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Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-14

A Committee ConcIave-The City's Conn
 mon Council Committees.
 The Committee on Nominations met last evening and agreed upon the following com mittees for the Common Council:
 Annual Reports-Aldermen Sheldon and Townsend; Councilmen Eners, Platt Shields, Barnes, Cushing, Marsh and Barker.
 Appropriations-A1derm Stoddard and Langley Councilrnen McKiernan, McQueeny, Marsh, Willis, Jacobs Twiss and Herman. Auditing-Aldermen Fulton and Peck; Councilmen Shoninger, Farnsworth, Cushing, Sargent Maltby, Building Lines-Aldermen Waddock and Burweu Councilmen Lawton, Gerard. McQueeny, Sliney, Car roll, Jacobs and Blakeslee.
 men Lawton. Benton Munson. Wilson, Sliney, Kelley and Nelch. Fire-Aldermen Studley and Landers; Councilmel McKiernan, Herman Jacobs. Scully Hilton, Elliott and Farnsworth.
 Ordinance Aldermen Farnam and Townsend Councilmen Shoninger, Woolsey, Twiss, Cushing, Barker, Willis and Carroll.
 Priuting-Aldermen Stevens and Twining; Coun- cimen Barnes, Sney, Platt, Kelley, Elers, Kaehrie Railroad Bridges-Aldermen Driscon and Dillon Councilmen Euers, Sargent, McQueeney, Maltby, Scully, Woo1sey, Elliott.
 Retrenchment, Reform and Abuses = Aldermen Armstrong and Bison; Councilmen Welch, Weld Carroll, Kehoe, Wilson, Marsh Shields.
 Sewers-A1dermen Chase and Klenke; Councilmer Munson, Shields Elliott, Kaehrie, Wilson, E1ers Kehoe.
 Streets-Aldermen Baldwin and Faulhaber; Coun clmen Gerard, Munson, Willis, Herman, Platt, Blakes lee, Barden.
 Souares-Aldermen Langley and BurweI1; Coun cnlen Shields Maltby, Kehoe, Twiss, Weld, Carroll Water-Aldermen Bison and Doty; Councilme1 Lawton. Sargent. Hilton, Benton, Barnes, Kelley Gerard.
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PIatt Nominated for Senator.

ALBANY, Jan. 1s.-The Republican caucus tonight nominated Thomas O. Platt, of Tio- ga, for United States Senator to succeed Herman. There was a full attendance of members and 1O4 votes were cast as follows: Platt 53, Crowley 26, Sherman s. Rogers 10. William A. Wheeler 10, Ely Lapham 4, W. M. Evarts 1. Before the announcement of the result the vote for Evarts was changed to Platt making his total 54.
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Testimonial From Illinois Ladies to Mrs.
 President Hayes.

An association of ladies at Ottawa, Illinois, have arranged plan to honor Mrs. President Hayes for her exclusion of the wine cup from the White House and in recognition of her high moral worth. They will present her with satin hanging and autograph album. The album will be composed of autographs written upon parchment blanks, which, with an engraving of the hanging will be hand somely bound. They are obtaining the auto graphs of host of leading and prominent men in all the professions and other walks in life. A presentation poem. written by dis tinguished poet, will preface the autographic testimonial, and each department will be pre- faced by presentation sentiment, ad- dress, written by leading representative. The hanging will be suspended by rods and rings made of wood taken from the home stead of the late President Lincoln at Spring field, III. The memorial is to be presented on the 22d of February.
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THE FIRE RECORD,
A Blaze at Worcester.

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 13.-Fire this evening partly burned Smiths brick block near the Union depot. The loss is from $4O,- 900 to $50, 900. The losers are E. T. Smith < Co.,, grocers; Smith & Green, retail gro cers Whitcomb Bros, boot and shoe manu- lecturers, and Edward T. Doan, heel manu- facturer. All are fully insured. The build ing was damaged $1, ,OOO insured
 Lives Lost i'm a Burning Theatre.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 13.-The theatre at Cronstadt was totally destroyed by fire to- night, and the director and seven others per ished in the flames.
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PeFsonaI.

