The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
Local Weather Report.
Brief Mention.
ter to-day, 2:20 p. m.

High water to-day 2:20 p. m.
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 Miss Mary Allyn of this city is the guest of relatives in Goshen.
 The county commissioners have all ready issued 125 licenses to liquor deal CTS in this city.
 The Hopkins Grammar school team will play the Bridgeport High school team at Bridgeport this afternoon.
 Rev. Shepherd Knapp of Southington is suffering temporary isolation re- sulting from an attack of German measles.
 Edson F. Wood of the Edson house., Southington, and his son, Bert sail to- day from New York for Paris and the Universal exposition.
 Miss Ethel Hobart will leave South ington next Monday for Scranton, Pa, on a visit of several weeks with her un- cle, Charles H. Pond.
 The police had their annual spring in spection yesterday afternoon on the green, the police commissioners and Superintendent Wrinn officiating.
 The Eclipse Social club will have an entertainment at Republican hall, in this city, on Tuesday, May 22. Hausers orchestra will furnish the music.
 The Connecticut Humane society will soon open branch office in New Ha- ven in order that the work may be more, conveniently attended to In this section { of the state.
 Miss Mae Jean Colt, the popular elo- cutionist, will give a recital in Warner hall the evening of May 30 She will be assisted by able artists from New York city, and a quartet from the Yale Glee club Dancing will follow the pro- gramme,
 The democratic primaries to elect del- egates to the Waterbury state conven- tion, will probably be held on Thursday, May 24. The official call will be issued by James B. Martin. chairman of the democratic town committee within few days
 Henry Ahlnquist, an employe of the MathushelS piano factory, who has been in the New Haven hospital for several weeks past where he underwent an operation for appendicitis, has returned to his home in Brown street. He is recovering rapidly.
 Sargent & Co.'S factory will be closed all day to-day in order that the em- ployes can see the big circus and the <,F+ I,a bop J, ha1 remained out half day and some all day, and consequently the officials de- cided to close entirely
 The observers at the Yale observatory are arranging to view the total eclipse of the sun on May 2S, and will make their observations at Pinehurst, N. C., where a government party from the Washington naval observatory will be stationed. Dr. r. l.. Chase has already left for Pinehurst, and M. s. Smith will go in a few days.
 John P. Kelleher of this city, who was sentenced to the state prison at Wethersfield on October IA, 1897, for a term of three years for theft, and whose sentence will expire in a short time, was transferred on Wednesday from the insane ward at the prison to the Hospital for the Insane at Middletown by the State Prison association.
 The Pastime Social club of this city will hold it's first picnic or Saturday, June 9, at Weidemann's park, in Alling- town. It is a large and successful club | A match game of baseball between the Central Y M C. A. and the clock i shop nine will be played at the Savin Rock grounds at 3:36 o'clock this af- ternoon. A lively game is looked for
 The officials of the local internal rev enue office are preparing notices to be sent out to special taxpayers on and after the first Of June. About 15O0 will be mailed from the office In this city
 Police Sergeant William E. Mcbride, | night desk sergeant of the Grand ave- nue station, who was for a long time disabled with a severe attack )f the ! grip has so far recovered as to be able | to do day duty in the precinct.