The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-03
BRIEF MENTION.

High water to-day, 2:47 p. m.
 Six hours have been added to the days length.
 The best moonlight nights this month will be from the Fist to the 18th.
 Attention will now be turned towards suitable Fourth of July celebrations.
 Red, white and pink peonies are in bloom, fully as early as they were last season.
 The Southern New England Telephone company is putting up new poles through Woodbury and southbury.
 The letter carriers have put on their summer uniform, blouse shirts and fe- dora hats. This uniform will be ap- preciated during the warm weather.
 Two of the eight $15.oO0 dining cars for the Consolidated road, the New York and the Boston" have been com pleted at Brightwood, Mass, and ship ped to Readville.
 On "Wednesday the brakerlen of the Consolidated road donned their new summer uniforms, single breasted coats and close-ftting trousers, and the new regulation cap with a dropping visor.
 Umpire Gaffney of New Haven, who got his reputation as an umpire by roasting teams that played Yale this spring, is the culprit who gave Bridge port the game with Meriden Wednesday at Hanover park.-Meriden Record.
 The ninth annual convention of Con- necticut branch of the Kings Daugh- ters and Sons, will be held October 1s and IA at Dwight place church. Mrs. Margaret Bottome president of the or der. will give an address during the convention.
 A business meeting of Ethel chapter, No. 28, o. E. S., was held in the Mason ic hall Wednesday evening. At the conclusion of the business light re- treatments were served and an inform al social was indulged in by the mem bers of the lodge.
 The sloop yacht Grace, which flies the flag of the New Haven Yacht club WAS QlSlildStCQ OIl TulllOTu 0uHQdY, Edward Wilson of Waterbury, the own CT, and Harry Martin of the same city were aboard at the time. They were picked up Monday morning and lowed ashore.
 There has been an unusual variety ot birds around this spring. Among those noticed are the Cedar bird, or Wax Wing, blue jays, several kinds of Ori- oles and thrushes with the robins and sparrows. Morning concerts are fash ionable, the thrushes doing their share in singing.
 Some Of the members of the Haw- thorne club, of West Haven, went to Ansonia Wednesday to spend the day with Mrs. Stivers. This club has plan ned many outings for the summer Mrs. Stivers formerly resided in West Haven. and was the secretary of the Hawthorne club, as well as the Moth CTS club for some time.
 G. w. Warner has the contract for a frame house on Orange street, West 2Sx48 feet, arranged for two families with all modern improvements. Also the contract for frame house on Dor man street for M. J. Smith. It will be 25x40 feet arranged for two families with modern improvements.
 Work has been in progress for some days at dredging the East Haven ol Farm river preparatory to erecting the drawbridge at that place. The con- tractors have already completed the dredging from the sound to the bridge abutments, and shortly will have com pleted enough of the work to admit o1 the laying of the foundation for the bridge.
 The Consolidated railroad Wednesday reopened in northwestern Rhode Island the Pascoag branch of it's road. There are several miles of this track running from Pascoag to Douglas Junction or the main line of the old New York ant New England. Why the line was aban doned no one seems to know. It makes another connection between Providence and Worcester.