Judge D. B. Lockwood, of Bridgeport, fell on an icy walk Tuesday and fractured his | leg
 Hiram T. Andrews, an old resident of
 Wallingford, died in Brookvale, Cheshire, Wednesday. Mrs. Bartlett, widow of the late Hooker
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NEW YORK.
ChiIdren Rurned to Death.

CMIIdTeh Burmed 10 UeutMs
 ROCHESTER, JaR. ls.4The Fssidskce of James O. Buckley, twenty seven miles south of this city, was burned to the ground this morning at o'clock Two children, 8 boy and girl aged respectively and 10 years of age, were burned to death. The parents barely escaped from the lower story, while the children slept up stairs and could not be reached All the contents of the house, in efndiiig $500. in bills, were destroyed The fire originated from defective chirn-
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LOST
RUcTioNA<RLES iSS SEj

A FUR GLOVE bound with seal skin round the "A top. suitable reward will be paid by leaving it st 1O8 CHURCH STREET. ia14 It
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MARRIAGES.

HILL-TYLER-In Westbrook Jan 11th. Charles F. Hill, of Madison, and Hattie E. Tyler of West brook. PERRY-WILLIAMS-Tn Fair Haven, January 12th by the Rev. Charles H. Williams Fred c. Perry and Miss Emma M., only daughter of the late Selden Williams.
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FUN SA1LES
 he4A THE Quinnipiac Mills situated 2 1-2 miles iiiA south of Wallingford depot the Quinnipiac lh River. This is the best water power in New Haven county, with never failing supply of water, easy of for manufacturing of any kind quiring steady power; large buildings, including dwelling house and grounds. Excellent Grist Mill large run of trade; excellent stand for handling flour and feed The property has been thoroughly oyerhauled the past season, and is now offered on easy terms; would take city property in part pay ment. GEO. A. 1SBELL. jal4
 DISSOLUTION. TTNHE copartnership heretofore existing under the u name of Harry Leigh agt. for Walter W. Won son Bro, doing business at 209 State st., New Ha ven, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent the bus of the firm to be settled by Chas. F. Wonson, of the firm of Walter W. Wonson < Bro., to whom all bills must be paid.
 WALTER ". woNsoN BRO.
 HARRY LEIGH.
 New Haven Ct Jan. 14, 1881. ja14 1tz
 District of New Haven ss. Probate Court,l
 January 12th 1881. TNSTATE of GRACE A. DAGGETT, late of New IL Haven, in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested within said time, will be debarred recovery. All persons indebted to said estate requested to make immediate payment to CHARLES A. WHITE,
 Administrator with the will annexed, ia IA 2d1w 69 Church street.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-14

Max Temp, 37; Min. Tenn. 16; Total Rainfall or Melted snow Gnches and 1O0ths, OO Max velocity of wind, miles per hour
 J. H. SHERMAN, Observer,
 Sergt. Signal Corps, D. s. Army.
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TO RENT,
FOR RENT
FOR SALE

AEs4, ONE store No. 63 Grown st., one large brick MAss'H barn, shed and yard room; stalls for 35 MllI horses at 25 Union st. tenement, rooms, on Orchard st. two tenements on Bradley State.
 ia14 GIOSON HALL.
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JOSEPH B. ANGELL, . JOHN E. SWIFT,
 WILLIAM HENRY PR.

Congressman Bayne, of Pennsylvania, re- ceived a telegram early this evening saying that nearly fifty members of the Pennsylva- mia Legislature had refused to enter the Re- publican caucus to nominate candidate for Senator. Senator Wallace also received a telegram confirming the news. The absen- tees are Grow men. Both Wallace and Bayne declared that this action rendered the nomi- nation of Oliver or Grow impossible It is believed that the compromise candidate, if a compromise candidate is necessary, will be Mr. Hewitt, who was recently unanimously elected Speaker of the Pennsylvania House.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-14

[B BOOTH, Auctioneer.l SATURDAY EVENING, January 15th at A Centre 0 street, near Church street. 200 German Canaries and Goldhnches. Regular Saturday sale at 72 "A Center street. commencing at 10 8. ja14 2t
 TO RENT, dnAas THREE STORY basement and attic brick IssH house of College and Grove streets, with .lib all the modern improvements; house in per feet repair. ALFRED WALKER, ja14 6t' 85 Orange st.,.or 139 College street.
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Great Britain.

