Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-12
LOCAL NEWS.



Harmony Divisiony-S>-of T., gives an exs
= cursion on the 28th of this month.
pair of fine vases have been presented to
the Sh.>P atrick's Literary society by friends.
Boys andmen are catching very little blue
fish off the bridges on the Quinnipiac river.
The Oyster Point stage has been tempox-
ariIy discontinued owing to sickness Of the
horses.
The good book says the rain falls the
just and unjust. New Haven must be between
the two.
The reunion of the Twelfth c. V. takes
place at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, on Thurs
day, the 18th inst.
Steam heat mains are being laid from Court
street to the City Hall. The City Hall is to
be heated by steam next winter.
The Good Templars of New Haven district
hold quarterly convention with Howard
Lodge, of this city, August 22nd.
Rev. T. Goodwin, of Philadelphia breaches
at the Wooster Square Baptist church to-
morrow. He was formerly resident here.
The late ex-Town Registrar William
Baldwin left estate amounting to about
SIG, OOO which is left to his wife and daugh-
ter.
More water having been required at the
county Jail four inch pipe has just been
: laid connecting it with the main on Whalley
avenue.
, The repairs of the Congregational church
? in Milton are completed and worship in it
will be resumed tomorrow, preaching by
Professor Hoppin.
The colored jubilee singers, led by H. D.
Phillips, will add to the exercises of the Good
samaritans at the Seamen's Bethel Sunday.
evening. Free to all.
Rev. Hugh Montgomery, the apostle of
Methodism and prohibition in the eastern
part of the State will speak at the open air
meeting at the old State House steps to-mor-
row afternoon at $50.
The earth is now plunging through the
skirts of the so called August meteor stream.
->People-were out last night looking for the
meteors. Quite gec~. : sEE4Isaay were seen,
without the aid Of fiery liquids.
meeting at the Seamen's Bethel to-
morrow at 3 p. m. will be conducted by
Deacon Fl. P. Alling. The meeting at the
Fair Haven Bethel at $50 same day will be
conducted by G. P. Frizell All are desired
to attend
pocketbook was picked up on Church
street by gentleman on Thursday morning
just after the Humphrey street church union
picnic party had passed 1t had only a little
money in it. 1t can be had at Coburn &
Co.'S on State street.
Patrick Bowling has made an appeal from
the Board of Compensation on the award of
damages for East Rock Park. He was award
: ed $1,000. He claims that his property is
q hoe {ba
rior Court for relief.
Robert Moore, a Middletown bricklayer,
fell from fourth story window of the new
hotel building in Meriden Thursday. He
struck on his side, and. strange to say, re
ceived but slight injuries, and will probably
be out in a day or two.
William Flint, of Old Lyme, has met with
--s-sad loss in the drowning of his son vii
liam, who while sturgeon fishing at st. Johns
New Brunswick, met his death. The young
mans boat was crushed under the keel of {
steamer. 1t was dark at the time. The BODY
was recovered.
Attention is called to an advertisement il
this issue concerning a loss of money. 1t il
not probable that the finder of the none,
{ needs it as much as the loser does, a I'D i
~ he kindly and honest to return it. Il
Ito money reward for it's return
sw9~~~.el also be the reward of an approvin,
conscience.
The Prohibitionists at their gathering a
Fenwick Grove nominated Rev. Otis Rang
as their candidate for Congress in this dis
trict. No other nominations were made
There being but few representatives presen
from the First Congressional district it wa
decided to postpone the nomination for tina
district to future date.
laborer in the employ of Mr.. Royal q
Skiff, Green's Farms. recently removed an
cured rose cancer upon his left arm by tn
application of poultice made of Paris gree
wet with water. He applied it on the theor
that one poison in the system could be neu
tralized by the action of another, and the re
suit has proven very gratifying to him.
y Negotiations have been completed betwee
the Ousatonic Water company and Georg
o. Schneider, of Ansonia, and the Osborne
Cheesman company for water lot south c
the present Osborne & Cheesman factor
site. A brick factory 1OOx4O will be erected
to be used in the manufacture of novelties
of which Mr.. Schneider is patentee. The blu!
mess is at present carried on in Ansonia
emp oHltn was visited Dy ais mother an
grandmother yesterday afternoon. Late
two Sisters of Mercy called on him. Chi
asked a visitor recently if murderers were a
rays hung when sentenced, and said perhar
They would not hang him. If, on the col
srary, he had got to be hung he would,
said, die like man. He said the canary birt
(which someone has put in his cell, was sorr
for him and didn't sing much because it VS.
! sorry, and when it sung it sung kind
mournful like.
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