Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-27

church meeting to be held on next Friday afternoon directly after the preparatory lec- ture to decide upon extending call to Rev. C. H. Dickinson, who has been supplying the pulpit for month past. Andrew Anderson has moved to New Ha- ven.
 Mrs. H. vasseur of Boston, Mass, is again spending few days in town. The committee of ten appointed to inves- tigate upon the sewerage question hold 0 meeting this evening at Dr. Harrisons. Thomas Mack, cripple, was arrested Fri day evening by Officer Riley for drunken ness. He was tried Saturday and fined $1 and costs. He was taken to jail not having the funds to settle up. Patrick Fryer, who keeps a saloon on the corner of Colony and Quinnipiac streets, made an assignment Saturday afternoon and named Patrick McKenna as assignee. Maltby, Stevens & Curtiss have not stopped running nights but run their factory four nights each week. Miss Broome, of Birmingham, is visiting at A. A. Bartlett's.
 At the shooting for marksmen's badges by the members of Go. K on Saturday afternoon those who qualified were: Lieut.. La Barnes 42 S. J. Stowe 35, C. Myers 35, H. Norton a8 J. c. l heIan 2s, W. Hendrickson 26. A match was also shot between Lieut.. La Barnes, Captain Allen and Lieut.. Dillenbeck with the following result: Lieut. La Barnes 13 Captain Allen ", Lieut. Dh- lenbeck2.
 B. Church, of Cromwell, was in town Sun day and also A. E. Hobson. Oct. 26. Milford. Dr. E. B. Heady and family have been spending the past week in Cornwall, Ct. The Chautauqua circle will omit their meeting this week. A lecture will be given in the chapel of
 the First church on Thursday evening by Professor Tayler, of Bridgeport. The sub ject is Fermentation" MT. and Mrs. Caleb T. Merwin and Mir. and Mrs. David L. Clarke were the delegates from the First church to the New Haven West conference meeting which was held in Or ange last Wednesday. Rev. MT. Aptelle, the new pastor of Ply mouth chnrch, moved with his family to th1S place last week.
 Mr. and Mrs Harvey Nettleton intend to leave soon for Texas, where they will spend the winter among friends. Arctic Fire Engine company No. 1 have been invited to attend the exposition in New Orleans the coming season. Mr. Joseph w. Nettleton, Alonzo G. ScTan- ton, John w. Buckingham, Elias B. Bradley, D. L. Clarke, c. E. Roder, Oscar Perry and Calvin D. Baldwin are the delegates appoint ed to attend the Seventh district senatorial convention in New Haven the 27th of this month.
 The party WlO WenU lO 6etLy l a., last week have returned and report very
 pleasant trip. :
 A concert is to be given in the Town hall on Wednesday evening, October 2S, under
 the auspices of the Methodist church by the
 Stanley-Gilbert troupe.
 An effort is being made to have the per
 sons who violated the Sunday law by gun
 ming prosecuted It is time that these law
 breakers should be brought to justice and
 punished.
 Dr. Heady's new house on Cherry street is
 rapidly nearing completion and is quite at
 tractive and stylish in appearance.
 The steamer belonging to Zelis Franklin
 was sunk in the channel in the harbor near
 his dock last week and he has not yet recov-
 cred it.
 Plymouth church held harvest festival in
 their church last Sunday with appropriate
 exercises. The church was beautifully
 adorned with autumn foliage and flowers
 and with an abundance of fruits and vegeta-
 bles that betokened the lavish ingathering of
 the season which kind Providence had
 granted In the evening the Sunday school
 exercises under the direction of the supe11n-
 tendent, J. s. Carroll, were very interesting
 and drew full house.
 The Republican caucus to nominate candi dates for representatives to the general as- sembly will be held in their room over Bald
 win & Nettleton's store on Thursday even ing. The Democratic caucus for the same object will be held in the Tewn Hall on Fri day evening.
 Resolutions protesting against the labor on the N. Y. and N. Ii. railroad which is
 being performed on Sundays in the limits of this town were unanimously adopted by
 meeting of the First Congregational church
 last Friday evening and sent to the president
 of the road. Oct. 26.