Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-16
STATE CORRESPONDENCE.
SOuthinS St0R.

The Blues were defeated by the Casinos at polo Saturday night to O.
 The G. A. R. arranging for an enter tainment to take place at the Town Hall Tuesday night, Dec. g.
 Samuel Mitchell, of the rolling mill, has invented a machine for rolling out stub joints.
 Lopzie Nugent, well known here because of his vagrant habits, was noticed on Eden avenue Saturday walking about unkempt and ill-clad. He was taken where he was given bath and furnished with suit of clothes
 The Gsagrsgss4as1 s5qEsR Rev. Joseph Twichell, of Hartford, will de- liver the address.
 The Knights of Labor here will give ball Gt et ths ths 6srby 6si5yf' silver piaters. '-' ~
 The ladies of the Baptist church will give a supper in the church basement Wednesday evening.
 There will be an orange race at the Casino Wednesday evening.
 Henry A. Jones, of this town, is at Boston introducing his arithmetic in the public schools. He has met with large success.
 John Brady, who has been in jail every Christmas for the past three years, will be there again this year. He was fined $5 and costs Tuesday for drunkenness.
 The branch order of the Emmet Land league lately formed here have elected off  Hunt; vice presidents, Thomas Scanlon, Thomas Buckley; secretary, Jerry Buckley treasurer Patrick Dolan. About fifty have already joined the order. Dec. 15. Milford. Miss Hattie A. Smith, of Wheeler's Farms, started last week for Lakeville, where she intends to spend several weeks with rela- tives.
 The Chatauqua circle will meet with Miss Annie Clark on Governors avenue Thursday evening.
 Rev A. G. Axtelle is to be installed as pastor of Plymouth church the second week in January. The committee are making ar engagements to invite the neighboring church Colonel George Baird is making short visit with his sister, Mrs. Owen F. Clark. J. T. Thorn, a black man from the Barba- does Islands, gave very interesting talk in the First church prayer meeting last Friday evening.
 The ladies of the Church Improvement so- ciety of the First church give 8 supper and Christmas sale of fancy articles in the Town hall the 23d of this month. There were small congregations in all the churches last Sunday owing to the severe storm.
 Arctic Engine company No. have decided upon January 20th as the date of their annual ball.
 JOnn bOyan IS having a ndnQSOm6 house built on New Haven avenue by Geo. Plumb The public schools close next Monday for the annual vacation.
 Mrs. Arthur Fisk returned last week to Meriden after several weeks stay with her parents here.
 Wild ducks have been scarce game for hunters along our shores this season and the markets have had no supply thus far. MT. Henry Cornwall has purchased a new horse to be used in connection with his four ishing grocery business.
 Rev. A. J. Lyman of Brooklyn, N J., delivered most entertaining and instructive lecture on the subject ''Two miles up the Nile" in the First church last Wednesday evening. The unfavorable weather deferred many from being present. The lecturer gave his experience and impressions of this most delightful portion of the Orient, intro ducing his travelling companions, and relat- ing Imaginable incidents which occurred on their trip The country and places of inter est that were visited were all nest charm ingly delivered.
 The fair and supper given by the ladies of every respect The hall was very tastsfully decorated, and the display of fancy articles was choice andvaried; including innumerable well as useful articles, all of which had ready sale.
 The young people of the different church es with delft fingers are tying greens for the Christmas decorations, while the Sunday school children are happy rehearsing their carols and anticipating the merry day which is so rapidly approaching. Dec. 15.