Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-22
For other Local Matters see Sd and 4th pae
LOCAL NEWS.
lkriAf Mention.

Brief Mention.
 About 30 people in Milford are subscribers to the telephone.
 The Light Guards, Captain Loon1is, picnic at Savin Rock July II.
 The Veteran Mfs sonic association of this State meets in Derby to-day.
 The Yale Glee club sing at the Opera House in Meriden this evening.
 In Voluntown recently, at the pond of paper mill an eel caught weighing seven pounds and quarter.
 Joseph Beckel X Co.'s extensive corset works are being reftted this week with new Wheeler & Wilson No. 8 machines.
 A boy, in Bridgeport, named Horace Good sell, son of E. Goodsell, was run over by a carriage yesterday, the wheels passing over his body.
 The salaries paid school teachers in Water bury are smaller than in Bridgeport, New Britain, Hartford, New Haven, Middletown "a Norwich
 Ike Yale University nine plays the Allan
 bs, Brooklyn, at Hamilton Park this af ternoollsat four o'clock The adulission is thirty five cents.
 General Stowart l.. Woodford delivers an oration at Wesleyan commencement exer- cises, Middletown, before the senior class Anext Monday afternoon.
 drunken man, belonging in this city, fell of tn Reck at Bridgeport at 1 o'clock yes terday Aping, He was 6shed out safely and escorts 10 the lookup.
 It hailed at tn1iRslxMrates in Packerville, Windham county, Sunday after4oon Many Danas of oIacs wara brokaD and so,,,o of +ba ice pebbles were two inches in diameter
 house in Holland, belonging to L. s. Fuller, was struck by lightning recently. A lady named Mack was stunned by the shock About $1O damage was done the house.
 Rev, Robert Colyer, of New York, deliver ed an oration on George Eliot, in the parlors of the Hillside Seminary, Bridgeport, Mon- day evening before fine audience of invited guests.
 The funeral of Theodore Terry took place yesterday morning from his residence on Howard avenue, Revs. C. H. Williams and D. \ W. Teller officiating. The internent was in Bristol
 number of fine new summer cottages are being erected near the mouth of Oyster riv- CT, about six miles from this city, in the vi cinity of the fine summer abode of Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Waterbury
 Rev. Dr. BeardsHey, of this city, senior member of the board of trustees of St. Mar garet's school, Waterbury, delivered an ad- dress to the graduates at the closing exercises of the institution on Monday.
 Charles Leigh, the grocer on State street, is selling some very fine and large strawber- ries, of the popular Sharpless variety, raised by Philo Bradley & Son, Hamden Some of them measure two inches in diameter.
 The Young Women's Christian associa- tion's social gathering at their rooms, POS Chapel street, opposite the Grays' Ar mory this evening, will be another very pleasant occasion. It is open to all young ladies, whether members or not
 The specially bea utiful floral tribute pre- scented to Major and Mrs. Moulthrop at their golden wedding Thursday evening was two feet in diameter and bore upon it in floral work "1831-1S91." It was from few of the many friends of the recipients at Calvary Baptist church.
 If Brown, Bolton < Co., have taken the helm of our esteemed contemporary the Reg- tster, as appeared by the heading of the edi- torial page yesterday, those enterprising dry goods men have certainly made 8 new de- parture. However, the announcement was no doubt quite surprise to both the paper and the dry goods firm.
 The steamboat Rosedale, of Bridgeport, took large excursion party from that city, who went to Starin's Glen Island, Monday, the first of a series of excursions to be made from that city by the boat, in connection with Starin steamers. The Rosedale trans ferred her excursionists to Starin boat, the Sylvan Dell, of City Island. The run to Glen Island from City Island occupies but few minutes. It is officially announ ced that the faculty of the Academical depar tment of Yale will allow persons who propose to enter year hence to pass part of their examination with this I years candidates at the end of the present | month. Such persons may offer not more l than ten Gin which reading Latin and Greek ! at sight must not be included) of the eight | cen subjects of examination, and must be l accepted in at least seven in order..to receive l any certificate.