Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-21
For Additional Local News see Sd and 4th Pages.l
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Br1e1 MenI1Ohs
 The fine skating at Lake Whitney attracted more throngs yesterday.
 The First M E. church Sunday school have Christmas festival at Loomis' Hall on Saturday afternoon.
 Charles H. O'Brien was arrested last even ing on suspicion that he had stolen an ulster in his possession which he was trying to pawn.
 The railroad men will open a reading room, corner of Meadow street and Columbus ave- nue tomorrow Wednesday, morning, for the use of railroad employees
 The Grays voted last night to go to Hart ford to attend Governor Bigelow's inaugura- ton, and to have the Wheeler < Wilson band of Bridgeport. They expect to turn out full company.
 Sheriff Seymour went to Middletown yes terday and took from the Retreat for the In- sane Mrs. Stiles, who is to be put on trial for poisoning children. She is now lodged in the Hartford county jail.
 Monson & Carpenter have received new lot of those artificial flowers and plants which have been taken up very rapidly by an approaching public. They make very hand some Christmas presents.
 iSvi6ner's Monthly for January, 'S1, is an elegant number. single number is fitting Christmas present. how much more yearly subscription For sale by Thomas H. Pease & Son, 1O2 Church street.
 Thomas Smith, violinist of the Wonder Novelty company, died very suddenly of heart disease at Windsor Locks on Friday night. The company had played there that night He has brother in Chicago.
 About noon yesterday there was slight fire in Browns old factory, on Union street. caused by the boiling over of some soap grease, which was ignited by the flames. Aside from the slight burning of the floor no damage was done.
 MT. F. c. Kennedy, of Wallingford, and Miss Ella A. Spencer, of Wisconsin, were united in marriage on Sunday at the residence of Richard Platt, No. 162 Carlisle street. Rev. MT. Teller, of the Howard avenue Congrega- tional church, officiated
 MT. Robert Britton, a Hartford plumber, brother of James c. Britton, died on Sat urday, after an illness of about five months, of pleurisy ''with effusion, ''-a very rare disease. He was 36 years of age and leaves wife and six small children.
 Parties crossing the Green complain bitter ly about the fertilizers being placed thereon. It is said that some have been made sick by the smell proceeding therefrom and have had to retrace their steps after starting to cross from one point to another.
 The wife of Rev. pr. l.. s. Weed formerly pastor of the First M. E. church in this city, died in Jersey City, Friday night, after long and painful illness. The funeral services were held last evening in the John street Methodist church, New York, of which Dr. Weed is pastor.
 A slater slid from the roof of the new building of the Hartford Screw company on Saturday. Instead of falling straight to the ground he shot out and struck upon the back of man digging trench and fell forward on his arms. Neither of the men were hurt be- yond few bruises.
 In one of the windows at Brown, Bolton & Co.'s, attracting much attention from the Christmas throngs yesterday, was the elegant silver pitcher voted for at the Dwight Place church fair at Peck's Grand Opera House, to be awarded to the most popular merchant, and which went to Brown, Bolton & Go.
 John Coates of the class of '65 at Yale, and principal of the Windsor Locks High school for the past two years, has resigned to commence the practice of law at Thompson ville George F. Stockwell, for several years a successful teacher in the Seymour schools, will take MT. Coates place about the first of January.
 The pastor of the St. John street M. E. church, Rev. J.W. Barnhart, began a series of sermons last Sunday evening on the book of Revelations. The subject was handled with his usual ability. The annual mission ary collection was taken during the day, to handsome sum-much larger l than 1-aarS ,1ravious