Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-06
Fair RavenItarna.

Many of our residents attended the lecture of John B. Cough at Carlps Opera House on Monday evening.
 No borough officers meeting on Monday night, as there was no quorum present.
 The city officials place sand on their part of the iron bridge icy mornings, which is duly appreciated.
 race on South Quinnipiac street yester- day between horses owned by two of our oyster growers, owners driving, attracted much attention.
 MT. and Mrs. D. D. Mallory are sojournipg l at the great winter resort, the Beach Hotel, at Galveston, Texas
 Mrs. Mary Thrall fell on the ice on the east end of the iron bridge yesterday. She
 was considerably jared and her face bruised by the fall.
 The New Haven rolling mill located on | Mill river has shut down for two weeks or so.
 No consolidation without equalization of taxes Is the war cry in the Annex-in other
 words in the language of the immortal Jeffer- son, ''Equal and exact justice," etc. .. The Salmagund club met last evening at | --~SSSA Mir J. B. Brown has postponed starting on his trip to Florida until to-day, l Candy pulls are raging here. The gather ings afford much pleasure and amusement. 1 A new eight inch water main is to be laid
 from the main pipe to the wire mill and
 chemical works.
 l Miss Fannie Hunt left last evening for the
 monumental city, Baltimore, Md, where she
 will sojourn for short season among friends
 and acquaintances.
 The ice storm yesterday morning prevented
 the horse cars from making their regular
 trips. In the evening they were running on
 twelve minute time again.
 A goodly number attended the entertain
 ment at the New Haven Opera House given
 by the Barlow, Wilson & Company man. moth minstrel troupe. I "Keep in the middle of the road was
 pretty well followed by pedestrians yester- l day morning.
 The ice houses at the big pond are all
 filled, and several tons of the crystal blocks
 are stacked up outside the building
 Clarence I1bbles, young lad living on Lewis street, in sliding down hill yesterday
 colilded with post. The boy was knocked | senseless. Friends picked him up and he was l taken to his home. A physician was called the boy soon recovered his consciousness and yesterday afternoon it was thought that he
 was little better.
 The lecture of Bishop Futile, of Utah,
 at St. James' church on Monday evening, on
 the missionary work in the territory, was very | largely attended. The address was fine one and was listened to with strict attention. After | the address was closed collection was taken | up and was responded to quite liberally. To accommodate our people Postmaster l Moore has added one outgoing mail and made change in the time of some of the others Mails are now due as follows: s:1O 1925, 11:30 a. m. and 6:25 p. m., and the mails close at 8:10, 10:20 a. m., 2:2O and 7:2O D. m Yesterday morning the sleighing was splen- did and the sleigh bells were heard on every | side, but before night the fog and rain made change in affairs and the runners were ex. changed for wheels. Many of the speculaters have made up their minds and are really impressed with the I opinion that stocks go down when they go to water.
 We were presented yesterday with a twiR Of an apple tree in full blossom. This mid- winter curiosity was the center of attraction among our people. For it we were indebted to Miss Lottie J. Lancraft, daughter of ex- Selectman William Lancraft, living on Cen ter street in the Annex, who picked the twiR from the tree in her garden on the first day Of January. The twig was taken into the house and placed in vase of water, and on Monday last it had blown out into fragrant and beautiful apple blossoms.