The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-12
L.Ocai Weather Report. New Haven, March il.
Brief Mention.

Mrs. Elias Burwell of New Haven avenue is quite dangerously ill, having suffered paralytic stroke Tuesday.
 Colonel Charles Gaylord of Bridge port and staff will install the officers of B. F. Hosley company, No. 13, Uniform Rank, K. of F., at Pythian hall, Bran ford, Friday evening.
 Professor Herbert F. Gregory of Yale university, assistant geofogist of the United States geological survey, lectur- ed before the Hartford Scientific socity Tuesday night on 1.-The Geology of Con- ;Iiecticut."
 Health Officer Wright in his monthly report on contagious diseases for Feb ruary gives the following record: Diph- theria, 10 cases and 1 death; scarlet fever, 16 cases and deaths, and typhoid fever, cases, no deaths.
 c, H. Beers, who has been a student at the Chicago university for the winter term, was welcomed back to his home in Oxford Monday by his many friends. He expects to spend the summer with Charles Myers, Southford road.
 G. W. Humphrey has taken the con-
 
 West Haven, for F. A. Godfrey. It will be about 2Ox2S feet, with seven rooms and improvements. c. W. Warner will do the mason work and R. W. Thomp- son the plumbing.
 Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 Miss Emi- 1y M. Morgan of Hartford gave her second talk of the series at Christ church parish house on Broadway. The subject was "The Portraits of Christ" and the pictures used to illustrate the subject were in color.
 The committee on humane institutions of the general assembly has set Wednes- day. March IS, for the hearing upon the Grace hospital substitute bill. At that time it is understood that opposition to giving this hospital a $25,000 appro- priation will be present.
 The new high school building on York Square is receiving its finishing touches from the artisans and will be finished and ready for business April 15. Plin- cipal Gushing is now busy assigning teachers and pupils to the rooms they will occupy in the new building.
 Rev F. George Riddle Of this city, presiding elder of the New England conference, will be with the A. M. E. Zion church. Danbury, Thursday even- ing. The presiding elder will preach at 8 o'clock and after the preaching ser vice will hold the fourth quarterly con- ference of the society.
 Chief Wrinn yesterday morning re- ceived a letter from New York stating that the body of George Filpardt, cook on the tug Champion of the Chap man Wrecking company is in the East river morgue at Twenty-sixth street, New York, as the result of drowning accident. The company refuses to bury the body, as they claim Fillpardt has a brother and sister living in New Haven.
 Mrs. Charles H. Trowbridge of Mill ford, wife of MT. Trowbridge, cashier of the Mechanics bank, this city, is the president of the Wepawaug division of the First church, the ladies of which are preparing to give supper and en- tertainment on Thursday evening of this week. These suppers and entertain ments are very popular, both among the First church membership and townspeo- ole. 4
 The democratic town committee will give a public hearing tomorrow night for persons interested in the direct primary system and the probable cost of the same. It is roughly estimated now that the cost of running the prin- aries will be about $25 ward, or $375 in all. It has been said that the official cost of the primaries would reach $2,50O, but it is now seen that this was an ex- traVagant estimate
 Last evening the Ladies' Aid society of the First Congregational church, gave an entertainment and sale of fancy articles in the town hall, West Haven The farce, "Anita's Trial" was present. ed. During the evening the Sunday school orchestra rendered several selec- tions. Miss Marguerite Graham and Miss Muriel Beckwth sang a duet. The young ladies who took part in the farce were: Miss Grace Yorke, Miss Muriel Beckwith, Miss Gertrude Crosby, Miss Mae Wilkinson, Miss Ida Wilkinson, Miss Jennie Crosby, Miss Daisy oYrke, Miss Florence Wilkinson, Miss Lena Dickerman, and Miss Hattie Reynolds