Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

Brief Mention
 The c. H. Northam resumed her place on the old line last night
 Mrs. Nellie Brigham will speak tonight at Spirit. alists' Hall, 1O2 Orange street.
 Ten years ago to-day there was foot ot snow on the ground in New Haven and vi cinits.
 The St. Francis Literary association will give an entertainment during the first week of May.
 Lizzie May Ulmer being i'll, her engage ment at the Hartford Opera House has been postponed.
 Seyenty-seven trunks from ninety cents to five dollars at Brooks & Co. S., matters, Chap el, corner State.
 MT. Harry w. French, formerly of Hart ford, is on his way to England, where he will lecture on America.
 Work on the new sewer in Winthrop ave nve between Elm street and Whalley avenue, has been commenced. A decidedly handsome and attractive tea wagon has just been made for the American Tea Co.,, 4O5 State street.
 The St. Patrick's Literary association net ted about $25 from their reception in Union armory Wednesday evening.
 Richard E. Manley was arrested last even- ing on charge of drunkenness and resisting the officer who took him in charge.
 The Sunday school children connected with the Church of the Sacred Heart will give an entertainment in the Atheneum on April s8.
 Ladies are invited to examine the fine dis play of trimmed and untrimmed bonnets and round hats at Miss M. E. J. Byrnes', 97 Orange street.
 A very fine crayon portrait of the late Leon ard Benham, of Whitneyville, executed by his brother, c. c. Benham, the artist, is ex- hibited in the window at Cutters.
 The people residing in the vicinity of Sum- mer and Franklin streets are much troubled with the city water. It has been for the last couple of weeks of dark, muddy color. The western end of Lombard street at it's junction with Ferry Path is much cut up, being graded to it's extension to James street. At one point cut of over five feet was nec- essary.
 J.H. Mansfield is exhibiting in the win dow of Wilcox & Co.'s store, 741 Chapel
 
 N. Hoppen. It is 8 faithful portraiture of the deceased.
 The sessions of the annual church congress of the Protestant Episcopal church, which meets here next fall, will be held in Carll's Opera House on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, Oct. 20-23.
 Numerous specimens have been sent to the Boston kindergarten museum from Brooks New Haven kindergarten. The specimens sent are made entirely by children and are of every variety of kindergarten work.
 A White Leghorn hen belonging to Mrs. Umberfield, residing on Elm street, near the Peabody museum, signalized herself yester- day by laying one of the largest eggs which has been seen in that section for years.
 The first of Dr. Newman Symth's sermons to workingmen (preached at the Center church, of New Haven, and published in the COURIER at the tims) appears in the Apri number of the Andover Review; the othel two are to follow.
 MT. William L. Phelps writes regarding his brother, MT. Dryden w. Phelps, who wa discharged at the City court yesterday, tha the charge made against him is utterly falls, and that publicity of this fact is perhaps de sirable for the benefit of such as may no know the estimable character of the young man.
 The six games of the new polo schedul between the Hartford, New Haven ant Springfield clubs are as follows, all in April IS, New Haven at Hartford; 21, Springfel, at New Haven; g, New Haven at Spring field; 23, Hartford at New Haven; 24 Springfield at Hartford; 25, Hartford a Springfield.
 The suspension of T. Brigham Bishop ( Co.,, stock brokers in New York who hay branch offices in different cities, includin one in this city, is asserted by the concern t be but temporary and made until settle ment satisfactory to all concerned can be et fectsd. The firm is of the class objected t by the Stock Exchange on account of tn dealing in small lots, it is said, on very mar row margins.