Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-02
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 The police commissioners meet this even- ing.
 Owners of sleighs are ready to trade or sell.
 The Consolidated road has finished ice cut ting all along the road.
 Torrington has ,O36 children of school age, sixteen less than last year.
 Arrangements for the annual fair of St. Johns R. C. church are being made.
 The legislature will convene to-day, the Senate at 12:45 and the House at 1:30.
 Mrs. Mary E. Hills, widow of Eli Hills, died yesterday at her home on Garden street. Representative Freeman Phelps (Republi- can) of Saybrook died on Sunday, aged thir- ty-six.
 The New Haven Gun clubs shooting days for 1886 are the second Wednesday in each month during the season.
 On February 9th, Sth and 9th festival will be given at Quinnipiac rink by Loyal council, Knights of Columbus.
 The contributions in the North church, Bridgeport, for charitable purposes during the year 1885 amounted to S5, ,505.
 The Home for the Friendless managers meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the house of Mrs. Justus s. Hotchkiss
 City Clerk WilIett yesterday forenoon ad- ministered the oath of office to Thomas H. Sullivan as a member of the Board of Public Works.
 To-day February 2d, will be the feast of the Ratification. better known as Candlemas day, in the Catholic church, and will be so observed.
 Organist Harry Rowe Shelley, formerly of this city, was highly complimented on his playing by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in his sermon Sunday.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Wo- mans Church Missionary association will be held at Trinity building, Temple street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Mrs Cornelius Falvey of 22 Bridge street, Waterbury, fell while returning home from church on Sunday and sustained fracture of the right leg near the ankle joint.
 The regular monthly entertainment at the Young Women's Christian association rooms takes place tomorrow evening. All self supporting young women are invited.
 The Century for February, a splendid s'midwinter number' and containing an arti- cle on ''The Wilderness Campaign" by Gen eral Grant, is for sale by T. H. Pease Sc Son.
 The Rev. Dr. Walker, of Hartford, contin ues unable by reason of illness to perform his ministerial duties The Rev. Professor Pratt fills his place in the Center church pull pit.
 Henry Crogan, aged about forty, an in of fIao o1p for nd dead in bed at the house of Philip Cronan in Tyler City yesterday. The coroner found that he died from natural causes.
 At Davenport church this evening a spe- cial service takes place for the setting apart to their offices of the newly elected deacons and a celebration of the communion. The service will be in the chapel at half-past 7.
 A vocal concert and readings will be given at the Second Congregational church, Fair Haven, this evening. The well known Dwight Place church quartette and Miss Wynn Ward are the talent engaged. Tickets at Lucius Rowe's store
 John Kiernan of Liberty street and Johan- ma Green were arrested at the apartments of Agnes Park, 34 George street, and charged with fornication The Park woman was also arrested and charged with lascivious car riage.
 Ann Powers, aged forty. who resides at the corner of Grand and Bradley streets, was taken to the pest house yesterday afternoon. She is very seriously sick with black erysipe- las, a frightful contagious affiiction. She will be kept in quarantine until death or ab- solute recovery releases her.
 
 lecturers of this city, remove their stock of carriages soon to New York. Their sales rooms will be at Nos. 622 and 624 Broad way. They will occupy the main store, 5Ox2OO feet, also the basement, which IS ot similar size, and the sub-cellar, all running through to Crosby street.