Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-10
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

New poeketbooks at Dormans.
 "Reuben Glue" will be presented at the Middletown opera house this evening.
 The Consolidated road directors on Satura day declared quarterly dividend of 219 pel cent
 Two tramps arrested in Ansonfa wert lodged in the county jail in this city last Sat urday.
 Charles Benham, lifelong resident oi Naugatuck, died Saturday morning, aged seventy-6ve.
 Bacon M. Huxley, much esteemed Water bury citizen, aged thirty -four, died on Sat" urday of brain trouble.
 Manager Bunnell of the Grand and the Hyperion resides at his handsome Southport residence during the winter.
 MT. H. H. Benedict has removed from his handsome summer residence in the Annex to No. GA Trumbull street, for the winter.
 Waterbury city fathers visited and in- spected Hop Brook on Saturday, the site for the new reservoir to store 400, 900, 900 gallons of water for Waterbury's thirsty population.
 Mr. Fish, employed by Hubbell & Merwin, builders, accidentally gashed his wrist with a hand-saw recently. Several of the sinews and cords of the wrist were badly cut into.
 The condition of MT. H. Webster Stow, the lumber dealer, who has been ill for two weeks with typhoid fever, continues very serious, but some hopes are now entertained of his recovery.
 Postmaster o. B. King of Watertown has had another attack of his old complaint, e.: hfc tion, to take effect January 1. B. 0. At- wood is spoken of as his successor.
 Thomas Copnors, formerly bsgRagemaster on Conductor Beers' New Haven train, has been promoted 10 the position of extra con- ductor on the Derby road, while Fireman George Edwards is extra engineer.
 The naphtha lamp on Elliott street, be- tween Davenport and Sylvan avenues, needs attention. For the past three or four nights it has failed to shine as early as o'clock in the evening, remaining out the rest of the night.
 The Elks' Kirmess in Bridgeport opened very successfully Saturday night at Turn Hall for ten nights run. The attendance was large and the decorations very fine. Exalted Ruler Simonds delivered the ad- dress
 The photographs of the Cecillian society, the work of Hull, the photographer, on ex- hibition in Leigh & Prindle's window on Chapel street, have attracted much attention and reflect much credit on MT. Hulps skill as photographic artist.
 The Middletown police have not yet dis covered any clue to the missing treasure stolen from the house of H. V. Tucker of Westfeld district, Middletown, last Thurs day. A box containing $500 in cash aud $1O,0O0 in notes, bonds, etc., was taken.
 MT. H. F. Shares of Eld street, who with several members of his family went to Flor- ida last week to spend the winter, took with him MT. Atwater, New Haven carpenter who will be employed upon improvements MT. Shares will make in his winter resi- dence.
 Henry F. Peck, just elected mayor of New Haven, was former resident of New Britain and has brother, Charles Peck, and several sisters residing there. The old home stead of the Peck family on East Main street has been little changed and is at the present time owned and occupied by J. B. King.
 In the latter part of the week water will be let into the Water company's supply pipe from the Prospect Hill reservoir in which young Donovan drowned himself. The reservoir has been thoroughly cleaned out and will re- main dry and exposed to the air and sun for a few days, the company having taken this opportunity to cleanse the bottom of all mud and vegetable growths.