Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-24
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrief Mention.

Large line card cases at Dorman's.
 Royal shoes best in the world.
 Sterling pianos at Catlinas, GAS Chapel St.
 Egopodium cures rheumatism and gout-
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. .Hoadley's.
 Pears is the purest and best soap ever made.
 The North Cornwall postofioe has been re- moved to Cornwall Center.
 Rev. Dr. Twitchell, of Hartford, speaks Sunday evening at Yale's Dwight hall.
 There will be a mission service of the Con Rregational churches held in the Center church on Thanksgiving day.
 Abby, wife of Warren A. Pinney Oi Winsted, died Thursday afternoon, aged s. She was an exemplary Christian.
 The menhaden steamer Alaska, of Mystic. caught F, coo, 900 fish during the season, and the crew averaged $1OO per month for the season.
 Go to 8. H. Barnes, City market, and buy a turkey for Thanksgiving and see his new leash carrier" buzz. It is Swszey's patent, now so much used.
 There was good skating on Hemingway'e pond yesterday afternoon and quite num- Der of youngsters enjoyed the sport for the first time this season.
 Edwin Merritt, superintendent of the Colt grounds, Hartford, aged 80, while standing on chair adjusting grapevine few days ago, fell and fractured one rib.
 The branch of the Royal Axeanum in Hart ford now has membership of about 200, although it was started only six years ago. In that time there have been but three deaths.
 Judge E. I. Sanford, who has been i'll with facial neuralgia for several weeks, is feeling considerably better and expects to resume his place on the bench in about two weeks.
 City lodge, l. O. O. F., of this city, will celebrate the forsy-second anniversary of it's organization, on Wednesday evening, De- cember 5. There will be banquet and speeches.
 Probate Judge George M. Darlington of Winsted, who has been suffering with rheu- matism for several months, large part of the time confined to his house, is gradually convalescing.
 A petition is being circulated in West Stratford, and has been signed by nearly all the prominent citizens of that place, asking the general assembly to annex the borough to Bridgeport.
 A. G. Day, of Seymour, offers a reward of $1, ,000 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or per- sons who set fire to his buildings on the eve~ ming of Tuesday, Nov. 18th.
 Musty Ale is imported and has mol, ,as many imagine, harsh bitter taste, but to the con- trary, 1t is one of the most delicious drinks to be found. Go to Heublisn's cafe, try mug of it and satiSfy yourself.
 The fastest train running on the New York division of the Consolidated is the special newspaper express, which leaves the Grand Central every Sunday morning. She makes the run to New Haven in one hour and forty minutes.
 Frank Rocket, formerly with the Warner Bros, Bridgeport, has accepted position with Meyer, Strouse & Co.,, the corset manu- facturers in this city. He %in have charge of set of sewing machines in the stitching department.
 A beautiful display of furs just received at Burgess & Burgess, including new styles in colors in muffs; large lines of pure white sets of muffs and boas and of monkey muffs, col lars and boas. They have as usual splendid stock of made up seal and plush garments and of sealskins for customers wishing them made up to order.
 The iron work for the new Neck bridge will in a few days be in position. The many heavy timbers to be fitted into the iron work are now being made ready. The bridge will probably be ready for the passage of teams and horse cars in g couple of weeks, and the large amount of travel that passes over this route will be no longer diverted to other and much longer routes of approach to the city.