Alarming State of Gladstone's Health.
 LONDON, Jan. 13.-Gladstone, upon whose health the excitement of the political strug- gle through which he is passing is having 8 serious effect, so far as to disable him from appearing at all in the House yesterday, is reported to be somewhat better to-day, al- though he keeps in doors and declines, as far as possible, to see visitors. The uncertain condition of the Premier's health consider ably alarms his friends, who cannot help ob- serving how the cares and worries of his office are drawing him towards a necessary resigna- tion, or result still more to be lamented. His sensitiveness and nervousness visibly in crease with the continuous mental strain put upon man of his impressible tempera- ment.
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Tha HanIan.LnYcoclk NIatch,

LONDON, Jan. 13.-The interest in the Han- lan-Laycock rowing match increases as Mon- day draws near. A number of men are to be seen daily on the towpath between Putney and Barnes watch in hand timing the work of the rivals. The result usually shows that the Australian makes six to eight strokes more than Hanlan. Report was current that Hanlan had sprainea his arm, but 1t proved to be very slight matter. Hanlan states that he never felt better or more confident of the result He sprained bis arm, but does not experience any trouble from it. Ross,
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Anrl1sfneirts.
Trot on the Boulevard.

Trot on the BOuIevard. -, TNHERE will be trot for purse of 50, Saturday N afternoon at o'clock, Jan. 18th, on the Bouie- yard, best in 5. Three we'll known New Haven horses will contest. If stormy next fair day
 jalz It.
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TO RENT

TO RENT.
 AeA4 The House No. Is Gill street, just finished, #ass consisting of nine All modern im- M.U provements, gas water, bath room water closet &c. Also the lower part of No 16 Gill street, consisting of six rooms gas and water nice garden. Inquire of JACOB HELLER, n15 Yale Bank Building.
 FOR SALE.
 jfAA The fine residence of the late Samuel Russell, &iiiiH of Park and George streets, only five &lU minutes walk from the postofhce. The house is large and modern sty1e with all the conyeniences usually found in strictly first class house. Lot 159 feet Park street, 220 feet George street, ming through to Spruce street. The grounds stocked with trees and vines, bearing the choicest rieties of fruit in great abundance The house with 75 feet on Park street running through to Spruce street, including barn, will be sold separate If de- sired Apply to E. BLACKMAN, n15 174 York st., cor. Chapel st., New Haven.
 FOR RENT.
 5AA THE four story brick block House No. 163 'a Temple street, heated by steam, for rent at sS5 MlW per month. H. H. BUNNELL, n3 If 216 Chapel Street.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-14

| NIED-AGENIS TNO SELL the new Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma 1 chine. The only machine making perfect lock- stitch with shuttle thread; in short, this machine is admitted to be the Hghtest running neat, durable. and very best upon the market for all purposes Address apply to
 WHEELER & WILSON MFG. CO.,, jas 12t New Haven, Conn. WANTED FENo buy, lot of secondhand Furniture andCar- 1 pets Highest cash price paid Orders by mai promptly attended to, at
 o2O 2s CHURCH ST.
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Real Gstatt.
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT, hsAA FOUR ROOMS in the second story of II Mar E's tin street. with attic and cellar price SLIGO, E.ll Also a barn with shed and water hydrant in rear of 121 Park st. A, WHEELER, ja12 115 Park st.
 FOR RENT, sR4A FURNISHED unfurnished, the premises N#ssli 18S East Grand street. House heated with EiU steam throughout hot and cold water and gas in every room, bath room on both hoors House in perfect order Large lot tJ0 by 225 feet, well stock with fruit Stable for four horses, ample carriage room Will be rented low to a responsible and desir- able tenant. Apply by mail t
 N. A. LUDINGTON, d29 I'm Crisheld, Md.
 HALL TO RENT. JsA THE large and commodous Hall, 3n3 Chape #E'd street. will be rented during the season for So EslI cials Parties Fairs or Lectures. Rent low. Inquire on the premises, Room No. Is. d2O E. L. BASSETT.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-13

