Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention,

Harper's for August is received by T. H. Pease & Son.
 Waterbury dedicates her big soldiers mon ument on Center Square in October.
 The assets of MT. M B. Scott, the plumber, are placed at about s, 100, liabilities $5,OOO.
 Lyman T. Hotchkiss, who was injured at the wire mill, was able to leave the hospital yesterday.
 The county commissioners yesterday grant ed liquor license to MT. Vischer, proprietor of the Hotel Yale.
 Next Thursday St. Patricks Y M. L. asso- citation go to Coney Island by the Elm City on their annual excursion.
 Jacob P. Richards, William Simpson, John L. McGuinness and Joseph O'Gorman go to High Island, one of the Thimbles, next week to camp out.
 Rev. s. J. M. Merwin will preach in the Cedar Hill Union mission chapel Sunday evening, July 20th. Services commence at 7:30 o'clock
 A sister ofGE. R. Jeffcott, of Jeffcott 6 Bradley, painters and paper hangers, sailed for Europe on the steamer City of Richmond Thursday.
 The New York and New England railroad had seven excursion parties, numbering in all over two thousand persons, at different points on it's road on Thursday.
 The base ball nine of the Cigarmakers' In ternational union No. 39 will play the nine of the South Norwalk union t his afternoon, leaving here on the 1 p. m. accommodation.
 A handbill the street last evening said: "This Saturday evening at half-past eight o'clock Ralph Beaumont the tramp orator, will speak on live issues. Hear him, ye com mon people,"
 William E. Hurlburt, of Cromwell, has been elected principal of the Central High school Middletown. He is a graduate of Yale and has for twelve years been a teacher in General Russell's school here.
 The carpet bugs have begun eating carpets in this city. A lady on Olive street has had a battle with the pests and by prompt work in taking up the carpets and storing them AWAY in Tnnth-nrnnf haIrnla h44-44. +4. A victorious.
 Senator Plunkett and Surgeon General Bis sell started for Minneapolis yesterday. They go to attend the national convention of the c. A. R. as delegates from the State encamp- ment G. A. R. They return to New Haven about August 1.
 By the collision on the Valley railroad be- tween freight train and the little transit en- zine and car of the Shore Line division the transit was thrown off and damaged a little. Superintendent Shepard, who was upon it, escaped with few bruises and was at busi- ness as usual yesterday.
 Sad havoc has of late been made among several focks of sheep in Middlebury. A re- cent raid was made by dogs upon the flock of Robert Camp, killing and wounding seve- ral Only few years since the town was subjected to number of hundred dollars pay for sheep killed by the CUTS.
 The Hartford male chorus have voted to picnic at Savin Rock again this year. They have picnicked at the rock for several sum- mers and their fine chorus singing given on these occasions has entertained and delighted not few of the summer boarders at the shore and other shore visitors.
 The expense of ballasting the Hartford road now in process is $8,0O0 per mile. The com pany own ledge of twenty-one acres of strap-rock one hundred and fifty feet deep, half mile north of Meriden Eight stone crushers are at work. There is enough stone there to ballast all the roads in New En- gland.