Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-22
For Additional Local News see 4th Page
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Waterbury's census exceeds 20,O 900.
 Bridgeport has about go, 600 population.
 The Washington Park M. E. church, Bridgeport, picnic at Parlor Rock July 13.
 The City Guard of Hartford strew the graves of dead comrades with flowers to-day.
 Many swordfsh are now being caught off New London. The catch is averaging better than last year's
 Until the close of the Cincinnati convention the rate to Cincinnati from this city will be twenty-five cents for ten words by the Atlan- tic and Pacific Telegraph Go. s line.
 Mrs. William Mckay, of Oakland, in Man chester, has been seriously i'll from the effects of accidentally taking dose of corrosive sub. Innate. It is thought she may recover.
 A Garfield and Arthur ratification meeting takes place in New London this evening, to be addressed by Hon. MT. Brandegee and MT. John A. Tibbits. Mr. Brandegee will be escorted to the hall by the Young Republican League.
 Mrs. McDermott, living on Factory street, fell down stairs and dislocated her wrist recently. Dr. Surridge, of Mo- 40 George street, was called and skillfully reduced the dislocation, and the sufferer is doing as well as could be expected.
 Captain Simeon Smith, of Morris died last Friday at the advanced age of 93 years and seven days. He came to Norris then South Farms, being part of the town of Litchfeld, at the age of 28 and had kept the tavern at East Side ever since.
 The first of the Shelter Island excursions for the season takes place to-day. The John H. Starin leaves Starin dock at 9:3O; return ing leaves Shelter Island at 9:3O. The boat each way gives excursionists a chance to see the scene of the Narragansett disaster.
 On Wednesday two hundred Odd Fellows will come to this city from Waterbury and go to Lighthouse Point for days picnic. They will go from here on the steamer Iver- mia and will be accompanied by some of their New Haven brothers
 A grand excursion of the employees of the American Corset Go. takes place on Thurs day, July 1st. The opportunity is open to all friends. Tickets can be obtained of any of the employees, or at the office of the con- pany on Franklin street.
 The year without a summer occurred sixty four years ago. May 17, 1916, eight inches of snow fell, and July Indian corn was so frozen that the greater portion of the crop in this State was cut and dried for fodder. In the Northern States there was frost every month.
 A correspondent sends the following worthy of notice these hot days: "Will you take that cage in :? Your canary cannot bear the extra heat reflected from the wall. If he were free he would be on a shady branch among green leaves. Captivity is bad enough with every alleviation, but intolerable under those hot wires.''
 There is to be Q county temperance con vention held under the auspices of the Con necticut Temperance Union in the chapel of the First Congregational church, this city, to- morrow at Il a. m. The object of the con- vention is to organize, if it shall be thought best, New Haven county temperance union, auxiliary to the State union.
 New London experienced short, sharp but very welcome fall of rain yesterday after noon. It was accompanied by very vivid lightning. Rain is very much needed here abouts. A New Haven gentleman, just re- turned from visit to Herkimer county, New York Sate, reports excessive rainfalls with very muddy roads, and one particular rain fall that suggested Noah's flood.