Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-08
LOCAL NEWS.
Rl.iaf Mention.

More perfect June weather than yesterday is rare.
 The police squad who did escort duty for the Odd Fellows parade on Tuesday were all Odd Fellows
 The damage caused by the explosion at a loading machine at the Winchester armory Tuesday is between $20O and $500.
 There was no meeting of the Board of Public Works last evening and in fact no meetings of any kind at the City Hall.
 The foundations for the new buildings of the Marlin gun factory are laid and the su- perstructures will be erected this summer.
 The military code board, which expected to have ''meet" yesterday at the New Haven House, will not meet there until next We'd nesday.
 The New Haven Turn Verein goes to Bir- mingham next Monday, attending the sum- mer festival of the Birmingham and Derby Turner's.
 The work on the Bethel A. M. E. church on Sperry street Las been suspended until the corner stone is laid, which will be one week from next Tuesday.
 The public schools close for the summer June % Yale commencement takes place the 28th, and the Yale-Harvard race at New London on the 3Oth.
 The German Independent Rifle company will hold their annual picnic in Schutzen Park in August for two days, and the Schut zen corps of New York will be present.
 One thousand one hundred and eighty five bus hels of seed oysters were taken up and put off on to vessels by Mr. Henry c. Rowes steamer William H. Lockwood yesterday-a big days work.
 Wooster Lodge, F. and A. M, worked the third degree last evening. There was large attendance of Masons from the various city lodges and also some from the West Haven and Westville lodges
 The Shore Line limited express from Bos- and fifty. five minutes. This is five minutes faster than that made by the nickel plated limited express via Springfield. Q Our oystermen will be gratifed to know that Professor Lockwood proves by scientific investigation that an oyster can exist for thirty years, and that oysters are remarkably intelligent and know how to repair damages. People will probably be keeping them for pets some of these days.-Syr0cuse Herald.
 Corpus Christi will be observed in the Catholic churches to-day. Corpus Christi is a Latin term meaning the body of Christ, and the festival is observed in the Catholic churches by special services. Corpus Christi is called Fete-Dteu, the feast of God, by the French.
 party of fifteen young ladies is expected up from Bridgeport this evening to attend the strawberry festival of the New Haven Literary association which opens this even ing in the Horse Guards armory in the Glebe building. The association will be assisted by about thirty of their lady friends during the three nights that the festival will continue, all of whom take @ personal interest in it's success.
 The InfallibIe Coin Scale company, 267 Broadway, New York, are desirous of secur- ing an active, energetic man to canvass and sell their scale to storekeepers banks and business men generally. Anyone handling coin will find this scale most useful append age to his cash counter, and a never failing monitor to the instant detection of spurious light weight or plugged coin of any denomi- nation. Attention is dire cted to their adver- tisement in another .lumn