Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-23
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The Fairfield 4ounty agricultural fair opens in NoruafE next Monday.
 1rOn. James Gallagher speaks at.a banner raising in Waterbury this evening.
 A harvest festival is talked of at the Col lege street Congregational church. A good crop of chestnuts this year is prom ised by the looks of the trees and the small boys are jubilant.
 The twenty-first session of the Grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Connecticut will be held in New Britain this week.
 Lightning struck two large chestnut trees on Great hill, Seymour, during the thunder shower of Saturday afternoon.
 SassacGs, Golden Rule and Aurora en- campments parade this morning and then proceed to Stony Greek to take dinner
 The Sherwood property in Greenwich was sold Saturday to Augustus I. Mead of Green wich, clerk of the Probate court, for S4, ,51O.
 Tine Sixth ward Mills Zouaves and the Mitchell Guard psraded in new uniforms last evening and presented really fine appear ance.
 Col. Dudley, who yesterday resigned as United States commissioner of pensions, was in his youth clerk for MT. William Frank lin, of this city.
 A horse belonging to H. c. Baldwin, of Naugatuek, was severely injured yesterday by being hooked in the eye by COW which was loose ill the yard
 The cutter yacht Wilful, of Staten Island, had her bowsprit wrecked in the harbor yes terday she starting out from the New Haven Yacht club house.
 There 327 criminals confined in the county jail at present. This is the largest on record. There is room for more and there probably will be more applicants
 Bishop Williams preached on Sunday, Sep tember 7, in St. Mary's cathedral, Edinburgh The Rev. Mir Nichols of Christ church at- tended the bishop as his chaplain.
 Dr. Hack luke and Dr. H. Baker of Lon don: England, editors of the Journal of h. sanity, have been visiting Dr. A. NJ. Shew at the State Hospital for the Insane.
 Captain Saunders of the schooner Dread naught and two of his crew were capsized in yawl in the ha1bor yesterday. They were rescued by party from the Flyaway.
 Agent Thrall of the Humane society dur ing the State fair at Meriden had at least twenty-five cases of abuses to horses, princi- pally by drivers of public conveyances.
 Howell, the English professional bicyclist, won S735 at the Springfield tournament in cash prizes. For the exhibition mile at the Charter Oak Park races he received S25.
 Coroner Bollman says there is no necessity for haste in examining the case of Louis Knight, who died under suspicion of being mi Oad IIyI Sa EJo bo- o1, the main evidence.
 The Young Mems Christian association of Connecticut hold their nineteenth annual convention in Bristol October 2, 3, and D. The Rev. George A. Hall, of New York, and other prominent workers will be present.
 A quiet wedding took place Sunday after noon in Ansonia at the residence of Jay D. Pickle on Church street, the contracting par ties being George w. Dalkum, of New Ha- ven, and Miss Helen Fifeld, niece of MT. Pickle.
 Past Pastor Richard Lynham ST., of this city installed the officers of Sanctuary Ex- celsiOr, Ancient Order of Shepherds, in Meri- den Saturday evening. The new sanctuary starts with twenty-five members A delega- tion from Sanctuary Elm City attended the 1 exercises The revocation'cas of Bernard Ravens. Meriden saloon keeper charged with having violated the law about closing up the means of access between his barroom and living | apartments, was to have been heard by the | county commissioners yesterday. The board | received notice from Prosecutor Fay that the l case had been settled and withdrawn