Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-03
LOCAL NEWS.
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 There was a large attendance at the "open .ousep of the Y. M c. A. New Years day.
 Tbe railroad commissioners will meet ID Bridgeport again to-day for hearing on the Hartford and Harlem layout.
 Among the spreads New Years was nice one at the Hotel Brunswick, arranged by Mir. Foots, the popular clerk.
 Ninety-seven per cent of the daily news papers of Connecticut suspended one day issue in celebrating New Years day.
 At the Blues fair Friday night among other attractions will be fancy skating by Master Bertie J. Hendrick, 12 years old.
 caboose was smashed and a freight car dersiled on the New York and New England road just out of Waterbury yesterday at 3 a. m.
 The Firemen's Mutual Aid association on Wednesday evening granted two weeks bene fits to Eoseman Charles Pardee of Hose 7 and Joseph Meyer of Steamer 3.
 To make his New Year open pleasantly Captain James E. Dunham, cf Bridgeport received his pension of 1924 month and arrearages amounting to $3, 700.
 Henry N. Ford, of Bozrah, last week cut large black oak and after cutting of two lengths of fifteen feet each came to hollow in which was forty ponds of honey.
 The Farmers Companion almanac for 1884, published by Pratt Brothers. Mari- boro. Mass. is received. It is much ln use smone the farmers of the old Bay State. MT. R. l.. Dunning, with Danbury hat concern for some time past, has returned to New Haven and will be with the Internatlon- al express company on Center street hereaf- ter.
 MT. William Dunbar's residence on Falr- mount avenue, Bridgeport, caught ire NeW Years day from matches which had eeen dropped on a bureau and ignited. Damage alignEaz
 Tine types should have said one hundred and twenty dollars as the amount Tn gold coin presented to Deacon and Mrs. Isaac Morris at their golden wedding celebration the other evening.
 Henry D. Beach has been appointed super intendent of the rolling stock of the Nauga- tuck railroad company, to supervise the com pauy's shops, locomotives and cars' HIS or fee will be in Bridgeport.
 The basement of Charles Lee Co.'S crockerv and furnishing store on Main street, Bridgeport, caught fire New Years morning g and two thousand dollars damage was done the stock by fire and water.
 The Rev. Francis Hawley, father Of Sen ator Joseph R. Hawley, died yesterday at the advanced age os eighty-one. He was born in Pennington in November, 1902. lie was a well known preacher in his day.
 One of New London's best roadsters, hoo- ert Bonner, slipped and fell while trottlng g with his mate New Years day and broke one of it's ankles so that the bone protruded. The animal was chlorofermed out of exist ence soon after.
 Mrs. Dr. William c. Vile, of Sandy Hook, s5ied yesterday after an extended consunptive iliness. The funeral will take place from St.
 Aae.-church, Sandy Hook, this afternoon N ANJR The remains will be taken to , leasant Valley, N. Y, for interment
 The Hon. William T. Elmer, of Middle town, having been appointed State attorney for Middlesex county, will shortly resign his position as judge of the Middletown police court. petition is being circulated asking the Legislature to promote Robert G. Page, he assistant judg @.
 The funeral of MT. Hsnry Clark, of Mil ford, who died suddenly of spoplexy while waiting in the depot at Toledo, Ohio, last Friday, was attended on New Years day from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Ellsworth Baldwin, in Milford. A number of friends and acquaintances from New York were present.