tage of Edward Beers at Walnut
Beach.
Charles Knight, the young artist his
specially being a painter of animals,
has been visiting friends here. He is
the artist who illustrated Miss Justine
Ingersolls Marmoset article in the
Century.
During the greater part ow the day
yesterday at the postoffice Postmaster
Howarth, Cashier Hull, Assistant Post
master futile and Assistant Stamp
Clerk Candee were busy giving out the
new keys to the boxholders.
Miss Mary r. Albinger and Miss
80 pit1
who have been spending the summer
at the famous Catholic Summer school
at Cliff Haven on Lake Champlain,
have just returned, their summer hav-
ing been delightfully."- spent.
ST. Patrick's Y. M. T. A. B. society
has elected delegates to the coming
state temperance convention of the Or
der as follows: President, Thomas j.
Meaney; John F. Burke. John ]. Cor
bett, James J. Flynn, James Hogan. 1t
will be held September in st. Alloy
sius hall, this city.
The Bridgeport baseball players have
arranged for a game at Newfield park,
in that city, tomorrow afternoon, at
which Bob Fitzsinmons will appear as
umpire. The game will be between a
team made up Of Bridgeport and Wa
terbury clubs and another which will be
almost wholly identical of the old Dan
bury team, many of whose players are
now in the Bridgeport ranks.
Admiral Foote post. G. A. R., has re-
ceived an invitation from Nathan Hale
camp, No. l, S. of ", to attend a pa
triotic meeting, to be held by the camp,
next Friday evening. The invitation
was accepted. At the meeting Comrade
T. Z. Benedict will read a paper en-
titled My Scouting Trip" At the last
of these meetings Adjutart f. G. Hast
ings read an interesting paper on my
Comrade Moses" it being a sketch of
famous cavalry horse.
The late Joseph Ritter, who died in
Hartford last week at the home of his
daughter, was brother of Mrs. Steele,
widow of Thomas Steele. who was for
many years a leading Hartford jeweler
and was a brother of the late John
Ritter, who was for many years noted
in the monument business in this city
and whose son, the late John G. Ritter,
succeeded him in the business. Joseph
Ritter was born in this city and was
for years in the jewelry business with |
his brother-in-law, Thomas Steele.
The Westport correspondent of the
Bridgeport Standard says: Sidney
Watts schooner yacht, an elegant craft |
so long owned by Congressman N. D. |
Sperry of New Haven, which for many |
seasons Elm City fast flyers tried to |
overtake, but couldn't, is at anchor in !,
the river close to Mr.. Watts home on
Imperial avenue She floats in good |
place to meet the soon expected equ- !
noxtial gale. Her presence is a remind [
er of the time, more than twenty years |
ago, when the late Captain Charles |
Fairchild brought here the Brown |
Brothers (of Philadelphial schooner |
yacht Ibis, setting US all sort of crazy |
by her beauty.