Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Sassacus encampment has it's annual to- night.
 Next week occurs the Hebrew feast of Purim
 Ralph H. Beckley, of Meriden, died yester day, aged 7G.
 A few people are beginning to complain of ''spring fever"
 Yesterdays fine weather suited the great majority of tho public.
 The item 92 deaths in Hartford, Tues day." in yesterdays paper, should have read ''in February
 MT. Michael R. Enscoe contemplates build ing another new residence on Edwards street this spring.
 The brig Daylight arrived here yesterday morning, 13 days from Porto Rico, with sugar and molasses for the Armstrongs.
 St. Joseph Young Mems T. A. l.. society will present My Geraldine" at Peck's Grand Opera House Saturday night.
 Mrs. Jonah G. French, of Milford, i'll with pneumonia, is very much worse, and her phy- sicians give up all hope of her recovery.
 Prof. Verrill lectures this evening in the Mechanics course at North Sheffield hall, on # Y. The work of removing the Washington Park M. E. church edifce, Bridgeport, was begun yesterday, and will be completed in short time.
 Mir. II. H. Peck the bookseller, the public will be glad to learn ,ls convalescent. He has been seriouslyin aud confined to his residence for nine weeks.
 New Haven phy sicians have had extremely arduous and busy times for the past six weeks fessional services.
 A fourth edition of ''The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut by Rev. pr. Beardsley, has -been- published, by Houghton, Mif1in& Go.
 Patrick Egan, treasurer of the Irish Land League, will visit Father Walsh in Water bury the last of the month, and will stay a week with Father Walsh.
 The Charles A. Warren place, which was burned last night, was, it is said, built by MT. Eld, who was broker in Chapel street years ago. and after whom Ed street was given its name.
 MT. s. B. Gum, of Milford, is very low, Bright's disease having set in, and no hope of his recovery being entertained. He has been lifelong resident of Milford, and much esteemed
 Dicke1man, the florist, has 6 magnifc snt azalea in bloom at his nursery on Chapel street. It has over ,OOO blossoms on it. MT. Dickerman is now securing host of orders, and his spring business opens very spirited ly.
 cta Fly oOSok tad -o1 killed in Bloomfield Tuesday The animal escaped from Moritz Wieder while being un- loaded at Windsor street, Hartford, last No vember, and has been wandering in the woods ever since.
 The 10th annual meeting of the New Ha- ven Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary conference takes place this morning and af ternoon at Calvary Baptist church. Mrs. Clark, recently returned from Assam, de- flyers au address.
 A New Lor don man whose wood pile kept diminishing faster than it ought to loaded two sticks W ith blasting powder, plugged up the holes, laid them on top of the pile and awaitei results. The next morning the stove of his next door neighbor was blown to pieces
 MT. F. C. Tuttle proprietor of the Good year rubber store, 73 Church street, corner of Center, has just taken the agency of the Fairfield Rubber comrany's goods, consist ing of the following: Gentlemen's ventilat ed rubber coats, rubber carriage drill in all weights and colors also their patent carriage boot, which is tho best thing in the market. Manufacturers would do we'll to call and ex- anime the above.