Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-01
w. c. Higgins. Norwich, stove.
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Miss Etta M. Kingsbury, who resides on
 the Heights, is making an extended visit
 among friends in the great metropolis, New 1 York city.
 l William Moore. the postmaster, and fam l fly, who have broken up housekeeping, giv- 1 ing up their rooms in Chamberain's block, will board with Mrs Moore's people, corner | of East Grand and James streets. ! Eight cars, well loaded with merry picnick- CTS from the Congregational society of Bran ] ford bound for Glen Is and passed through here the Shore Line railroad yesterday l morning, returning on their way home about 8 o'clock in the evening.
 1 The last line and grade established on North Quinnipiac street does not satisfy the residents on the street and considerable fault l finding is still going on.
 Mrs. Duncan Mcfarland, an elderly lady living near the Brittan place Ca short distance over the line of the annex). died very sudden ly on Tuesday evening from heart disease The funeral ceremonies took place yesterday afternoon from her late residence. The in- torment was in the Catholic cemetery in the city.
 Quite number of our citizens have at tended the races at Charter Oak Park each day this week so far. All are we'll pleased and speak in praise of the management of the races.
 As the summer months draw to a close our people who have been away rusticating in the country or at some noted resort on the shore or away up among the mountains are flock ing to their homes once more. Mr. and Mrs. f. Howard Hemingway arrived Wednesday morning, also the same day Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Moulthrop reached their homes
 Yesterday while Joseph and Isaac Bradley were on their oyster lots off near the new breakwater now building they discovered the body of a man floating in the water They fastened rope to the corpse and lowed it ashore near the old lighthouse and notified Coroner Bollman by telephone. This official was soon on the spot and took charge of the body.
 Mettler, the baker in the old Kinps Hotel on the corner, has bought the George Brown place on Brown street, and he will move there shortly and make that his future resi- dence.
 A small cargo of watermelons from Balti- more, Md, arrived Tuesday. After dispos- ing of about three hundred of the melons the captain hosted his sails and started for some other market. Those who ate some of the fruit pronounce it the best they have seen this season.
 Some of the residents on North Quinnipiac street have taken down their front fences cut down the trees and graded the grounds so as to be ready for the walk paving, the curbing and the cobbling when it is required
 Munson < Go s pie bakery, corner of Ex change and James streets, was shut down yesterday, the hands working double time on Wednesday so that they could get off for one day. Most of them went on the Foresters' steamboat excursion to New York and others went to Hartford to witness the races.
 Some of the oyster packers have con- menced opening their oysters which are taken up from the beds in the harbor and boated up the river and thrown overheard the Air Line railroad bridge. The oys- ters lay in the water for two three tides and are then again taken up and are carried to the oyster shops where they are opened and shipped to customers up country and back from the seashore generally.
 Mr. Jarvis Sanford made yesterday fine haul of cells in his eel pots. Some of the squirmers were pronounced by old fishermen the incest they saw. Before Mir. $. could get the fish dressed they were all sold, and he had several more calls.
 George A. Linsley, on Center street, is ap- pointed one of the deputy sheriffs to attend the execution of Chip" Smith to-day by Sheriff Byxbee.
 A young miss living in East Haven who going on the Branford excursion yester day had never been a steamboat. She heard there would be four hundred on the excursion, and asked her mother where they would get all the men to the boat.
 There has been considerable petty thievng going the east side during the past week more. This matter should be looked into by our officials and these depre. dations stopped. One family lost a roast of beef which they had cook ed for the next days dinner and put into the cellar to keep cool Another family lost four