The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-05
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

i the lots at Lighthouse Point which has recently been purchased by a company headed by Samuel P. Thrasher of this city.
 An innovation of great importance was introduced Sunday at the Easter I service of the Church of the Redeemer, when the Rev. Dr. Phillips and the members of the choir appeared for the 1 first time in full vestments, to the as- tonishment and qualification of a large majority of the congregation. So satis- factory, indeed, was the step considered that it will be pursued regularly at all the future services.
 Superintendent James Grant of the telegraph fire alarm service of the fire department has put in a private fire alarm box at the Seamless Rubber com pany's plant on Congress avenue. The number of the box is IA.
 Prof. w. E. Britton has purchased the new cottage house, No. 296 Mckinley avenue, from Norton & Son. Price paid was $4,6O0. Professor Britton will move into his new home about May 1. ! William Carroll jr., son of William Carroll, with the New Haven Shoe Co.,, who recently joined the U. S. navy, has been ordered to China, and left for that place last Monday.
 The marriage of Miss Margaret Com stock, daughter of John F. Comstock of Newington to Harold Dyer of Dorches- ter, Mass, is announced. They were married about a year ago, but owing to the critical condition of the brides mother. Mrs. John P. Comstock, at the time and also to the fact that MT. Dyer was student at Harvard university, the marriage was not announced. Mrs. Dyer has lived for number of years with her aunt in Dorchester. Mrs. John P. Comstock died about ten months age.
 Ex-Captain Reynolds of the Light guard, now resident of Boston, is the guest of MT. Fraser and MT. Westland of Willard street.
 Yesterday was the fifteenth anniver- sary of John Phillip Sousa's visit to New Haven, April f. 1SS9 MT. Sousa made his debut with Mir G. B. BunneH, playing his first engagement out of service in Bridgeport, followed by con- | der MT. Bunnell's management.
 MT and Mrs. Charles Brown of Harri- son street who have been spending about two months in the south, return ed home Saturday. MT. Brown says that they had very pleasant time. While in Georgia he saw the Westville boys who left some time ago to start in business there
 Last evening Prof. John w Wetzel of Yale gave a delightful reading in the Mishkan Israel temple. A rich treat was afforded the audience.
 The game in Westville between the West Rocks and the Edgewood Juniors Saturday resulted in victory for the West Rocks with a score of IA to 13. The Edgewoods played q strong game but were outcassed. The Young Bull dogs were also defeated Saturday by the Young Rameses, the score being 14 to 16.
 MT. and Mrs. Isaac l.. Peck of Meri- den celebrated their golden wedding an- niversary at their home, 40 Catlin street Sunday when they entertained their two sons, Henry L. and Eugene H. Peck of New Haven, with their wives and children, and their granddaughter and her husband of New Haven. The ' day was most happy one for the whole family. The couple received some handsome gifts from the children and a number of tokens from friends and Ineighbors.
 Cards have been received in Nor walk, announcing the marriage on Eas- ;,,u u,,;,, ol,,, I. of Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, who was one of the Hamlin tally-ho party, which made call last summer in this town while on it's way from the New Haven commencement. MT Hamln is the son of Harry Hamlin of the large Buffalo commercial house of that name, and whom the Norwalk young ladies some years ago may we'll recall as the great ly attached member of the Sheleck school of that day. Best wishes to the young Yale groom.--Norwalk Sentinel
 Representing me Masonic bodies in the city, Edward M. Armstrong, as chairman of the joint committee on expense from the several lodges, is comforting and negotiating with the representatives of Mrs. Hannah J. Ben- HelJ coIlcelllils tHe transition or the now devasted Hoadley building, corner of Church and Grown streets, into a Masonic temple. In an informal man. her John T. Sloan, the agent of the prop erty, has already submitted a plan to the joint committee representing the Hodges for fitting up the building into an attractive Masonic headquarters. It is said that his plan contemplated the ex- penditure of something between $S6, ,00C and $40,00 in rennodelling the building.