The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31
Local Weather Report. FOR JANUARY 30, l900.
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 11.92 p. m.
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 T. Dwight Woodruff has returned tc his home in New Preston after a two weeks visit in this city.
 The annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the New Haven Water company will be held at the office of the company on Monday, February 5, at Il o'clock a. m.
 Rev. c. E. Woodcock of Ansonia for merly rector of the Church of the As tension this city, is confined to his home with severe attack of the grip. He is so i'll that but few friends are al- lowed to see him.
 The New Haven Social Science asso- citation will meet at the office of H. G. Newton, SIS Chapel. street, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Subject, The George Junior Republic" The discus sion will be opened by Professor Will liam F. Blackman.
 Mayor Bohannon of South Norwalk issued a new order to the police de- partment and intends to hereafter close up every place of business in the city. Only newsdealers will be allowed to de- liver Sunday papers early in the morn ing before the attendants at the church. es are up.
 Postmaster Howarth has received authority for the addition of another mounted carrier to the force of this city. W. s. Chandler will begin Febru- the upper end of Whalley avenue, and including side streets to Elm and thence to the city limits.
 The figures of merit of the National guard for the month of December, based on the drill reports for the months are as follows: First regiment, S7.13; Second, 93.27; Third, 74.43; Fourth, 79.71; Brigade Signal corps, S941; Ma chine Gun battery, 93.70; Battery A, 70.05; Naval battalion, S1.94.
 o. A. Prahn, representing Chapin & Adams, wholesale agents for the "Sa- lada" Ceylon Tea company in New England, is in town. Mr. Prahn speaks enthusiastically of the success he is meeting with, and says that it will be but a short time before these pure, healthful teas will be in the position that is justly theirs.
 Colonel T. B. Warren of Bridgeport and his daughter, Miss Louse left Pas adena, Cal, Sunday with the remains of the late Ezra P. Mills, who died en route to San Francisco. It is expected that they will arrive in New York to- morrow and funeral services will be he'd at the late home of the deceased, after which the remains will be brought to Bridgeport for interment in Mountain Grove cemetery.
 MT and Mrs. Thomas M Prentice of Trumbull street gave supper party after the rehearsal of the Gounod so- ciety Monday night in honor of the con- ductor, Sig. Emilio Agramonte. The other guests were: MT. and Mrs Charles De Forest, MT. and Mrs. Jo- seph Porter, Professor and Mrs H. W. Parker, Miss Grace Porter, Mrs. Clar- ence B. Bolmer, Miss Genevieve Bailey and B. F. Newton.
 Rev. Thomas J. Finn, assistant pas tor of St. Mary's church, Derby, has been assigned to parish of his own and left yesterday for his new field of labor. He is to take charge of a new parish recently created by Bishop Tier ney of the diocese of Hartford. The parish is at East Portchester and Glen vile, the latter place being a mission. East Portchester and Glenvi1le were missions attached to St. Mary's parish of Greenwich.