Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-05
LOCAL NEWS,
Rrtef Mention.

The Bridgeport Y. M. c. A. have an excul
 sion to Roton Point this evening. They talk
 the 4th regiment band along.
 Major North, of Hartford, who was iniure,
 at the Wild West show, is better and hope
 are now entertained of his recovery.
 Edwards street is being curbed from tn
 school house to Orange street, a distance O four hundred or five hundred feet. The Charter Oak races begin three week.
 from to-day The entries close on the 1etb
 Westmont, the fast pacer, will appear.
 MT George Rose, of Shelton, lost a valu
 able horse Sunday. It was driven to East Rock Park and died shortly after the return home.
 A concert will be given at Railroad Grove
 west Haven, tomorrow evening by the
 West Haven brass band. The band is doing finely.
 Mir Robinson, the architect, is superintend- ing the erection of Seymour's new graded school building which is from plans of his designing.
 The New York Yacht club squadron left New London for Newport yesterday noon. The race for the goblets will be sailed at Newport to-day.
 Annual parade of the Norwich fire depart ment October 4th. Hubbard Hose company. of Middletown, will take part as guests of the Blackstones.
 The Pequot House illuminated Saturday night. Commodore Bennetts steam yacht, Namouna, was illuminated in the harbor with electric lights.
 The barge President, recently raised bv the Scott Wrecking company. was tova5 +o Bridgeport Saturday, and the work of nn1oad- ing her is in progress.
 The Governors Foot Guard, of Hartford go to Fishers Island Aug. 18th on their an- nual excursion. They go by rail to Saybrook and thence by the barge Frofic to the island
 On exhibition nights O. Howes, Savin Rock, will charge fee of ten cents to his rink. The fee will entitle the holder of skates to the surface and fifteen cents extra for others
 Fine strings of bass have been caught re- gently in the Quinnipiack river near the Air Line railroad bridge and above it. The hsh are said to be unusually numerous this season.
 A new signal IS being placed in position at the South Norwalk station to do the work Of the four blast whistles used in calling brakemen, about which there has been much complaint
 Mir. Hunter, the mason, in the employ of Chstfeld & Grant, is altering and improving the Matthewman house on Bishop street, re- gently removed from the corner of Orange and Eld streets.
 Mir. Robinson, the builder residing on Ferry street, Fair Haven, is rushing the cree tlon of Madison's High school, the cost of which, about ,O00 or 12,OOO, is donated by the venerable Daniel Hand, of Gnilford Six Western Union telegraph messenger boys at Hartford struck because they could | lot get S15 month. Their pay is two cents Der message and they deliver from twenty to hlrty messages Q day. Nine boys remain in I he office.
 The plans for the new residence to be rected by Major T. Atwater Barnes. on )range street, corner of Bradley, have been rawn by Mir. Robinson The building will e handsome double brick house with all he modern Improvements.
 A fall of clustering in Fowler's dining pom on Center street Sunday evening dam ged crockery on the table in the restaurant bout $50. The plaster was soaked through , y water from the sink which overfiowed , wing to the faucet being left open Rev Dr. Taylor, of New Milford, once used his sleepy Roxbury congregation as :! 'llows: 'Wake up here, you old Shepau- :. ls-the far end of old Woodbury and the fscouring of all creation! I'll tell you how make pair of shoes in minute. Cut off 'ur boot legs" Henry Goodwin, an old and respected citi- O n of Hartford, died yesterday morning, u ed 9l. He was for many years foreman of lt e Hartford Courant. Some years later he O IS engaged in business with Goodwin S, | leldon, who had large paper mills in Buck | nd, Conn, and remained with them unti, b o0' when he retired from business.