Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Rainbow edge note paper at Dorman's.
 Read Hall & Sons advertisement of cham pagne.
 The Methodist Sunday school of Bristol picnic at High Rock to-day.
 Columbia council, Knights of Columbus, go on their first annual excursion to Glen Island to-day.
 Dr. G. Potter, of Plainville, was given a surprise party yesterday in honor of his sev- enty sixth birthday.
 Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Waterbury, occu- pies his Woodmont residence this week. He will dwell there for six weeks.
 Dr. Daggett, who is attending MT. Pier pont B. Foster, said last night that the pa tient's condition remained unchanged.
 Colonel Dexter R. Wright was resting comfortably last night. His condition for the past two days has remained about the same.
 San Salvador council No. will go to Glen Island August 9th on their annual excursion on the steamer John H. Starin. There will be music and dancing.
 The Pilot base ball nine, Captain McKier nan, and the Blues nine, Captain Jacob Bas serman, will contest with the ball and bat at Hamilton Park to-day.
 George Lowndes, the decamped treasurer of the recent Foresters' picnic, has written from Newark, N J., that he is coming home to settle up and face the music.
 A union picnic of the Center Congrega- tional and the Broad street and Main street Baptist Sunday schools of Meriden to Paw son Park takes place tomorrow.
 Ex-AlderInan John Egan of Grand avenue is still in very critical condition from an affection of the throat with which he has been suffering severely for about four months.
 Fire Alarm Superintend dent Smith was busy all day yesterday together with his gistants in repairing the fire alarm wires which had been damaged by the storm of Sunday.
 A New York dentist comes to New Haven for his advertising ideas. Copying after D. s. Thomas, the rapid transit job printer, the dentist announces: "Teeth extracted while you wait"
 Ex-Governor James E. English has al ready contributed $20,0 900 for the work on the English drive and bridge. Thirty men are employed on the drive just in front of Indian Head.
 Henry w Robinson of the Hurlbut Ma tionsl bank, who has been rusticating in Danbury, New Haven and Savin Rock for the past week, has returned looking as robust as an alderman.
 William Lewis, young man who is not twenty-one years of age, was arrested in Bridgeport Saturday night for seduction. The victim is girl fifteen years of age. He was put under $500 bonds.
 A man named Patrick Dempsey, unmar- ried, living on what is sometimes known as the Old Green Mill road, at Black Rock, made two attempts at suicide yesterday, neither of which was successful. He had been drinking.
 Laborers began the work of relaying DOT tion of the pavement between one set of rails on Chapel street yesterday. The heavy rains settled the cobbles and dropped them from grade The relaying of the paving stones | will cost $100. The Woman's Relief corps, auxiliary to | Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., will picnic at l Pawson Park to-day, going the barge l Juno. They will leave Belle dock at 9:45. 1 It will be large party and most pleasant | occasion is anticipated. Wyllie Brothers, formerly of Waterbury, have just sunk at Fair Haven for the New | Haven rolling mills, a system of thir- l ty-two driven wells connected by pump | which is capable of raising 400 gallons of | water minute. This is the largest well in l Connecticut.
 The funeral of Henry Chambers, the file | manufacturer, takes place this afternoon | from his late residence, 193 Olive street. MT. Chambers was an esteemed citizen and 8 con- scientious Christian. He leaves wife and three children, all married, William R. Chambers and Mrs F. D. Young of this city and Mrs. Dr. W. A. Barnum of Danbury.