Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-19
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 Michael Hayden, John Barry, Patrick Roach and James Flynn were arrested this morning by Officer Austin for assaulting J. McCabe on Saturday night Hayden and Barry were tried this morning and each fined $3 and costs, which were paid up. The other cases were to be tried this evening.
 Miss Clara Wildman is visiting at Mystic Bridge, Conn.
 Officer Reilly captured Reform school runaway yesterday and returned him to the | school. The boys name was Barney Murray.
 Rev J. E. Wildman and his family went | down to Stony Creek to-day to remain few days.
 q T. Morse let a horse and carriage to @ | stranger on Saturday, and the team had not | been returned this morning Morse visited several adjoining towns yesterday in search of the team, but failed to get any trace ot
 There was a bad break in the water main near Simpson's pond on Center street yester day forenoon, and it was necessary to shut off the water from the borough for several hours in order to make the necessary re- pairs.
 Mrs. Horace Botsford died Sunday morning after long illness with consumption. She was forty-four years old, and will be buried on Tuesday at o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs Henry E. Biggins are happy at the arrival of girl baby at their home in { Hartford on the 10th.
 The funeral of Nelson H. Davis was largely attended from the Methodist chapel on Sun 1 day afternoon Arthur Dutton post, G. A. l R.. of which he was a member, had charge of I the services.
 | 0. D. Yale and G. W. Hull of this town
 have been elected honorary members of the Ingersou Phalanx of New Haven. | Thomas Daley shot large blue heron on \ Community Lake on Saturday. ! Rev, MT Hincks, of New Hampshire, preached at the Congregational church yes ! terday.
 { erty of the Wallingford Gas Light company ! Saturday evening for the amount of $2,5OO, \ in the interest of J. H. Holmes, who claims ! S1, 800 damages for injuries to his property \ by the gas killing his trees. G. W. Bartholomew, of Boston, spent Sun \ day in town. The Democratic caucus will be held in Town Hall on Monday evening, August 25th. Aug. IS.
 North Haven. On Saturday morning the 7:48 a. m. train to New Haven ran over and killed COW be- | longing to Francis Beaumont. | The last meeting prior to the reunion on \ the 26th, will be held at the house of s. B. \ Thorpe on Tuesday evening. All ex-soldiers \ are earnestly desired to attend. One day last week John Hickox, of the \ Sixth district, noticed quite a commotion \ among his fowls, and upon investigation I found it was a strange looking monster bird \ which was eating the chickens with great ra- | pidity and apparent relish. The son of MT. | Hickox succeeded in shooting the creature, which had a chicken in each talon \ at the time it was killed. It was ascertained \ that the stranger has been seen at J. w. ' Tuttle's, where it caught chicken and the ! young man in his employ threw stone at it. \ MT. Hickox carried the bird to parties in New -1,r,T fO ho
 is to be stuffed and preserved.
 ' Gardner Thorpe has just had bullet ex-
 tracted from his heel, which was shot there
 from pistol in his hands more than two
 years since The operation was performed by Dr. Goodyear in a neat and successful | manner.
 | The Ladies' guild of St. Johns church is to
 meet this week on Thursday at the house of | William Hull. August IS. ! The First Congregational Sunday school
 and the West Granby Methodist Sunday
 school picnic at Congamond lakes, the wealth \ CT permitting it, on Thursday of this \ week.
 ! The Republican delegates to the Republi- | can State nominating convention to be held
 in New Haven this week are solid for Hon. H. B. Harrison for Governor, for the reason \ that they know him E'to be just the man for
 the place" and for the additional reason that { their constituents wish them to vote for him ' for Governor.
 All the B. F. Harrisons of this State, what
 ever their political creed, are eminently \ qualified to be Presidents of the United ' States. They are Yale college valedictorians,
 orators, gentlemanly, talented, and richly \ endowed with common sense. Our dele gates are the Hon. MT. Case, Messrs. H. A.
 Dibble, J. w. Rine, H. Holcomb.
 ! On Sunday the heat here was fervent.
 Rain is needed. Water in our wells is be- coming shallow. Some refuse to yield any
 water at all. We are glad to see that Nr.
 Blaine has set out to wash his hands before ' the public. We hope to see Governor Cleve- \ land engage in the same exercise. Water
 enough, we trust, for the perfect ablution of
 both these distinguished and hoDored states
 men. Aug IS. Milford. Rev James w. HubbelI, of Danbury, will , | preach again in the First church next Sun day.
 William M Merwin and Capt. E. L. Ford ' have gone to Block Island to spend a week \ fishing.
 Louis Nettleton has taken trip to Koch \ ester, N. Y. He also intends visiting , \ Niagara Falls and other places of note. , A Cleveland and Hendricks banner is tc ' be raised in front of Elliott Burns grocery : | store on Broad street Wednesday evening \ Speakers from out of town and music will , ' be features of the occasion.
 Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald intends to preach ir \ exchange with Rev. MT. Sanford of Grace \ church, New Haven, next Sunday. Mrs. Lucy Fields has gone to Port Jeffer- son in company with party who are camping \ out there.
 MT. Orman Clark, of Northampton, Mass, ! is visiting among his relatives in this place. .
 There will be a special meeting of the mem
 bers of the Arctic Engine company No. 1
 on Thursday evening of this week. At the Republican caucus held last Friday , evening, Hon. John c. Conner, Charles E. Roder and Dr. c. F. Bartwen were elected as delegates to attend the State convention.
 The members of George Van Horn post, G. A. R., and their families, to the number of about eighty, went to Meadows End and held a picnic last Wednesday. The day was \ profitably spent in the recreations afforded at this resort, and in the various exercises pre- pared by the respective committees. The funeral services of the late George ! Elmer were held last Wednesday afternoon from his late residence and were conducted by Rev. J. H. Fitzgerald. There was large number of our colored F citizens present at the picnic at Milford Point , last Saturday. The weather was fine and
 large numbers came from the surrounding towns to this yearly publication. . Mrs. Provost and daughter of Dubuque 5 Iowa, Miss Carrie Porter of Louisville, Ky. and the Misses Carter of Waterbury, Ct. I are enjoying the Inequalities Of MT. Calet I T. Merwin's home at Pond Point. 3 Rev. J. w. Hubbell, former pastor od 2 the First church, preached two pleasing dis 2 courses there last Sunday morning before large congregations of his former parishion ! CTS and friends. His subject in the evening 2 was ''Some of the evils of the present age. | The subject will be continued next Sunday 2 ! evening.
 The First church hold their picnic to-day 1 at Merwin's Point. If stormy it will b. f postponed until the next fair day. The game of base ball played by the Echoes : of this place with the Rosedales of New Ha n ven on the latter's grounds last "Wednesday . was a bad defeat for the Echoes. The seort T stood: Rosedales 28, Echoes 5. The Echoe. q have maintained fine record at their vari 0 ous contests this season, and there were
 mitigating circumstances which should b. !, considered in their failure this time to mak, - good their past reputation. A game vii probably be played with the Stratford nin' - in Stratford on Thursday afternoon. y As James and Thomas Razee, of Wood