Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-13

Ezel Lodge, K. of F., has literary enter tainment this evening, open only to members. NIT. and Mrs. George H. Kasson, of Beth lehem, celebrated their golden wedding last week.
 The pews of the South church. Bridgeport, brought upwards of $5,OO0 at the annual rental recently, the amount being slight in- crease over that realized last year.
 A large number of dead fatfi.h were float ing in the water above the Centre bridge at Bridgeport, Sunday. The cause of the mor- taIity among them no one seemed to know.
 The Wheeler and Wilson band, Bridgeport, are engaged to furnish music at Malleys grand opening in New Haven, Thursday evening, and for the Yale Commencement ex- ercses June go.
 President Watrous, of the Consolidated road sent the widow of Walter Welch, of New Britain, Welch having been killed by freight train, a check for $1OO, and paid the funeral expenses.
 Gov. Andrews has appointed Henry M. Stanton of Danbury, Richard H. Ward of PlainviIle, and Gen. W. H. Green of Hartford Commissioners to decide on a permanent camp ground for the National Guard.
 United States District Attorney O. G. Childs has gone to Kansas for the benefit of his health, and has improved so rapidly dur ing the past two weeks that his friends are hoping for his speedy restoration to health.
 The Dwight Place loan exhibition netted over $1 ,OOO on the church debt, and the Sun day school, which pledged $1, 900 also, has paid $845 AZ. This evening the pew-holders will arrange for supplying the pulpit after May 1.
 They say now that General Dwight Morris or the Hon. William D. Bishop will be coun- ty delegate from Fairfield county to the Ma tional Demo cratic convention, and that Hon. William H. Barnum will be the delegate at large from the Fourth district.
 bill has been introduced in the House of Represe natives providing for the payment of $4, 525 to Charles Warehouse, of Old Say brook, fer property of that value taken, used and destroyed by the federal army, at May port, Florida, during the late war. s MT. Joseph Colt, of Hartford, clerk in the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank in that city. will erect pretty cottage upon land of his at Savin Rock, next west of MT. Marsden's cottage. MT. Colt has been visitor at the shore with his friend, Mir. s. A. Marsden, on several occasions, as also has his mother, both of whom have taken so much pleasure at the shore as to cause their decision to build.
 BuchhOlZ.
 Judges Beardsley and Culver will preside at the Buchholz trial which begins to day at 10 o'clock at Bridgeport. The warrants for the regular panel of Is jurors summoned for the case have been returned, but it is probable that several extra panels will have to be called before jury can be secured.
 Rev. Dr. GaIIaher.
 Rev. Dr. Gallaher, formerly of this city, last Sunday gave the hand of fellowship to 69 new members. Thirteen more were detained, making in all for the past month S2 new members added to the Hanson Place Baptist church, Brooklyn. MT. Gsllaher is still in some sense a Connecticut man, he retaining his rural retreat at Essex on the Connecticut.
 Masonic Benefits
 At the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association of this city, held last evening, twenty one new members were accepted and four were referred or rejected. Two thou sand dollars were voted to the children of H. G. Landon, of Guilford, (previously asssssed) and %2 0OO Ivara vatad to ba hairo oP Do,o