Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention.
 The Board of Aldermen meet next Monday evening.
 Chief Engineer Hendrick resumed duty yesterday.
 The Jewish cemetery is being improved at a cost of $4, ,O0O to $5,ooO.
 The sloop Acme, of the New Haven Yacht fleet, has joined the New Haven Yacht club.
 Miss Mary Hull, maiden lady residing on the Farms, Wallingford, aged 80, died Sun day.
 The committee on Memorial day met last evening and made further preparations for the event.
 The Turner society has its programme ot exercises for the coming Turn-fest in Hart ford partly prepared.
 The cigar manufacturers have acceded to the demands of the employees, giving the one dollar more per thousand asked for.
 Rev. T. A Leete, of Northford, has re signed his pastorate in that place and VIII re- move to Massachusetts early in May.
 The police officers will generally change their beats to-day, the day men going on night duty and the night men on day
 Rev. MT Ladd, who returned from Egypt last fall, left Danbury yesterday with his family for his ne field in Cleveland, O.
 Miss Oracle Judson gave private sociable at her residence, 21 Eld street, last evening. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by those present.
 MT. Palmer caught black bass weighing 34 pounds at Lake Whitney yesterday, one of the largest ever caught in those waters for long time.
 Philip Aston, a colored youth of this city, has been released from tue insane asylum at the instance of Dr. Shew, Judge Studley coinciding.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies' Church Missionary association will take place this afternoon at o'clock at Trinity Chapel building, Temple street
 The rink ramblers took run on their bi- cycles to the shore yesterday afternoon and 8 supper provided by Hinman, returning about seven o'clock.
 This evening the fire and police commis- sioners will hold their regular monthly meet ipes. The Board of Health and Board of Selectmen will also meet.
 MT. Bassett of the firm of Afford & Co.,, Winsted, has decided to lead bachelor life no longer, and will be married to-day in this city to New Haven lady.
 The trustees of Trinity college have agreed to call the Rev. George w. Smith, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y, to succeed President Pyn- chon, and negotiations are pending.
 Rev. Burdett Hart of the First Congrega- tional church, Fair Haven, on his European trip will probably devote most of his time to visiting northern Italy and Sweden.
 Dr. McHugh, the veterinary surgeon on Grown street. removed two nasal polypi yes terday from horse at the Broadway stables, restoring the horse to his usefulness.
 Arrangements have been made with H. G. Scofeld, c. E. of Bridgeport, to make sur vey of the borough of Stamford for the pur- pose of deviting some plan for sewerage.
 Mir. Bella Clark, of Milford, who has been suffering with 8 cancer on his lip for several months past, had it removed on Friday, Dr. Francis Bacon, of New Haven, performing the operation.
 MT. Charles H. Trowbridge has purchased the property on Broad street, in Milford, owned by Judge John w. Fowler. Judge Fowler will move into his residence on New Haven avenue in that town.
 conductor of tho State street horse rail road had his hand badly jammei owing to the brick team runaway Saturday, and is off duty for short time. The car which was struck by the cart is in use again.
 A barn and tobacco shed, belonging to N. c. Barber in South Windsor, were burned to the ground early yesterday morning. An acres crop of tobacco was destroyed, togeth CT with farming tools and considerable hay.
 Mir. Robert Camp, of Middlebury, has bought for the Naugatuck Rubber company the Ebenezer Smith farm of 30 acres in that town. The company use water power DOT and flow the Smith farm. In Armstrongs window on Chapel street Is silver cup to be given to the best amateur bicycle rider at Forepaugh's circus. In the same window is a fine silver ice pitcher to be given to the winner of the foot race at Hamilton Park on May IA. The Pullman Car company are constructing two parIor cars specially for the New York and New England railroad company. These cars are to have every modern appliance, decided improvement over the parlor cars of few years ago, and will cost $25, ,OO0 each. The entire stretch of meadows between this city and North Haven was covered with 8 heavy white frost yesterday morning, and at first sight many took it for another fall of ''beautiful snow" Ice was found in many places yesterday morning which had formed over night. The monthly entertainment of the Y. W. c. A. will be given at the Home, 12s Chaps, street, Wednesday evening" May 2d, at 8 o'clock. Reading by Mir. E. F. Snyder, singing by Mrs. W. F. Armstrong and Mir. Bushnell, piano solo by Miss M. White. All self-supporting young women over thirteen are cordially invited.