Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-24
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief M cntE0m.


 The Committee on Ordinances meet this evening.
 Tho O. N. G. brigade will go into camp at Niautic for a week on Monday, Sept. l.
 Rev. MT. Roberts, of AnsoRia, preached his farewell sermon yesterday previous to his trip to Europe.
 Vice President Reed has deferred his trip to Europe for a few weeks. He had been ln tending to leave early in July.
 The Hon. William M. Evsrts is in town to attend commencement. His son, Maxwell Evarts, graduates tomorrow.
 Bernard McKernan, of Cossett street, Wa terbury, aged 2s, died in Waterbury from Hunstroke. He had been in America but five days.
 Next Thursday several of the CoDgrega- tional churches of this city and the First church, of Waterbury, will picnic at High Rock Grove.
 Some ambitious Yalensiaps of 'S1 wanted the Silliman statue unveiled ahead of time and removed the covering last evening, but it was restored.
 The Jessie, New York catamarsn, Capt. Fred Hughes formerly of this city, stopped 06h0 1h6J ulBAG OA CAo "nS tO 1NS" ANANSA " the boat race.
 Anson F. Abbott, a leading real estate agent and banker of Waterbury, has made an assignment, with liabilities at $85,0O0 He assigns to George H. Cowell.
 The new division of Sons of Temperance, the Crystal Wave, held it's first meeting in tho COURIER building lest evening. The di- vision starts cut encouragingly. The services of the forty hours adoration kIwin close in St. Francis church this morn .ing. There will be a large procession of the \ societies belonging to the church. The St. Francis school nine defeated the Athletics on their school grounds by tke score of 21 to If. They are now ready to hear from any nine under fifteen years of age.
 On Sunday quite tract of land in Middle bury was burned over, and several houses and barns were endangered but saved by hard work. The drouth is severe in that re- zion.
 New Haven commandery, K. T., receives and entertains visiting communicates from Mariden and Danbury to-day. They dine tbe1e. At btItlhtn Itlhtn Rent guests will attend. -
 Tho eastern portion of the old Green will soon be illuminated by electric lights. The electric company gives the lights, the tele- phone company the poles and the fire depart ment will erect the poles.
 The Misses Annie and Hannah Bowler of this city, residing at No. 37 Pearl street, leave for visit to Europe soon- They go on the steamer Oregon of the Cunsrd Iines sailing tomorrow morning. to be absent about three months. Between twelve and fifteen hundred thou sand young shGd, matched out ct the State fishery at Birmingham, were turned into the Connecticut river yesterday. Several hun dred thousand wore also placed in the Hous- atomic river. Daniel w. Lswler, B. A, of Prairie du Chien, delivers the masters oration at the Yale Law school commencement at Center church this afternoon. He is graduate of Georgetown college, and received the degree of ILL. B. from Yale Law school. The members of the Irish team, Messrs ] Patrick OConnor, James O'Connor Law Eence O'Brien, Sylvester Keohane, William | Murphy, James P. Landers Joseph Purcell, | James Bradley, James Hackett, James Rey- holds, T. K. Dunn and Michael O'ConneI, left last night for Creedmoor to shoot for the CooRan trophy to-day.