At a meeting yesterday afternoon
the M. & G. r. r. and Memphis cot
ton press withdrew their petition for
the closing of High street. The car
track on Poplar street was reported as
about to be repaired.
A petition asking leave to make a
parade ground on the bluff for the
B. G. G.'s and G. G.'s was laid over.
Citizens of Linden street asked to lay
a pavement only six feet wide and sod
the balance. Referred.
The petition of j. j. McComb for
an extension of his lease on the ground
in real of the Southern oil works was
reported upon unfavorably.
The railroad committee made a
lengthy report, the leading points in
which are that to enable the NJ. & i.
R.R. to reach its present depot will re-
quire a modification of the present
track arrangement. They recommend
that a general meeting Of railroad
officers be held to agree upon arrange
ment for laying such tracks upon Full
ton street as would best subserye their
common interests, as the right of each
to reach their several depots by the
most practicable routes is recognized.
Two tracks should be laid on Fulton
street to be owned by all the COM
panies in common. The companies
should be made to lay and keep in re-
pair a stone pavement. 1t is recon
mended then to grant the petition Of
the l.. & N. r. r. to lay and maintain
such tracks as they ask, subject to the
above conditions. The report was
adopted.
A committee we're appointed to buy
flowers to the amount Of So for Court
Square.
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Police Points.

Seven arrests were made yesterday.
Three citizens paid fines for having
filthy premises.
A vicious dog received his death
sentence.
Joe Costello, once one of most ex-
pert mechanics in the country, bat
now a whisky bloat, was sent to the
hospital to be cured of delirium
tremens.
Certain persons take advantage Of
the police order in reference to dogs
and distribute a little medicated beef
on their own hook, yet the policemen
get all the censure.
Detective McCune returned from
Holly Springs yesterday with Adam
Sanders and a mule which he had
stolen. Sanders is also accused Of OBJ
tanning money under false ~pretenses.
One of the mostaccomplished of the
convicts ever put in the calaboose is
the cook, who is half Spanish and
half Irish. He can speak French,
Spanish, Irish and English, and is
sometimes used as 40 interpreter.
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dlard of Thnnks.

EDITOR LEDGER = Permit me,
through your paper. to thank the
Taxing District board and council for
the very liberal appropriation of So to
FIJI ten vases in Court square, and the
personal compliment to rue to have
the work done in good taste and style,
not to exceed the amount thus appro-
priated.
l accept the job with many thanks
but not the appropriation.
The same parties who built the
fountain and presented it to the city,
and the same who planted twenty-five
shade trees this spring around Court
square at their own expense, will pay
for this, and the liberal appropriation
of So made for this purpose a be
applied to paving Union and Beale
streets. Respectfully,
JAMES ELDER.
Memphis, May IL, 1881.
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a RrutaI Affair.

About three o'clock this morning a
car crowded with passengers got of
the track on Vance street, near Her
nandO, and VIM. Flynn, driving a car
just behind it, stopped and went to
the assistance of the foremost driver.
Approaching the rear platform, he
requested several men standing there
tostep off and allow them to put the
car back on the track. What have
you got to do with it2" yelled one Of
them, striking him a blow in the face
at the same time. Two or three Of
the others yelled Kill him kill him.
don't let him co." and jumping upon
MIN beat the poor fellow nearly to
death. His face was bruised and
beaten so that his features are hardly
to DO recognized.
At one time his life was 10 danger,
as he was thrown under the feet Of
the mules. The noise Of the ARRAY
reused the n~eighborhood for squares,
and many got out Of bed and dress.
ed. fearful that some atrociouf
crime was being committed. Flynn
recognized two of his assailants az
Louis Enz and Rufus Foster, both o.
whom we're arrested this forenoon and
compelled to put up forfeits Of sixty
dollars each. Both were drunk, anC
when in that condition are known Ia
be quarrelsome.
Flynn, the driver, has been in thu
employment Of the company for sew.
eral years, and is a iayorite with hi
employers and those who travel on thu
cars. He is hard working and atten.
tive. and never known to be drunk Oh
nnarrelsome.
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on Saturday with H. seessel, Sr., q
Son, corner Jefferson and Second.
A bit Of "sarkasm' later Artemus
Wards old way of spelling it, is to be
found in a communication to-day
from Mr.. James Elder, by whose en-
ergy, industry and earnestness our
handsome Court square is SO tastily
adorned with fountains and other or
namental and useful features.
Housekeepers will find at G. w.
Nails carpet store, 1854 Main street,
a full line of handsome carpets of
various grades. He offers special
bargains in 20 pieces of fine Brussels
carpets, and also 3 handsome ready
3.ply carpets. These arc offered
at figures which will justify a house
keeper in purchasing and laying them
away until fall.
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LEDGER

