The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-02
Local Weather Report. New Haven, March 1, 1901.
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wafer to-day. 9:O7 a. m

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 High water to-day, 9:07 a. m.
 At meeting of the Bridgeport Pri-
 mary Sunday school Teachers union at the South church this afternoon the les son will be illustrated by Miss Walkley of this city.
 The condition of Laura, the two-year- old daughter of President Hadley, of Yale, was slightly improved yesterday. She is not yet out of danger, but her case is more hopeful.
 A. Dwight Burgess, formerly of the firm of Burgess & Burgess, the Chapel street matters and furriers, is now with Friend E. Brooks and will be glad to welcome his old customers.
 At a meeting of the Congregational church society in -Southington Thursday evening it was unanimously voted to extend a call to Rev. Ferdinand O.. Blanchard of Newton, Mass.
 Captain John Williams, a retired mariner of Mystic, the oldest S2d degree Mason in Connecticut, and well known mariner, was critically i'll at his home with pneumonia yesterday.
 Alderman Gaylord a member of the Bridgeport lamp committee, made an inspection of the Welsbach lamps used in West Haven Thursday night. The other members were unable to make the trip.
 Rev. Father Synott, formerly curate at St. Johns church, this city has been transferred from St. Mary's church, Bridgeport, to St. Francis church, Tor rington, in the place of Rev. Father Brennan, who has been sent to St. Johns in this city.
 The Yale university Y. M. c. A. will be represented in the list of speakers at the annual convention of the Con- necticut Y M. C. A. in Waterbury on March by Professor Frank K. San ders, William H. Salmon '94 and the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, jr.
 Deputy Coroner Pond rendered a lengthy finding yesterday on the death of John Firsching, the bridge builder, who was killed at 1:30 D. m. February 21, near Derby. The coroner finds that his death was not due to criminal care lessness on the part of any one.
 The house in Guilford owned and oc- cupied by William M White was total- 1y destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The family was asleep when the fire started, but succeeded in sav- ing considerable furniture. The origin of the fire is unknown. Loss about $1,- 000 partly insured. The funeral of the late Hart s. Hotch- kiss. who died at his home in Bethany Wednesday evening, took place in Sey- mour yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock.
 
 which necesstated the quarantining of the home the only services were held | at the grave in the Episcopal cemetery. | Rev Mir. Morris officiated.
 At the recent meeting of the Woman's | board of Grace hospital at which the l resignation of Mrs. Cheney, chairman of the woman's board was rendered, the | board voted unanimously not to accept | the resignation, thus voicing the unani- nous sentiment of the board that she was too valuable a member to lose and one whose past services had been inval- uable.
 The store of the Waterbury Grocery company in Odd Fellows block on North Main street, Waterbury, was closed yesterday by attachment to cover 8 claim of Stoddard, Gilbert & Go of New Haven. The store was immediate ly put in charge of a keeper It is said that the company will try and effect A settlement with it's creditors. Provid- ing this is impossible, an assignment will follow.
 Dr. J. Edward Lee, who was recently released from prison after having served @ five years term for man has rented an office at S2S Chapel street. Dr. Lee says that the office has not been rented for the prac- tiee of his profession. He wants a place where his mail may be sent and an oriice from which ne may transact some business matters in which he is not connected with his pro- fession The Cooperative Ticket company , which for a week has been doing a tre- mendous business with the endless l chain street fare project has closed up its office in this city under order of the S city attorney. The attorney holds that l the plan followed by these men comes | within the provisions of the lottery law. I The scheme was bringing in money very { rapidly, and if permitted to continue 1t ' would have netted the projectors thou q sands of dollars. c AGOPODIUM. I