Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-29

Breeze MeQ1um, or NeW 1OrK, won tHe 2:40 race, Patchen Maid, of Stratford, second, Carrie B., of Springfield, third, Jack, of Wa terbury. fourth best time, 2:37.
 Personal.
 Rev. J. W. Savage, of the Congregational church in North Stonington. has resigned.
 MT. Harrington, of Branford, has gone on 8 six weeks trip among the mountains of vest ern Pennsylvania.
 The late Mrs. w. H. Shaw, of Meriden, was buried yesterday afternoon. Deceased died of typhoid malarial fever. The funeral was held from the Center Congregational church, Rev. MT. Hall officiating.
 William Walter Phelps, son-in-law of the late Joseph E. Sheffield and graduate of the famous class of '53, nominated We'd nesday by the Republicans in Paterson, N. J., for Congress, to represent Bergen and Pas saic counties.
 MT. Burritt Eaton, one of Rents most beloved and esteemed residents, is critically i'll, and council of physicians, composed of Drs. Bacon of this city, Camp of Harrington, Taylor of New Milford and King of Kent has been held in his case.
 Robert Redfeld, of this city, has we'll under way 46O feet of solid stone work for the approaches to the Lamberton street iron bridge, and with largo force of men and teams will push to completion the foundation walls for the bridge.
 Conductor John Coyne, of car 2s, who has been in the employ of the Fair Haven and Westyille Horse Railroad company nearly ! four years, has been compelled to resign l owing to his ill health, and will leave the road ! this week Extra Conductor William H Terry will succeed him.
 George Schmidt, of this city, is the Con- ! necticut mem Der of the executive committee l of the German Roman Catholic society, which \ met at Milwaukee Wednesday and reported | in favor of an organization of Catholics for ! the purpose of electing candidates to political offices who will protect Catholics in their constitutional right of unimpaired religious ! worship.
 In the library of the late Colonel Chester, l to whose memory tablet has been erected ! in Westminster Abbey, was work of peculia, I interest which has recently come into the possession of his brother, Leonard H. Ches-
 ter of Buffalo, N. Y, a copy of the life of ! the Prince Consort," presented to Colonel
 Chester by Queen Victoria, containing her l autograph and an autograph letter from the l late Dean Stanley
 1 In Bridgeport, Wednesday, officers for the year ensuing were installed by the Connecti l cut Grand Lodge of Good Templars as fol 1 lows: G. W. c. T., Rev. Otis J. Range of I Guilford G. w. V. T., Mrs. M. A. Chapman 1 of Hartford; G. w. counsellor, Theodore l Robbins of Waterbury; G. w. secretary, J. w. Johnson of Bridgeport; G. W. treasurer Martin s. Wizard of New Britain superin l tendent of Juvenile Templars, Mrs. J. w
 Johnson first representative to R. w. c. l Lodge (to meet in Chicago), Miss Mary F. 1 Peck of Newtown. It voted by the 1 Grand Lodge that dancing under lodge auspices is detrimental to the order. l Every year for several years past coterie l of we'll known Odd Fellows has had an ex. 1 cursion by the steamer Ivernia either to l Fau1kner's or Pot Islands, excepting last year ! and this Last Tuesday they had tho Ivernia 1 engaged Cat the same price as in previous 1 years, Morris refusing to take cent as usual l and the weather put veto on the tri p. For ] the present dilemma a remedy was suggested l which at once created 8 Hub bub when heard | Of This is to rally in force at the town pump 1 and all hands take foot race around the old l Green, at the conclusion the last one around
 ito set lem up " This proposition was hailed
 at once with great favor, but on deliberation | it was not thought feasible, there being s great disparity in avoirdupois between the l members but the penalty clause is still re- | garded with eminent favor and falling 1 upon the happy originator of the scheme.