The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-09-17
BRIEF MENTIONS.

The Illustrated Sporting News for
today at the Pease. Lewis Co.'S.
Today there are special attractions
in the way Of fine fall and winter
clothing and exceptionally low prices
at the store Of ]. Johnson & Sons, the
exclusive clothiers. see their adver-
tisement.
Instead Of meeting last evening as
scheduled, the board of park commits
sioners has postponed its session until
Friday evening, September 80, when
business will be resumed after a long
intermission.
Chairman Kenealy telegraphed Chair
man T, H. Macdonald yesterday after
noon that Speaker Joe Cannon and
Congressman Beede, the wit Of the last
house. will speak in New Haven on
October rs or October q.
Mayor Studley has called special
meeting Of the board Of aldermen next
Friday night to take up the question
Of plans and specifications of the Con-
soltdated railroad for a new cut through
the city, the soft coal nuisance, new
ordinances, etc.
Ambrose Hall Of Killingly was Wis
tied recently by Humahe Agent D. w.
Thrall and ]. A. Phelps, where they
found several cases Of neglect Of horses
and cattle. Action was taken by the
agents and they succeeded in lettering
conditions. One horse was killed.
Next week the board of public works
will begin the repairing of Fair and
Whiting streets. The scarif1er of the
department, otherwise the "porcupine, .
will be put to work on the streets Mon
day morning. and the streets will be
turned up and treated with macadam.
Mrs. Thos. H. Gebbie has returned
from New York after few days pleas
antly spent with cousins, having re-
turned with Miss. Hannah Schmidt,
and cousin, Miss Julie Tape, both of
New York, Mr.. Christopher McRae and
Miss Rhovena Tape came to New Ha-
ven in company with Mrs. Gebbie for
few days.
The republican primaries to elect del
egates to the town convention, which
will nominate candidates for represent
tatives, and then divided into district
conventions and nominate candidates
for senatorships, will be held next
Thursday evening. The call for the pri-
nlaries was issued by Chairman Mac
donald yesterday.
The Consolidated railroad has been
troubled in the past, as have all other
important railroad systems, by the
breaking of air brake hose on freight
and other trains. Hereafter, by a spe-
cial order, all such ruptured hose will
be Forwarded to r. N. Hibbitts for in
spection. Mr.. Hibbitts is the mechlan-
ical superintendent of the system.
When the Springfield express from
New York rolled into the union depot
at 10:40 o'clock yesterday morning one
of the journals under Pullman car No.
2,i21 was on fire. The box in which
one Of the axles Travelled had become
overheated. The flames fed by the oil
in the journal shot up about the car.
No damage was done. The car was
"cut out" and left here.
Captain Greuner of the New Haven
Grays yesterday issued orders relative
to tho decoration Of the graves of dead
Grays tomorrow. The company will
attend services at the First Baptist
church in the morning. They will as
sernble at the armory at 2:30 o'clock In
4 the afternoon and visit first the Grove
street and then the Evergreen cerne-
terry. The men are ordered to wear the
gray dress coats and white ducks,