Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-10
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 The Saturday Night Quinnipiac Social club presented their janitor, H. C.. Goodwin, with an ice pitcher Saturday night.
 The Turn society of Meriden give benefit December 7 to George Seikel, the former in structor of the Turner's, in Turn Hall, this city.
 The ladies of St. Johns Episcopal church will hold Christmas sale this afternoon and evening at the residence of George ". Grant, g Lyon street.
 At their regular meeting held yesterday af- ternoon the German Progressive Union se- lected Town Clerk John Sinister as their choice for deputy sheriff.
 The very excellent Mathushek piano used at the "Ster concert" on Thursday evening last was very kindly fuknished by Mr. 0. M Loomis, of the Temple of Music.
 Rev. Mir. Nichols preached an admirable discourse of much power at Trinity church last evening from the words ''Neither do condemn thee; go and sin no more."
 Paddy Ryan," the burglar, was held in S2,OOO bonds at Hartford by the United States commissioner. The court meets in this city on the fourth Tuesday in Februrry.
 The annual convention of the Progressive societies of the State will come of at Bridge port December IS. It is expected that dele gates from all the German Progressive Socie- ties in the State will be present.
 The New Haven branch of the Woman's Board of Missions will hold it's monthly meet ing in Center church chapel Tuesday, De- cember 11th, at a quarter before three o'clock Miss Evans, from China, will speak.
 L. w. Sandiforth, superintendent; Charles w. Rodgers, general freight agent, and s. D. Collier, superintendent of road repairs, all of the Danbury and Norwalk railroad, have ten dered their resign ations, to take effect Jan- uary l, 1884.
 Rev. MT. Lines, of St. Paul's church, yes terday mentioned the near approach of Christmas, and spoke of the annual custom of tying greens and decoration of the church. The work will be commenced at the church this evening.
 Rev. E. Blakeslee preached at College street church yesterday sermon which at tracted the closest attention of his hearers His subject was ''Peter Warmed Himself" /" He also taught large class of adults at the aftern noon Bible service.
 The residence of Lewis Russell, farmer aged seventy, living on the Milford side road in the town of Woodbridge, was burglarized Friday night and property valued at between <S1OO and $20O taken. Among the loot were some silver spoons that had belonged to MT. Russell's grand mother and also to ancestors of his wife,
 The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Blakes- lee, widow of Hiram Blakeslee, took place Saturday afternoon from her late residence, No. 732 State street. There vas large at. tendance despite the rain. The interment was in the cemetery in Hamden, just beyond Cedar Hill. The deceased in her youth re. sided in Hamden and was daughter of Medad Atwater.
 Loomis Musical and Masonic Journal we'll maintains it's record for interest in useful ness in the field it occupies. Mir. c. M. Loomis, the proprietor, gives in the present number, just out, another installment of the narrative of his trip to the old world entitled l''Three Months in Europe" and many of our citizens say that they have gained more in- formation of just the kind they wanted from MT. Loomis' account of his trip than from any other source that has come to their mo- tice. The contents in reference to music and Masonry well edited, fresh and sugges- tive. Original music is furnished with each number. The present number is one of un- usual excellence.