Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-25
College Items.

The lady students of Ann Arbor have de- termined to publish paper, the AmuIet, in the interest of co education Richard D. Sears, the amateur champion ! lawn tennis player, is 8 Harvard student. It is rumored that Oliver Wendell Holmes contemplates resigning his professcrship at Harvard in order to have more time for lit. erary work.
 The buildings of the new Adelbert College in Cleveland, with which the old western re serve is merged, and which have been erect \ ed by the munifcence of MT. Amasa Stone, will be formally dedicated October 26. The exercises will include an address sy President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, pres entation speech by Mir. Stone, and remarks by ex- President Hayes. At Hamilton college they have in their ath- Ietio games wheelbarrow, stilt, sack, egg and barrel races, a contest on hop, step and jump, boxing matches and football games between whole classes.
 The Banner will be out the last of the week.
 The seventh Townsend subject is 'The ethical element in literature" instead of 'The ethical element in religion" as was printed in the announcement. The following composition subjects have been given to the sophomores 1. Enthusiasm in the Catholic church. ?. Manners and morals in the reign of Charles II. Political and moral reaction in England in 1860. f. Hero ism in humble life. 5. Banishment of Napo, leon to St. Helena. G. Richard Brinslsy Sheridan, orator and dramatist. 7. The shortness of life as affecting the welfare of the human race 6. Homer. 9. A Thanks giving story. 10. Impulse and principle.
 Walden, 'S1, has entered the Law school, senior class.
 The ''medics'' play the grammar school at football this afternoon.
 The lacrosse team will have Harvard for an opponent in the contest for the Oelrich cup at New York Saturday. There are six teams in the tournament. Harvard and Yale play the first game, beginning at 12 o'clock cordlng to stand.
 Prof. Sumner has the leading article in the Princeton Revieao. The subject is ''Wages. '
 Fair Haven.
 The tides were unusually full yesterday, caused by the easterly winds that have pre- vailed of late.
 The beautiful chair costing thirty five dol lars gent to D. W. Grosvenor, Westbrook, as 8 present from those connected with the East Pearl street Methodist church, took the first premium at the annual fair in Vest brook, held Tuesday, October 10th.
 Two men pretty well filled up with the ardent took one of the sand heaps on North Quinnipiac street on last Monday night for their nights lodging place, end they made no fuss about it either.
 Three married couples reached home from their bridal tours last Saturday evening.
 The sidewalk in front of the meat market and barber shop is in good shape again after having been closed partially for over six weeks past.
 The Water company have commenced lay ing twenty-f inch main on the corner of East Grand and South Quinnipiac streets, and are proceeding southward with the work. Another gang is at the lower part of the street laying the main this way.
 The sidewalks on the east side of North Quinnipiac street have been cut down to con- form with the grade of the street down as far as Deacon Wyllis Hemingway's place.
 The rainy weather yesterday afternoon caught great many country leople in town without umbrellas-an article they much re- gretted to have left at home.
 Mir. H. w. Avery, the former principal of the East Grand street school, made short address at the temperance meeting at Gen. tral Hall lasu Sunday afternoon at half past five o'clock
 Daniel w. Grosvenor, of Westbrook, spent yesterday here calling around on his legion of friends. He will always be 8 welcome vis- itor in Fair Haven.
 The hammer to the rolling mill broke veg terday morning, which caused the shutting down of that part of the works known as the big mill.
 A branch water pipe connected with the main now being laid on South Quinnipiac street is to be laid up Union street, also short distance on Center street.
 Several of the clothes lines on the east side stripped Monday night of the clothes that were left out over night. One man had several bushels of potatoes stolen out of his barn and another found that two chickens had been taken from his coop, but not carried off.
 Miss Lizzie Harrington, of the Boston Miniature Ideal opera Troupe, visited Mrs. A. w. Brown, on North Quinnipiac street, yesterday afternoon
 One of the coal boxes that were being lowed through the Tomlinson bridge yester- day struck one of the piers that supports one end of the draw, knocking off some of the stones and the draw out of place, so that there will be no passing for some days.
 The first social of the N. $ of the season took place at the residence of Mrs Sarah Hollis on Centre street last evening Many attended and 8 social and enjoyable event it was. Case's orchestra was present. Dancing, playing whist and singing was the the programme, which was most successful ly carried out