Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-06
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Farewell exercises at the Wesley chape take place next Sunday.
 Stamford is to have a new Presbyterian church, costing $6O,O 900.
 Captain Henry Hampstead, aged 95, died in New London yesterday.
 The ice on Lake Whitney attracted quite 2 large party of skaters yesterday.
 Hiram Lodges celebration, March 29, will be at the New Haven Opera House.
 Meriden Girl, of Meriden, was sold yester- day to 8 New York purchaser for $1,0CO.
 MT. George A. Harmount. manager of the New Haven Clock oompany's business in Chi cago, is in the city for few days.
 Steps are to be taken by the county com missioners to improve the ventilation and sanitary condition of the new court house.
 Among the postmasters confirmed by the United States Senate yesterday were Samuel H. Garfield at Seymour and James R Clark at Milford.
 Henry Konold took out permit yesterday morning for the erection of three-story frame dwelling corner of Ferry and East Chapel streets.
 Rev. Louis H. Schneider, who was called over the German Lutheran church in Hart ford some two years ago, died in Washington on Saturday of typhoid fever.
 The old folks concert given at the Nash street mission last Wednesday evening will be repeated tomorrow evening at the First Baptist church, Wooster Square
 There will be the usual monthly meeting of the Ladies' Church Missionary association at Trinity chapel building, Temple street, this (Tuesday) afternoon at o'clock.
 The late Mrs. Beard, formerly of Vest vile, wife of the late Dr. George M. Beard, of Nevs York, died of the same disease of which her husband died-pneumonia.
 The repairs of the Miller residence on West Chapel street, which was partly burned New Years night, .are nearly finished. The exterior work is done and the interior work nearly so.
 The colonel and staff of the Fourth regi, ment have been invited to attend the enter tainment and. drills to be given by the Sars- field Guard Dramatic association tonight in Bridgeport.
 About $1OO was made at the entertain ment in Germania Hall Sunday night for the benefit of Robert Weiss, leader of the Haru gari Singing society. The Harugari society had charge of the affair.
 The United States stamped envelope works, Hartford, shipped 35, 100000 enve- lopes and newspaper wrappers during Janu- ary, nearly 5000, 900 more than during any month since the opening of the works in that city.
 The Sarsfeld Guard, with their dramatic association, go to Bridgeport this evening and give their famous exhibition drill in con nection with the play of 'Led Astray," both of which were so successfully given here few weeks ago.
 MT. and Mrs. u. Gilbert, of Birmingham, narrowly escaped suffocation by coal gas in their room Sunday morning, The Hampers were shut off, The wife woke up half stifed and found her husband unconscious. Dr. Beardsley attended them.
 The corner in rubber shuts up, beside the Candee rubber shop in this city, the Good year rubber shops in Naugatuck and the Hayward factory in Colchester, and in this State and Massachusetts throws 10000 or 12,oOO people out of employment.
 u. reply to uon. Charles Atwater that he will deliver a lecture in this city for the benefit of the St. Francis Orphan asylum any even ing after the 9th of March. The subject will be t'The Early Irish Settlers in North and South America"
 The dwelling house of MT. Wm. A. Ives, of Centerville, was damaged by fire about $2OO last Saturday afternoon. It caught from stove. The family were away at the time. Men from Ives factory extinguished the fire Insured through J. G. North & Go. in the Atlantic, of Hartford.
 The remains of the late Henry Wood, who died on last Thursday at his place in Middle street, Bridgeport, will be buried this after noon from the undertaking rooms of MT. John C. Ford, of that city. Justice Pinker- man, of Bridgeport has been unable to find any of Woods friends or relatives living in New Haven or Hartford