The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-03
VARIOUS ITEMS.


 The state board of examiners of bar bers will meet here on Friday, August 12, for the purpose of examining class of twelve candidates for licenses. All barbers should take notice that their old licenses must be renewed on on before October according to the law. Any barber falling to do so may be prosecuted.
 George Tester, with the Union Trust company of New Haven, is enjoying 9 two weeks vacation in Branford.
 Mrs. F. von Beren will leave here next Monday for Silver Plains, N. Y.,, there to spend three weeks. Mrs. von Beren will be accompanied by Miss Un- mack and Frederick Unmack. MT yon Beren will go to Silver Plains a few day later and there join the party.
 Templars of Honor in this state will attend the session of the supreme coun- ely. which will be held in this city Monday, August 22. The headquarters will be held at the Hotel Davenport.
 The Connecticut shell fish commission held it's regular monthly meeting in the office of Attorney A. M. MatheWson yGSbCIOdy cLLLCAl4OOAis NAAAJ AS0NAtNS iness was discussed.
 Superintendent of Mails Maher has in his possession a large sized dyna- mate cracker that came to this city through the mails from a town in the Naugatuck valley. and was intended by some swain for his fair lady, who is at present at Westbrook. The cracker is about six inches longsand easily two inches in diameter. The case is being investigated.
 Itshas become known that the young woman whose horse was killed by a rolley car in Lee, Mass, late on Satur- day evening and who received injuries was Miss James Clemens the youngest daughter of Mark Twain, who is spend- ing the summer at Tyringham with his daughters.
 Rain prevented the reunion of the Grand Family association of the Con- necticut Valley, which was intended to make an excursion from Hartford down the river yesterday on the steamer Madeleine and basket picnic at Glen Grove below Middle Haddani.
 James B. Kelly, real estate dealer and \ fire insurance agent of AZ Church street, ; sold yesterday the house and lot at r Osborn street for James H. Webb, of { Allings Webb & Morehouse, to Richard w. Holland of 172 Nicoll street. Rev Father A. J. Plunkett, who for more than three years has cen the as sistant at St. Thomas church in South ington, has been transferred to St. James parish and will leave for his new parish this evening. Previous to his ap- poiSntment in Southington Father Plum keAt was a teacher in the seminary at Hartford.
 The coming army rnanoeuvres in Vir- l. ginia on the old battlefields of the civil war will probably attract great deal X of attention, and many people from the \ states adjoining vii visit the camp ' while they are in progress It is believ- E ed that large delegations from states I which send troops to the manoeuvres k will be in attendance and arrange E ments will be perfected for their en- { tertainment. The grounds are close enough to Washington so that people may go out in the morning on special $ trains and return in the evening, but g the probabilities are that those who come from distance will prefer to re- main on the ground and get a glimpse of soldier life.
 $ Harold and Grace BoWn, children of E Winsted, narrowly escaped drowning < while in bathing Monday. Harold was using water wings in his efforts to swim and got beyond his depth. His sister went to his assistance, and both were < on the point of drowning when T. c. N Capewell rescued them.