Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-24
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Rainbow edge note paper at Dormans.
 There was slight frost in Whitneyvill Saturday night.
 In the church calender to-day is designated as St. Bartholomew's day.
 Dr. C. H. Pinney and wife, of Birming ham, have returned from Europe.
 The Crocodile club will hold their bar becue at Compounce Lake, Wednesday, Sep tember 8.
 Treasurer George E. Gay has charge of the many new improvements being made at Bunnell's Museum.
 There will be no general illumination at Savin Rock tomorrow evening, but only a display of fireworks.
 High Rock Grove will be occupied to-day by picnic party from Nathaniel Lyon post, G. A. R., of Hartford.
 Charles w. Andrews of this city and party left on his steam yacht Lucy Sunday for 8 cruise to the westward.
 Several carrier pigeons belonging to Thomas McCaffrey flew from Ansonia to this city in 12 minutes yesterday.
 The managers of the State Funniest an- nounce that they are ahead financially about $500 on the celebration in Waterbury.
 To-day the Starin will carry to Glen Island the members of Court Elm City, A. o. F., the K. 0. J. and the Plattdeutsche.
 Superintendent G. w. Beach, of the Nau- gatuck railroad, has recovered from his re- cent illness and yesterday resumed his duties at Bridgeport
 A IA year old Italian boy named Nicola was run over on Church street yesterday by one of A. E. Plants, of Branford, milk wagons, but escaped uninjured.
 A large number of Ansonia people will pat ronize the excursion tomorrow under the auspices of Ousatonic lodge, I. o. o. F., of Birmingham, to Mystic Island.
 The Connecticut Farmer says that peach growing is not failure in this State, as MT. Lindsley, of Meriden, is likely to have crop of 5000 baskets from as many trees.
 Rev. George B. Stevens, D. D., has re- signed the pastorate of the First Presbyte- rian church of Watertown to accept the chair of Sacred Literature at Yale college.
 Alonzo R. Weed, of Stamford, was given pass to Bridgeport at the town agents office yesterday, and left for that city where he is to enter the hospital for rheumatic troubles.
 Bluefsh have begun to bite in the race off Plum Island and trolling parties from Man tic, Lyme and along shore are daily occur renee. A Mantle party captured 1SO at sun rise yesterday morning.
 Harper's for Septemb Der is for sale by T. H. Pease & Son. The Harpers announce that hereafter the magazine will be issued on the 22nd of each month, that being the fixed date for the issue hereafter. Report says that the New Haven and Hart ford directors and stockholders in the Con- solidated railroad have been busily engaged during the past few days in purchasing New York and New England stock. The Meriden Republican says: "Rev. w. H. Butrick, of New Haven, preached at the Broad street Baptist church Sunday morn ing. The audience was of good size and much enjoyed the discourse" The remains of John Coyle, the brakeman who was killed at Harlem River yesterday, were brought into the depot at this city on the 12:05 train yesterday afternoon and l thence taken to his home, No. 10 Myrtle | street. T. B. Beecher, of Bridgeport, brought home 200 pounds of pickerel Sunday. The largest | weighed from to g pounds each. They | were all caught amid or in the neighborhood | of the Thousand Islands, between Clayton and | Kingston, in three days, by MT. Beecher and his wife.
 The statement made in some of the papers that Pawson Park has been purchased by John H. Starin, of the Starin Steamboat | company, is denied by those in a position to know the facts. MT. Conklin of the Starin | line knows nothing about it and MT. Beach, son of MT. Beach, owner of Pawson Park, said | last night at the park that there was nothing | in it.