The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-14
Local Weather Report. New Haven, May 13,
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention.
 High water to-day, ALA a. m.
 Attention is called to rent advertise
 ment of E. Malley on Page 5.
 There are about forty cottages at Cosey Beach that will be occupied be- tween now and the next two or three
 weeks.
 Mrs. E. H. Mitchell of Washington
 avenue. West Haven, is in Passaic. N
 J., visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. P. , Blackman.
 MT. and Mrs. Ellis and two children
 of New York are the guests of MT. and Mrs. William Everitt of Richard Palce,
 West Haven.
 Rev. E. W. Babcock, formerly rector of the Church of the Ascension, was in this city this week calling on friends. He is now rector of a large and four
 ishing Episcopal church in Troy, N. Y.
 The annual meeting of the Mothers Aid society will be held at the home Ol NI6. d. D. Octl 5cllts ol iAliii ohANNt' this afternoon at o'clock A cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested in the work of the day nur- series.
 A deed drawn in 1871 was not put on record until Monday in the New Haven town clerks office. The property in- volved is 51 feet in lower Chapel street belonging to the estate of the late Mrs. H. H. Olds. The property was deeded by Mrs. Cornelia Hillhouse.
 1.-The annual report of the fire depart ment for the year ending December 31, 1901 most of which has already been published in the newspapers, was is- sued yesterday from headquarters in pamphlet form. It shows that the to- tai loss by fire was $121, ,930, the total amount of insurance paid being $92,155.- S2, total loss of $29, 155.52.
 Fred A. voigt, proprietor of the local and the Vailsburg coliseum tracks, ar rived here yesterday afternoon to com plete with Manager DeVries plans for the opening of the local track next Tuesday night He said that he had already secured Kramer, Kimble, Me Farland, Fisher, Collett and Schreiber as attractions for the meet
 E. Webster, who has served the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road company for almost half a cen tury, and since 1857 as agent at An sonia, is to retire from the position very soon. He will be succeeded by w. F. Judson, assistant agent under MT. Webster for many years. A new posi- | tion with lighter duties will be created for MT. Webster.
 The Air Line limited express, the 1 five hour train between New York and | Boston, leaving the former city at i | D. m. daily. and which will be trans ferred to the Shore Line division after | Sunday, May IS, will be known here | after as the Knickerbocker express. | This name will be applied as soon as | the train is transferred.
 Through the untiring efforts of Super jntendent Ryan Of the first division of | the railway mail service, William San ders, chief of the first division, an nounced yesterday that the arrange ments had been perfected for six ad- ditional mails to and from Woodmont On Monday, June 2, a mail service will be established from the mail trains at the Woodmont railroad station to the postoffice.
 Sergeant John H. Martin of the Ninth United States infantry arrived in this city Monday evening after a three three years service in the Philippine and China campaign. He has spent the last three months in California for the recovery of his health after the priva- tions and hardships of war. He was warmly welcomed on his safe return by his sister, Mrs. Elliott E. Ives, and { other friends.
 public hearing will be had before Director Coe of the department of pub lie works on the evening of May 23 for the benefit of those who are interested in the proposed extension of the St, Roman street sewer. The extension will be made between Lawrence and Ed wards streets and the hearing will be held in order to determine as to the layout for the extension.
 The figures for this years taX-rate book have been completed by II. w. Flint, the receiving teller of the Yale National bank. and show that S1, ,2S6,,- 4S0 49 should be collected from the city's taxpayers in the collections on the list for 1901 However, the board of finance estimates that the citys receipts from this source will probably be 93 per cent of that amount. As shown in the I itemized report for the rate book, the , tax collector should receive SIS, 570.S1 on l the town list; $1255, ,16927 on the city list $7,S42.76 on the city school tax list; 1 s2, ,S3O in poll taxes; $4,974 in military takes; s264 465 on the 9 3-4 mill tax; totaling s1,2s6, 4S049. 5t