The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-26

Death of Mrs. Mary E. COpe--A Confer
 ence to be Held in Reference to the
 Electric Light Matter Fire Depart
 ment to Hold a Ball soon.
 The borough grand list for 1900 has been completed by Assessor Thomas Kennedy, and the following amounts of assessments are shown:
 Houses and buildings. $1,145,SS7; land, $995. .951; stores, $192,875; manufactories, $250, ,500; horses, $14,S70; neat cattle, $1, S20; carriages, $14,S55; timepieces, $1,525; pianos, etc., $7,4S5; furniture and libra ries, $500; insurance stock, $9900; bank stock, $46,9S9 employed in trade, $57.- 625; employed in manufacturing, $751; 475; money at interest, $1, ,525; money on deposit, $575; other taxable property, $355. Total, $3,030,312; soldiers eXemp- ton, $61, ,364. Balance, $296S,9 ,94S.
 There are in the borough, according to the grand list, 1,167 houses, 2,167 acres of land, BOA horses and ninety
  in comparison with the grand list of 1899 it shows decrease for the 1900 list of $17,729 before the soldiers exemption Is taken out With the soldiers ex- emption deducted it shows a decrease for 1900 over 1899 of $20,529.
 Mrs. Mary E. Cope, widow of Charles Cope, died early Sunday morning, aged sixty-two years. She leaves daugh- ter, Mrs. Joseph White, of this town, and two sons in Bridgeport where the body will be taken to-day on the 11:26 train for burial.
 w. A. Goodrich has sent out notices informing the public that he will per- sonally have charge of the concrete bus mess formerly conducted by his father, the late A. J. Goodrich. It is safe to predict that he will keep up the we'll earned reputation made by his prede- cessor for making first-class sidewalks and the best wishes of his many friends are with him in the venture.
 Yesterday Warden Dickerman sent out typewriter notices to many of the borough's prominent citizens asking their presence at meeting to be held in the borough office to consult with the committee on the electric light charter amendments to be presented to the leg islative committee at an early date. A stamp was sent in each letter asking a reply as to whether or not they would respond to the invitation.
 Mrs. w. M. Casey and son Frank will leave Saturday for Washington for a three weeks sojourn.
 Mrs. A. J. Goodrich writes from Washington to friends here that the party is enjoying the trip very much, and on Sunday saw the president and Mrs. Mckinley where they attended l church.
 Yesterdays recorded real estate transfer was: James B. Kennedy to E. | M Roach, an undivided half interest in | a store building and lot on South Colo ny street.
 "The South Before the War;" which 1 comes here Friday evening, is highly spoken of by the press, and the same company appears in New Haven Thurs day evening"
 Frank S. Davis, of North Branford, has made application for letters of ad- on the estate of Mary l.. Street. A hearing on the same before Judge of Probate J. A. Martin will be had on Wednesday afternoon, March 6, at ? o'clock See notice in another col umn. Oliver Bunnell who was the ad- of the estate, died in North ford last week. M < The fire department has decided to have ball soon after the close of Lent and has appointed the chief engineer and assistant, together with the officers of the companies as committee of ar 
 The unclaimed letters in the postoff1ce Monday were for Edward Connors and George Lowe.