Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-23
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief MantIan.

The railroad commissioners inspected the Naugatuck railroad yesterday.
 The PlainviIIe camp meeting will be held from August 4th to the 9th inclusive.
 Thomas orchestra has been engaged to play for the Starin Line steamboat excur- sions.
 See advertisement of auction sale of the house on Orange street, lately occupied by Rev. Dr. Dennen.
 Adiutant General Couch has gone to Minneapolis and will be absent for six weeks in the northwest.
 The annual meeting of the Trinity parish school was held yesterday and the exercises were very intesesting.
 The paper mill of c. I. Chase of South Manchester was destroyed by fire Wednes- day night Loss, 1925, 900.
 The White mountain train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford road will commence running July z.
 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Medical society will be held at the City Hall in New Haven on May 28 and 29.
 Rev. T. s. Samson, of this city, gave an illustrated lecture at the Baptist church, W6uu0suAy oN0u1uS.
 Mrs. Nathaniel Baldwin, of Milford, sailed for Europe Wednesday on the steamer Fun day. She will be absent several months.
 There being no quorum at the meeting of the Committee on Squares last evening, the committee will hold meeting this evening.
 A new fire company with forty men and a hand engine has been organized at the Cove Mills, Stamford. It will parade on Memor- ial day.
 In Middletown Wednesday evening James Dunn, aged two years, son of Matthew Dunn, was scaIded to death by drinking from dipper of hot water.
 Ridgely Degree camp, I. O. o. F., held a drill last evening under Captain Peter Ter- hume. The camp drilled finely. They go to Bridgeport next Thursday.
 The old Green in it's spring dress refteshes in the hearts of citizens their appreciation of the wisdom, foresight and public spirit oi the forefathers who founded this public in- stitution.
 Hartford sends to the Democratic State convention to be held in this city soon, E. M. Joslyn, P. H. Smith, Lieutenant Cover nor George G. Sumner and Colonel w. M. Woodruff.
 General l.. w. Vessels, who was 8 mem- ber of ex-Governor Andrews staff has re- turned with his wife from South Carolina, where they have been spending a considera- ble period.
 Members of the Society of the Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers who can be present in Hartford, June IS, to participate in the grand parade, are requested to notify F. A.. Chase, New Haven, Conn.
 Mrs. Curtis Hall, who underwent surei- cal operation last Saturday, and who had every symptom of 8 speedy recovery, was taken with a relapse on Tuesday, and died Wednesday. She was about 60 years of age
 The funeral services of the late Edward Renshaw Jones were held at Grace church, New York, yesterday. The Rev. Dr.. George F. Nelson, assistant rector of the church, and Rev. Dr. Harvood, of New Haven, oficiated.
 A middle-aged man named Nash, employ ed Ps waiter at the Stamford House, Stam- ford, has mysteriously disappeared. He left the hotel on the night of May 8, and has not since been heard of. He was of good habits, and has 8 wife there.
 The Register Publishing company of this city have been sued by Comasso CaradIiamo of Hartford, who alleges that he was recently ibelIed in the columns of the Register and he therefore asks $2,OOO damages. Judge York responded for the newspaper.
 Preparations for building new depot in Southport have been begun. The founda tion is solid ledge of rock, and blasting has been begun in order to construct basement to the building. The new depot will be sim liar in appearance to the one built recently at Fairfield.
 A brakeman, Charles Mccarthy by name, on Conductor Tolles' freight train which ar rives at Waterbury at 12 m. was yesterday forenoon bruised severely and had 8 rib broken by being caught between the coup lers while switching at Seymour. His injur- ies will not prove fatal.
 A Milford lady, Mrs. Frank W. Proctor, died very suddenly Wednesday afternoon. She was on her way to take the 4:25 train for Bridgeport to meet her husband when she was seized with coughing and hemorrhage ensued. She was taken into Mrs. George A. Tibbals' residence where she died in few minutes. The family came from Newark to Milford recently and are much esteemed
 J. D. s. Brown, one of the New Haven bicyclists who were in the show at Washing ton last week, while riding in that city ran into hole in the street and was thrown up in the air some distance. He was picked up unconscious and remained so for some hours. No bones were broken and he is back in the city and fast recovering. He is bookkeeper at D. Frisbie & Co.'S. shop on Ashmun street.