The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-01
i.ocas Weather Report. Z New Haven. April 30.
Brief Mention.

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 The St. Nicholas for May at the Pease-Lewis Co.'S.
 Washington camp, No. 8. P. o. s. of A., will celebrate it's eleventh anniversary May 6 in Veterans hall, Insurance building .s, -
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel L. Sharpe of Rog- CTS street, Bridgeport, left last evening tor Philadelphia, where they will visit their son, pr. Albert Sharpe, and wife. '
 The schedule of the new rates of pay for the carpenters and blaoksrniths em- pIoyed in the local car shops Of the New Haven road were given out to the shop forenen. = t.-. The Luther league of Trinity Luth- eran church has voted in twenty new members. Plans are now, being made for the annual excursion to be held dur ing tie coming summer.
 Fire Marshal, Gladwin yesterday is- sued a building permit to J. F. Maloney to construct two family frame house on East Chapel street, near Ferry. The structure will cost about 5000. D. Heft will do the joiner work, Frank Warner 5 the mason work. Charles E. Derger is the architect.
 A lighted match accidentally dropped caused a small blaze in the office of the Publishers Press in the Leader building yesterday morning at ii o'clock Mana ger EA1lender, Operator Wilson and Jun for Assistant Callan succeeded in ex- tinguishing the flames, but not until af- ter the contents of waste basket was s destroyed. 1 ..
 To-morrow night at midnight the Southern New England Telephone com pany will give up it's old central station now used on Court street and move to it's new switchboard just completed in the new building in Pitkin lane. The shift can be accomplished in about three minutes without the slightest hindrance to tse service. ~''.' -.''
 A conference will be held this evening at the headquarters of the Knights of Columbns of all the delegates from Mill ford, this! city, and Branford, who have been chosen to represent their respec- tive councils at the state convention of the K. of C.. which will be convened in Colonial hall, SAT Main street, Bridge port, Conn. May 5, 1903, at 10 a. m.
 Charles E. Graham of West Haven < has sold hisfa schooner yacht Adrien- ne to Colonel Austen, for years the sec- retarys of the Atlantic Yacht club, and chairman. of the regatta committee of that organization. The new owner is s having the yacht placed in commission # in Bayles' yard, Port Jefferson, l.. I. The Adrienne was owned formerly by Senator Graham and the late Israel Kelsey. '
 Town Clerk Brethauer yesterday af- ternoon fled his election exnehse &C., count in his own office. He spent $427.30. The sum of $210 was given to the town committee for the primaries. S150 was given to town committee in the election, and the balance was spent for postage, posters, clerk hire, etc. City Treasurer Henry Fresenius gave the town com mittee $70 for the primaries, $75 for the election and spent all told $1SS.30.
 Only one bid was filed yesterday with the board of education for the contract BtO Supply tlle ScHooIS Wltn coal next < winter. This was from McCusker & { Schroeder, and was accepted. It was as follows: $5.S5 a ton for approxima tely 400 tons of egg and stove anthracite, $4 Q ton for 500 tons of pea, provided bi- luminous is not used, S4.2S'a ton for bi- luminous provided pea is not used. The whole contract involves about $5, ,0OO
 MT. Gayman-'This may be a pretty fair rahntnpra,nIa of mo hut s.,,,ol.r ,.n..