Gallon apples-Lytle & Shields.
Roll corned beef-Lytle & Shields.
"ROsecroft," just out, at Williams s.
Gallon tomatoes-Lyt & Shields.
Brown & Jones, coal dealers, 282
Main street.
Telephone Haherling, 28l Second.
for rubber stamps, stencils and seals
Schiller Lodge, L. 0. o. f., will
give a picnic at Estiyal park on Mon
dag, May 80.
Plenty Of Barbour's strawberries.
Wholesale and retail, at Oliver, Finnie
d Co. s, received four times a day.
Two marriage licenses were issued
yesterday; mons this forenoon. Nav
is said to be an unlucky month for
marriages.
New books have been made out in
accordance with the new law, in which
a record of all deaths from any cause
whatever, will be kept.
Housekeepers can have fresh meals.
fish and vegetables delivered on Sun.
day morning by leaving their orders
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A VeryLitiIe Bird.

"Te.whit, te-whitl" chirped a little
brown bird as it futtered ia upon the
window sill Of the chiefs Office this
morning and began 10 inspect It's sur
roundiDgs. Evidently ignorant Of the
power uniform covered it paid no at.
tontion 10 the chief beyond turning
its head on one side and looking into
his face, but hoped to the floor and
picked industriously away at the eagle
on a bright, brass button. A warrant,
backed in red, next attracted his at.
tention, but finally satisfied after a
close scrutiny that IL was for none Of
his family the little fellow clapped his
wings aud rejoined his mates on tho
caves,
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Wnfer nnd Wenfher.

The noon signal service telegram
from Washington says the Mississippi
will continue to fall at Cairo, st. Louis
and Memphis. The Ohio river will
continue to fall at Pittsburg and Gin
cinnati, the Tennessee at Chattanooga
aud the Cumberland at Nashville.
The weather for the Tennessee and
Ohio valley will be fair, with variable
winds, shifting to the east and south,
followed by falling barometer and
slight changes in temperature by Sat
urday morHiDg. In the lower Mis-
souri, valley local showers are prob
able.
Temperature at sunrise, 75 degrees
in the shade. Range yesterday, 20 to
SO degrees, and calm and clear all day
except a slight thunder shower in the
afternoon, not sufficient to lay the
dust, and not thick dust either. The
temperature to-day is cooled all over
the south from one to seven degrees,
excepting here and at Vicksburg. The
temperature in the middle and Allan
tic states is from IA to 20 degrees above
the mean.
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Special 10 The Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, May II. - Some
weeks ago Secretary Blaine directed
an investigation Of the condition of
the American hog TO be made. Special
agent OF the department Of the state
explored the west for information.
The result of tho investigation, en-
bodied in a small volume, will soon be
published. The monogram will con-
tain a history Of the American hog
from It's birth down to its disappear
ance down European throatb, as we'll
81 a review Of his present condition.
1t will, it is understood, establish the
correctness Of Blaine's disclaimer in
reply 10 charges made against the hog
by interested people in Europe, and
BY that badly informed British vice
consul at Philadelphia,
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PIu,nn,er,s TrIaI Po.tDoned.

Early this morning a crowd began
to collect outside Esquire Quigley's
Office where Policeman Plummer was
to be tried, and by ten o'clock W
place was a seething mass Of persplr-
ing people whe fled away disappointed
when it was announced that no trial
would be had. General Luke Wright,
Plummer's counsel, is absent from the
city and did not return.
Plummer appears to look at things
pbilosophically and awaits an investi-
quietly. He spends most Of
his time about the stationhouse.