Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-14
LOCAL NEWS.
MensIol

Royal shoes are styIish, elegant.
 Order your corn beef at Sattig's.
 Co. K, of Stratford, gives a grand ball Jan. IT.
 There is a move in Bridgeport to form 8 building association there.
 An adjourned meeting of the board of al- dermen will be held tonight.
 Rev. MT. Nichols, of this City, preached in Seymour Wednesday evening.
 Rev. Father Rigney, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church, is seriously i'll.
 MT. John H. Klock, the druggist, returned from his western trip this week, his health '0Tbsanr TSs annual g of the Civil Service Reform associa Fiu be held tonight ln the Palladium bt ng.
 A saving and ld association Is being or ganized among the Semployes of the Union Metallic Cartridge Go. of Bridgeport.
 Maurice Kehn, exalted ruler of the New Haven Elks, drew hand painted sofa pillow at the Bridgeport Elks' fair this week.
 Dressed baby dolls and their cribs, and Anchor building blocks, at the Woman's Ex" change, up one flight, 101 Orange street.
 Morgan G. Bulkeley has completed his list of staff elections by the appointment of Wii- liam s. Chappell of New London as aide.
 Yesterday was the s1st birthday of Leman w. Cutler, of Watertown, and to-day is the 94th birthday of Israel Coe, of Waterbury.
 The Republican League will hold it's aa- nual meeting and election of officers on next Monday evening, the fourth anniversary of it's birth.
 The New Haven Chair company, in the rear of Orange street, near Audubon, are running 12 hours day to keep pace with their orders.
 Ex-Congressman Horr, of Michigan, lec- tured to large audience in Meriden Wednes- day night in the Star lecture on 'Genuine versus Shams"
 Mrs. E. J. HotchEiss, widow of the late Deacon Nj. L. Hotchkiss of Cheshire, died at her home in Cheshire at 1:30 yesterday morn ing aged 77 years.
 Rev. Dr. Horace c. Hovey will lecture be- fore the Bridgeport Scientific society on Tuesday evening next; subject: "Ths vibra- ting law of progress"
 In one of the two wrecked cars on the Derby extension yesterday were several boxes of hardware from Sargent & O., New Haven, marked for Minneapolis.
 The florist have begun to make showing of Christmas greens and trees, and some of the stores outside of the center are already dressed with Christmas trees outside.
 Thomaston's new National bank, capital $5O,0O0, has been organized with A. J. Hine, president, and A. J. Hine, A. Thomas, A. P. Bradstreet, W. T. Woodruff, O. James, O.. F. Williams and J. s. Eastwood, directors.
 Senator Graham has purchased the proper ty of the G. N. Hotchkiss Go. in West Ha- ven, and the premises will be used in the manufacture of light hardware by the James Graham Manufacturing company. Mir. Gra- nam will continue his brass foundry business in this city.
 The principal attraction at the Elks' kir- miss in Bridgeport Wednesday night was Miss Alice Hogaboom, the fat girl who is on exhibition this week at BunnelPs museum. Her weight is 600 pounds. She captivated quite an army of the young men at the kir- miss, says Bridgeport paper.
 MT. William Jepson, the file manufacturer on State street, received telegram yesterday rom IrOY, IN. 1.1 dEuOuucAuS SA0 A00Dn AL ..tbat city of Mrs Dow, aged S6, mother of Mir. Jepson's wife. Mrs. Jepson left yester- day afternoon for Troy. The deceased leaves a number of children to mourn her loss.
 Johnson, the Hartford weather prophet Is at it again. He now predicts a storm from the 18th to the 18th, which may be furious for few hours. And Rev. Ira Hicks, St. Louis' weather prophet, predicts severe storms and the coldest weather of the season in the next AS hours. He also looks for blizzard on the 2d or Sd of January.
 Mir. Charles Katch since his return from his two years stay in Europe hes been visited by many friends pleased to hear reports of the various places he visited, which were of special interest to them personally Mir. Katsch spent most of the time in travelling, visiting large number of cities and smaller places in Germany. Austria, Belgium and Holland. His health is unimpaired and he found his sojourn abroad source of much pleasure. Mr. Katch's age is 7S.