Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-07
For other Looa Matters see Sd and 4th pages.l
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

Brief Mention.
A runaway occurred in West Haven yester-
day afternoon, a somewhat damaged buggy
being the only result.
Mrs J. E. Jones, of Portland, fell on We'd
nesday last and sustained compound frac-
ture of one of her legs
The semi-anuual meeting of the Conneetl-
cut Valley Dental society will be heldJune 16
and II in Greenfield, Mass.
Native strawberries have just appeared IN
our market. 1t is reported that the crop ID
the largest and finest ever raised IN this VI
cinity.
We were shown yesterday fine basket OF
Montowese peas, the first natives we have
seen this season, raised by the Eaton Broth
ers from seed from Frank S. Platt's.
There is an increased demand for draw
ing room car accommodations on the through
trains on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford road.
Friend c. Booth, of Meriden, died sudden
ly of apoplexy Sunday, aged 80. He was a
member of the New Haven Masonic Mutual
Aid association.
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present series of pupils recitals tomorrow
evening. The occasion will be the seventh
this season. Mr. Chandler will give another
series next season.
James H. Berne and Patrick Creed were
arrested last evening while engaged in fight.
Berne bit off the lower lip of Greed in the
melee and is charged with mayhem which is
State prison offence.
James Mitchell Was arrested last evening
for obstructing the walk on Fair street bridge,
and James Palmer was arrested for throw
ing stone through window of Strouse's
corset factory on Franklin street.
John W. Sterling, iron and steel merchant
in Bridgeport, and captain of the old Sec
ond Connecticut Light Battery. died Sunday
evening, aged "a The cause of death was
two carbuncles, one on his neck, the other on
the spine.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners will
pass over the New York and New England
extension from Waterbury to Brewster's, on
Friday, for the approval of highways. Hear
ings, if required. will be had at Waterbury
and Southbury.
A fine bay horse was stolen from the pas,
ture of G. w. Marsh in New Milford, Sun.
day. A party of citizens went in pursuit OF
the thief and captured him mile east OF
Norfolk with the horse and took them bach
to New Milford.
The State Association of Spiritualists hold
a picnic Mt Mantle Thursday. party
from this city will attend. Half rate tickets
will be placed with Mr. F.. r. Whiting, at the
new depot, at o'clock Thursday morning
for the sos train.
The remains of Leverett s. Curtiss, former
ly of this city, who shot himself in New
Britain Friday, were inferred in the Ode
Fellow lot in Evergreen Cemetery yesterday
He was buried under the direction of Har
mony Lodge, I. o. O. F., of which he was {
member.
There will be social gathering at thu
rooms of the Young Women's Christian asso
citation, POS Chapel street. on Wednesday
evening at quarter to eight o'clock. A lee
ture with stereopticon views, music, etc., arr
the attractions offered. All young womel
are cordially invited to be present
The proposed lines under act of the Legis
will be perambulated to-day by Selectmel
Foote of this town and Selectmap ChidseJ
of East Haven. The object of the peram
bulation is to decide accurately the bounda
ries under the annex" law.
The New England Transportation com
pany of this city has purchased the tue
boats "Game Cock" tfF. B. Thurber" anG
'Francis King" of the Eastern Transports
ton company, which will no longer ru1
boats to New Haven, but will continue it,
large business to Providence and other east
ern ports.
The subscriptions to the Waterbury sol
diers' monument fund now amount to nearly
$4,000. OF that sum s., 900 was given b,
the estate of s. W. Hall, $4,000 by J. G
Booth, and 81, 500 by Charles Benedict. Fiv,
subscribers gave $500 each, several CAV,
800 each, and the other subscriptions range
from that sum to twenty-five cents.
The brig Eiche, with cargo of sugar ant
molasses for the Armstrong;, arrived in por
yesterday noon. DIR. Purdy Lindsey boardet
the brig shortly after her arrival and ex
amined her papers and found clean bill
of health. The brig did not come from
Ponce, where there is considerable small
pox, but from Arroyo, in another part of tn
island.