Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-04
Military Visitors.

A delegation from the Hartford Foot Guards and Putnam Phalanx visited the car uivai Saturday evening, and dined at Mir. Theodore Hollis Armory dining rooms. speeches were made by General s. R. Smith and others They were also served with collation. gotten up by Mir Hollis shortly be- fore their departure fer the midnight train They expressed much pleasure over their eution and visit to the City of Films.
 Futr Haven Items.
 Captain William Farrtn is able to be out of doors again
 The little daughter of s. M. Allen is in- proving slowly.
 Mir. Dau1el Foote, who is very i'll, was much easier yesterday.
 Pleasant weather yesterday for midwinter
 Skating on the river last Saturday was never better.
 A great many country people were in town on Sa urday.
 Sleighing on the main thoroughfares is very poor,
 Monthly meeting of borough officers to- night.
 The horse cars Saturday evening were we'll patronized.
 February 14th, 1884, look out for rain or snow storm.
 Monthly meeting of Engine company No. | this evening Special meeting of Host company No. l to morrow.
 MT Isaac E. Brown, the oyster grover. aud his wife will start for 8 trip to Florids to day and spend short season amid the orange groves in the sunny south
 The oS ster shell heaps continue to grow larger and higher as the winter advances, but AS yet the prices do not increase very fast.
 Many went to hear Mccullough at Carlrt Opera House on Saturday night, and they were all highly pleased with his brilliant acting
 Bishop ruttie of Utah, will give lecture thls evening on missionary work In the Territ orits ht St James church.
 The Rev Erastus Blakeslee, whom the Second Church society have voted to extend a call to become heir pastor and teacher, h sojournipg a short season in Ohio.
 Mrs l. W Gum last week went to toWaterbury to attend the funeral of Miss Jenuis Pyke, a sister of her son Franks deceased wife. Sh. returned on Friday and on Saturday was called to attend the burial of her father, MT Clinton, aged tighty-six years, of North Ha
 
 We have some pretty fair and pretty fast oyster shnckers in our midst. With good and single oysters they will open one hun urea 4udTL6 per Ody Au1to cdS4ly AACy SSCS ILAHoe cents per quart and thereby earn three dol lars per day, which some think pretty fair wages.
 Only part of the ice on the Perry pond has been cut this St ason, the remaining portion of the ice being full of leaves, sticks and grass.
 Those having hay stalked on the salt meadows have taken advantage of the recent coli icy spell, and removed the hay on sled to their barns and graneries, where they will feed it out to their stock.
 Mir George Clark, aged 25 years, died on Saturday afternoon about three o'clock of consumption. It is thought he contracted the disease last spring when down the harbor planting oysters In a heavy cold rain storm The young man resided with his widowed mother on Exchange street near Ferry, was very quiet and unassuming in his manners we'll known among his associates and had no enemies.
 Fred W. Foote on Saturday placed new and very fine combination table in his pool room at his fruit and confectionery store.
 Notwithstanding the dull season there are some thirty odd good sized dwelling houses and stores in course of erection in the four teenth and fifteenth wards.
 The Rev s. M. Keeler, of Milford, ofieiated at the Second church yesterday. At the morning service he took his text from the last part of the 1st epistle of John-''And if any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" The discourse was quite interesting and well lis tened to by the unusually large audience present.
 Some of the gunners have some sport shooting gull as they fly up and over the iron bridge The best birds are kept and stuffed, making a pretty ornament On Sat urday Ally Rose shot at gull and killed it, the bird fell on the ice and Rose jumped on the ice and went for the game, and on return ing the ice broke and placed the young man in periIous position. He soon, however, reached the shore in safety with the bird m hand.