Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-22
LOlAL NEVIS.
RrIaE EgenliOM.


 Rev. Mir. Bushnell, of this city, will preach in the First Congregational church, Milford, Sunday.
 Rev. Newman Smyth and family have re- turned and Dr. Smyth occupies his pulpit to- morrow.
 In this vicinity and throughout the State prospects are promising for good crop of chestnuts.
 Mr. Joseph Irons will, preach to morrow evening at English Hall Subject, ''Christ Suffering for Man"
 Rev MT. Ford at George street M. church, Sunday evening, will deliver discourse upon the subject of temperance.
 The State Teachers association holds its meeting in this city at the High school build ing, October IS, 19 and 20.
 Major T. E. Moore, United States commis- Bioner of the Salvation Army, who has just returned from England, speaks in Bridgeport Sunday.
 The New Haven M. E. district meeting will be held October 8, 9 and 10, in Plsinville. The Methodist parties here have received the official announcement of the fact.
 The Good Samaritans of Hartford hold 8 temperance meeting Sunday night in Tenn perance Hall Among the speakers will be NIT. ". G. Dickinson of this city.
 The Holyoke AIumnae association will meet in the parlors of the Church of the Re- deemer this afternoon at o'clock. All for mer pupils arc cordially invited.
 The Thespian club will give Q seven nights fair and festival at the Atheneum, beginning October 6. They gave a fair last year. This year they award costly gold badge for the favorise police officer.
 Richard Clark, the Clinton artilleryman whose arm was shattered at Mantle, is doing we'll st the hospital. He has been visited by quite number Of friends. He hopes to be out iu two or three weeks more.
 The Bridgeport Bar association held their regular annual clambake at the George Hotel Black Rock, yesterday afternoon. A large number of the legal fraternity were present and gocd social time was the result.
 big blast was fired of at East Rock the other day to dislodge an overhanging mass near the summit of the rock. The object was accomplished About one hundred and fifty tons of rock were torn out aud came down with c tremendous crash.
 The nv hall fitted up by Elias Howe, Jr., post No 3, c. A. R was formerly opened last evening. About 300 of the comrades and their frisnds were present, including dele gation from the Mount Vernon post Inter- esting exercises were held.
 Tho pro5ecuting attorney after an investi- gation decided that there was DO case against John c. Park, twenty years of age, who was arrested Thursday afternoon by Detective Reilly charged with obtaining money on worthless check from George E. Vaughn of Chapel street, for $2O.
 lGon DSy Pray CT Meeting.
 The noon day prayer meeting at the Y. M. 0. A. has besn very enjoyable to all who have been present this week To-day the usual Sunday school lesson will be studied, and Sunday school teachers will bo much inter- ested by hearing an exposition of the lesson from Bible class teacher who is also business man of the city.
 This eVel ing the meeting for young men will be held in Association hall at o'clock.
 An IBcip1ent Blaze.
 small blsze of fire YVES discovered Thurs day evening about midnight proceeding from 8 barn in the rear of the eastern end of the brown stone front block on Chapel street op. posite the lower green. The fire originated from bundle of rags that were saturated with kerosene placed right beside the barn. The rags were burning fast and the boards had already caught fire when the blaze was discovered and put out. Evidently incen- diaries were at work.
 Weddings.
 The social event of the season in Hartford was the marriage of Mir. Charles Wild Van Slyck of Nandan, Dakota, to Miss Carrie J., daughter of Mr. c. s. Wethersby, retired dry goods merchant, on Thursday evening at the South Congregational church by Rev. Dr. Parker, in the presence of a largs num- Der of friends and relatives. Over nine hun dred invitations had been issued. < Mir. P F. Bohan, the merchant tailor on Center street, and Miss Julia Cassidy, daugh- ter of Mir. Francis Cassidy, will be united in marriage on Monday next at 11:45 o'clock at St. Mary's church. A reception will follow at o'clock at Mir. Cassidy's residence No. A Ashmun street.