Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-15
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention

Rules for drive whist at Northrop's.
 Christmas line complete. Dorman's.
 Meriden's city election occurs to-day.
 Milford has two residents who are 9e years of age each.
 detail in another column.
 Michael M. Honan, of Meriden, died yes terday of paralysis at the age of sixty-foul years.
 The total gross receipts of Meriden's hes pital fair up to yesterday morning were s3,1OO.
 St. Andrews church, Meriden, has started mission in the western part of the city OH Main street.
 Alonzo H. Gallup, of Meriden, who serv- ed ill the war in the Fifteenth c. ", died on Sunday, aged sixty
 The rainy weather threw a damper on Christmas trade, but notwithstanding there were busy times at the stores.
 Dr. F. Edward Seeley, dentist, after an ab sence of eight years in California, has re- turned to dentistry in Bridgeport.
 Organist Ford, of St. Paul's church, is ar ranging to give an organ recital in Milford in February. twill be no doubt success.
 The next meeting of the Woman's Branch of City Missions will be held at the mission rooms, No 23 Church street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 The Board of Aldermen will meet on Thursday evening, and the Board of Council men on Friday evening, to act upon the es- inmates for 1896
 New London has A successful military fair in progress, and, besides that, Uncle Toms Cabin is being played in that city. Truly the New Londoners are happy.
 MT. Henry Curtiss of Stratford, who is ninety years and eight months old, has made one hundred and fifty gallons of cider the past season in hand cider press.
 The limited States marine, who was rob bed and murdered ana UnrowE. ...-~,z- g. .>,~.A... in New York, was identified as c. R. Hub bell, a former resident of Waterbury, Conn.,
 The $100, 900 bonds of per cent. issued by the town of New Britain have beer n,c-'.'- ods +o .ha- c--'"5J "A oaElngs III harIIofa, Shose s bid was the highest, being .0235 pre- mium
 It is not the Home for the Friendless which is to hold fair as some may have supposed, but the Day Nursery. The latter holds a fair beginning tomorrow afternoon and continuing in the evening.
 Mir. Richard T. Buss of Bridgeport, who was attacked by an apoplectic stroke on Thursday, died Sunday. He was Se years and months old. He was very highly esteemed citizen and prominent Mason.
 Ex-Mayor Lewis, who was gaining rapidly from his rheumatic attack, had a setback in the past two days, but hopes to be able to be out again in week or two. He has now been i'll with rheumatism for nearly three months and confined to the house most of the time
 Rev. Dr. Munger officiated yesterday at the funeral of Mrs Ives, widow of the late Henry Ives, who died last Friday, aged sev- enty-four. The interment was in Center vile The bearers, all of them nephews of the deceased, were: Dr. Charles Ives of New York, and Geo. E. Ives, Frank Ives and Oscar P. Ives, of this city.
 The Protestant Industrial association at No. Al Elm street is quite a busy place. Just now it is affording employment to twen- ty-five women to whom such employment with the remuneration it brings is-very vel come. Also new applications for work are being considered and more work can be gv- en out in the finer grades of sewing as well as the plainer.
 It cost the late MT. A. P. Sanford SIT to be insured three years ill the Penn Mutual Life and S1, 900 has been paid by the local agent, MT. John H. Post, as the result of that small investment. The cost of life poli- cies in the Penn Mutual have always decreas- ed with the age of the policy. The oldest member, insured for $5,OO0, has paid in thirty-nine years only $1 ,760.