Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-29
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

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 Richard Smythe, of Beacon Falls, is on visit to Ireland and England.
 The tax bill receipts at the collectors office since July 1st amount to $117, ,392.57.
 The Orientals play the New Haven Turner's at Hamilton Park Tuesday, August 5.
 The Atlantic Yacht squadron passed here yesterday on it's annual cruise eastward.
 Bishop Williams and Rev. Dr. Beardsley arrived safely in England on Sunday in good health
 The sloop yacht Telephone of Cold Spring, L. l., is in the harbor. She leaves to-day or tomorrow.
 Miss Kittie O'Donnell, the singer, was bet ter yesterday, and hopes of her recovery are entertained.
 Edward McMahon, of Ansonia, died on Sunday, aged 29 years. He will be buried this afternoon.
 P T. Barnum was robbed of his gold watch at Block Island. It was taken from his room while he was absent.
 Two girls dressed in white officiated as pail bearers at the funeral of the little Edwards girl i'd Ansonia yesterday.
 The Derby railroad depot in Birmingham is being materially improved, much to the qualification of the public.
 Owing to the cholera in Europe number of New Haven people have deferred intended trips to Europe till next season.
 Hubbard Smith, of Cromwell, son of the late Nathaniel B. Smith, died of Bright's dis ease on Sunday at his mothers residence.
 nOO f ent confined in the county jail here. The majority are, as usual, in for drunkenness.
 Several hundred null handkerchiefs and ties, white and colored, your choice for twenty-five cents at the ruffle store to- day.
 The massive draw of the new $200, 900 iron railroad bridge across the Housatonic river at Stratfhrd has been safely placed in posi- tion.
 R. Redfeld & Son, of this city, have taken the contract for the stone work of the new bridge over the Saugatuck river at West port.
 Burglars took the agents desk from the Branford station recently, carried it up the track, broke it open and got fifteen cents for their pains.
 The Waterbury Y. M c. A. will visit Savin Rock August 2. The w. R. c. T. A. and B. society of the same town will join in the excursion.
 The West Haven band gives concert at Railroad Grove this evening, and if the weather is fine there will be large attend ance at the shore.
 Steamer attended to a still alarm of fire at o'clock yesterday morning The fire was in Edward McGoverns house, 286 East street. Little damage.
 It is estimated by one of the members that the St. Patricks Literary association netted nearly $40O from their late excursion to New York and Coney Island.
 Mr. John A. Williams, of the clerical force of the Hartford Fire Insurance company, died at his home in East Hartford Saturday night from pneumonia after weeks sickness.
 MT. Nichols Northrop died in Bridgeport yesterday, aged seventy years. He was prominent man, 0 lumber dealer and consist ent Christian. He leaves no descendants. The monthly meeting of the managers of the New Haven Orphan asylum will be held at the asylum, 610 Elm street, on Thursday morning of this week at quarter after ten o'clock.
 MT. Leonard Benham, son of Mrs. John H. Benham, sailed recently on a trip to Ger many, taking the sea voyage by advice of his physicians for the improvement of his health.
 The Sunday schools of the three churches in Watertown have secured Friday, August 15, as the day for their picnic at High Rock Grove, provided that the two preceding days prove fair.
 The members of Relief Hook and Ladder company, Stamford, are talking of seizing the fixtures and furniture of their engine house, from which they were expelled for not parading on Decoration day.
 Captain Thomas O'Brien, of this city, is the delegate of the St. A1oysius T. A. B. society to the c. T. A. U. convention which opens in Chicago Wednesday, August 9th. Many hundred delegates will be in attend ance.s The development of Charles Island by the New York Yacht club by which it was pur- chased in the spring, is less rapid than was intended owing to losses by it's members in 1 Wall street operations. The club, however, appropriated $15,OOO a few days ago for ] building new dock. I