Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Brtef Mention.

The best letter scales at Dorman's.
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. .Hoadley's
 The Grand avenue sewer is expected to be finished in three weeks.
 The cigarmakers and printers picnic at Savin Rock September 9th.
 The strike of the moulders at Woodruff, Miller & Co.'s, Mt. Carmel, continues.
 The Ansonia Caledonian club picnic at Savin Rock to-day. Interesting games are expected.
 Actor W. A. Gilfllan, who died in Pueb- To, Col, on Monday, will be buried in this city on Tuesday.
 Colonel Foster of the Connecticut Patri- archs Militant will visit the Meriden cantons next Monday evening.
 Rev. c. w. Millen, of Brooklyn, will preach tomorrow morning and evening at Trinity M. E. church.
 The net profit of Goddess of Liberty coun- cil, D. of L., excursion to Mystic Island on Wednesday was nearly $50.
 Lawyer w S. Downs, of Birmingham, is the guest of Judge Torrance at his summer residence on Fishers Island.
 The employees of S. S. Thompson & Co.'s  They will number twenty ytwo.
 Chief Hendrick has sent to Fire Marshal Kennedy handsome G. A. R. badge won at the San Francisco encampment.
 Mrs. F. M. Wright late of the Bristol tel egraph office, has taken position with the Baltimore & Ohio company of this city.
 Mr. Hughes, the butter dealer, is about to erect another house on Howard avenue. He has large brick house nearly done on the avenue.
 The Dixwell avenue Congregational and Emanuel Baptist churches of this city, both colored, picnicked at High Rock Grove yes- terday.
 The time of the reunion of the Second Heavy artillery has been changed from Bridgeport, September 11th, to Hartford, September 17th.
 The Edwards street nine defeated the Young Blues for the second time by score of g to IS, which makes them champions over the Young Blues.
 The Naugatuck railroad company are about to build new wrought iron bridge over the brook south of the old hoe shop | property in Naugatuck.
 A party of the officials of the Consolidated | road will go down from New York in the tug l Wstrous to receive Vice President Reed as he comes into New York on the steamer Brit | annia.
 The Rev. E. Cunningham will speak at the | Seamen's Bethel to- morrow afternoon at 3 | o'clock. There will be temperance meet | ing in the evening. Good speaking and music | are expected. Governor Harrison has appointed ex-Lieu- | tenant Governor Hyde, of Stafford, delegate | st-large to the annual session of the Farm | ers' national congress to be held at St. Louis | August 25-27. The driver of the Short Beech stage met | with quite an accident at the depot yester- | stage, landing on the hard pavement. He | was taken to his home. About 1900 people from New Britain made an excursion from this city to Coney Island on Thursday on the Elm City, arriv- Ing home early yesterday morning and all having had good time.
 The Knights of Labor of Norwich will make an excursion to this city to-day by the City of Lawrence. short street parade will be made from the dock, upon their ar rival here, to the Green.
 Captain William Betsworth, of Baltimore, ing. Captain Betsworth is an eminent and effective speaker. He is one of the converts | of MT. Moody's meetings in Baltimore.