Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-28
LOCAL NE w s.
Brief Mention.


 A branch of the Knights of Columbus will soon be organized in Birmingham
 Price, Lee & Co.,, of this city, publish twenty-two city and town directories.
 The new concrete walk across the Green parallel with Temple street is about com pleted.
 The Center base ball nine of this city wers, defeated by the Oyster Point nine yesterday afternoon by the score of IA to 4.
 Professor E. A. Parsons will resume with his pupils at the New Haven Conservatory of Music on Monday, September 14th.
 MT. Lawrence Dawson, of Milford, buried on Wednesday his little fve-year-old daugh ter. His wife died two weeks ago.
 The Bridgeport Standard says "there is a good demand for medium sized dwellings in that city and the builders are busy"
 The city has bought it's winter supply of coal, 300 tons, which was being put in the basement of the building yesterday.
 MT. Charles w Merwin, of Milford, is be- ing treated at the hospital in this city for contraction of the cords on one of his hands. The "B' quartette, of this city, gave a concert in Litchfield recently before large audience. The audience was very enthusias- tic.
 August M. Englehardt and Miss Lucy Williams were married at the Church Of the Redeemer, Bridgeport, Wednesday, Rev. John Lyon officiating.
 Frank Elwood, aged about forty-fve years, a pensioner of the late war, died Wednesday night at his home in Westport of 8 disease termed black erysipelas. He had been ill about two weeks.
 City Missionary Mossman wants to find a good home for healthy, blue-eyed little girl whose mother, a respectable and deserving American woman, has been deserted by her husband and cannot properly care for the child.
 The lightning struck on the premises of Ami J. Hamilton in Plainville during the shower Monday night, killing some of his poultry and so paraIyzing his horse that the animal was unable to get up for several hours.
 The Flagg cottage on Kimberly avenue, below Grant St., Burritt & Leary contractors, is nearly finished and Mr. Flagg has plans for another to be erected next door, which will be equally attractive in design with the other, but different in style.
 Many thousand square feet of concrete paving is being laid about the Yale observa- tory grounds, mostly on Prospect and Gamer streets, by the New Haven Concrete compa- ny. It adds very much to the attractiveness and tasteful appearance of the grounds.
 The new building of the New Haven Clock company is nearly completed and ready for use. Some time will elapse, however, before all the new machinery to be used is put in. The new building will be used in the manu- facture of fancy clocks of new designs.
 The body of Stephen M. Butler, of Tor rington has been disinterred at the request of his son, and the vital organs will be sub jected to a chemical analysis in this city. The reasons for the request are said to be the sons disappointment as to the will of the de ceased, his objections to his stepmother, who is worthy lady, and suspicious of foul play not apparently well founded.
 The Irish rife team of this city, who tied the score with the Sixty-Ninth New York team in this city on Tuesday, have some ex- pectations that team from Birmingham will enter the arena to compete for the Coogan trophy. They will welcome it into the con- test. An attempt was made in Hartford to get up team to compete for the trophy and 8 similar attempt was made in Wallingford' but the projects were given up.