Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-11
PeraouaI.

PersOnaI.
 Mir. James H. Higgins, of Meriden, long in the book and news trade, there is going out of business
 MT. Augustus Lines, ex-tax assessor, con- tinues in excellent health for one of his years, upwards of eighty. His residence on the corner of Grand and Olive streets stands on the site of the house in which he was born and was erected when Mir. Lines was seven years of age. The house in which he first ! saw the light was removed to Franklin street some distance above Grand, where it still stands occupied as 8 tenement house. Superintendent Young of Brown < Co.'S dry goods store, who was. injured at the ire at Smith < Bristops stables, was under Dr. Cremin's care yesterday, suffering from hemorrhage of the bowels. but will be about in day or two.
 | Miss Mary, daughter of Nathan Camp, of Guilfora, died Wednesday of consumption, l aged 46. The funeral took place yesterday, Rev. MT. Banks officiating. | William P. Fowler, of Guilford, cut his knee badly with broadaxe Monday, while at work with Shore Line bridgemen. Judge l.. E. Munson, of this city, has gone to Cedar Rapids. Iowa, to be absent couple of weeks. I be one of the speakers at the general meet | ing at the Army of the Potomac reunion in | Washington next Wednesday.
 Assistant Adjutant General J. J. Sweeney will sail for Europe soon for six weeks | trip for the benefit of his health For a year past he has been troubled with malaria, the result of severe and prostrating illness. l G. W. Sanford, father of Superintendent Sanford, is spending few days with his son l at the almshougsz
 Patrick Scott, who was removed from the lock up to the almshouseg Wednesday suffe fer ing from paralysis, was much improved to- day.
 On May 2d Mrs. Mary Skinner, of Higga- nun, died, aged ninety-ons years and seven months Four days later Jerusha Skinner 1 died. aged seventy one years. Yesterday Mrs. | Asher Burr died at the age of sixty six years. The two latter were daughters of Mrs. Mary l Skinner. Their ages aggregated nearly 223 1 years.
 1 Mrs. Catharine F. WeIles, widow of the late Oswin Welles, Hartford, died in that city l Wednesday evening after short illness with l pneumonia.
 l Mrs. Langtry is to appear in Hartford on Saturday evening of next week. MT. Roger Munger, of Duluth, has been visiting friends in this city, accompanied by l his wife and daughter. He speaks in glow l ing terms of the prosperity and rapid growth | of Duluth, which, 1t will be remembered, is | the eastern terminus of the Northern Pacific railroad. It has population of IF, ,O00, with many elegant public buildings, extensive | granaries and other commercial structures The Northern Pacific railroad will be done l as far the Yellowstone Park by the fourth of July, and 1t is hoped to have 1t opened | through to the Pacific coast by next Septem- Der. MT. Munger left for home yesterday.
 John Hungerford, of Milford, has sold his farm to Reuben Blakeslee, of Birmingham.
 Rev. Mir. Bailey returned from his visit to Vineland, N. J., on Saturday, the 5th, and oc- cupied his place in the pulpit of St. Peter s church, of Oxford, for the past two Sundays A weakness of the lungs and throat compels him to again give up his labors there and at Quaker Farms.
 MT. Winfield Tucker and his two sisters and Mrs. Hanford Lyon, of Bridgeport, sail for Europe May 18th on ths Scythia.
 Miss Lizzie Randle, great niece of ex May or Goodsell, of Bridgeport, is to be married at RoXbury, May 18th, to Herbert D.. Rich ards, M. D., of Woodbury, son of Dr. Rich ards of Danbury.
 Joseph l.. Hopkins, general agent for the Monumental Bronze company of Bridgeport, was taken ill at Washington, D. G., while there in the interests of the above firm. As soon as he was able he was taken to his sons at Westport, where he died Friday. His re- G His age was sixty six years.
 | popular young conductor on one of the early morning trains from New Haven on tn @ Consolidated road is soon to wed young lady formerly of Milford, but now resid- ing in New York State,-Bridgeport Stan dard.
 Rev. Mir. Jones, of New Haven, will preach in the First Congregational church. Milford next Sunday.
 Dr. s. H. Wood, ot Torrington, has sailed to the Bermudas for health, to be absent about Q month.
 Mrs.. Mary E. Abbey, the wife of Manager Abbey, died at her residence in New York Wednesday. The remains are to be taken to Northampton, Mass, for burial in the little churchyard of her native place. Mrs. Abbey had friends in Waterbury and has often visit ed there.
 The Mahoney boy, bright little fellow six years old, who was run over by the cars at Hartford, Wednesday, died yesterday. His father has charge of the Hartford depot res- taurant. Had he lain quiet under the cars his life would have been saved.
 Prosecuting Attorney J. L. Barbour, of Hartford, will take six weeks trip to Eu- rope this summer.
 E. Coleman Webb, the organist of St. PauTs church. Troy, died yesterday in Vir- ginia. He organized surpliced choir in New York city that was one of the best in the State. He formerly lived in Hartford
 Prof. Sherlock and his Chimes of Nor mandy chorus, Hartford, present next week two operas for the benefit of R. O. Tyler Post in that city.
 G. $ H. Judd, the popular caterers, have handsomely fitted up and opened branch lunch room at 3554 State street. "Bobs" old stand.