Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-17

evenings at Association Hall in place of the ordinary business meeting. This was hear tily agreed to, and the first of these meetings for ladies will be held next week.
 A Succession Of Great Attractions.
 Salvini, the celebrated, who gives i, Othello'' at the Carll Opera House Dec. 31, last Tues day evening gave tsOtheIlo'' to an immense house at the Arch Street Theater, Philadel phia, his next engagement being at Booths, New York, following IA Celebrated Case. 1" Marshal Carll gives at the Carlk Opera House the same succession of great attractions and in the same order as given at Booths by the great manager Abbey. Mir. Carll gives New Haven people Bernhardt, next "A Celebrated Cases and next Salyini. In the same category also is Barrett, irs-s The Merchant of Venice" and sDavid Garrick, " at the hall tomorrow night.
 The last Friday evening prayer meeting Of this term will be held at $40 this evening. Berkeley meeting at the same hour.
 The first Yale assembly of this season will be held at Loomis this evening.
 Sears, formerly member of Yale '81, and now an Amherst student, was in town yester- day.
 The Senior Debating society will meet in Linonia Hall at eight o'clock this evening. There will be a university meeting this evening at 6:45 p. m. in the presidents old lecture room, to consider the advisability of rewarding last years nine for their services. It is earnestly requested that at least seventy five members be present, as that number is necessary, by the constitution, to constitute quorum.
 There are 429 students at Dartmouth Col lege, according to the annual catalogue just out.
 The Harvard seniors held the first of their annual assemblies last evening. Tickets for the West, via the Baltimore and Ohio road, are on sale at II South College at reduced rates. They allow stop over at Washington
 All classes are now busy with examinations and the campus is unusually quiet Miss Georgia Cayvan visited some of the representative college rooms yesterday after noon.
 Personal.
 Mir. W. H. Atwood left for Cuba on We'd nesday on a business trip for the Hooker car riage establishment.
 Vice President Reed of the Consolidated road is expected home in day or two from weeks visit to Washington and vicinity.
 James Mccarthy, a Consolidated road brakeman, residing at 62 Putnam street, died suddenly at his home, Wednesday night, it IS thoughtsfrom injuries received when he fell trom his train at Bridgeport short time ago.
 At the New Haven County Temperance Union meeting, held at Madison Wednesday, Rev. B. M. Adams delivered address on
 ''The Temperance Work as Defense rather than an Agitation" Rev. M. H. Pogson, of Bridgeport, spoke on 1.-The General Evils of Intemperance,' and Rev. J. H. TwitcheI, of Hartford, on 'tThe Necessity of Total Absti- nence.'
 Bartholomew Carroll, an old and well known citizen, living at No. B Oak street, died yesterday morning. He was born 1n county Leitrim Ireland in 1S15 At 19 he settled in this city. He was for years an overseer in the New York railroad yard. He leaves wife and four children, three daughters and one son, Rev. Thomas F. Car roll, pastor at North Easton, Mass, to mourn his loss.
 TAe Oncomfng of the Christmas Spirit.
 Christmas is at present principally herald ed by some very pretty displays of ever greens in various of the large stores, and rich and beautiful displays of goods in the princi- pal dry goods stores, not alone in the win dows. It is noticed among the merchants that Christmas gifts, especially of the more costly description, are being bought early this season. For a year or two past this has
 been more the case than formerly, and al
 ready this season many thousands of dollars have been invested in articles selected for gifts. One photographer has shut down on appointments for sittings for the present, having all that can be filled. confection- cry firm has four or five times had to renew it's stock of fine toys, and has disposed of whole Barnum's menagerie, of bipeds, quadrupeds, all decidedly pretty, though as hollow almost as bass drum. The de- mand for fine class of articles for gifts has been met in a style challenging admira- ton by many of our principal dry goods and other merchants. One coal firm is already in receipt of five orders for tons of coal to be sent as a surprise to poor families The in- terest taken in the thousand and one signs of Christmas by the children is more than surpassed by that shown in the preparations which are being made by some of the older folks to surfeit the children's hearts with happiness. Ladies and gentlemen are at work in several of the churches making :,,I,; which will be specially nice is being arranged for next Wednesday evening, at Calvary Bap- tist church, and it is secret to many of the young folks, who are clamorous with joyful anticipations. The telephone is busy, it is always busy, even when Morpheus has exercised it's potent wand over nine-tenths of the community,-in aiding and abetting schemes for making juveniles happy on Christmas eve and Christmas morning, and Santa Claus seems to take to the telephone with candid satisfaction, as naturally as a factories are pushed with orders for work l which must be done in time for the Christ l mas business.
 Two bears in one show window attract 1 great attention and amuse and interest hun l dreds of pairs of bright and serious eyes 1 every evening, and whether they are talking l politics or the Chinese question or discussing | about the variety of fashionable dresses | which pass the windows is mystery. As to | the variety of toys in the mechanical depart | ment the following from the Hartford l IInaes is applicable
 In mechanical toys there are some very | handsome things In windows On Main | street may be seen peacock walking up and down, spreading and varying it's tail Two 1,nn- elk ting their mouths and moving head and eyes in very natural manner. Mice and rats may be wound up and run around very live ly. Take up @ decanter of water and it be- gins to play a tune from concealed music box. Dolls walk about andcry for mamma and papa. General Grant sits and puffs cigar cite placed in his lips. A negro boy plays the banjo. Elephants bob their heads. Chi nese babies laugh and put out their tongues I Monkeys are arranged so that they go up and down rope. These are only few of the novelties to be seen in the stores along Main street.