Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-04
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Men tfOms

November Dorman's Pocket Reference at Mitchell's
 The Dobson bell banjos at Loomis' Temple of Music are having fine sale.
 The Cooperative association expect to open their store January 1. The fund is now $500.
 Another slight furry of snow yesterday, together with plenty of wind and little rain.
 About $1 900 worth of bricks were ruined by the rain at the North Haven brick yards Sunday.
 The work of ezcavating the cellar for the erection of the Gregory street school house has begun.
 Meriden's Theodore Thomas concert takes place next Wednesday evening. Miss Jueh will assist.
 A party of our city officials go to Bridge port to-day on the steamer J. E. Brown for 8 pleasure trip.
 The Light Guard have rendered the use of their parlor to the United Workers for the Kirness nights.
 Superintendent Howe has fine display of chrysanthemums in bloom at the Reform school grounds.
 The armory rife team go to Middletown Saturday to shoot the return match with the Wallingford team.
 Bradley & Davis, the Grand strsst feed dealers, have attached William Schroeder, the grocer, for $150.
 Several local sportsmen went out hunting yesterday, returning with fine displays of partridges and woodcock.
 Several Meriden manufacturing concerns have recently hired stenographers, one of whom studied in this city.
 Mr. Charles H. Guinan and Miss Carrie E. Baldwin will be married this afternoon at the brides home on Temple street
 Hon. c. B. Bowers has been confined to his residence on Crown street for about two weeks with very severe cold.
 Pacific lodge No. ST, I. O. O. F., of Meri- den, receives visit this evening from Hart ford lodge, l. o. O. F., No. s2.
 Hundreds of copies of the popular song <'Golden Chimes of Happy Days" are being sold at Loomis' Temple of Music.
 The Rockville House in Rockville caught fire yesterday. The house was filled with smoke, but the damage done was slight.
 A musical and dramatic entertainment takes place at the Church of the Holy Spirit tomorrow evening under the auspices of the +tWorkers."
 The sum of g, 600 for the benefit of the Bridgeport Y. M. L. A. has been raised through private contributions by a commit tee for the purpose.
 Many families in this city are highly in censed against an itinerant soap dealer, they having bought soap of him which has been found to be worthless
 The funeral of E. Dwight Street took place yesterday afternoon from his late resi- t1enee in East Haven and was largely attend ed by sorrowing friends. Several more burglaries have been com rnitted in South Manchester. From Knight Cheney's $500 worth of watches and jewelry were taken Monday evening The small one-story school house near the tfFour Corners" in the Annex was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Tramps probably set fire to the building. Hon. James Graham, of West Haven, fs l reelected representative from Orange. He l made a very efficient member of the House | and served his section most creditably. President Franklin Carter, of Williams | college, will spend the coming winter in the South and for that purpose the college has voted him leave of absence until May 1, 1886. Jerome T. Cook and Hamilton Gormley, the Bridgeport fish dealers who left recently leaving unpaid bills and uneasy creditors, |