Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-10

too. Mir. Graham, addressing his workmen,
 said: lowing to the high price of meats
 and other necessaries of life which make it
 impossible for anyone to live as cheaply as
 formerly, I have decided to increase the
 wages of the employees of this company.
 Hereafter you will get 10 per cent. more
 than at present." The men are warm in
 their expressions of thanks to their employ
 CTS for this kind and voluntary act. Prof. Ladd.
 The afternoon discourse of Prof Ladd at the Center church yesterday was from the first two verses of Matthew's gospel. Tt
 came to pass in the days of Herod the King, Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea," etc. Ideal manhood, the power and means of at- taining or approaching near to it, was the subject. Jesus was the only true ideal of the perfect man. This has been the study of all the ages past and is no less the study of this our own age. This best and highest gift of God, Christ Jesus, is the light and hope of our dark world. He is to reign the con- queror of sin and death forever. The sing ing was excellent and hymns very appropri- ate..
 List of Patents
 Issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending July 4th, 1882, for the State of Connecticut, furnished from the office of John E. Earle. Solicitor of Patents. New Haven, Conn.,:
 c. E. Billings Hartford, ratchet drill. fire exsinguisher
 Same. fire extingu1sEing apparatus. J. T. Burr, Stamford, different Il screw.
 F. Chanlrell Bridgeport, adjustabls socket wrench (reissue)
 G. " Coy, Milford assignor 72 to J. G. Smith and c. Buell.. telephone exchange switch apparatus. H. 0. Fowler New Haven, bufdng wheel. I: D, Hotchkiss, Higg Anum. cutting pliers. ". Mason. Hartford, assignor to Colts Arms com pany, lock for frearms
 S. C. Palmer, assignor to E. W. Palmer, South Nor
 walk machine for sticking and scald.ng maps to felt company, auger.
 Passed Away. Mrs. Harriet E. Bishop, beloved wife of Mir. l.. l.. Bishop, who formerly we'll known fancy goods merchant on Chape
 Street, died on Saturday evening at 73o at her
 residence on Chapel street. Tho immediate cause of her death was heart disease, though deceased had been failing from general pros tration for some time. She was much es teemsd. Deceased was the mother of five children, all of whom are dead, the last of the number being the lamented Lieutenant Bishop of the Blues company, in the 18th 0. ", promising and popular young man, who died from wounds received in battle. Mrs. Bishop was in her seventy-second year. She had been for more than fifty years a member of the Center church. Her death cast gloom over a large circle of sympathizing 1 friends. She was devoted wife and moth | CT, with heart ever alive to the wants of the needy. She had drank deep of the cup wi ha fyrQyy oil han. l children. She passed gently to rest, to join 1 the loved ones 'gone before." The funeral l takes place this afternoon at o'clock from Center church chapel.
 | Captain Alvin Leete, one of Guilford's oldest residents, died Friday after short
 illness, caused by shock of paralysis, at the
 advanced age of 91 years. The funeral oc-
 cured at his home, the residence of his son, | B. A. Leete.
 l Rev. John Purvss died at the hospital
 about midnight Saturday Mr. Purves
 was Scotchman by birth, but came to this city in early life He turned his attention to
 the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal l church and studied under the late Rev. Dr. l Mead, of Norwalk. He was ordained deacon 1 by Bishop DeLancey, June 23, 184O, and ad- vanced to the priesthood by Bishop Brow
 nell. June 8, 1941. His first parish was at ! WutOu d0 WAS aILeTWarOS at B6GQol, l Hump phreyville, West port and Woodbury.
 He was last at Poquetannock. On account l of failing eyesight he resigned his parish ,and l for 8 few years past had resided in this city
 at 8S Ward street, where his widow now
 lives. He officiated at times in the Church
 of the Ascension, Trinity chapel, and on | communion Sundays in St. Paul's church | The immediate cause of his death was paral- 1 ysis, with which he stricken about Q l week since. Rev. MT. Lines was with him | until about an hour before death came last | night.
 All who knew Mir. Purves speak highly of him as pure Christian man and faithful l worker in the field of labor he had chosen
 He was of very kindly, cheerful disposition
 and made friends in all walks of life. The
 funeral service is appointed for to morrow at
 12 o'clock at Trinity chapel. The burial will
 be at Norwalk upon the afternoon of the
 same day. It was his request that his body
 might rest in the churchyard near that of his
 lifelong friend, Rev. Dr. Mead. The clergy are invited to meet at the resi-
 dence of Rev. Mir. Thorne at 12 tomorrow, ] adjoining the chopel