Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

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 Hon. William c. Case, who has been ill with rheumatism, is improving.
 The grass on the old Green shows what 8 fine rain can do after long dry spell.
 The annual reunion of the Sixteenth c. V. will be held at Fenwick on Monday next.
 Elections will be held in all the even-num- bered Senatorial districts this fall-twelve in number.
 Another thunder shower last evening. The lightning was sharp, vivid and frequent, and the thunder rolled.
 The steamer Continental on and after next Monday will discontinue landing at Twenty third street, East river.
 There will be caucus of the Democratic Board of Aldermen this evening.
 Prof. Loomis has reunion of his dancing classes of last winter at Loomis' Temple this evening. Many will attend the pleasant af- fair.
 A meeting of the State Board of Education will be held next week to consider the report of the special committee in tho Secretary Northrop case.
 A tree was blown down at the corner of College and Wall streets yesterday afternoon. In it's fall lamp post and letter box attached were damaged.
 Norwich has a German woman at the Falls, who is not over 45 years of age, yet has been the mother of twenty-one children. Only nine of them are living.
 The fire which occurred at Sweetland & Go. s on Union street will not interfere with their manufacturing department, which is in fuli operation as usual.
 A pretty expensive five minutes doze is that which costs ten days pay and thirteen days loss of time (while suspended from duty) as in the recent case of one of our sp9lice officers.
 / James Mcdonald, the landscape gardener, has finished the work of laying out and grad ing the Yale athletic grounds. His work is spoken of in the highest praise by all who have seen it.
 A venerable lady, Mrs. Ring, mother of Peter Ring of Bridgeport, fell in descending the steps of a neighbours house Wednesday night aud fractured her left arm and sprained the wrist of her other arm.
 What scheme have the New Hayeners got in hand now? Their health commissioner has even sent for sample of the water from .s5uf ancient City Hall pump for the purpose of analysis.-Hartford Times.
 The unfortunate young brakeman Van Nostrand, who was killed at West Haven, was born and lived at Mineola, Long Island. whither his remains have been removed. His age was 21 years and II months.
 Nearly half million people visited Glen Island the past season from New York and this city. Two thousand of MT. starIn's en- ployes in New York visit the island next Sunday and have private picnic.
 At the Kerry Cow performance this even- ing Mir. Murphy will be presented with g handsome gold headed cane by New Haven admirers. The presentation will take place on the stage. The cane is now in Kirby's window.
 The Vanderbilt flyers, Maud s., Lysander Boy, Aldine and Early Rose, which have been at Charter Oak Park for some time were taken to New York by special car or the noon train over the New York, New Ha ven and Hartford road yesterday.
 The wreck of the schooner c. ". Bentley lying off West Haven shore, sunk last No vember. will be raised by D. V. Howell, o New York, who has taken a contract iron the government engineers. He is now busy removing a wreck off East Bridgeport.
 The Second artillery boys at Bridgepor Wednesday at their after-dinner meeting were entertained with speeches by Captai, Coe of this city, Colonel Fenn, c. H. Pine Captains Horn and Marsh. It was agreed that they never had pleasanter reunion.
 The Connecticut Telephone company vii soon have through line to Providence iron New London, 64 miles one from Norwicl tsJProvidence, 70 miles; from New Have1 -~'fo Providence, via Middletown, 13O miles New exchanges will be established at Mysti and Greenwich. The system will embrace line from Norwich to Danielsonville and Web ster, and from Middletown to Colchester The company has now in operation 400 miles of trunk line and 10000 of exchang wires with total number of $500 subscri bers.