Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-26
For additional Local News see 4th page.
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

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 Brief Mention.
 Attention is called to the advertisement Ot.
 The commercial travellers of Connecticut will have their annual dinner at Morris Cove July 29.
 Potatoes are very high and scarce and are selling at retail in this market at $1.4O per b1shel.
 There was large fire in the woods in Cheshire Sunday, much valuable woodland being burned over.
 A fire alarm bell which weighs 6,O0O pounds and cost $1 500 was put in position in Meriden yerterday.
 Vice President Reed was in Meriden yes- terday with reference to the preliminaries for Meriden's new depot.
 Superintendent Howe, of the Reform get a respite from arduous labors.
 Webb Hayes, son of the ex-President, was guest of Superintendent Howe of the Re- form School, Meriden, Sunday.
 l.. P. Deming, Esq, addressed the Union Ministers meeting Monday afternoon, on Prison Discipline and RefornI."
 A Bridgeporter has got the varioloid, MT. Michael Fallon, of water street, so two Bridgeport physicians have decided.
 Harmony Lodge, I. o. O. F., has special exercises this evening in honor of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the order.
 MT. Charles Chase started for Nova Scotia yesterday for trout fishing. The fronting in that region is unsurpassed in the world.
 Some very fine shad have been taken off the mouth of East Haven river. One was brought in yesterday which weighed nearly six pounds
 Rev. G. P. Mains, who was formerly set ain, has just been assigned to Grace church, Brooklyn, \. Y.
 A large attendance is indicated for the an- nual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce, which takes place at the New Haven House Wednesday evening.
 new house with store in the lower part is being erected on State street near Basser- mans brewery, and the erection of others in that vicinity is talked of.
 me DI1uB0pOTb WOudH WuO Hd6 SccA 1J1AS drunk on the New York track, in that city, by the engineer of an approaching train, was fined $2 and costs yesterday
 We learn from Dr. Fisk, the secretary, that the 26th annual meeting of the Connecticut Electric Medical association takes place at the United States Hotel, Hartford, Monday, May 9.h, opening at 1O:3O.
 0fP P,iI ,h1 few days ago was struck by locomotive and thought to be fatally injured, is so far recovered that it was expected he would be up and dressed and out yesterday.
 Hon. Charles Parker, of Meriden, yester- day presented the German School society of that city with fine lot for their projected school building measuring 25Ox18O feet. Ground will be broken for the new school on Monday.
 Rev. w. W. Newell, jr., who represents the American and Foreign Christian Union, will address the ladies of New Haven, in re- gard to the McAn mission in Paris, on We'd nesday, April 27, at p. m., in the Center church chapel.
 Naugatuck brakeman, named Levi $. Dart, was severely injured about the hip at Derby recently, by being struck by car on an adjoining track as he was climbing up the s;de of another car. The injured man lives in East Bridgeport. The special committee of the Common Council to consider the danger of railroad crossings met at City Hall yesterday after noon at o'clock. and afterward visited Lib ? .ty street crossing, where bridge is peti oned for over the Derby railroad. To-day the railroad commissioners will their regular spring examination of the railroads, by going over the New York and New Haven division. Wednesday they will examine the Shore Line, and Thursday bhe Hartford and New Haven division. The Hartford City Guard held 8 meeting | ast evening to consider an excursion to New | Haven with the Veteran association on the | 10th anniversary of the first parade of the | May 4th, 1881. 'Ths City Guard | will have their spring parade and inspection | May 18th. Colonel Charles H. Northam, of Hartford | las offered $4O,OOO for the erection of the | gateway" or new dormitory, on the west | tide of the great quad. This gateway" will | furnish accommodations for at least forty Itudents, and will add greatly to the beauty md usefulness of the buildings.
 The Palmer family reunion VI i'll be held at | ,tonington on the 10th of August. Hon. R. !. Wheeler, of Stonington. will read gen. alogical history and William Pitt Palmer, of Jew York, will be the poet of the occasion It recent meeting of the family an organi- ation, with sixty officers, was effected. The accident on Elm street Saturday even- ng by which lady was injured was, it eems, oceasioned by the horse which the sdy was riding taking fright at a tricycle. Thich the animal espied at or near the cor er of Orange street. The animal thereupon ranced and danced about the road and nally, the lady being unable to control it's lotions touched horse cal, and then start d suddenly, throwing the ls1y off, The ault was in no wise the fault of the car.
 The Chamber Of Commerce DInner. Members cf the Chamber of Commerce Tho desire to be present at the annual dinner , :. nran;s,e, and xvI,a hava ..aA l.