The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-12
VARIOUS ITEMS.


 To-day is Lincoln day, legal holi-
 day.
 Patrolman Duggan of the Torrington
 police force is being treated at the New
 Haven hospital for rheumatism. The St. Johns Catholic club, which
 was organized last Sunday, has leased the dwelling house at 8S4 Howard ave-
 nue for the purpose of a clubhouse
 The building is to be fitted up and will be opened by the club sometime
 before the first Of March. While setting up a section of over head pipe. H. w. Morton, an engineer employed at the L. Candee & Co.,, fell from a ladder and sustained fracture
 of two ribs. He was taken to his home in the police ambulance.
 | New Haven lodge, B. and P. o. E., will celebrate it's twentieth anniversary
 on Wednesday evening, March g, at the
 Tontine hotel Next Thursday evening the Elks will entertain the members of the ladies' committee who assisted the organization at the recent fair. Last evening the lodge entertained Henry L.. Hammond of Putnam, district deputy of the organization.
 The state board of pharmacy has sent out application blanks to all pro- prietors of drug stores for the renewal of pharmacy licenses. These applica- tions must be filled out and sent to the board in this city by March 1. large number of embargo notices
 have been received lately by the New
 Haven road from nearby railroads ask
 ing that the shipping of perishable freight be stopped on account of the in
 ability of the other roads to deliver
 the goods. The cold weather has
 clogged up the freight facilities of the
 Central Vermont and railroads in
 Massachusetts and has caused more embargo notices to be received than for some time past
 First Selectman Walter Main of the town of Orange stated yesterday after noon that City Engineer Kelly and Civil Engineers John E. Buddington and Albert E. Hill would examine the Kimberly avenue bridge soon.
 Those of the thirty-two candidates for appointment on the police force who passed the civil service examination held last week are as follows: Frank D. Callahan, 6S Wolcott street; Henry Charboneau, 187 Franklin street; Dem his J. OMeara, 300 Portsea street; Louis F. Ferdenandus, 117 Greenwood street; Joseph F. Brady, 11S Fillmore street; Jeremiah D. Keohane 1S7 Chapel street; Joseph H. Brown, 253 Hamilton street;
 r{ero,, e, T,<J ward J. Flannery, Al DixwelI avenue; William J. Flood. 37 Ann street; James c. Pendergast, 63 Hamilton street; Michael Schmidt, S7 Arch street; Will liam Newburg, 3S6 Grand avenue.
 Henry F. English yesterday appealed from the assessors valuation on four pieces of central property. The prop erty and the assessors valuations are as follows: 8S7 Chapel street, $113,- 450; 694-702 Chapel street, $56, ,45O; 41S- 4SO State street. $72.SSO; 495-501 State street. $39.
 The report of Frank w. Wright, health officer of New Haven, for last year, shows that there were 1,94t deaths in 1903, of which s22 were from pneu- monia. Dr. Wright suggests that the apparent increase in deaths from pneu- monia here and elsewhere may be due Ito the desire of some persons to have an acute disease appear to have been the cause of death of relatives rather than chronic one. as the latter might interfere with the collection of insurance in some cases"
 Secretary Ross of the Waterbury Y. M. c. A. has deep personal interest in the development of war in Corea He has brother there. under the Ameri- can Presbyterian Board, located at Syen-Chun in Northern Corea. His wife is there with him. He is one of six missionaries settled in this part of the east. and has been there six years.
 Died in Lakewood, N. J., Wednesday, Charles R. Pagan, formerly state sena- Pagan formerly lived in Middletown and three times represented the town i'll the legislature. afterwards serving three terms in the senate from the i Twenty-second district. In recent [ years he had passed his summers at Pine Orchard and his winters at Lake 1 wood. His widow is sister of Mrs. Bunce of Hartford, widow of the late Admiral Bunce.
 Married in Shelton, Wednesday, at | the home of Mrs. E. D. Leavenworth, | Miss Ella M. Tonllinson of White Hills l and Dr. Arthur M Browne of Egan, | $. D. Revs. T. A. T. Hanna and F. H. Mathison officiated.
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