Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-27
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention.
 Good weather for winter overcoats last night.
 The physicians report host of cases of colds, infiuenzas and sore throats.
 General Frank D. Sloat has been i'll with an aggravated cold, but is out again.
 Chatfield X Grant broke ground yesterday for the new Normal school building.
 Professor Weir's lecture, announced for this afternoon, is postponed two weeks, un til May II.
 Leigh & PriDdIe have contracted to furnish Inc messenger boys of the Western Union line with new uniforms.
 M E. T. Byrnes received yesterday several large cases of straw goods, all the latest shapes aud new colors.
 Arcanum Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Bridge port, has invited Harmony Lodge, of New Haven, to visit them May 14.
 Mrs. Duggan, Congress street, Hartford, got 20 yards black silk on an order found in a can of Davis baking powder.
 The Yales of this city and the Bridgeports play a game of base ball on the trotting park Bridgeport, Saturday afternoon.
 The new uniforms decided upon by New Haven Commandery, K. T., have been or dered of Sir Knight Garde of Worcester, Mass.
 The cigar makers have voted to stop work on next Monday if the manufacturers do not agree to pay an advance of $1 per thousand cigars.
 The district stewards of the Methodist Episcopal church will hold their annual meet ing in the Methodist church, Waterbury Tuesday, May 8.
 Bishop Williams will be at Christ church, West Haven, on the evening of May 24, and on the following evening at St. Peters church, Milford,
 No one should fail to see the beautiful white cactus in bloom at Dickerman's, No. 169 Chapel street. and which will continue for three or four days.
 The funeral of Mrs. Sarah M. Davenport, mother of the Rev. John Davenport, of Wa terbury, took place Wednesday afternoon at the residence of her son-in law, G. P. Adams, Norwalk
 o winter wilt thou never, never go? O Summer but we weary for thy coming i; longing once more to see the soda flow from fountains kept laboriously humming. g.-Hart- ford Post.
 Mrs Treadwell, president of the W. c. T U. of Connecticut, will meet the ladies of the New Raven Union Saturday in Y. M. 0. A. Hall at four o'clock p. m. Members of Fair Haven Union invited. All are welcome.
 In the Boston stock market Tuesday New York and New England stock dropped from 43, the figure at which it has sold for some time past, down to 36 f. Wednesday at the first call on tho stock board sales ranged from 37 to 37 1.2.
 Justin Bradley, of East Haven, and Miss Frances E. Paddock, of Meriden, were mar ried in East Haven April 20. Mir. Bradley is one of the old residents of East Haven, and both MT. and Mrs. Bradley have the esteem and best wishes of many friends.
 By an explosion of vulcanizing machine in George H. Gidney's dental rooms, 253 Chapel street. yesterday morning. about $1OO damage to windows and unfinished sets of teeth was done. Mir. Davis, an assistant to the dentist, barely escaped serious injury. By reference to another column it will be seen that the banking house of Donslow, Easton & Herts, New York city, deal in American Bank Note stock. This is favor ite investment with many, and at the price nets over per cent. Persons doing busi- ness with this firm have the guarantee of dealing with well known stock exchange banking house. Mir. Denslow, the senior member of the firm. has been a member of the New York Stock Exchange for over twenty years. The firm issues daily print ed stock letter. They also keep constantly on hand line of choice investment securities