Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-17

Brief Mention.
 There was a heavy white frost all along the Housatonic railroad Friday night.
 Colts band, Hartford, begins early in June giving weekly concerts at Bushnell Park.
 Professor Barbour, of Yale, preached at Center church yesterday both morning and afternoon.
 Rev. Dr. Dennen preached yesterday after noon an admirable discourse on the life and character of Samson.
 Two women residing near Terry's bridge, Waterbury, killed rattlesnake in their door, yard recently.
 The Railroad Commissioners will make their emi-annual examination of the Nauga- tuck road tomorrow.
 The Eleventh regiment Connecticut volun- teers, will hold their annual reunion at the United States Hotel, Hartford June Sd.
 Parties in want of secondhand carriages, nearly as good as new, will do well to read the advertisement of William H. Bradley in another column.
 Rev. Dr. Morgan, of New York, breaches the consecration sermon at St. Paurs church. Bridgeport, tomorrow morning. Bishop Will Hams administers confirmation.
 The Day Nursery at No. 167 George street is not given up, as reported but still contin- ues in operation. A few day children are still taken through the summer months.
 The handsome new residence of Mrs. Geo. w. Smith and Geo. A. Butler, Esq, on the corner of Trumbull street and Whitney ave- nue, will be completed, ready for occupancy, by October.
 Messrs. F. S l.. Lyon open their handsome new double store, on Chapel street, in the new Glebe building, this morning, with fine store and larger and more attractive stock than ever before
 Messrs. Pentecost and Stebbins are still laboring in Waterbury. Moody and Sankey have finished their Texan campaign. Mir. Moody and family pass through here this week en route to their Northfeld home.
 Dr. E. B. Lighthi1l commences his practice in this city to-day. Many will no doubt be glad to avail themselves of his services. He has had great success in Hartford during the past year. See his advertisement in another column.
 Thirteen hundred tickets were taken at the gate at the ball game at Hamilton Park, Sat urday, and it is supposed there were between 1000 and 5000 persons present. Hamilton Park is one of the finest places in the country for all kinds of popular amusements.
 The Center church crypt was reopened to the public Saturday. It will be opened from time to time during the summer. Many hun dreds visited it last season. It is one of the 4o ,,l others interested in the old colonial days.
 Rev. Dr. Hawes, of this city, will preach the sermon at the ordination of Rev. G. A. Wilder which takes place at the Pearl street church, Hartford, tomorrow. Mir. Wilder returns to South Africa to enter the mission work, in which his parents were long en- gagged there.
 The woman found in a fit Friday evening and taken to the hospital is still at that in stitution quite feeble and prostrated Her name is Emma Davis, and she came from Rochester, where she worked at paper box manufacturing No further information could be elicited.
 Captain Hungerford, foreman at Futile, Warehouse & Taylor's and commander of the uniformed body of Sassacus Eneampment, buried child eleven months old yesterday. The funeral was largely attended and host of floral tributes decked the bier in testimony to the love for the sleeper and the sympathy of friends.
 One hundred years ago next Wednesday oc- cured what is known as the 'tDark Day in Connecticut" ;" when Abraham Davenport, the Stamford Representative in the Legislature, wanted candles lighted in order that the busi- ness of the session might be proceeded with. His associates thought that the last day was at hand
 There was heavy white frost all along the Housatonic and Naugatuck railroads Friday night. The same was the case in regions around Hartford. At Vernon water was frozen, potato vines cut down, and strawberry blossoms turned black in the center until the sun struck them. In South Glastonbury ice as thick a5 window glass was formed.
 The attention of all who are seeking desira- ble real estate investments is called to the very favorable opportunity afforded by the auction sale to be held on the 18th inst, at the office of Gardner Morse No. 337 Chapel street. The church building and lot on Beers street, known as the Beers street Christian chapel, will be sold without reserve to the highest bidder. For particulars see adver- tisement in another column.
 New Haven Dispsnsary. The second quarterly report of the mana l gers of the New Haven Dispensary is issued | by Dr. J. H. Bronson, the secretary, as fol- l ows In February, old applicants 349, new applicants 151, total 800, average per work | ng day 22 in March, old applicants SIS, | new applicants 164, total ATT, average per working day IS; in April old applicants 2S9, new applicants 179, total 468, average per working day IS; total applicants for the quarter 1,445; patients visited at homes 152.
 The Hospital.
 The general hospital of this city is receiv- ng substantial and needed aid Subscriptions ,f one hundred dollars each have been made y Henry O. Hotchkiss, Dr. E. H. Bishop, 1 Edward E. Salisbury, the same to be applied 0 the cancelling of any deficiency which may xist after the annual Hospital Sunday col ections. The fund is further increased by of seventy-ive dollars each rom Wallace B. Fenn and William Franklin 1 fifty dollars each from Simeon E. Baldwin nd Henry H. Bunnell, and twenty-five dol ars each from Dr. S. H. Chapman, Franklin , ]. Dexter, D. s. Glenney X Son and Futile. Warehouse & Taylor. Toward the donation und there have been subscribed one hundred ollars each by James D. DeweI and Mrs. | ydia 8. Scranton fifty dollars each by Ed | .