Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-24
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LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 Senator Hawley is at westfeld, Mass, with his aged father, who is very low.
 The camp meeting of the State Spiritual ists at Niantic will close September 18th.
 The Sixth Connecticut regiment will hold reunion at Stamford, September 14th. The Bridgeport butchers picnic and eat clam bake at Burns Point, Milford, to-day. The Second Connecticut Heavies will reu- nite in Woodbury on the 22d of September. The Pharmaceutical Commission meet in Hartford on the first Tuesday in September. The Haymakers of New Haven go to Bridgeport next Saturday to play the AGchors.
 Attention is called to advertisement of pony and cart for sale. A neat and stylish turnout suitable for ladies or misses.
 St. Michaers Sunday School and parish, Naugatuck, and Trinity church of TorrinR- ton, picnic at High Rock Grove on satur- day.
 man named Edward Crosby in Water bury unaccountably shot himself Monday afternoon, and had to have one of his arms amputated.
 Ten bids were made for the contract for building the new Air Line depot at Middle town on Tuesday. Decision as to the award was reserved.
 About 15O delegates were present at the State Turner's festival at New Britain Tues day and Wednesday. The festivities closed last evening with @ grand ball and the distri- button of prizes.
 :Vennor says: "As heat and storms have come to date on the 18th and 20th, fear my predicted storms for New York and sea- board cities on the 25th and 26th are also likely to strike the mark''
 Charley Miller, 14 years old, son of Patrick Miller of Meriden, while visiting relatives in Kensington, went in swimming with some boys Sunday and was drowned in a pond. The body was recovered.
 Old linen, and linen handkerchiefs espec- ially, are much needed at the hospital. Friends are requested to send in any such ar ticles, or give notice where they may be ob- tained and they will be called for.
 Dr. Mayer, of Hartford, extracted pin from a lady patients throat Monday. She had been suffering much and was so rejoiced to get relieved that she went into mysteries, her joy overcoming all her suffering.
 The store of Peter Strasburger, in Strat- ford, was broken into Sunday night and robbed of two revolvers, lot of silk hand kerchiefs and other goods, the value of the whole being between $50 and $60.
 William H. Vanderbilt was reported as seen at the new depot yesterday and en
 
 Somebody was seen who had the Vanderbilt appearance, but it was not the money king.
 The new fire alarm bell in the tower of the new engine house on Howard avenue was put in circuit yesterday by Superintendent Fairchild, and was struck at 9 o'clock last night for the first time. It worked all right.
 Business at the new depot ticket office is very driving as for several weeks past, and Mir. Ayres, night agent is on day duty assist ing Mir. States and Mir. Heath, formerly of Moseley s restaurant in the depot, oficiates at night.
 The funeral of Mrs. Hooker, wife of Frank Fl. Hooker, took place yesterday afternoon from the residence on Orange street. A large number of sorrowing friends attended, and Rev. Dr. Harwood officiated. There were very elegant floral tributes.
 The Plainville camp meeting commences next Monday. A New Haven man has been engaged to play the cornet. J. G. Griswold, of Meriden, will lead the music One hundred hymns mostly from the hymnal have been printed in a little work for the meeting.
 The Fair Haven and Westville horse rail road have recently received two new sixteen foot cars from the manufactory of The John Stevenson company of New York The cars are numbered 31 and 32, and have all modern improvements. The seats are of wood.
 Grove O. Austin, who for nearly twenty years was interested in the Austin House of this city, after short absence has returned and purchased the livery stable at Mo- 315 Chapel street, and restocked it with every thing new. He can furnish anyone desiring good team with fine turnout.
 MT. Phelps the builder, who erected this year several of the beautiful new buildings at Glen Island, built the two cottages for Mir. Martin near the shore, one of which MT. George filling occupies; also the pretty Thompson cottage on the corner of Beach street and Railroad avenue, opposite the shore residence of Mr. Marsden.
 Personal.
 Prof. B. Jepson is at Saratoga
 Mayor Robertson and Arthur D. Osborne, Esq, clerk of the Superior Court, arrived home yesterday from the White Mountains Principal Dutton of the Eaton school and his wife returned yesterday after visiting Chicago the great lakes, Washington, D. O., Martha's Vineyard and Hillsboro, NH.
 High Rock Picnic.
 The East Congregational church and socie- ty, together with the Sunday school will hold their annual picnic at High Rock Grove on Friday, August 26, if pleasant, if not pleasant on Saturday, the 27th. Tickets can be had of the committee, or at the depot at 8 o'clock Friday morning, for 50 and 25 cents. Cars leave at 8:30 o'clock.
 AFamIly Relic Found.
 The Rev. J. E. Elliott of Newington, na- tive of New London, has in his possession an image three feet in height that was the sign of his ancestor, a mathematical instrument maker in New London before and after the revolutionary war. Clark Elliott commenced 8 series of almanacs in 1767 and is said to have been the instructor of Nathan Daboll whose series of almanacs began in 1773. The sign was in the form of 0 man holding 8 quadrant, and dressed in the costume of a I century ago. It passed out of thepossession ! of the family probably seventy five or eighty ! years since. Some aged people remember it | standing before the store of Samuel Green, I who printed the Connections G0sette in New I London in 1797 or earlier perhaps in 1889. \ The image is remembered as holding articles | of stationery, the quadrant having been re- | moved. It has been in Gales Ferry forty or | fifty years, but was recently found by MT. Il Elliott in Groton. It has been remarkably well preserved and is an interesting object in connection with the centennial. .-Neao LOas- don z6IegrGn.