Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-14
LOCAL NEWA.
Brier MsntIOn.


 Daniel Maher, pattern maker at the Con. solidated railroad shops, lost two fingers by buzz saw yesterday morning.
 The Sedgwick Guard, Company B, Bridge port, held prize picnic at Pembroke Grove yesterday afternoon and evening.
 The Congregational church society of Housatonic, Mass, made a picnic visit to Seaside Park. Bridgeport, yesterday.
 The union picnic of the M. z. Sunday schools of West Stratford, strat:erd and Nichols Farms will be held at High Rock to- day.
 valuable orse. one of pair owned by Mr. Charles Reed, of Tarifville, fell dead satur- day night as the owner was driving home from Hartford.
 The Connecticut Cavalry association will hold their sixteenth annual reunion in Bridge port to day. Dinner will be served at Mills pavilion, Seaside Park.
 This afternoon at 2 o'clock the Southern New England Telephone company meet in this city to ratify the consolidation of the New England companies.
 The great picnic of St. Patrick's parish takes place tomorrow at Hamilton Park. It is estimated that if it is fine day eight thou sand people will attend it.
 Miss Cora E. Keeney, only daughter of H. J. and Elizabeth Keeney, of Meriden, died yesterday morning at o'clock after being ill only since Friday night. aged seven teen years.
 Messrs. O'Br1en, Foley. Booth, Kaine and Fender were appointed last evening as com mittee on reunion of Court Metropolitan, A. o. F. No. 743, to be held the latter part of this month
 The annual picnic of the St. Joseph's I. A. and B. association, of Bridgeport, was held at High Rock Grove yesterday. They went np on special train of thirteen cars, all of which were well filled.
 At St. PauI's church, Bridgeport Sunday morning, excellent funeral discourse was given by the Rev. Dr. E. w. Maxcy in con nection with the decease of it's former rector, Rev. Dr. N. s. Richardson.
 The arrangements for the unVeiling of the Goodwin monument in Bridgeport, August 2Oth, are not yet completed, but it is safe to say that large gathering of the State mili- tia will be present on that occasion.
 Rev. MT. Reo holds, pastor of the Congre- gational church of North Haven, arrived home yesterday afternoon from visit to Newport and Block Island and takes another short trip probably to the mountains in a few days
 Tomorrow the feast of the assumption of the Virgin Mary will be observed in the Ro man Catholic church. An early mass ser vice at 5:3) will be held in all the Catholic churches of the city and one or more masses later in the day.
 Mir. w. s. Fox, for three years the leading officer in the Reform school Meriden, under Superintendent Howe, died in Haninsville, H., August 8th, aged 34 years Mr. Fox left the school year ago last October on &C., count of failing health.
 Rev. Father AntilI. professor of phiIoso- phy in the Catholic college at Suspension Bridge. near Niagara Falls has been the guest of Rev. Father Russell, of St. Patrick's. and preached on Sunday at St. Patrick's fine discourse on prayer.
 Owing to the continued ill he alth of Adiu- tant D. T. Hubben, of Bethel, he will not be able to act at the next encampment. His position will be filled by Lieutenant Alfred E. Moore of Company I, West Winsted, as acting adjutant of the Fourth regiment
 Vennor predicts warm and sult1y weather with thunder storms during the fore part of this week. On Thursday, Friday and Satur- day rains and thunder storms will be of aI- most daily occurrence. His predictions for the weather of the last two or three weeks proved most absurd.