Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief M sntIOn.


 Special sales every day this week by tht New Haven Ruff1e Co.
 The veteran firemen give their annual bal at Union armory Monday evening, March 3
 A masquerade and fancy dress ball take place at Germania Hall on next Thursday evening.
 A wrecking crew at Atlantic City has agreed to float the beached schooner Robert Morgan for $12,OOO.
 A fine new billiard saloon will soon b. opened in the Tradesman's bank building or Chapel street.
 very pleasing evening entertainment wal well attended and much enjoyed at Arior Hall last evening.
 B. A. Francisco of 12 Brewery street is not the B. A. Francisco who was fined in the city court on Saturday.
 In the spring the work of connecIing Far nam drive with Indian Head road will be the fcst work done at the park.
 Several new members were admitted to Ad- miral Foote post Saturday evening, and both tho G. A R. posts in this city are fourisbiug.
 The funeral of Mrs Susan Green of Mill ford took place Tuesday afternoon from her
 
 age.
 John Donohue was drunk, was arrested last evening at the barracks on Union street He was disturbing the SaIvaiionists in their worship.
 The eight year old daughter of Thomas Hardy of Bridgeport received a compound fracture of her upper jaw Saturday by double ripper accident.
 Forty-four years ago to day the steamer Lexington, from New York on her regular trip, was burned and sank with all on board save four persons, off Old Field light, Long Island shore.
 John MeCraeken, lawyer of Middletown died in New York Saturday from the results of fall on the ice received week ago, He was native of this city and leaves a wife and family
 The resignation Of Rev. George S. Thrall as pastor of the Park street Congregational church, Bridgeport, has been accepted, to take effect tomorrow. Appropriate resolu- tions were adopted.
 Rev. M. H. Houghton's bay geldipg Henry Thorne, Jacob Broscharts bay geIding Will. Hard, aud o. H. Burnham's bay mare Baby will contest in friendly trial of speed on the boulevard this afternoon
 In Springfield on Wednesday next Frank Wylie of this city will be married to Miss Josephine Bush of that place. Mir. Wylie is associated with John Bright, the Chapel | street crockery dealer, and has many friends. | Mir. Charles BIadnack, tally clerk at Belle | dock for the Consolidated road, suffered yes- terday from trying operation performed by Drs. Andrews and Roberts. He sustained a 1 double fracture of oEe of his legs some time ago and has been lame since.
 Considerable ice hes been cut on Lake Whitney to fill the ice houses for various private residences also for Basserman's brewery. With favorable weather ice cut ting will be commenced to-day for the Ica Go. s houses at Whitney lake.
 The Connecticut river is declared to be growing smaller every year. and the decrease Is owing to the diminisbment of the water supply from it's smaller branches. The decrease Is attributed to the great reduction n the number of trees adjoined to the streams. The total number of deaths recorded at the , office during last week was lghteen. The causes were: Heart disease. consumption and still births, three each: nembranous croup two; cancer mitrites. meningitis, asphyxia, spasms and exhaus- t ion, one each. c lecture upon Sir Moses MonteGore, the [ minent Hebrew banker and phiIanthropist ] London who recently celebrated his one ( undredth birthday, will be given at Locmis, 'emple of Music on the evening of January ] 2 by Dr. Kleeberg. It will be delivered un. a CT the auspices of the Adelphi Literary t ssoclation. c An exchange says. Blr. l. H. Stoddard a firm of Bundy < Stcddsrd, 32O Chapel St. Ii lsde one hundred negatives of one hundred T ersons in three days. Not one of the nega- Q ives WAS developed until the last ore of the b undred plates had been exposed. Ninety O at of the lot was ordered from without a I. 'sltting five out of the ten persons who had h ssittings ordered from the first negatives