Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-21
LOCAL NEWS.

HSTs1hA1s George w. Scobie has been appointed post master at North Branford. Rev. George w. Pepper will lecture under the auspices of the Stafford Springs Land League April 4. Henry B. Thorp, New York city jeweler, died Sunday, aged fl. He was 8 native of Fairfield Conn. Rev. Dr. A. c. Thompson, of Boston, will give the first of the Carew lectures at Hos mer Hall, Hartford, tomorrow. Police Commissioner Thomas F. Calvin, of Hartford, is suffering from an attack of pneumonia.
 Dr. George B. Hawley, of Hartford, has improved great deal during the past week, | and is making decided progress towards 1 recovery.
 William W. Coe, president of the First National bank of Portland, and wife, have taken health trip to Florida. Harley w. Bromley, who was injured ssv- eral weeks ago by an accident on the Nor wich < Worcester railroad, died Sunday af- l ternoon.
 Isaac Belden, much respected resident of Rocky Hill, died Saturday at the age of 30 years. He was the father of Mrs. F. H. l Chapman, of Meriden. New Britain woman named Ginder died | last week from the effects of medicine of 1 which she swallowed cupful, although she had been directed to take it in small doses. Mir. c. E. Gorham, formerly mail agent on | the Housatonic road, has been promoted. and is now running on the Boston and Albany road.
 The funeral of Deputy Sheriff J. F. Ray mond was largely attended at his residence in Norwalk Sunday afternoon. He was buried with Masonic honors
 Charles E. Bill, night clerk at the post office, has lost his youngest child from mani tion. The funeral was held yesterday morn ing aud the burial took place at Stafford. Truman Kilbourn. a native of Litchfield, died at Waterbury last Thursday, at the age of 87 years. He was deacon of the Litchfeld church when Lyman Beecher and Laurens P. Hickock were it's pastors. Mir. William Worthen, an old and we'll known citizen of East Bridgeport, had a paralytic stroke Sunday. Mir. Worthen is doouI eISAty SedT5 OI d5es aAu d hAeeIII6At by trade.
 A brother of John Dillon, the Irish leader 1 who is now imprisoned in Kilmainham jail, is visiting his friend, John J. Tierney, the artist, in this city. Mir. Dillon intends seon | to return to Ireland. Dr. A. B. Lewis yesterday returned to his ! boarding house on Orange street quite faint after walk which had been somewhat ex-
 hausting for one of his age. Dr. Levi Ives was called Mr. Lewis was found not to be
 seriously ill.
 John Immich, of Meriden, member of
 Merriam Post, G. A. R., died Sunday of
 pneumonia aged G1. He leaves a wife and l four sons in Meriden and married daughter
 in New London. Rev. Dr. Deshon oficiates
 at the funeral.
 Miss Kittie s. Hartshorne, only daughter
 of Mrs. Kate Hartshorne, of Bridgeport died
 at Savannah, Georgia, Sunday, of acute pull
 monary tuberculosis, aged nineteen years.
 The deceased went South only short time l ago.
 First Lieutenant Pease, of the regular
 army, Is expected home in this city shortly
 on leave. It is several years since his last
 visit He has been for some time past in
 command Of company lately in service at l the Omaha riots.
 Mir. John F. Smith, for several years past
 head clerk at the H. H. Snow Co.'s main
 store, corner of Church and Chapel streets,
 and possessed of large circle of friends, is
 very seriously i'll at his home, 58 Day street