Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-19

Prof. Chandler gives another of his soirees musicale on the 26th
 The Grand Lodge of Masons will meet in Masonic Temple this morning at 10 o'clock. Gus Williams will appear at Carll's Opera Rouse on Friday, January 2Sth, in his new play.
 The stockholders of the Naugatuck road received over $1OO,oOO Saturday in divi- dends.
 The beautiful and favorite play Hazel Kirke" is booked for the New Haven Opera House Saturday, the 29th.
 The County Commissioners at their session yesterday granted 8 beer license to Kate Wrinn, No. 23 Oak street.
 MT. George D. Curtis, city editor of the Hartford C0urGHt, arrived home from his European trip, Monday, on the steamer Erin.
 The 18th annual convention of the Con- neeticut State Temperance Union will be held at Meriden to day. About 1000 invitations have been sent to the churches of the State and large attendance is expected.
 A large party of friends gathered at the residence of Mir. Alphonso Dimon in Bridge port last evening, the occasion being the an- nual celebration of his marriage. Quite a number were present from this city.
 The man whose body was found frozen stiff in Charles Wooding's barn on Hamden Plains, last Saturday morning, was s. w. Bunnell of this city. The jury of inquest returned verdict of frozen to death.
 Mir. Frederick J. Hart, manager of the restaurant at the new depot, starts this morning, accompanied by his wife, for { weeks leave of absence. They will deyot. most of the time to visit to Washington D. c.
 The funeral of Prof. Wm. c. Fowler, O, Durham, took place yesterday, and was nu merously attended by prominent men of tn, town, county and State. Rev. E. c. Bald win, of this city, was one of the officiating clergymen.
 correspondent of the Hartford C0urunt speaking of the age of the late Rev. Dr. B M. Hill, mentions two other venerable mer among the Baptist clergy, viz, Rev. L. Gage of North Woodstock, aged 93, and Rev David Wright of Essex, aged 92.
 Yesterdays recorded transfers of real estate are: Massena Clark to Thonfas McKiernan thirty-six feet of land running parallel witl Hallock street; William H. Coolidge to Ey arts Cutler, fifty 1.-two feet on St. John street : --kdam and Mary Stephen to Anton Reuss fifty feet on Hamilton street.
 Samuel Moyle, the engineer who was SC terribly burned by the accident at Wheeler & Wilson's factory at Bridgeport on Mon day, died from his injuries on the same even ing between and o'clock. H. P. Fowler John Devaney and Frank Moran are all get ting along as comfortably as could be expect cd and will recover.
 Mrs. Pegg, wife of the Rev. Mir. Pegg oi Kensington, has gone to Troy, New York, tc visit friends and also to receive medical treat ment for defective eyesight Mrs. Pegg hal for long time suffered much pain and the realization of the terrible fact that she wal losing her sight. It is hoped the treatment received may prove beneficial.
 Landlord Browne, of the Grand Centra Hotel, Newtown, has his hands full these days providing for sleighing parties tha make his excellent house their destination He furnished entertainment Monday nigh for 13O from Bethel and Danbury, and re ceived large party last evening from Brook field. Since the sleighing season set in hs as provided for parties numbering abou 200 weekly.
 At the sleighing carnival centering at Gull ford yesterday there were 67 sleighs in al from Branford. They werc met at the wes side bridges by party of Guilford teams When they reached the Green they were re ceived by ringing of the Episcopal churct hall 4 large sleighing party from Deep River and Chester, with band Of music, visited Gin. ton yesterday.