Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-26
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

The total of deaths in this city last week was nineteen.
 Tonight the Arion society give their first ball of the season at Arion Hall.
 The fire alarm bell wires at Cedar Hill were being tested Saturday afternoon.
 Only IF voters were made up to the close of last weeks business by the registration board.
 Mrs. c. W. Kellogg took the first prize in the ladies' driving class at the North Bran ford fair this month.
 MT. A. O. Wilcox, the dry goods merchant, is still confined to the house from the effects of severe malarial attack.
 Medical Examiner White found that the death of an infant child of Martin Wilbur of 139 Staje was caused by convulsions.
 During the session of the Church Congress there were SIS visitors to the Center church crypt and 214 to the Historical society rooms.
 The expenses of holding the Church Con press in this city was about $1, 200. The amount was easily raised by voluntary con- tributions.
 Mamie Henry, fourteen years old, living on Cemetery avenue, Birmingham, who was terribly burned on Friday, is in fair way for recovery.
 On Saturday evening Admiral Foote post vot.,d 10 attend the dedication of the sol- diers' monument at Branford on Wednesday next. They will be accompanied by drum corps.
 Professor Hubbard will read this Monday evening, October 26, for the benefit of the hospital, at Trinity chapel, Temple street. Tickets for sale at Loomis'. Reading to com mence at o'clock.
 Lord and Lady Brabazon, who were stop ping with Hon. Colin M. Ingersoll during the Church Congress, left Friday night for New York, and after a short stay there go on to Washington, D. O..
 The new house No. 240 Church street, just completed by the late Dexter Alden, will be sold at auction this morning by the trustee, Edward c. Beecher, at 10 o'clock on She premises. The location and advantages de- rived will doubtless attract large attend ance to this sale.
 < A neat pamphlet has been issued by 1Ncrth's Insurance agency showing the claims paid by them since 1851 in this city for fire losses. They state that during an sxperi- ence of over forty years every claim has been promptly psid. This is record they may well be proud of.
 General Plume, of New Jersey, and wife are stopping with friends on Prospect Hill. General Plume was one of the prominent New Jersey officers in the grand review at Waverly at the time of the visit of the Ssc- ond Connecticut and seyenty-frst New York regiments in 1871.
 A fine exhibition of juvenile football play ing was witnessed Saturday morning on the DixwelI avenue grounds between the Anchor and Eureka clubs, the former winning by score of 10 to o. Bert Horton of the An chors was frequently applauded by tha many spectators for his brilliant playing.
 At the entertainment given last Friday evening by the Good Samaritans Mr. Edward J. SheehSn was the gentleman who sang 80 finely the song "I'n Meet You Once Again, !" and not MT. Graham as was printed in our parer. Mr. Sheehsp is pupil of Miss Fan nie Howe and is A young tenor singer of much talent, giving promise af great excel Hence in the future.
 Rev. MT. Munger, the new pastor Of the United church, while at Yale roomed with his uncle, MT. Selden, who resided in the Hoad1ey house on Church street, now the Law Chambers building. MT. Munger is graduate of both the academical and theo- logical departments of Yale. Rev. Julius Yale Leonard, of this city, Bas classmate If MT Muu0ay n o0IInOa