Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-10
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Newsdealers sell Dorman's Pocket Refer ence.
 A meeting of the Prohibition club will be held at No. 97 Orange street this evening.
 The annual meeting of the New Haven Dispensary takes place this evening, as announced in another column.
 In the garden of Daniel Lovejoy at No. 70 Dickerman street is a "Magna Charta" rose in full bloom. It may well be styled the last rose of-autumn.
 Dr. Charles w. Scott of Kansas City, but formerly of Hartford, testified in the Walkup case at Emporia, Kan, last week, that his practice is worth about 5000 per month.
 Brakeman James P. McDermott, whose back was broken in two or three places by a collision with bridge at West Haven, is still alive, and it is thought that he may finger for several days.
 There will be g special meeting of the Board of Aldermen this evening, when the report of the committee on free public libra " will be considered, also the $25, 900 appro- priation to the old State House.
 MT. F. E. Bristol will give 6 concert at Steinway hall, New York, on the afternoon of December 9th. Among those who will take part are Miss Lilly Post, Miss Madeline Lncette and Master Michael Banner.
 The following fourth-class postmasters were appointed for Connecticut yesterday: At Hadlyme, Henry o. Burnham; Hamden, Gilbert s. Benham; Hampton, Silas Tiffany; North Branford, Charles W. Barker.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Derby railroad will be held at Good Sa-
  17th, at II a. m. An advertisement con- corning the same appears in another column. At the regular monthly meeting of the Womens Foreign Missionary society to be held at Trinity church chapel this afternoon at o'clock the Rev. R. A. Hume, who has recently returned from India, will address the meeting. Engineer O. H. Bradford of the Consoli- dated railroad has been discharged by Su- perintendent Stavenson for neglect of duty in running his train between another train and the platform at the Woodmont station a week ago Sunday while the latter train was discharging passengers.
 William Keefe, mason, aged ffty-nine, died suddenly yesterday forenoon at his home in East Haven Center, as was sup posed or noarC O1Se8S6. O0V6ral O1 HIS GILL dren were at his bedside at the time he died. Dr. Elliot, in response to 8 request from tine coroner, went to East Haven to make an inz vestigation.
 Programmes and badges for dancing at the Kirmess can be obtained at the different booths. Professor Loomis has kindly con- scented to be present Wednesday afternoon between and o'clock to assist the children in dancing. Dressing rooms will be provid- ed for those wishing to dance, both afternoon and evening.
 Mir Frederick Wells Williams, assistant at the Yale library, son of the late Professor S. Wells Williams, will be married to Miss Fanny H. Wayland, daughter of Rev. H. L. Wayland of Philadelphia and niece of Prof. Wayland, dean of the Yale Law school, on Thursday, November 18th, at p. m. at the First Baptist church, Philadelphia. The couple will sail for Europe. They will be accompanied on their wedding trip by MT. Reynolds and Miss Watrous, of this city, who will be welded at about the same time