The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-06
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Miss Florence Downs. of SIS Quinni- 1 piac avenue. will celebrate her eleventh birthday with a peanut party to her young friends on Saturday afternoon from to 6.
 Mrs. F. B. Walker, president of the Tribune Sunshine society. will enjoy a rest in New York for the next few 1 weeks. leaving New Haven on Thurs day.
 Mrs. W. A. Granville, of Howe street, 1 leaves Monday for a two weeks vaca- tiOn trip in Massachusetts.
 The Dorcus society of the Whitney vile Congregational church will hold an Easter sale in the lecture room of the church next Tuesday afternoon and evening and also Wednesday evening from to 6. Useful and fancy articles, pies, cakes etc, will be on sale. Tea, coffee, ice cream and lunch will be served afternoon and evening. There will be an entertainment on Tuesday evening. Admission free.
 K. Yamasaki, of the graduate de- partment of Yale, started Monday on four days cycling tour through New England.
 MT. and Mrs. George Ehrler, of sS5 Norton street, announce the engage ment of their daughter, Lulu C., to Henry w. Mayer, of Goffe street.
 At the weekly meeting of the Berke- ley Mems club this evening in the City Mission house Rev. MT. Holden, Am herst '7S, will deliver an illustrated lec- ture on Russia and Japan," with spe- cial reference to the war. Frank Ear nest organist of the Swedish Congre- gaticnal church, will contribute instru- mental selections.
 | In Branford yesterday the body of man, badly decomposed, was found in the Branford river near the factory of the Malleable Iron Fittings company. Later the body was identified by the clothing as that of August Schmidt, 1 aged sixty-two, who was formerly em- I ployed as a farmland by Samuel Foote, who lives near the North Branford line and who last saw Schmidt on Novem- l Der 2S last
 The annual meeting of the Comfort able society of Branford and the cleo tion of officers will be held in the i church parlors tomorrow afternoon. <, The customary tea will follow the meet | ing for the husbands and friends of the I society.
 In the house of representatives yes- terday Congressman Sperry introduced a petition from the Typographical union of this city favoring the anti-in- junction bill before the house.
 Henrietta Mann has foreclosed prop erty standing in the name of Katherine Frank and located on Congress and Davenport avenues. There is a front | age of 16S feet on Congress avenue and 157 feet on Davenport avenue The | Judgment is on q mortgage for $2S2.
 The membership committee of Elm I Tree lodge No. 35, N. E. o. P, is to meet this week and after reorganizing will perfect plans for the formation of a Decoration day committee. Plans are also to be considered for banquet to be served at one of the summer re- sorts.
 l A horse drawing coupe belonging to l David F.. Currie ran away on College J street yesterday. Samuel Lyon, the 1 driver. lost control of the horse in front of Phelps hall. The horse ran through College street, crossing Chapel street without doing anybody any injury. At Crown and College streets Lyon pulled the horse into a post and threw him. The animal received several cuts about the legs.
 The actual transfer for theHdeeds for the Chapel street property purchased last fall by the Knights of Columbus from the Misses Day sill be made Sat urday.
 At a special meeting of the members of the Zion German Lutheran church to elect delegate and alternate to the convention of the eastern district of the Missouri Lutheran synod, to be held at Buffalo, N. Y. from April 25 to May B the following were elected: Dele gate. Emil Loos; alternate, Frederick l.. Neebe
 The railroad men will gather in Turn hall tonight and enjoy the first an nual sociable Nnd ball to be given by New Haven lodge No. 314. International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company. A pro- gramme of seventeen dances has been l arranged.
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Nettleton, who have been spending several weeks in Florida, are now at the Kirkwood, Camden, s. c.
 Much interest is being centered in the coming production of the operatic cam tata, "'rhe Haymakers,' to be given at the Howard Avenue M. E. church this 1 evening.
 A benefit entertainment will be given at Harmonic hall on Friday afternoon and evening, May 6, under the direction of Miss Boil, of the high school. sl The date of the Septimo assembly has been changed from Friday evening, April 15, to Wednesday evening, April 20