Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrfef Mention.

Brief Mention. Ice ten inches thick is being harvested in Southington.
 ; Monson & Carpenter store open evenings until Christmas. A new forty ton locomotive is nearly fin l ished at Hartford for the Consolidated The Stafford Printing company are giving 1 away very handsome calendars for 1883. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of this i week are fast days in the Catholic church. Mr. O. A. Dorman's beautiful stock of Christmas cards draws host of Christmas buyers daily. General James T. Pratt, of Wethersfeld, celebrated his s0th birthday on Friday last. He is well and hearty.
 There are about thirty passenger cars in different stages of construction at the shops of the Consolidated railroad in this city.
 The fish commissioners met yesterday in the Insurance building, but as they had but little work before them their session was brief.
 The big porkers killed by the Hills Broth CTS at the Homestead, West Haven shore, yesterday, weighed 5153 pounds and 455 pounds respectively. The sale of black silks at Monson & Car penter's is extremely large. Their silk de- partment embraces all the leading reliable makes, which they warrant to wear well.
 Several deck hands on the steamer Conti- mental fell to mauling one another instead of freights on the passage of the boat up Sun day and were discharged on the boats arrival here.
 The Connecticut Congregational club will Hall to Hay December 19) at 1O:3O a. m. paper will - be read by Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, of New ~ Haven, on "Creeds."
 The room occupied by the employm ent bu, reau of the United Workers at the Museum building will be open to-day (19th) from 1C to 1 o'clock for the sale of garments suitable to be given to the poor.
 Ryder, the confectioner. is having large business selling grocery store mixed candies for Is cents pound and i've pound boxes o1 homemade broken candies and of mixed candies for seventy five cents pound.
 The Davenport Social club, composet principally of popular young men engaged Mallorys lock shop, gave their sixth grand annual last night at National Armory. I was very successful and much enjoyed.
 On Wednesday evening a meeting of tn joint committee on Tomlinson bridge will b. held at the City Hall. Civil Engineer Fowle will then submit plans for new and hand some iron bridge which he has prepared.
 The Rev. Dr. Goodsell of Trinity M. E church, gave an instructive and entertainin lecture yesterday on Switzerland and it Glaciers'' before the young ladies of tn Misses Bangs school and few invite friends.
 A Christmas concert was held by the Beth any mission Sunday school Sunday evenin at their chapel, corner of Oak and Orchar' streets. The chapel was very tastefully dee orated and very interesting programm was carried out.
 The beautiful display at H. N. Whittelse, ir.'s, well known store attracted a large nun Der of Christmas buyers yesterday. Th stock is replete with choice novelties and al lords very fine opportunity for selectinl something tasteful and highly acceptable.
 The century old Smith store in Black Rocl owned by Mrs. Mary c. Platt and occupie by Thomas Ward as saloon and grocery was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Tt loss on the building said to be $1, 5C and was covered by insurance MT. War had no insurance.
 Rev. Edward Hawes, DID,, will lectul Wednesday evening, the 2Oth instant, at u Congregational church in Woodbridge befol the Young Peoples Literary association. I'll subject of the lecture will be Summer Re reations in Italy," and it will begin at 7:3 The public are cordially invited to atten Admission free.
 Yesterday execution was issued for u ejectment of family named Langdon, livi1 at No. 15O Liberty street. The mother the family is near confinement and has t5 children and her husband has been sick the hospital for four months and is an c soldier The help of the charitable will worthily bestowed in the case.