Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-17
LOCAL NEWS.
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Brief Mention. Harper's for March is received and for sale | by T. H. Pease & Son. Marshall Jewell had one policy of $1O.OOO 1 on his life in @ Hartford company. By fall on the ice day before yesterday, | Miss Marion Gibbie, of East Haven, dislocat- | ed her shoulder. Rev. MT. Piddock, the new pastor of the Wooster Square Baptist church, breaches at the church to morrow. The Security Insurance company, of New Haven, loses $1, 42O by the burning of the Collender billiard factory in Stamford.
 Since the last report of Town Agent Key holds, made in December, there have been ten insane persons cared for by the town.
 The Winchester Arms company has yet obtained no satisfactory supply of water from it's artesian well, which is. still being bored.
 It is was Albert Swords and not Alfred, his brother, who was before the City court this week It is said that Albert always gives his brothers name.
 The young man Richard Lewis, who was hurt on freight train at Norwalk, had his cheek bone broken. He is doing as well as could be expected
 The ice storm made great deal of work yesterday for the lin emen of the telephone company, some fifty cases of broken wire having needed attention.
 H. Machol, the popular tailor, located 217 Chapel street, opposite the City Market, has been in New York for the past week se. lecting goods for the coming spring.
 Mary Ann Boyd broke her collar bone yes- terday by falling near the corner of Broad way and York street. She is fifty years of age and her home is in Springfield, Mass
 The hearing in the quo warranto proceed ings to ascertain by what authority Hon. Henry G. Lewis is exercising the functions of Mayor will be held on next Wednesday forenoon.
 The ice on Quassapaug pond, Middlebury, is two feet thick and the fishermen in that locality are deriving much sport from catch ing bass and pickerel through the ice. Sev- eral bass of large size have been caught lately.
 The special gospel meetings which have been held in the Davenport church for the past six weeks will be concluded by special gospel service tomorrow Sunday evening. Rev. MT. Upson will be present and conduct the service.
 The new billiard table of the New Haven Yacht club is ready for use. The opening between the clubs two fine rooms is hand somely arched over. The club has 13O mem berg and new applications are being constant ly received.
 John Naylor, of Fair Haven, aged eighty one years, who formerly worked in Bald inSo huk 0f Iofo hos crosses in their season and picked up a living as well as he could, died yesterday. He was born in Yorkshire, England.
 The new bell in the Edwards street tower will be ready for fire service by Tuesday or Wednesday. The delicate machinery for striking the bell will be by that time in ope- ration. In the meantime the bell tower will be newly sheathed and repainted.
 The Watertown Fire Insurance company has withdrawn from business in this State and reinsured it's risks in the Sun Fire In- surauce company, of London, England, which is said to be 173 years old and said to be the oldest fire insurance company in the world
 The resolution releasing Minott and Polly Banks from jail has been signed by the Gov ernor and is in the hands of the attorneys for the defendants. MT. Banks is sick at the Bridgeport jail, and it may not be considered prudent to remove him in this stormy weath- CT.
 After most successful cloak season Mr. Bretzfelder will close out the remainder of his cloaks at fifty cents on the dollar, in order to be ready for his spring campaign Not desirous of carrying any cloaks over the season, he will sell them at unheard of low prices.
 The new time table for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad taking effect February IS, is just out It includes the time table of the Air Line division and of the Hartford and Connecticut Valley railroad It is in general the most complete table the road has ever issued.
 The lecture of Dr. Goodsell at the Em- manuel Baptist church Thursday evening was postponed on account of the weather, and next Thursday being Washington's birthday will be further postponed until Thursday, March 1, when they will go on Thursday evenings until the course is finished.
 The preliminary work for the erection of the new four story brick block on State street, between D. s. Cooper's store and the alley, is progressing fast. Alderman K. S. Platt will have the building specially ar. ranged for the convenience of his business
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