Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-21

Mr. John Hemingway, the retiring post- | master, was appointed on March 23, 1880, l and reappointed April 9, 1884, and has l served under four presidents He has al- | ways been faithful and obliging postmas- ] ter.
 Merriman's Cornet band of Plantsville have 1 agreed to give eight open air concerts during the summer for $200.
 North Haven.
 May 19.-Mr J. Pierpont is out with new order wagon, very attractive in appearance.
 Mr. L. Bruce, who is engaged by the select men to work on the roads, has this week been over the center district and travelling in that part of the town is very good.
 Mr. Beauchamp, who works at the brick yard, has nice lot of chickens and one of the number has four legs. It isa curiosity and attracts considerable attention.
 Captain Marihugh arrivedin town yester- day, home from another voyage.
 Mrs. Hinman and family moved on Thurs day to the house of MT. Page near the spoon shop.
 Buffalo bugs engage the attention of most women throughout the town at the present tirne They are considered a greater pest than the potato bug.
 MT. and Mrs. Rufus Thorpe are daily ex- pected home from California.
 Mrs. N. W. Hine, of New Haven, called on friends in town yesterday.
 Information received from John Shrives, who few years since was well known in this town, is that he is now loan broker inss To- peka, Kan.
 Mrs. Uri Butler is very busy in the carpet business. She has recently woven two exe ceedingly pretty ones. A lady in town is the owner of one, the other one was made for lady in New Haven.
 Rev. Mr. Reynolds assisted at the ordination and installation of Rev. Mir. Luckey, the new pastor of the Humphrey street church, New 1aV af and general state News. GOES TO ILLINOIS. Rev. Mr. Leete has resigned the pastorate of his church at Ridgefeld to accept call to Rockford, H., at a salary of $2,500. AT STAFFORD SPRINGS. James l.. Bowen, commander of Wilcox Grand Army post of Springfield, will give the Memorial day address at Stafford Springs, Conn.
 ROCKVILLE HIGH SCHOOL The graduating exercises of the class of ! 1888, Rockville High school, will be held at ! the Methodist church June 22d. The class has nine members.
 l NOT YET DECIDED. It is not decided yet that the Third regi- ment will go to Brooklyn to take part in the ceremonies attending the dedication of the Putnam statue in June next SCOTCH GAMES. The Burns club of Waterbury have decided | to have their Scotch games field day in Au- gust, probably the 18th, on the Waterbury base ball grounds at West End. GOES TO SANTA FEE. Engineer James Flanagan of New London, ' who has stood at the lever of New London | Northern road locomotive for several years, | will soon go 10 the Santa Fe road. !
 A rattlesnake was discovered by Hart ford man the other day only mile from the | city limits in the ssTen-mile woods' on the Pike swamp road It was five feet long and as large around as 8 mans wrist. The snake got away.
 TWISTED CHORAL UNION.
 The Winsted Choral Union Glee club will give their first concert since the new organi- zation, Wednesday, June 6. Beside the soprano, will sing.
 IN ROCKVILLE.
 Rev. Dr. Howard Henderson, pastor of the Sixty first street Methodist church at New York, will give an address at the Methodist church in Rockville on the evening of Me- l moria1 day on the subject 'The Swords of Grant and Lee"
 BELONGED TO THE 11TH C.. V.
 Nathan Cornwall, veteran of the Elev- enth. o. V., and we'll known hotel circles in Hartford, Waterbury, New Britain and Thursday, aged 63s He was 8 sergeant and afterwards first lieutenant of the Eleventh lev.
 WOODBRIDGE TUESDAY NIGHT. At the Congregational church in Wood | bridge Tuesday evening an entertainment of music, tableaux, etc., will be given. Follow. ing the entertainment there will be a supper and the members of the church promise 6 pleasant evening for all. The proceeds are for the repairing of the parsonage. THIRrY-FIvE YEARS AGO.
 L. v. B. Hubbard, of Shelton, went to New York Friday and had the opportunity of viewing the effects of the disaster at the drawbridge in South Norwalk. The escape was 8 very narrow one. The engineer thought ! if the engine had gone Q very short distance further all would have been precipitated into the river. Mir. Hubbard saw the disaster there which occurred thirty-6ve years ago.
 sHAKEsPEAREAN READING AT SHILOH.
 The Newtown Bee correspondent writing to the paper from Shiloh, Conn, says: We had rare treat here Saturday night, tht 18th. The reading of the tragedy of Juliui Cesar by Roger NJ. Sherman, son of the sags | of High Rock, was extremely well done anC makes us proud that so good man came oui of this ne:ghborhood. As Cassius he would Il Ill tn6 Dlil III any St6r company. HIS euQn \ citation was sc perfect, his gestures so natu' ral, his action so noble, that we felt as if tho great Romans were before us. Who but Shakespeare could portray the motives, tn, emotions the passions and the ambitions o the characters of this immortal playl The man who can render Shakespeare's wordi ! truly Is genius and an orator. BIRMINGHAM's BOROUGH OFFICERS The newly elected borough government oi ! haa f01l } The following are the appointments for the ensuing year: Clerk, 0. B. Bunnell chief oi police, John w. Nolan; chief engineer of the \ fire department, John J. Leonard; borough attorney, W. Sidney Downs; borough en- nance, T. J. o'suIIivan, c. W. Downs. Pat. rick McManus; streets and sidewalks, P. Me Mauus, William Houlihan, c. N. Downs fire department, Joseph May, w. D. Houli han, Joseph N. Boothe; police, c. Park, O N. Downs, Joseph May, Thomas Kneen park, 0. N. Downs: sewers, T. J. O'Sullivan Joseph May, Thomas Kneen; lamps, W. D Houlihan, Joseph V. Boothe, Patrick Me Manus; nuisances, Thomas Kneen, T. J o'Sullivan, J. N. Boothe.
 have been troubled with catarrh for the \ past ten years and have tried number oi remedies, but found no relief until pur' chased bottle of EIy's Cream Balm. I con sider it the most reliable preparation fol catarrh and cold in the head.-Geo. E. Gran dall, P. M., Quonocnawntaug, R. I. was troubled with catarrh for seven years previous to commencing the use of Ely's Cream Balm soms five months ago. It has done for me what other so called cures failed ! to do-cured me. The effect of the Balm seemed magical.-Clarence L. Huff, Bidde. ford, Me. my15 eod&cw 2wks |
 Economize on things which you are obliged to buy frequently, but in the case of some thing to last lifetime do not buy cheaI article. Get the Mathushek piano of the Treat & Shepard Go. my15 eod& ! Advice to Mothers.
 Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for chil drer teething is the prescription of one o1 the best female nurses and physicians in tl4s United States, and hns been used for forty years with never failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the | urocess of teethino it's value ia i1,ea1culehle