The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-26
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 The Ladies' Home Journal for May al x MacGilvray's.
 The recovery of Mrs. St. John, the
 Hmallpox victim in Southington, is now
 regarded as certain.
 ss Miss Mary McGowan, of this city, is
 making brief visit to Miss Mary Me-
 Kenna, of North Elm street, Water < bury.
 John Brennan, of this city, brother of < the Rev. Edward Brennan, former pas tor of St. Francis church, is visiting in Torrington.
 At meeting of the Mohegan council,
 Order of the Iroquois, last evening at Foresters' hall, number of new can- s didates were initiated.
 g The first battalion drilled at the ar
 hory last evening with Major McCabe { in command. The battalion consists of . Light Guard, City Guard and the Blues Elm lodge, International Association of Machinists, will admit a large num- ssber of new members tonight as a result < of President O'ConneIls recent visit to < this city. The lodge meets at room 15 Assurance building.
 The observance of Arbor Day on May < 3 will be more general in the public Nschools this year than ever before. It Z is the intention of the officials of the schools to have special exercises in the < schools on that day.
 City Controller Rowe yesterday filed with the town clerk a statement of his s.- ,to..- S shows that he spent $252.40. He gave $ $90 to the town committee, which was 8 per cent. of his salary, and spent $162 40 for postage, pastors, envelopes, and clerk hire
 A Wallingford party came to New Haven Wednesday evening to visit MT. and Mrs F. M. Chambers, and were royalty entertained. In the party were MT. and Mrs H. A. Delius, MT. and Mrs. George Bauman, MT and Mrs. Roland F. Andrews and Mir. and Mrs. w. l.. Ingrahan.
 The recent rains, the farmers in the section around Southington report have done great damage to crops. The oat crop has been entirely ruined and the early vegetables have\all been seriously damaged. The ground, moreover, is so soaked that planting will be impossible for many days.
 A committee of Yale graduates, in- scluding w. w. Skiddy 65 S., w. c. Hall '75 s. and probably George Adee '67, has been formed to raise money for Yale launch. They have secured a number of big subscriptions and it is hoped the money will be>secured in the next ten days.
 Clerks in the D. M. Read company's, the Howland Dry Goods company's and Smith, Murray & Co.'S dry goods stores, of Bridgeport, have formed baseball league with the clerks in the New Ha- ven stores of Howe & Stetson and Ed ward Malley. The first game will be played Memorial day in Bridgeport be- tween the Howe & Stetson team and that of the Howland store.
 City Clerk Norris yesterday filed his account of election expenses with the town clerk. He contributed to the town committee $60, team hire $45, and to the Eighth ward financial committee s5, total of $156. City Sheriff Hunie's re- turn shows that his expenses were $154.35. John A. Richardson, republi. can candidate for treasurer made re- turn yesterday stating his expenses were nothing.
 Postmaster Howarth has received a l copy of the ruling from the postoffice | department regarding fourth class mat 1 ter Hereafter all writing or printing 1 describing the articles enclosed ill the l wrapper must be on the outside of the | wrapper and will not be allowed in- l side. The law has been quite literally | interpreted by some postmasters, who | allowed the description inside the l wrapper. but according to the ruling | this will not be permitted hereafter | and the penalty is S10.
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