Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-04
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Brief Mention.

Brief Mention. Over 100 men are at work cutting ice at Whitney Lake.
 The Supreme Court meets in Hartford next Tuesday at 10 a. m.
 Tho Fortschritts Vorein will hold it's next meeting to-day at Music Hall, Hartford. Work is progressing at the West Haven ship yard for tho building of another large vessel.
 Governor Waller will remain at the Allyn House during the session of the General As Bembly.
 F. II. waldron, D. G. M., installs the off, oers of Morning Star Lodge of Seymour to- morrow evening.
 Edward Austin, of Fair Haven, was hurt severely Wednesday by fall from load of hay on York street.
 Mrs. Davis, of Seymour, who was aeci- dontally shot by her husband, was still alive yesterday morning.
 member of the New Haven Horse Guard at Hartford yesterday was taken suddenly Ill, but soon recovered.
 At the presentation of "Youth' in Hartford Tuesday evening tho Governors Foot Guard, of that oity, ofIiciated.
 Tho schooner Toresa, now at Belle Dock, has $1Oo,oO cargo of oochineAl nuts and wine from tho Canary Islands.
 Tho Wotmore Machine company yesterday made an assignment in tho Probate Court and Judge Morris was nominated for trustee. Smith Terrell, of Seymour, was thrown from q load of hay on New Years day and seriously Lurt Iio was attended by Dr. Warnor.
 Levorett c. Beman, m old resident of Mid- dletown, dIod yesterday of heart disease aged 72. Ho was son of the lato Amos O. BemRn.
 The Miller residence, damaged by tho fire Monday night, will be repaired at once. The fire 1t ia believed started from eombustibles in the cellar,
 The Meriden Poultry association hold their sixth annual exhibition of poultry, pet stock and dogs Jan 9, 10, Il. A lively interest is being taken in 1t.
 Mir. Horace Day, secretary of the Board of Education, has started for Florida, where he will pass month at Jacksonville and Vicin- ity for his health.
 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses was held yester'
  press of other matters.
 Frank Francis, yardmaster at the New London Northern railroad yard in East New London, was killed while attemptingto to couple cars yesterday morning.
 Chief Justice Park will resume the black ballot hearing in this city at 10 o'clock thii morning All the city boxes will be opened and the legal votes counted.
 The regular business meeting of the Wo mems Christian Temperance Union will b. held to-day (Thursday) at 2:3O p. m. at thu I'M. o. A. Hall. A large attendance is de sired.
 The East Haven town records were placed in the vaults of the probate office in the City Hall yesterday, East Haven being again, after eight years, a part of tho New Haven Probate district.
 Nelson Cole, who had his foot crushed ii East Hartford few days ago, died at thu Hartford hospital Tuesday night from ner vous prostration, the result of having thu member amputated.
 Dewitt 0. Beardsley and Charles Clark, O Milford, have the contract for the wood worl of the fine Queen Ann cottage being erected
 
 They will raise the franc this week.
 The stock of the Southern Now England Telephone company, on which quarterly dividend of two per cent. has just been dc cIared, has sold this week as high as 137. ant there has been little for sale at that price. Miss Sarah Metcalf of Ansonia, formerl! living on Hamilton street in this city, wa married last evening in Ansonia to Rober Shortley, of Ansonia Miss Annie Keeler, 0 533 East street, was bridesmaid. Man. friends went out on the o'clock Derby train During December the signal officer report the number of fair days was sixteen, tn number of days on which rain or snow fel eleven, the total precipitation of rain an' melted snow 9 99 inches, the highest temper ature 5I.5, the lowest degrees, and tn monthly mean barometer BOOTS inches.
 At Governor Bigelow's dinner to Genera Frank D. Sloat at the Allyn House Tuesday evening the guests were Generals Georg M. Harmon, James G. Gregory George H . ford and Frederick E. Camp; Colonsls Will liam F. Barrows, William B. Rudd. Charle A. Russell, Frank l.. Bigelow and Simeon J Fox and Lieutenant Colonel Henry 0. Mor gan, Lieutenant Governor William H. Bulke ley, Executive Secretary Morris F. Tyler Hons Charles E. Searls, James D. Smith Wheelock T. Batcheller and General Alexan der Harbison.