Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-11
LOCAL NEW g.
Rriaf Mention.


 Mourning paper, all borders, at Dorman's. Read Mendel & Freedman's notices on this page.
 The railroad commissioners will examine the Air Line road next Tuesday.
 The recent ball of the Sarsield Guard yielded net profit of between $70 and seO.
 The golden wedding of MT. and Mrs. I. c. Lewis, of Meriden, will be celebrated to-day. The Howe band of Bridgeport will play their first open air concert at Seaside Park, Saturday, June 13.
 The Osborns challenge any ball nine under fifteen years of age Address J. H. Ferris, captain, 15 Osborn street.
 The Foresters of the State will gather at New Haven July 8. The Howe band has been employed to furnish music.
 About twenty members of the Ivy club were rendered reception at the residence of M F. Pendergast in Fair Haven last evening. The twenty-frst annual reunion of the Twenty-first regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers, will be held in Willimantic, next Fri day.
 Francis P. Gardner, of New Haven, has sold to W. G. Lineburgh, Bridgeport, land with dwelling house on Courtland street, in Bridgeport
 John H. Munson, veteran of the Seventh regiment, c. ", who died at the New Haven hospital Sunday afternoon, lately received 8 back pension of $1 ,030.
 Josephine S. and Sherman H. Sterling, of New Haven, have sold to the Bridgeport Brass company land with buildings on East Main street in Bridgeport
 For the quarter ending March 31 the Con- solidated road had gross earning of $1 1885,, |, 695 an increase of $111 ,49S over the corre- spending quarter of 1885.
 Rev. Dr. Goodsell delivered very able ad- dress last evening before the Prohibition club, powerfully arguing the case in behalf of prohibition, although not 8 member of the third party.
 The combination of brass goods manufse- turers of the United States, of which the Peck Brothers 6 Co. of this city is compo- nent part, hold convention in Pittsburg, Penn, this week, beginning to-day.
 F. c. Kutscher, who keeps a candy store and ice cream saloon on Chapel street near York, was swindled out of $5 last Saturday by man who represented himself as being an agent for local insurance company.
 The Light Guards fair closed last night, having been a fine success. There was 8 great variety of athletic sports last night. The tug-of-war between teams from the Light Guard and the Wallingford company was won by the latter. .. A committee consisting of William Noo- nan, Albert Goettel, Charles Peterman and Thomas Otell have been appointed to visit the barbers who are shaving for five cents and urge them to join the Barbers' associa- tion, the members of which are pledged not to shave for less than ten cents.
 Sunday morning the schooner E. H. Wea- yer, with 1 ,050 tons of coal, from Norfolk, Va, struck an obstruction, probably a sunk en rock, near Ludington rock buoy, and sprung aleak. The tugs Thomas Y. Boyd and S. R. Smith were at hand and lowed the vessel to Belle dock. The damage will not exceed seventy-five dollars.
 Damage in Stamford Foundry.
 The Stamford iron foundry buildings in Stamford were found to be on fire about 6 D. m. on Friday. The fire department prompt 1y responded to the alarm, but the flames