Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-07
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Lyman Beckley, of Walllngford, goes to Florida soon.
 Miss Mamie Christie, of New Haven, leaves, in day or two, for Boston to visit friends.
 Receiver T. H. Russell petitioned the assessors yesterday that the assessment on $1OO, 900 to s75,000.
 MT. W. B. Gorham, with F. s. Bradley & Co., of this city, and Miss Julia F. Pierson of Brooklyn, L. l., were married in Brook lyn, Tuesday afternoon, at the residence of the brides parents. The newly welded couple will reside on Wooster street after their bridal tour.
 Miss Lillie Sellew of this city, who has re- gently returned, after very successful tour, will start again tomorrow night for New York She gave two exhibitions at the Palace Skating rink in Brooklyn last week, and it is said by the press of Brooklyn that she is the only rival in America of Jennie Houghton.
 D. w. Howith in his cruise with the Unit ed States corvette Juniata, which sailed from New York November g, 1882, has visited the East Indies, the Persian Gulf, China, Ja- pan, Madagascar, Cape Town, Port Eliza beth, Port Natal, Zanzibar and the Barba- does. In all his travels, he says, he has found no place like old Milford. Standard
 Entertainments.
 SIBERIA.
 At the New Haven Opera House Friday and Saturday evenings Bartley Campbcll's Siberia will be produced by cast of what is said to be exceptional strength.
 BUNNELL's MUSEUM.
 Miss Fannie Louise Buckingham and her company playing ''Mazeppa" at the museum this week are proving great attractions and large audiences are present at each perform ance.
 NEW HAVEN OPERA HOUSE.
 This evening Lester & Aliens big minstrel troupe appear. together with whom are the celebrated puglists, John L. Sullivan and William Muldoon, who will appear in their representations of ancient and modern statu- nry.
 AMERICAN THEATER.
 The variety entertainment at the Americas this week is an excellent one and draws large houses nightly. The afterpiece, "McMulty's Visit to New Haven," is very funny. Miss Millie Eddy, who met with an accident Mon day evening, will appear this evening.
 
 The courses of lectures by John L. Stod- dard which have annually delighted thou sands of auditors, not only in this city bnt in all tho prinoi- pal cities, have come to be Q regular institu- tion and it would be serious loss were they to be omitted. This year special effort has been made to surpass if possible the literary and artistic feasts of previous seasons. The overwhelming success of the lectures, as de- livered in Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, shows that these efforts have been appres eiated. The new series will consist of con- tnuatiens of subjects which proved so popu- lar before and at the same time of such va riety as to make this the m ost brilliant course which Mr. Stoddard has ever given. The first lecture is entitled Napoleon Bonaparte from Corsica to the throne. the second Napoleon Bonaparte, from the throne to St. Helena" !" These two lectures are an ever popular sub ject and the illustrations, too, are graphic and so connected as to form almost a contin- nous description in themselves, of the re- markable progress of ''the little corporal. {" The popularity of the Dickens lecture of last year has suggested "New Walks with Charles Dickens," which forms the third of the series, entirely different fromi the othter and embellished with illustrations that only the services of specially paid artists in England could secure. The fourth will be devoted to the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, and illus trations of the scenes amid which it was passed. The last lecture will be a reminis- cence of travel in the beautiful and romantic country of Switzerland, with profuse and vivid illustrations.
 The dates of the lectures are Thursday evening. January IA, and Wednesday even ings, January 20, 27, February 8, F. Course tickets are now on sale at Loomis' Two Grand Tours to Mexico. There is no more inviting field for the tourist than Mexico, and the two grand tours through that country announced by Messrs.