Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
LOCAs. NEWS.
Brief Mention


 Band concert on the Green this afternoon at 3:3O.
 Next Friday is the first anniversary of the first battle of Bull Run.
 The Veteran Grays will hold their annual reunion at Stony Creek in September.
 The Stamdard says the mosquitoes have been in possession of Bridgeport for the past two or three days.
 Rev. Dr. Seymour, of Litchfeld was re- gently surprised with Q gift of $500 from friends in his parish.
 The County Commissioners in session yes- terday granted license to Mir. Bigelow, of the Sea View House, West Haven.
 The steamer F. F. Brown is undergoing repairs, seraping and painting, at the Empire Transportation company's dry dock.
 The Good Samaritans will hold their Sun day evening meetings at the Seamen's Beth sl, on Water street. until further notice.
 The Konold distillery in Fair Haven, de- stroyed by fire some months ago, will not be rebuilt until fall, or perhaps next spring.
 Carriage makers will be interested in the fact that Joseph A. Hanson, who invented the cab that bears his name, has died in London, aged IS.
 The First Baptist church and Sunday school picnicked at High Rock yesterday, having delightful day and very happy time. About 400 enjoyed it.
 E. Freeman, proprietor of the Beach House, is the proprietor of the Austin House, this city, and formerly proprietor of Sea View House, Savin Rock, West Haven.
 The late Hawley Kellogg, of Hartford, left no will, and his property will be divided be- tween his two brothers. His estate is esti. mated to be worth from $75, 900 to $100,0OO William Surge, railroad laborer in Can ton, this State eloped last Tuesday morning with Mrs. Curtiss Hack, wife of farm labor CT. Mrs. Hack left two children behind her The couple came to this city.
 Meeting at the Seamen's Bethel to morrow (Sunday) at D. m. Dr. J. Merrill will speak Also meeting at the Fair Haven Bethel at 5:3( p. n. same day. MT. c. P. Frizell will con duct this latter meeting.
 General Hancock has been given power t. send United States troops from the forts a New London, Newport, and Governors Is land into camp with the c. N. G., but he ha not yet announced his decision.
 There will be another temperance rally to morrow evening at the Mission chapel, ter minus of the Newhallville railroad. The ca will leave the corner of Broadway and Yorl street at o'clock and return at o'clock.
 Crossed signal flags will be worn by tn members of the Connecticut National Guar' on their sleeves, non-commissioned officer and privates of the first class wearing then -@on both arms and privates of the second clas on one only.
 The Concordia society, Bridgeport, give picnic and summer nights festival at Stasdt ler's Park, August 14th. The Phoenix Sing ing society, of Newark, N. J., and the Hart gari Liedertafel, of New Haven, have bee invited, and are expected to attend.
 Crayon portraits of MT. and Mrs. c. E Miller attract much attention at the windo of H. B. Armstrong Go. on Chapel stree both for their fidelity and merit. The artit is MT. s. F. Jones, jr., daughter-in-law ( Mrs. S. F. Jones, the well known Hartfor lawyer.
 It will take about two weeks to fix the Fla, Chapel street bridge over the Quinnipiac ri, or. Teams going to or returning from tE east shore should take some other rout Small boys and young men making a honest nickle frequently by ferrying peop over the river.
 The new stone crusher, purchased by tl city, has just been put in operation, an found to work satisfactorily. It is one ( Farrall & Marsden's crushers, manufacture atAnsonia, and is said to be much superic to the old one which the city formerly uset Bridgeport Standard.
 A writer in the Providence Journal CO rectIy says: ''There are few street scenes common occurrence more calculated to aw ake the sympathies of well disposed citizens tha the efforts of 8 woman to hail horse car. Such was the case yesterday on one of or : principal streets. All the passengers smile large smile at the performance