Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-28
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

The board of assessors have daily sessions from October 1st to November 1st to receive tax lists.
 James Palmer and James Gilchrist got into an altercation last evening and were arrested on 8 charge of breach of the peace.
 The double track on the Naugatuck road from the Junction northward is progressing. About two miles have been laid already.
 The clay pigeon shooting contest between teams from the Bridgeport and Worcester gun clubs did not come off yesterday, owing to high winds.
 Er. Joseph Scoville, of No. 12 Hotchkiss street, picked a number of fine ripe raspber- ries in his garden yesterday, the third crop from the same bushes.
 A fire slightly damaged tenement in Bir- mingham yesterday morning occupied by a family named Seward. The fremen soon extinguished the flames.
 Colonel H. Stewart WortIey, commissioner of patents of Great Britain, inspected the new naptha engine yesterday. He has taken an interest in Dr. Hollands English patents.
 Anew-born male infant was found in a front yard in Waterbury Wednesday even- ing. It was wrapped up in 8 woman's night dress. No clue to the mother has yet been found.
 Complaint is made that the lamps in the lower part of Grown street are not lighted as soon as the rules require and 9 similar com plaint is made In regard to other sections of the city.
 The railroad commissioners are inquiring by circular of the selectmen of the different towns if there are any dangerous road crossings in their towns, and If so where and how many.
 The College street Sabbath school and friends have foliage excursion to-day to High Rock Grove. The train leaves at 9:45 a. m. Returning train leaves the Grove at 4:3O p. m.
 Judge Blydenburgh speaks on temperance in Plymouth church, Milford, this evening and next Sunday evening Rev. MT. Bray, of this city, will preach temperance sermon in the same church.
 Wetherbee $ Co.,, well known firm fro m Middletown, Conn, have opened the store No. 462 State street and stocked it with a very fine selection of glass, tin, crocksry, lamps and notions generally.
 The two runaway boys from the Catholic institute at Westchester who were arrested at the depot Tuesday night were taken back yesterday morning in charge of MT. Mona han, the father of one of them.
 The officers of Putnam concIave, Knights of Sherwood Forest, of this city, will con duct the initiation of members and installa- tion of officers of new conclave to be insti tuted in Waterbury next Monday.
 Mir. F. S. Andrew has a license for builds ing small smoke house near the site of the burned slaughter house at Beaver Pond Mr. Andrew had some hams which he wished to have smoked Tho permit does not carry the privilege of building slaughter house.
 The firm of James Graham & Co.,, the brass founders, on Wooster street, have re- ceived an order from the Pullman Palace Car company for twelve thousand nickel-bronze center bearing journals. They will use up forty-fVe tons of castings and are costly.
 James A. Moran, the halter, who shot himself al the Fremont House a few weeks ago, has nearly recovered and yesterday was taken by his father home to Newark, N J. His friends think he was rendered insane for the moment by fear that his business venture would be a failure.