Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
HRrkGf Mention


 Shad are being caught in the Housatonic river in large numbers.
 The Railroad Commissioners were inspect ing the Hartford road yesterday.
 The Remenyi concert at Hartford netted $1oO for the Union for Home Work in that city.
 Sheriff Sanford, of Fairfield county, is over run with applications for passes to the Hoy ' execution.
 The Shelton liquor cases again excited in terest yesterday. Further action in the cases was taken.
 Seventy of the High School alumni have High School Association.
 Thirty-five of the ffty-six jurors who were chosen in 1857 in the town of New Haven for the Superior Court are dead.
 New time tables will go into effect Monday on the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Naugatuck, and Housatonic roads.
 James Cook, the equestrian director of Bar num's show, who died in New York Wednes- day, had been i'll but five days. His disease was pneumonia.
 w. P Stowe and J. M. Parker, of Bridge port, finished 5000 points game of cribbage Tuesday, the score of the former standing at 5000 when the latter had made 4,838.
 Professor Johnson, of the agricultural ex- pertinent station, will address the New Haven County Farmers Club at their next meeting, May 7, upon "The Best Manures for Corn"
 It is rumored that Mrs. Peter Morris, of Bridgeport who mysteriousIy disappeared re- gently, has gone West, as she, while visiting at friends house, inquired the price of 8 ticket to Chicago.
 Rev. Dr. Sawyer still continues his Bible readings in the rooms of the E!derage school, 136 Sherman avenue. They have been ex- tremely interesting and profitable. The pub lie are invited on Friday evening next at 73 o'clock.
 Judge Henry E. Pardee was greeted by a host of friends yesterday, having just returned to the city. His trip to Nassau and stop over in Florida have evidently contributed much to the health of the Judge. He is locking finely.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and MT. Horace Booth have appealed from the assessment of benefits lately made, the former for the Myrtle street and MT. Booth from the Lafayette and Myrtle street sewers, New Britain.
 The choir of the Third Congregational church for the coming year will be as follows: Soprano, Mrs. Mullen, of Westfeld, Mass. i; alto, Mrs. Blinn; tenor, MT. P. W. Bush basso, MT. H. W. Bryan, in place of MT. Manross, engaged at Trinity.
 The Eureka Social Club of Colored Masons, who hold weekly meetings at the Masonic hall on Webster street, were agreeably surprised by the ladies last Wednesday evening, who prepared for the club fine banquet. Capt. Thomas J. Grifiug is president of the club.
 Among the after dinner speeches at the Chamber of Commerce banquet was the re- sponse for the press by Herbert B. Benton, editor of the Palladium. By an oversight in summing up the concluding speeches this fact was omitted. We apologize, and the more as our brothers remarks were so happy and &C., oeptable.
 Captain Chauncey D. Norton, formerly of the schooner Jennie 0. Russ, the same that made the unsuccessful attempt to rescue Mr. Fields, of the New Haven postofice, who was drowned 8 short time ago, was mate of the unfortunate vessel J. M. Kissam that went down with all hands last week of Port Jeffer- son, L. I. Captain Norton leaves alarge num- Der of relatives and friends in this city who will mourn his loss deeply.