The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-01
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The noted Edgewood team of Vest vile will cross bats with Portland team on the morning of July 4.
 Miss Elizabeth Smith of Chester has returned home for the summer vaca- tion.
 Mrs. L. c. Doane of Comstock avenue 1voryton, is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Walter Graham of this city.
 Professor Samuel S. Sanford, of Yale's school of music, sails to-day for Europe for a three months tour. Ac- companying him is E. J: Thompson of the Yale Alumni Weekly.
 The city's committee on ordinances will meet tonight to talk over the ques- tion of allowing automobiles in three of the public parks.
 The Consolidated railroad has acqui- esced in the per diem plan for the charg- ing of rental for freight cars, which goes into effect to-day. Orders are being is- sued to division men to expedite the handling of all foreign cars hereafter, as there will now be rental of twenty cents per day upon them. It is esti- mated that the new way will add $5OO,- GOO year to the roads expenses, and this extra cost will have to be charged up to the consignees and shippers.
 The board of health yesterday for warded a bill for the care of a marine patient from Maine at the pest house from April p to June 9 at the rate of s 2 day yesterday. The bill is sent to the United States treasury department for the marine hospital service. The pa- tient was Mate William P. Henderson of the ocean going tug Buccanneer, who was taken i'll with smallpox at Belle dock, April P.
 George Mccormick, telegraph operator at the West Haven tower, has been transferred to the big tower at Bridge port.
 The United States government has renewed at contract with the New Ha- ven hospital for the care and treatment of seamen. and to furnish quarters. sub- sistance nursing and medicine at a cost of s1 day. Frank W. Wright, city health officer, is to care for contagious disease cases at S2 day
 Chief Fancher of the fire department was taken i'll yesterday and obliged to go home.
 Smith Bradley, the Atwater street florist, in accordance with his usual custom, has presented the firemen of engine company No. 10 a quantity of flowers and plants for the decora ton of their garden and flower beds.
 Beginning to-day the residents of Short Beach will have improved mail facilities. At present two mails are dis patched per day. going down via Bran ford postoffice. Hereafter there will be three mails day from this city direct by trolley, under one of the star routes. This will afford increased mail facilities that will be appreciated.
 Sargent & Co. have taken a lease of the foundry belonging to the plant of Mallory, Wheeler & Co. at the foot of East street. and will within the next two weeks begin work there as part of the bif hardware concern on Water street.
 The board Of finance will meet at z o'clock on Wednesday evening to ap- prove the city pay rolls instead of on Thursday afternoon as scheduled. The change is made in order to let the city employees be paid off on Thursday, Fri day, the usual pay day, being holi- day.
 Two companies of regular army men, from the 18th and 125 heavy artillery, passed through this city yesterday over the Consolidated road from Fort Clark, Texas, to forts about New London.