Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-11
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

The Woodoury falr taxes place to uay anu tomorrow.
 Attention is called to the advertisement of a lost bank book and deposit.
 Timothy Barnett. Birmingham resident, aged forty, died yesterday of chron diar- rhoea.
 Attention is called to the advertisement of the M. E. B. Shirt company in another column.
 Colonel Wooster and wife and Mrs Button, of Birmingham, arrived home from Europe Tuesday evening.
 The County Commissioners yesterday granted license to Peter Foy, of Derby, until October 31st.
 pair of fat cattle weighing about 4,2OO pounds have been sold from the town farm in Hartford this week.
 The Consolidated road is laying new tracks at it's switching yard in Hartford sufficient to accommodate about fifty cars.
 The Democratic convention to nominate candidate for Congress takes place in this city at Loomis' Temple tomorrow at 10 8. m.
 city expressman's team got into an exca- yation in Grown street. near Temple, Wed nesday evening. The horse was injured. The team was William Moran's.
 A canal boat of the Delaware and Raritan line, under charge of Captain T. McGovern, was sunk at Ellis dock, Bridgeport, about half-past two o'clock Monday afternoon.
 The big fair at Danbury came to an end on Saturday, the attendance for the week being about 10000. Even during the drizzling rain of Friday there were about 10, ,0CO pres ent.
 At the annual election of officers of the Spiritualists' society, held at Spiritualists' Hall LOO Orange street, recently, Mrs. J. A. wright was elected president for the ensuing year.
 A Greenback meeting will be held at room >23 Insurance building Thursday evening of this week. All straight out Greenbackers and anti-monopolists are invited. The meet ing is called by H. D. Shepard, president.
 The Railroad Commissioners, accompanied by Superintendent Stevenson and Roadmas- ter Pressey, had the dummy engine ''Transit" yesterday engaged in making the usual ex- animation of this division of the Consolidat- ed road.
 frank Mills, of Bridgeport, who was in- jured at Milford few days ago and taken to the hospital at New Haven was taken to his home in Bridgeport Saturday. He is still confined to the house, and will probably be for some time to come.
 MT. H. P. Hubbard, the enterprising ad vertising agent and publisher, will accept our thanks for a liberal sample of Raquette Lake venison. The law is now off for the shoot ing of deer, and many are every season shot at that wild and beautiful lake.
 In this city today game of base ball vii be played between hines from the Foo Guard of Hartford and the Foot Guard o1 this city. The Hartford players will be ac companied by quite party of friends. Rail road tickets at reduced rates have been SC cured.
 Vice President Reed and Superintendent Davidson of the Consolidated road were i, Windsor on Monday, and their visit is of con siderable interest to the town, as increased facilities for transportation are to be provid ed. The people are much elated in conse quence.
 A curiosity at the Southington fair is thirteen year old COW brought recently iron London, Eng, and the proprietors claim tha calf is growing on her shoulders and Ia been growing there four years there i curious formation, with two we'll develope, legs, with hoofs.
 Town Meeting.
 At a town meeting held in Stratford o Monday afternoon it was voted to bridge