The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-18
Local Weather Report.
 FOR NAV 1T lJ11.
Brief Men ton.
water to-day. 1i36 D. m.

High water to-day, li3o D. Ill.,
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 Professor Curtis of this city went to visit and is to preach in Prospect next Sunday.
 Controller Brown yesterday received printed copies of his annual report, which is issued in pamphlet form extra to the issue in the year book.
 President w. T. Fields of the Nation al Tradesmen's bank, who, with Mrs. Fields, is stopping at Haddam Hall, At 1antic City, is expected home next Mon- day.
 Loring T. Ellis died in Woodmont May 15, aged forty-nine years. The fu- neral services took place at his late residence in Woodmont yesterday fore noon. The interment was in Mountain Grove cemetery, Bridgeport.
 A counter-suit was filed yesterday in Waterbury by Colonel Burpee, repre- sentening Charles Miller and o. w. F. Randolph, to offset the suit that has been entered against them for $500,000 damages by George H. Cloves, who is represented by Attorney O'Neill.
 Applications for examination for entry into the lighthouse service of the Third district are now coming in and will be examined July 1, These applications are to fill vacancies in grades of light house keepers and mates and assistant engineers of lighthouse vessels.
 At recess yesterday Principal Beede of the Hillhouse high school notified the senior class that the board of edu- cation was satisfied with the report of the promenade committee and that it would give final permission for the dance to take place tonight, as was planned.
 Howard Sherman of this city is stop ping for few days at the Suffield house, Suftied. This is MT. Sherman's first visit to Suffield for over seventy years. He was then living with his uncle, Charles sherman who owned the place on Main street now owned by Martin I. Sheldon.
 Commander Frederick L. Averill of the Connecticut Naval Battalion yes terday received from the adjutant gen erals office an order putting forward the date of the battalion's cruise The cruise will occupy eight days beginning July 2S, instead of from August "A, as had been previously arranged
 Detective Sergeant Dennehy yesterday took to Fort Slocum James H. Walsh, 8 deserter from the Sixth Heavy artillery of the United States army Walsh, it is alleged, deserted from the army on April g, 1899, and has since been serv- ing sentence in the New Haven coun- ty jail for misconduct His time was up yesterday.
 Percy Keenan, son of Patrolman Keenan, has accepted a position in the office of Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, succeeding MT. Terrell, who takes the place of F. R. Wadhams in the same office. MT. Wadhams goes to visit his parents in Goshen before en- gazing in other business. Mir Wad- hams parents not long since removed to Goshen from this city.
 The annual debate for the Francis lWayland prize in the Yale Law school will be held in College street hall on the evening of May 31 under the auspices of the Kent club. The preliminary de- bate to pick the speakers will be held on May 2S The subject for the debate this year will be: Resolved, That the United States senators should be chosen by direct vote of the people"