The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-15
Local Weather Report.
New Haven, June il, 1901.
Iirtef entiOn.

High water to-day, 1O:05 p. m.
 Whitney Ave. lots, bet Lawrence anG
 Gamer Sts. Inquire 39 Church St.
 William H. Conklin, of the Journa
 and Courier, and family leave this
 morning for two weeks stay at New
 town at the Grand Central hotel.
 Rev. MT. Mossman returned yester-
 day from very pleasant visit to Vas
 sar college, where his daughter. Miss
 Mossman, graduates with the class of
 1901.
 According to a deed in the town
 clerks office Wilbur F. Day has sold
 to Sally Y. Henderson piece of prop
 erty in Prospect street front 100 feet,
 for s1O,oo0.
 MT and Mrs. F. c. Dupee are re-
 ceiving the congratulations of their
 many friends over the arrival of nne-
 pound boy, born Thursday. Both
 mother and child are doing nicely
 It is stated that it has been agreed between counsel in the school wrangle in Hamden, the latest sensation up there, which comes up in the superior court Monday, that no testimony shall be taken. Matters of law will be ar gued.
 The bicycle bill which has just been adopted by the general assembly pro- vides for county side path commission CTS who shall build bicycle paths and charge a license fee to those who use it. Those who ride on these paths without having previously paid li- cense fee shall be fined $3 for each of- fense.
 The department of public works yes terday filled up an old reservoir located on the northwest corner of Church and Chapel streets. It is one of number that were located in the center of the city and which were used in the day of the volunteer fire department. There were several thousand gallons of wa ter in the one at the Green and Super intendent Fancher brougth out engine and had it pumped out early yesterday afternoon.
 Next Wednesday morning at St. Patrick's church Miss Ellen Josephine English, daughter of Richard English of Franklin street, will be united in marriage to D. F. Hickey, the well known teacher of music. The groom is a brother-in-law to City Clerk Henry Norris and is one of the best known of the young musicians in this city. Af- | ter the ceremony the couple will visit | the Buffalo exposition, Albany and | other points of interest in New York | state, returning to reside at 1S1 Lom- 1 bard street.
 Philip Farnsworth, who has for two years been patent attorney for the General Electric company, being To- cated in Schenectady, N. Y, has just been granted a patent on what is be- 1ieved to be a very important inven- tion. It is for a new system of ser vice conductor which, it is thought will reduce the expense of operation 50 per cent. and promises to revolutionize street railway operation to a very con- siderable extent. The patent has been assigned to the General Electric com pany.
 Tomorrow the Sarsfield guard, in cluding the active and veteran mem- bers, will observe Decoration day and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon will pro- ceed to St. Lawrence and St. Bernard's cemeteries, where the ceremonies of decorating the graves will take place. The company will be attended by the Second Regiment band At 10:30 the will attend mass at St.lJohn's R. C. church. The committee in charge of the> days programme consists of w. B. Spencer, Sergeant J. J. Duffy and Private George Manning.
 The corset factory of Solomon and Charles Ottenheimer, doing business lnder the name of Ottenheimer Broth CTS, of 112-116 Hill street, closed down last night for an indefinite period. This news was communicated to the 300 or so employees yesterday. Yes terday morning Attorney Harry w. . Asher appeared at the factory at the , request of the members of the firm and announced that for the present the services of the employees would not be I required. The attorney assured the l , hands that they would be paid every 7 ,ent that is owed them and he also confidence in the ability of f the firm to resume business shortly. r The employees are only behind one week f Tn their wages,