Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention .

Brief Mention.
 Mir. 0. w. Bradley, of the Florence House, celebrated his fiftieth birthday yesterday.
 About 6,ooo people ates'N''sel the exhibition of educated horses in Bridgeport last week.
 Circulars are being sent by Tax Collector Futile to parties whose taxes are due in July are unpaid.
 Charles Platt, of Bridgeport, who walked out of window in his sleep and fractured bis skull, is now thought to be recovering.
 Rev. Dr. J. H. Vincent. of this city, lec- lures in the Washington Park M. E. church, Bridgeport, December 2oth, on ''That Boy Sister,"
 There were sixteen deaths in the town last two from malignant scarlet fever and one from alcoholism.
 John B. Porter, butcher at 151 Main street, Bridgeport. cut off two of the fingers of his left hand Saturday with cleaver which he was using.
 A reception will be given in honor of the German astronomers at Hartford by Presi- dent Pynchon in the cabinet at Trinity Col >->.. Wednesday evening.
 QHG6ES Ol bu6 NO" haFCA VI t1Ahd
 ~heir monthly meeting at the asylum on --ursday morning at 1O:15, and 8 full attendance is desirable.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders ot the New Haven and Derby railroad takes place this morning at Ii o'clock at the com pany's office in the station building.
 Rosinus' brass and string band give their first grand concert and ball at Germania Hall this evening. The Flight fantastic" will be tripped, it is expected, by quite large party.
 Arthur W. French, of the Bridgeport IMorning Neaos, is the author of the ibretto of an operetta entitled Military Mimics, '' which is now running at Hawes' Opera House in that city.
 Lieutenant nt-Governor-elect Hon. George G. Sumner spent Sunday with his father in. law, the Hon. Judge Gallup, in Plainfeld, who has been seriously i'll. The judge is constantly improving.
 Curb stones are being laid on Whitney avenue from Bradley street to Edwards 1T front of the grounds of the Wayland, Eel loves and Foote residences-a distance oi about a quarter of mile.
 The comet is still faintly visible at half past one or two o'clock in the morning. Il was thus visible during the vivid, extensive and beautiful display of aurora borealis o1 yesterday morning at that hour. The roof of the foundry of the NaueatucE Machine company took fire Saturday night and burned with big blaze, which created g good deal of excitement The company esti mate their loss at $1 800 fully insured.
 Mir. P. selbie, secretary and treasurer o1 Endowment Rank, Section 13O, Knights oi Pythias, Bridgeport, yesterday paid $3, COG benefit to the widow of the late 0. A. Will loughby. who was member of the order.
 The Norfolk Jubilee singers, who were arrested in this city Sunday night for giving a concert to which money was paid for en. trance, are to give 8 concert in the South Meriden Methodist church next Saturday evening.
 An outrage was committed at the barn of the Rev J. W. Savage, the Congregational pastor in North Stonington, on Friday night The miscreants, not content with stealing 8 his fine black mare.
 George Reichwein, pastry cook at the New Haven House, made handsome cen ter piece which formed one of the features ot the grand ball of the Pastry Cooks and Bakers association in New York city the other evening. He also sent an ornamental loaf of bread six feet long.
 The Southern New EnglandTelephone com pany commence work to-day on a new line be- Rrsdnarort M;IPord xpi1 embrace Newtown, Danbury and New Mil ford. They expect to have the line in active operation in a short time. A new exchange is also being built at Sandy Hook
 The funds appropriated for expenditure under the charge of the Fire Commissioner being about exhausted the new bell fol steamer will not be forthcoming until the funds for the next year are received. Int present bell will probably be sent to the bel foundry and melted up and new bell made
 At a meeting of the shell fisheries commits sion yesterday morning J. and J. H. Smitt withdrew their application for 413 acres o5 oyster ground off Ssybrook, having been sat isfied that the tract was comparatively use less for cultivation. For the same reason Frauk2L. Lane withdrew his application fol 250 aores'in saybrook.
 The New Haven Literary association give 8 Japanese festival at the Horse Guards arm ory on the evenings Of the 23d, 24th, 25tl and 27th insts. Japanese decorations an6 other quaint ornaments will serve to render the armory attractive, and bevy of hand some young ladies will dispense the refresh ments. The lady friends of the association meet tomorrow night to complete arrange ments for the festival.