Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-01
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

The days are now ten hours long. cold wave is reported on the way here. The scarlet fever in Hartford is greatly de- ! creasing. Red Cloud had an interview with the Pres- ! ident yesterday. Hon. H. 0. Robinson lectures before the | Yale Kent club, Feb. ?. Rev. Mir. Pogson, of Bridgeport. who has been ill., is making progress toward recovery. Keene, the tragedian, will present Hamlet at the Carll Opera House, Friday evening, Feb. 6. The death of Patrick Tanning at the new depot was found by the coroner to be purely accidental. The Methodist church at Willimantic has been fixed up at an expense of $6,50O and rededicated. Rev. B. F. K1dder, of West Haven, preached in the North M. E. church, Hart ford, last evening.
 The officers of the Grand Encampment, I. o. o. F., will visit Stratfeld Encampment,o of Bridgeport, this evening.
 The conductors and brakemen on the Housatonic road have made their appearance in neat dark blue uniforms.
 Ten shares of New York, New Haven and Hartford stock were sold in the New York Stock Exchange yesterday at ITO.
 The State Board of Agriculture yesterday voted to hold the State fair this year at Mer- iden, one day earlier than last year.
 A little over $65, GOO is added to certain Bridgeport taxpayers tax bills on the new grand list, for not making ont their lists.
 
 road in Waterbury has been abandoned, and the new brick round house takes it's place. Rev. c. s. Wing spoke at the revival meeting in the South Park street M. E. church, Bridgeport, on Tuesday evening.
 Burglars stole a lot of canned fruit. silver spoons, boots and books from Elias Plumb's hou SC in North Bridgeport Monday evening. The Housatonic road has AT stockholders in this State, the Naugstuck road has 451 and the New York, New Haven and Hartford 1888.
 MT. J. Burton Hine, of this city, who has been quite low in consequence of the. acci- dent he met with, has been gaining for few days past.
 Miss Mamie Treat, the eleven year old daughter of Hon. Amos s. Treat, of Bridge port, celebrated her birthday Tuesday even- ng by party.
 Edward Thompson, of Bridgeport, while trying to shoot dog was himself acciden tally shot, the ball lodging in the feshy part of his right hip.
 This evening the Butchers association of Bridgeport will give grand ball at Lyceum Hall for the benefit of the sufferers by the floods in Germany.
 Mr. Houghton, the organist at the St. James Episcopal church, Birmingham, has accepted call to church at Washington, D. o., at salary of $500 per annum.
 Superintendent Beach, of the Naugatuck railroad, is enjoying his Florida trip. He was last reported at Pilatka, Jan. 26th, and the thermometer that day was IS, here 24. The State Bar association yesterday at Hartford, upon report of committee, took action in favor of a bill for the creation of the office of Attorney General in this State The Lincoln club of Connecticut will cele- brate the seventy-fourth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln by @ banquet in Armory Hall, Palace block, Meriden, on the evening of February IA.
 With yesterday mornings rain and thaw
 
 bound look and rivers of water ran in the streets The sunshine in the afternoon brought out many shoppers to Chapel street. The Greens are now flooded, and cold snap will give the young folks some more good skating.
 The Candee rubber shop will close for sev- eral weeks Saturday night, owing to the cor ner in rubber. At the clock shop work is quiet, and few of the hands are out of em- ployment temporarily. The G. M. R. Shoe company of Naugatuck have put their hands on three-quarters' pay, and it is rumored that after Feb. 15 work will be suspended. Rathbone Lodge No. l, K. of F., give Thursday evening, Feb l, the beautiful do m estic drama, ''Meriam's Crime," with Messrs. Wm Freeman, Wm. A. Gilfllan, H. W. Durard, D. W. G. Wiser, Edward F.. Durand and Mrs. Belle Howard and Mrs. H. W. Durand as the cast. social hop will follow.
 The Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, whose annual statement appears elsewhere in this issue, now has nearly $98, 900, 900 assets. The payments to policy holders last year were $12, ,S48, ,S35, and those among whom this large sum was apportioned can best tell the benefits which the Mutual Life confers. The families who have been kept from want are the best witnesses as to the fidelity with which this great corporation manages and conducts its trusts. Its surplus is now over SIP, 900, 900, it's outstanding in surance over $329, ,OoO, ,OoO. The transactions of this company are ou:so grand scale as to place it beyond the limit of comparison.