Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-04
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LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Rev. Gilbert Beebe, native of Norwich aged 80, died in Middletown, N. Y., Monday. Up to the present time Waterbury has 138 dogs registered against 800 up to this time last year. ''r The Ancient Order of Hibernians of this State have their annual meeting in Bridge port May 3Oth. -r-s Rev. Howard Billman is to be ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Southbury o-day.
 Rice's Surprise Party comes May 11th at Carlrs Opera House in ''Prince Achmet," as now being played at the Boston Theatre.
 Johnny Wood, a little boy in Mantle of three years, has been badly burned by fall ing backwards into pail of scalding water.
 Two old foxes and their eight young ones were caught by two hunters in East Lyme Saturday, and they will get $54 bounty thereon.
 The twenty-seven Grand Army Posts in Connecticut have a membership of over l. 800, and the order is gaining rapidly through out the State.
 The Ansonia Brass & Copper company have put telephone in their manufactory and can now be communicated with from New Haven at any hour.
 Hanford Lindley returned to West Haven recently from Florida, where he has an or ange plantation. He reports the trees doi ng well in his section of the State.
 Lotta comes at Carlrs Opera House Mon day. May 16th, in her new play entitled 'Hearts-ease," in which she appears as' May aTk 1,o la in advance.
 Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson will deliver the Decoration day address in Waterbury this year. There will be no parade, but the mem- bers of Wadhams Post, G. A. R., will deco rate the graves.
 Mir. Sherlock, who organized the Pinafore entertainments starts in to present Billee Taylor here with local talent from the Con- servatory of Music, and expects to give that popular opera sometime in June.
 A new locomotive with six driving wheels is being built for the New York and New England railroad at the shops of the Norwich and Worcester division in Norwich, and is the largest engine ever built there. It is ex- pected that it will be ready to leave the shop in September.
 The Turner's, who are to represent this State at the St. Louis festival in June, gave an athletic exhibition Monday evening at the Bridgeport Turn Hall, and afterwards took part in social dance given by the local soci- ety Mr. Seikle, of this city, the State teach CT, was present.
 A horse and wagon belonging to man named Collins darted down George street yesterday afternoon and narrowly escaped crashing into the window of Stone & Chidsey, the grocery merchants, corner of Church and George streets. It was stopped near the corner. There was quite fall in potatoes as the team progressed. -.
 Norwich family had a cat whose age ren- dsred her rather a nuisance, and she was chloroformed. The rigid form was subse- quently buried in the garden, the earth stamped solidly down, and rose tree planted over the feline remains inl naenaOTiGm. Next morning the family were astonished to see that cat at the window, purring to get in.
 lady correspondent who visited Provi- dence lately is warm in praise of the thor ough manner in which the business streets of that city are cleaned every day, they being kept almost, if not quite, as clean as the streets of Paris. She was contented with New Haven streets, but since visiting Provi- dence thinks there is room for improvement