The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-09
Local w eather Report. New Haven, Jan. 8, 1901.
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 2:09 D. m.
 Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
 Albert H. Barclay and Edward w. Lynch were sworn in as attorneys in this county in the superior court yes terday.
 The new electric light plant of the Consolidated roads office building is now in fine operation and very satis- factory.
 Christian o. F. Miller, who has been visiting in this city, has returned to Baltimore to resume his studies at the Baltimore Dental college.
 Secretary Anson F. Stokes, jr., of Yale, who has addressed three of the largest alumni associations of the northwest of late, is expected home to- day.
 President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale university, returned yesterday after noon from New York, where he has been since last Friday on a short holi- day trip. '
 Members of the Center church have raised S12,OOO to aid the Rev. Edward Hume in his mission work in India. A church costing $30,OOO will be construct ed at Bombay
 B. Altman of New York city, former 1y resident of this city for years, is on a business visit here. He Is connected with the largest producers of underwear and hosiery in America. At a special town meeting in South 1ngton, held yesterday afternoon, it was voted not to sell the shares held by the town in the Southington Water com pany. The vote was unanimous
 Madame Oertel, the well known singer, who is seriously i'll with heart trouble at her apartments in the Town send block, corner of Chapel and Col lege streets, was still In serious con- dition yesterday.
 The schooner Hattie V. Kelsey, Cap- tain Rulin, has put back to Norfolk in a leaking condition. The vessel was coal laden bound from Newport News to this port. She was badly strained in a heavy gale recently.
 Engineers Nichols and Burke, of this city, were in Hartford yesterday at- lending the annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers.
 Miss Helen Coleman, of Atwater street, who has been the guest of Miss Gertrude Gibbons, of Hartford, for the past week, has returned.
 The funeral of the late A1ois Koeber. le will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from his late home, 12O Putnam street. The Rev. MT. Timm will off, ciate and there will be large concourse of loving and sympathizing friends in attendance The interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
 The cost of the new buildings in this city last year amounted to S1, 1873, ,930. This is an enormous increase over 1899, but is explained in the fact that the big increase is due to the bicentennial buildings begun by Yale university and the Y. M c. A. structure which has been started.
 Postmaster Howarth yesterday morn ing received from the New York post master a copy of map giving the To- cation of the thtrty-three sub-stations and the boundary of the districts. At the local postoffice there is a box for each of these New York districts and the letters for each sub-station are bounded separately.
 On Sunday night the officers of Moses Mendelssohn lodge, No, IS, K. S. B., at their hall will be installed by District Deputy Solomon Calm. The officers elected ase as follows: President, M M Calm; vice president, Jacog Dreyfus; treasurer, 1. Lambert, secretary, B. | Bretzfelder trustees, s. Calm D. | Strouse and J. Lempert. After the in- stallation a banquet will follow.