Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-24
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LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Brlef Mention.
 Mr. Silas Thompson, of West Haven, who has been quite i'll, is improving.
 A mud digger is at work deepening the channel on the inn CT side of Sheffield dock. It has progressed about 300 feet in the work The adjourned annual meeting of the Young Mems Christian association will be held this (Monday) evening at o'clock in Association Hall.
 Mir. George A. Cosgrove of Whitneyvllle, has called a meeting of the Greenback club, to be held in Tyler's Hall, upper floor, Mon day evening at o'clock.
 The New London Northern road will short ly add to it's rolling stock fifty coal cars, of a capacity of twenty tons each and baggage car with smoking compartment.
 Representatives of Turner organizations from various parts of the State met in Turn Hall recently, in reference to adopting new features in gymnastic exercises.
 The New York Her0ld suggests that Tam many Hall be taken down, removed piece meal to Fishers Island, re-erected and then ceded with the island itself to Connecticut.
 Burglars robbed William H. Posts house on Woodland street, Hartford, of few arti- cles of clothing Friday night. They missed the silverware. They got in by means of a ladder.
 Mr. E. S. Wells, chemist of Jersey City, has invented and is selling very useful arti- cIe for the household. viz, a holder for a hot fat-iron. It is just the thing and costs but little money.
 s,, 4I,o~ ell all where are scarce article. A multitude ot boys were out in the woods Saturday. The average success, after diligent and persever- ing labor was about 40 chestnuts to boy.
 Rev Charles Cutting, formerly pastor o1 the Ledyard Congregational church, has com menced his labors with the Centre Congrega tional church, at MontRille, and has moved into the parsonage which has been vacan1 since last March.
 Eight freight cars were thrown from the track in the accident to down freight trair at Five Mile River on Thursday. They wen down an embankment and were mostly de molished. The last of the wreck was brought to this city yesterday.
 William Fowler, we'll known resident o1 Middletown, aged 75, died Friday evening from the effects of fall into cellar. Hi father lost his all by having his vessel cap tured by the French, and had claim of $35, 900 in Congress which was never paid.
 Frederick Alderman, son of Orrin Alder man, of Pennington, Mass, formerly 6 clerk in Collinsville, Ct., dry goods store accidentally and fatally shot himself with g revolver recently in Texas, whither he went last spring He was 27 years old.
 The annual meeting of theAmerican Mission ary association occurs at Worcester, Mass November 1st, 2d and 3d. Round trip tickets will be sold from New Haven for $3.50. A very able corps of speakers are promised fol the occasion. Mr. s. R. Haywood, of Wor. cester, Mass, is chairman of the committee on entertainment.
 An exchange says: All the beautiful pres ents given to General and Mrs. Grant while they were abroad have been sent to New London by Mr. George W. Childs, who hat had charge of the eighty-two cases contain ing them The Philadelphia Record says sIt is understood that in the two and a-hali year trip around the world. General Grant received presents equivalent in value tc double the expenses of his journey.'
 Ninth Wnrd-TOwn Delegates.
 The Republicans of the Ninth ward have chosen town delegates as follows:
 Joseph Sheldon, Albert c. Wood, Samuel H. Gran his, A. B. Harris, Lewis Mix, James A. Fuller.
 Ninth Ward Committee-oliver A. Bill, Lewis Mix