Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Checks for 365 happy days can be had as Northrop's.
 The beautiful display of Christmas cards at O. A. Dorman's draws throngs of people daily.
 Rev. Joseph Cook lectures in Bridgeport Friday evening on 'sThe Seven Modern Won ders of the World"
 The new iron bridge just built over the Hammonassett river on the road from Clin- ton to Madison is now open for travel.
 The price of gas in Hartford from Decem- Der 1 is $1.9O per 1000 feet; for street lamps $1.eo per 1000 feet, to take effect January 1.
 Father McGee, assistant pastor of St. Mary's (R. O. church in Birmingham, is spf- fering from very severe attack of hem orrhage at his home in Bridgeport.
 Ex Policeman Sidney Cowles, of Hartford, had his leg broken Sunday while driving home with his brother from New Britain, owing to runaway horse and an upset.
 The capital stock of the Frary Cutlery company, Bridgeport, has been increased from $15o,OOo to $25O,oO0 the additiona a amount having been subscribed and paid in. Elijah Midd1ebrook, 8 Long Hill mllkman, while serving customers in Bridgeport yes terday, jumped from the wagon and became entangled in the reins and fell, dislocatirg his shoulder.
 The Boston Journal is advertised in an other column-$G per annum postage ln cluded-or two cents per copy. There vii be no change in size or quality, and nothing cheap about it except it's price.
 At Ryder's great quantities of candies art being sold among the speeialties being five pound boxes of mixed candies and the same in broken candies at 75 cents pound, ant grocery store mixed ct 13 cents.
 Henry Holmes, hostler at the Kilbourl House, Middletown, 2S years of age, wal found dead in his bed yesterday morning Heart disease is supposed to have been tn cause He retired in apparently good health
 A reception was rendered to the daughte of Policeman Maulte at his residence, II Ivy street, last evening, on the occasion o her. eighteenth birthday. large compan WAS present and the occasion was very eE joyable one.
 The new telephone line which is to connec New Milford and Newtown wit Bridgeport is being pushed rapidly forwar to completion. It has reached point thl side of Newtown. At the latter place telt phone exchange will be established.
 The Wethersfeld Congregational churcf Rev. Lewis w. Hicks pastor, has just COT tributed upwards of $125 for the purchase books for the foreign mission church { Bombay under the pastoral charge of Rev Edward Hume, formerly of the Hartford Theological seminary. Mir. Hicks and M Hume were classm ates at Yale.
 Dennis Sullivan, who was hurt iMonds night by the explosion of railroad torpedo' at the Starin dock as men were loadlr freight into the Corning, is at his home Grand street Agent Miller, of the Stari company, has provided him with medical a tendance, and he will probably be out aga in 8 few days
 The Horse Guards fair closed Frids night When the fair closed wolf robe aI chamber suite were not drawn. Last eveI ing there was drill and after the drill Mi Jessie Huntley, of Fair Haven East, dre the chamber suite, and H. B. Rowe, of Ia Haven East drew the wolf robe. The dra' ing was by Sergeant Luddington and ga general satisfaction.