Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Pocketbooks at Dorman's.
 Perfectly pure; absolutely harmless; Ivory starch.
 Ask "the walking delegate" what his name is and who or what he represents.
 This evening Rev. Dr. Munger speaks at Y. M. c. A. hall; subject, Purity"
 The Connecticut Medical association will hold their annual meeting at the Elliott House May 1.
 The 200 hands at the works of the Stamp ing Go. in Portland, Ct., have made de- mand for higher wages.
 The late Charles D. R. Perkins will be buried from his late residence, 569 Elm street, this afternoon at o'clock.
 A mission meeting will be held this even- ing at Mrs. Towards, No. 23 Hallock street, under the City Missions auspices.
 The old Green is being returfed in several places by gang of men. The grass has been worn off and killed close to the walks.
 Samuel Wells, who is a veteran fisherman, yesterday captured a shad at New Meadow near Bridgeport. It weighed four and a half pounds.
 MT. Roswell Munger, aged 59, an esteemed Madison man, was accidentally killed Mon day by fall from his wagon. He leaves . widow and several sons.
 Dr. Kimball, the chiropodist and special ist, will locate in this city for few weeks He comes highly endorsed by many of Hart ford's most prominent citizens.
 The New Haven Gun club will hold it's monthly gun shoot this afternoon, and on Friday afternoon, April 23, there will be sweepstake and match shooting.
 The Sarsfield club, Clan-na-Gael associa- tion, have passed resolutions on the death of John H. Dore, the Grand street grocer, who was one of their most prominent members.
 Trumbull lodge No. 22 worked the third degree last night in their rooms in Masonic hall. Some new members were admitted A banquet was served after the exercises.
 At the bolt factory of Reynolds & Co.,, on East street, only few of the 90 hands em- ployed at the shop worked yesterday, but no demand for higher wages has yet been made.
 John Adtz, the Fair Haven machinist, will move his place of business from Grapevine Point to the corner of Mill River and State streets in few weeks. His new three-story brick shop is about half erected.
 A new street cleaning machine has been purchased by the city. It is being worked on Chapel and adjoining streets nightly. It came from England and is thought to be an improvement on the one which has been used.
 The ladies of St. James, church, Fair Ha- ven, are arranging to give a grand Easter sale to occur soon after the close of the Len ten season. The spirited preparations for the event betoken that it will be brilliant success.
 c. A. Johnson will deliver lecture at Masonic hall, Webster street, this evening in aid of the newspapers "The British Lion' and "The American Eagle," both of which are published and circulated free of charge among the colored people of the South
 The junior Yale Glee club assisted by the Yale University Banjo club will give con- cert in Trinity M. E. church this evening un- der the auspices of the Ladies' Social union, which has assumed $75O of the church debt. It will be most enjoyable entertainment.
 w. 0. Scobie, the grocer of No. 112 Rosette street, while delivering groceries yesterday met with an accident. He got into the wagon and not seeing that the reins were crossed started up and the horse getting the best of him started to run, throwing MT. Seobie to the ground. The horse was stopped after running about two blocks, the wagon being damaged about $35.