Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-26
LUCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

BT10H momC1OAs Evangelist Hammond conducted an open air meeting last evening in front of English Hall.
 Thomas Donahue of this city, the pugil- ist, has opened boxing school in Middle town.
 The drivers on the Whitneyville horse cars have been presented by Richard S.. Fellowes with handsome fur overcoats.
 Among the pleasantest social events of the season will be the annual reception by Mon tewese Lodge, I. o. 0. F., this evening at Union Armory.
 party of Stratford boys Wednesday skat- ed from Wheeler's wharf in that place to Derby, making the distance in fifty minutes. They were longer returning.
 MT. F. A. Bowman has just returned from trip to Montreal, where he witnessed the great ice carnival. On Tuesday the ther- mometer was 40 degrees below zero there.
 Rev. MT. Hawes. of North church, will preach in the chapel of the Ceday Hill Union Mission Sabbath eve, January 2S. Ser vices commence at 7:3O o'clock. Seats free.
 The beautiful memorial window in the new Humphrey street church, mentioned in these columns last Friday, is the gift of the rela- tives and friends of the late Rev. MT. Hanna. The grand officers of the Grand Encamp- ment, I. O. O. F., of the State visited Nor wich last evening and instituted Oneco Uni. form Degree Commandery No. 5. which has fifty-four charter members.
 The Thespian club give grand festival at Loomis' Temple of Music tomorrow even ing. The organization IS composed of popu- lar young men, and the arrangements indi. cate very successful affair.
 Mrs Grace A. Jones, wife of Edward I. Jones, residing at 91 Ashmun street, died sud. denly of heart disease yesteday morning. She had been in poor health the past two months but was not considered dangerously ill. She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Kate V. Many.
 A committee of the engineers, Messr s Chatterton, Close and Fisher, occupied box at the Grays' ball last evening. They were visiting Mr. Carll with reference to thu grand ball of the engineers. The first issu' of tickets have all been sold and POO nor have been ordered.
 About $7Oo have already been subscribed for new Swedish Lutheran church Tn New Britain, to be built, with seating capacity of 700, next summer At the annual meeting 1t was voted, 40 to 14, that ''no Freemasol or member of other infidel societies shall be member of the congregation"
 The derrick of wrecking car on the New Haven and Northampton road was upset bI striking against the bridge at Westfeld Mass, Wednesday afternoon. Augustu Longley and John Maloney were severely in iured in the fall The rest of the men es capped by jumping as the train was moving slowly.
 George Rathgeber, aged sixteen or seven teen, son of the well known Chapel stree barber, was thrown from buggy in whicl he was riding on Broadway shortly after noon yesterday, and received severe interna injuries which may result fatally. The team struck hydrant while the horse, which wa frightened, was running.
 New officers of the New Haven Bicycle club are as follows M. F. Tyler, president s. A. Marsden, captain T. R. Ackrill, frs lieutenant; J. W. Jewett, second lieutenant and treasurer; Robert Christie secretary F. W. Joyce standard bearer; W. H. Thomas, bugler; H. D. Clark, club commit tee. At present there are thirty members ii the club