Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-28
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B. Stanley Cornwall, formerly of this city, was married Wednesday last in SouthWick, Mass, to Miss 0. Belle Stiles, well known in New Haven society. The wedding took place at the residence of the brides grandfather, Heaton Granger, Esq. MT. and Mrs. Corn. wall will spend the winter at Chicago, where he is engaged in business.
 Mr. William R. Lloyd, of William street, left this week for Bethlehem, Penn, where his wife has been visiting for short time past They return in about two weeks.
 Superintendent Denver of the car shops had three fingers of his left hand badly torn by machine recently. He will not be able to use his hand for week or more.
 Police Captain Hyde was quite i'll yesterday at his home
 Governor Waller and Mayor Lewis returned from New York yesterday morning.
 J. V. Farrar was in town yesterday arrang ing fer the appearance of Herne's Hearts of Oak at Peck's Friday, December 7.
 Postmaster Clark, of Birmingham, who has been sick, has recovered
 Mrs. Charles H. Northam, of Hartford, is very low with pneumonia.
 Roswell w. Brown, of Hartford, died at Danbury Monday after 8 long illness of Bright's disease. He was born in Ellington in 1887. He was coal dealer in Hartford at one time, chairman of the Republican town committee and first Selectman. Last year he was stricken with the disease which caused his death. He leaves a wife and two daughters, one very young.
 Hon. John H. Leeds was in Hartford yes terday. Mir. Leeds is looking finely and says his trip to Syria and Asia Minor was so en- joyable that he wouldn't mind going to the far East again.
 General E. E. Bradley and wife have taken up their residence in this city at the Grand Haven residence is occupied during the in- | terim.
 Mrs. Rachel Giddings, aged 84, residing in the north part of Sherman, recently fell | down stairs, breaking her hip and receiving other injuries which may prove fatal.
 Miss Canfeld, 8 sister of Mrs. Merritt Beach, in New Milford, fell down stairs this l week and received severe injuries. Rev. A. P. Gumbert of Jersey City, N. J., |
 pastor of the South Norwalk Baptist church. Mir. Walter E. Fitch, former Bridgeport citizen, has returned to Bridgeport from Kan. sss where he has been for the last two years Conductor Seegars, of the Naugatuck rail road, and wife celebrated their silver wed. ding Monday evening. Many gifts were pre- sented them and fine supper was served. MT. F. 0. Smith, city editor of the Bridge port Standard, read a very interesting paper before the Bridgeport Scientific society Mon day evening. Subject: Utility of the
 Microscope" At their next meeting an in. formal social season will occur devoted prin. cipally to the study of the microscope. MT. John B. Mcdonnell, who has been 1 connected with the Hartford Sunday Journal for the past two years, left for Washington l yesterday to accept government clerkship. Yesterday morning, in Hartford, MT. Simon Mayer, brother of David Mayer, died at his
 home from disease of the kidneys. He had l been unconscious since Saturday MT. Mayer was a native of Germany, where he | was born January z, 1911. He had amassed a competence in business and was a respected | citizen. He had sold hundreds of watches in Hartford and vicinity from his portable l leather pouch during trips from place to place.
 Senator Anthony has sent Senator Eaton | his usual annual gift of 8 bouncing Narra- gansett Thanksgiving bird.
 General Lloyd E. Baldwin, of WiIIimantic, has been appointed by Governor Waller to fill the position left vacant by the death of R. H. Ward, of Plainfeld, as commissioner of Windham county.