Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-06
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention.

Brief Mention.
 The St. Francis parochial schools will re open tomorrow.
 Police Officer Deitz is Bridgeport's heaviest policeman. He weighs 25s pounds.
 Eels are plenty in Stratford the eel spear ing business being now very successful.
 The Connecticut Grand Lodge of Masons holds its annual session in this city January 21.
 The public schools reopened yesterday morning and the children are again climbing the hill of knowledge.
 The Ladies' Church Missionary association will meet this afternoon at o'clock at Trini ty chapel building on Temple street.
 The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Bray, ot Bridgeport, took place yesterday. The re- mains were taken to Lyme for interment.
 The St. Francis Literary association are about to give a musical and literary concert, the proceeds to go toward increasing their library.
 Nathan Hale post, Sons of Veterans, have their installation of officers this evening at their headquarters in the Elks new hall on Chapel street.
 The leading dry goods stores ill Bridgeport began last night to close at six o'clock, which will continue to be the closing hour until April 1.
 The funeral of Robert Brightman, the teamster who was killed on Elm street, takes place this afternoon. His parents arrived here from Boston yesterday.
 Governor Waller has been rendered din ner by the past and present members of his staff It will be served at the Hartford club, Hartford, to morrow evening.
 The Meriden Republican calls Frank Dole and E. s. Potter, of this city, the Heading terriers" of the Bull Terrier club formed there last week, meaning the officers.
 The Consolidated railroad draw at South Norwalk will be closed January F and re- main closed until March 2. During that time important changes to the bridge will be made.
 The beautiful floral emblem at the funeral of Chief Webster from the police force has been photographed together with the chiefs office at headquarters and its emblems of mourning.
 Barge g of the New England Transporta- fion company, which was of the eleven  recovered and brought to this city. Tho go was saved.
 At the Thespians' fair, which will open in the Atheneum on the 47th and continue for eight nights, very interesting and novel at- traction will be presented. The Thespians deserve success.
 Henry Whitlock, of Ridgefeld, well known to horsemen throughout Fairfield county, has been stricken with apoplexy. One side of his body is pa1alyzed and his mind is some what affected.
 A purse of money is being made up by citizens of Plainville to defray the expenses of Miss Dora Demeritt to New Haven hospi- tai to see if a surgical operation the foot can enable her to walk without crutches.
 It is believed that the annual financial re- port of St. Mary's church will show that the enormous debt of this congregation has been reduced about S5, 900 during the past year. Last year the reduction amounted to about $7, ,0OO.
 The St. Francis T. A. B. society recently elected the following officers: President, William Kelly; vice president, William Web CT; secretary, John J. Foley; assistant secre- tary; George Brogan; treasurer, John Nolan; marshal, John Gibbons.
 The rubber boot which was found off Light house Point in New Haven on which were found, near could be ascertained, 2,500 oysters, varying in size from mere specks to full size, is now on exhibition at W. w. Smiths hotel restaurant in Birmingham.
 Some of the employees of the Bridgeport Sash and Blind company talked freely about striking Saturday, owing to a reduction of ten per cent. in their wages, but the works were running yesterday usual, the men having concluded not to make any demon stration.