The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-07
Local Weather Report,
Nav Haven Feb. 6. 1901,


bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros
Captain Edward Q. Gruener OF the
0,rays returned yesterday from weeks
visit in Boston.
The thermometer stood at below
zero yesterday in Derby and WOOD
bridge yesterday morning
General s. e. Merwin has been con-
hned to his residence for a couple Of
DAYS with hard cold, but is improv-
Ing.
Next Sunday Rev. Asher Anderson, OF
i the First Congregational church, Merl-
den. will exchange pulpits with Rev. j.
]. Blair, of Wallingford.
The United Workers society will hold
the annual winter sale of bed clothing
and children's garments at the rooms
200 Orange street. on Friday FEBRUARY
g. from 10 g.. m. to p. M
DR.. Louis M. Gompertz has been seri-
plsly i'll for the past week at his nome
on Wooster place with an aggravated
attack Of the grip. Yesterday he was
able to sit up for short time.
Frank W. Skinner, associate editor of
the Engineering Record of New York
city, will give fine Illustrated lecture
IN North Sheffield hall Thursday even
ing at o'clock on Methods ana
achievements in Civil Engineering"
John Edward Heaton of this city left
here a few days ago for three
months trip through southern Italy
ss and Egypt. Mr.. Heaton has travelled
abroad quite extensively, but this will
be his first trip to the land of the
sphinx.
Church street building, near Center, at
/ o'clock Tuesday afternoon Two wo-
men who were in the direct path of the
falling sign were warned by Police Ser
geant Gibson just in time to escape be-
ing struck.
Tomorrow evening union evangel-
istic meeting will be held at the First
M. q. church. All the Methodist
churches Of the city will take part. Rev.
b. M. Adams, D. D., former pastor of
the First church, and well known
evangelist, will lead the meeting.
Judson H. Stevens of Madison has
fled a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States court His schedules show
liabilities amounting to $6,53125, and
assets of $4,77701. The secured claims
amount to $3.50, and the unsecured
claims to $1,336.40. A date for the first
meeting Of creditors has not been fixed.
The board of education will hold an
important meeting tomorrow evening
for the purpose of awarding contracts
for the building of the new Cedar street
school, 1t is intended by the board that
the contractors shall break ground
about the first of April, and the work
will be pushed to completion with all
possible haste.
AS a result of the cold weather yes
terday orders were given from head
quarters at the police department that
instead of one report yesterday the men
were to be allowed to have two, thus
giving the men half hour relief to
spend in the station house. The
thoughtfulness of the superintendent
d was much appreciated.
Egbert J. Young, who fell on the ice
on State street Tuesday and broke his
right leg in two places and who was
taken to the New Haven hospital, is a
brother-in-law of Cephas, William and
Gilbert Rogers, the silverware manu-
facturers in Meriden, and is employed
at their factory. The fracture is Sc
we're one, but Mr.. Young is now doing
we'll
The adjourned meeting of the direc-
tors of the Younb Mems Christian as
ISOLATION will be held tomorrow even
ing, instead of Monday evening, as an
nounced. The purpose of this meet
ing is to make provisions in the consti-
tuition for a board of trustees, which
will be greatly needed when the new
building is completed, and also to act
upon the new bylaws presented at the
last meeting of the directors.
EGOPODIUM.