Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-26
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 The Spiritualist camp meeting at Nianti opens next week Wednesday.
 The Emerald club of Hartford went to Os prey Beach yesterday on the steamer Francis
 The Winchester ball nine of this city pla. the Waterbury nine in Waterbury to-mor TOW.
 A brown horse and open buggy belonging to the Elm City stables was stolen from Rail road Grove, West Haven, yesterday after noon.
 Simon Worberg, a Litchfeld painter, fell from the cupola of new barn Tuesday, and died during the night from internal in. juries.
 A car of an excursion train from Bristol delay of two hours, Tuesday evening. No one was injured. ..
 The plans Tor the new county court house are in course of preparation. The commis- sioners hope to have the walls up before cold weather sets in.
 Mrs. Dr. Catlin, of Meriden, is seriously i'll and itis feared that her recovery is im- possible Her health has been gradually failing for some time.
 On Wednesday, August l, the annual meet ing of the Connecticut Oyster Growers and Dealers association will be held in the Insur ance building, room 9.
 A barn belonging to Elias P. Gallup of New London was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening. No live stock was in the barn and the cause of the fire is a mystery.
 The Congregational Sunday school of An sonia were on the Starin excursion to Glen Island to the number of 400. They had day of enjoyment devoid of any unpleasant incident
 Sheriff Birds.ey, of Meriden, slipped on banana peel on the sidewalk Tuesday, and in falling struck his arm on an iron picket The arm was not broken, but there was bad flesh wound.
 Adam Leininger, of Birmingham, has achieved the feat of making cucumbers grow on trees. He did this not by grating, but by training the vines upon dead apple tree which stands in his garden.
 The funeral services of the mother of Fire Commissioner Mullen will take place this morning at half-past eight from her late resi- dence. No. 525 Chapel street. High mass at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock.
 Frank O'Brien, the man who boarded the steamboat train at Hartford Tuesday night and kicked up row with the train hands, was tried before Justice Norton of Berlin yesterday and fined $5 and costs
 Rev. Thomas K FesseEden, of Farming ton, the father of the Industrial School for Girls in ATiddletown, contemplates, on &C., count of his age and physical disabilities, re. Iring from active service in the institution as it's president and as 8 director
 John Freeman had a thumb badly crushed while coupling cars in Meriden yesterday afternoon. Freeman seems to be particular ly unfortunate, as it was only a short time since that he received bad cut on the fore head from piece of timber.
 Major E. V. Preston, of the Travellers In surance company of Hartford recently re- turned from his extended trip across the con- tinent and has consented to give on Thurs day evening at the Asylum avenue Baptis. church his impressions of the Mormon ques' tion and other topics of interest which have come under his observation. Major Preston will give an address of unusual interest.
 For the first time since it's incorporation in 1864 the Ousatonic Water company of Derby has declared dividend of per cent on the par of the stock. The income of the com pany in 1882 was $4O, 900 and the expenses $22,0 The balance was expended in ex- tending the canal about quarter of a mile is estimated that the income this year will be from $45, ,GO0 to $5o,00O aud the expenses about the same as the preceding year.