Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-08
LOCAL NE EwS.
BrH0F MeaatA0n.

Sensible pocket reference.
 The annual meeting of the Gospel Unior will be held at 7:30 this evening in English Hall.
 George Hurlburt, of Seymour, caught ninety nine pound turtle in that town re gently.
 Wednesday evening lectures for the fal and winter were resumed at St. Paul. church last evening.
 Warner D. Judson, of the late firm O Judson Brothers, will continue the marke and provision business at the old stand o1 State street, Nos. 5O5 and 5O7.
 Henry s. Cooper, aged 70, g well know1 Portland citizen, died in his chair at the din ner table Tuesday. He was feeling well un til a minute or two before he died.
 Cards are out for the marriage Thursday, October 15, of s. B. Gager, of the late firm of Wooster, Williams & Gager, Birmingham, and Miss Nellie Cottar, of Ansonia.
 Mrs. Parmelia Hale, aged 94, of South Glastonbury, who fell while alighting from a carriage last week Tuesday, is failing fast from the effects of the injuries received.
 John E. Harrigan, formerly of this city, was married to Miss Mary F. Dinnen in Springfield yesterday afternoon. Town Registrar Keefe of this city, cousin of the bride, attended.
 Sargent & Go. soon will enlarge their building in which polishing and grinding are done. The building will be made one story higher. The work will be completed before cold weather
 Rev. William J. Murphy, the new pastor of the Congregational church, Middlebury, commenced his pastoral labors last Sunday He is a native of New Brunswick and grad uste of college in Canada.
 The Woodbridge and Bethany fair opened yesterday. The displays are equal to those of preceding years. To-day will be the day of the fair, and the road to the fair grounds will be lively with New Haven teams.
 The town of Orange has voted to appro- priate $4, 800 to repair roadways and place gas lamps on their end of Kimberly avenue bridge, provided New Haven will put lamps on it's end A ten mill tax was voted.
 The sixteenth annual exhibition of the Stafford Agricultural society is to be held at Stafford Springs on Thursday and Friday. His Excellency Governor Harrison and Sena- tors Hawley and Platt are to be present.
 Sunday evening the College street church people will consider the project of building a church near the foot of Sylvan avenue. The present house of worship is considered by some to be too near the center of the city.
 Delegates and visitors who desire enter tainment at the State Baptist convention, Hartford, are requested to send their names to the chairman of the committee on hospi- talities, Silas Chapman, jr., % Trumbul1 street, Hartford, early as possible.
 The marriage of Miss Lillian H. Moses, daughter of Mir. S. G. Moses, well known Hartford druggist, to the Rev. Daniel W. Clarke, of New Haven, takes place in the Pearl street church, Hartford, on Tuesday evening, October 20 The bridal pair ex- pect to pass the winter abroad.
 To preserve chestnuts for late fall and winter consumption they should be carefully cured. This may be done by placing the nuts in a common cloth bag and then expos ing them few days to the sun and air, stir ring them occasionally to prevent their sweating or moulding. When properly cured they remain soft and sweet all winter
 MT. John c. Collins, of this city, speaks at the conference of the mission Sunday school workers to be held in Hartford at the War burton chapel next Saturday morning on the subject, General Exercises and Disci- pliue." Rev. Dr. Walker makes the opening address of the conference Friday afternoon. Subject, "Consecration-a Privilege and a Necessity"