Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-25
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention
 Rev. Dr. Harwood arrived home flom Europe Saturday
 c. M Loomis, Temple of Music, has about twenty good piano boxes to sell for $l 90 each.
 The Boston limited express, due here at CPS, was an hour late Saturday night, owing to the heavy rain.
 Rev. Dr. Townsend, of Berlin, preached two fine discourses at the Third Congrega- tional church yesterday.
 Tomorrow and Wednesday the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Connecticut holds it's annual convention in Bridgeport. Collector Futile, of the East Haven West school district, has collected and turned over to Treasurer Granniss $l,173 o4 out of $1, 345 61, the whole amount for collection.
 The W ashington express on the New Eng land road, due here at 2:15 Sunday morning, was abandoned on account of the storm, bad washouts being reported on the Pennsylva mia railroad.
 A large quantity of sand which had washed down the embankment near Hallock street derailed the Derby train which left here at II o'clock Saturday night. The train was got 
 Mrs. Theron Shumways boy, aged nine, got lost Saturday, and his prolonged absence created anxiety, which was at last happily re- lieved by the boys return home, having found the way. He was drenched in the storm.
 An Italian living in Norwalk was killed by the cars Saturday afternoon while walking on the track of the Danbury and Norwalk road near South Norwalk. He was returning home An inquest was held at the depot in South Norwa1k.
 Professor Brewer delivered an address be- fore the Teachers association at the High school Saturday on hygiene in our schools, urging that overstudy with young children should be seduloasly avoided. and offering many suggestions
 ~Ihe death of Miss Margaret Cheney, daughter of the late Seth ". Cheney, ot Manchester and Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, oc- cured near Boston, Friday, from typhoid fever. Miss Cheney was 26 years old. The funeral took place yesterday at Boston
 Rev. Dr. Todd preached to lis people yes terday morning from Malachi 1-14, "For am great King, with the Lord of Hosts, , and in the afternoon from Psalms 95, part of the 7th and Sth verses To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. , Rev. Dr. Walker, pastor of the Center church, Hartford, tarrived at New York iron Europe, Friday, on the steamer .Adriatic. Or reaching home Friday evening he received unfavorable accounts of Mrs. Walkers healtl and immediately started for Brattleboro where she has been spending the summer.
 The Rev Dr. s. F. Smith, of Newton Mass father-in-law of John D. Candee o the Bridgeport Standard, returned last wee with his wife from two years sojourn il Europe and Asia. They went as far east a India, south to Turkey and north to Norwa and Sweden. Dr. Smith is over seventy ant his VI fife is about that age, and the two hay much enjoyed their foreign wanderings.
 The Fairs.
 The farmers in Woodbridge and Bethan are bound to have their fair to-day, Monday the 25th, or the first pleasant day. All th programme for the second day of the fair re mains yet to be given.
 The exhibition of the Orange and Milfor Agricultural societies was to have taken p!ac next Wednesday and Thursday. but it ha been postponed until OctoDer II ana l2.
 Atthe St. Johns Episcopal Church.
 The Rev. c. H B. Tremaine preached fine discourse yesterday morning to his pee pie at the St. Johns Episcopal church. Hi text was taken from Ephesians iii 1S-19. Tn leading thought was that there are possibl attainments in the Christian graces and or portunities for growth and improvement the lives of all believers and that this fac should stimulate them to renewed exertior in the heavenly race. Next Sunday evenin the Sunday night sermons will be inaugurate at this church.
 Drivers Marrow E%cape-AorSe ki8le [
 In Meriden, Saturday evening, while A phonse Charest, grocery clerk, employ red b N. X P. Lamontagne, was driving his tear across the Drew street railroad crossing. tn 749 express train down struck the team an threw it about twenty feet, the wrecke wagon going on one side and the horse an man on the other. The man, wonderful t tell, escaped with only slight cut in th head. The wagon was smashed and the hors so badly hurt that it was killed to put it 0, of it's misery.
 State Politics.
 East Haven Democratic delegates: