Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-07
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention,

Handy thing-Dorman's pocket reference
 Registrar Bissen assumed the duties of hi office as registrar of vital statistics yester day.
 Rev. Kittredge Wheeler will be installed pastor of the South Baptist church, Hart ford this evening.
 Several New Haven gentlemen will go t' New York Saturday to witness the great ex plosion at Heil Gate.
 Dr. Goodwin of Thomaston, who is at thu hospital, continues to improve and his re eovery is now expected.
 Mrs. Ellen Condon, a widow aged 65, diee at the almshouse yesterday of asthma. Sh' has brother living in West Haven.
 William 0. Higgins, son of Officer Hig gins, leaves in few weeks with the Collars and Cuffs company as advance agent.
 A large number of friends gave very pleasant surprise party to MT. and Mrs. Ed mondson, of Bishop street, on Monday night.
 Henry D. Haskell, of the well known firm of Haskell Brothers, Birmingham, died Mon day night about 10:30, after an illness of about forty-eight hours
 NIT. A. h. Cudlu1OE A0o ACOuAhCu 4ISAA Peru, Vt, from two weeks attendance at the bedside of his father, who has been criti- cally i'll, but is much better.
 The New Haven oommandery of this city attends the funeral of the late Deputy Sheriff Whipple, of Birmingham, to-day, going by a special train leaving here at 1:10 p. m
 The Ideal Opera company go from here to New Bedford, thence to Portland, Me, and then leave on a trip through the West, ap. bearing in Troy first after leaving Maine.
 The next monthly meeting of the mana gers of the Home for the Friendless will be held at the Home in Fair Haven this Wed nesday) afternoon, October 7, at 3:30 o'clock.
 The operetta "Cinderella" will be given at the Atheneum by the ladies of Christ church this afternoon and evening, and a supper will be served. A large attendance is indi- cated.
 The annual October concert of the Sunday school of the Church of the Holy Spirit takes place next Sunday, at which a varied pro- gramme, including recitations and singing, will be presented.
 The Quinnipiac Brewing company, Will liam Northwood of Detroit president, MT. Kendall treasurer and William Spittler sec- retary, will build four-story brick building to cost $40.0O0. capacity 65,OO0 barrels 6 year, to be completed January 1. The company lost $15, ,OOO above insurance by the recent, fire.
 M. Stornay, the well known agent of the autotype collections from Paris, has arrived in this city, and intends to open his collec tion tomorrow at Cutters. MT. Stornay brings with him also splendid collection of original master colors of the French school, which are highly spoken of.
 MT. Richard M. Everit's purchase of the 150 feet front of land on Whitney avenue ad- Joining his lot gives him an extensive front age on that beautiful avenue. The lot ex. tends back to Everit street. The land thi. side of MT. Everit's purchase, extending te Gamer street, is owned by Congressman Mitchell
 Miss M. M. Davis has received appoint ment as teacher of esthetic gymnastics and voice building in the Boston, Mass, Schoo of Oratory, vacancy having just occurred in the faculty by the resignation of Miss L. T. Cragin. Miss Davis resigned her position in the Edwards street school yesterday and left last night for Boston.
 MT. William l.. Bull, who lost his life by the capsizing of a sailboat of Bayonne, N J., on last Friday afternoon, was brother of Mrs. Charles F. Smith of this city. MT Buell. was in the office with his brother, MT Archibald Bull, who is member of tht firm of Miller, Houghton & Co.,, soutt street, New York. Both gentlemen resided in Elizabeth, N. J., on the same street with. in stone's throw of each other. They al ways went to and from New York to busi ness together, and for the last fifteen years have been known on South street as the "Two Brothers"