Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-18
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dress at the rate of 0U cents month, postage paid.
 LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 Trial balance books at Dorman's.
 Rev. c. W. de L. Nichols baptized twelve persons in his parish on Staten Island Sum day.
 The Rev. Fathers Schneider and McGuirk, treat in New Haven.
 MT. E. R. Brown, the subscription agent, starts on Thursday for Mystic Bridge to spend his vacation.
 The colored Odd Fellows of New England will hold their annual convention at New Haven September F.
 Reuben Powers, jr., (colored) seven years old, was drowned at Norwich Cove Monday afternoon while in bathing.
 Lyman Spencer, one of the oldest inhabi- tants of Essex, died at his home in Center brook Sunday night, aged s2 years.
 H. c. Wilcox, of Meriden, was serenaded by the Meriden Military band Monday even- ing in honor of his return from Europe.
 Isaac c. Lewis, of Meriden, yesterday moved from his elegant shore residence at Stony Creek to his house on Lewis Island.
 Miss Edith Johnson, of the Greenwich avenue school, and sister Mabel left yester- day for 8 summers stay at Glen Ridge, N. J.
 In Naugatuck, as in New Haven, the doc- tors report many cases of sickness of ma larial form, also of stomach and bowel dis eases.
 Miss Carrie Powell starts tomorrow for Springfield, Mass, where she will remain until September 1st, visiting with friends in that city.
 TrumbulI council, National Prevalent union, of Hartford, come by special train to Belle dock this city to-day and embark for a picnic at Pawson Park. By the giving way of the derrick at the new dock at Fenwick, Monday, one of the workmen had both legs broken. He was brought to New Haven.
 The Yale launch, Captain Dadmsn, takes out party of excursionists this evening. She leaves her anchorage in the river in the early evening and will return by moonlight. In a letter to the New York Evening Post General S. 0. Armstrong speaks in the high est terms of the Connecticut summer school for teachers, which is now in session at Man. tic.
 Miss Abby Goddard, the Hartford dress maker who was missing, eloped with a coal peddler who has a wife and two children. He sold his teams and left his family penni. less.
 Charles Morse, of Forestville, was bitten in the leg by one of Mr. Aliens dogs Satur- day, and the wound was cauterized by 8 physician without apprehension of serious trouble.
 Mrs. Warner, wife of Editor Warner of the Tonawanda (N. Y.) Herald, arrived in town yesterday on a visit to her mother, Rev. .Phebe Hanaford.
 The parishioners of St. Johns Catholic church, New Haven. will visit Mystic Island by steamer Elm City Aug. 22d, and the Rockville 0. T. A. society pionic there the same day.
 Little Johnnie Gafney, the ten year old son of Bern ard Gaffney of Waterbury, was crushed to death while stealing ride on the elevator at w. F. Yorks furniture store in that city Monday.
 Mrs. Hettie M. Rowe, wife of William H. Rowe, cashier of the New London City Na- tionaI bank, died at her home in that city Monday noon. Her father was the late Cap tain Jeffrey of that city.
 The Consolidated road has just bought half an acre of low land just east of the new depot which the road is erecting at the junc- tion of the Shore Line, Air Line and Hart ford railroad tracks there.
 Mr. A. A. Baldwin, the Milford shoe man. ufacturer, was elected most worthy associate by the National division, Sons of Temperance, at Ontario, Canada. The Connecticut dele gates have all arrived home.
 Meriden, by means of it's new directory, boasts population of 26,747. The directory has 10, ,699 names, an increase of 505. On the same basis of computation New Haven has little over 90, 900 inhabitants.
 Messrs W. H. Starbuck and J. B. Bost- wick were in Birmingham yesterday trying to effect settlement relative to the iDjunc- tion brought some months ago to prevent the bridging of the Housatonic road at Shel ton. The Young Republican club of Windsor dedicated it's rew headquarters Monday night by swinging beautiful portrait ban ner across the street and holding an enthu- !
  ton. Comstock lodge, K. of F., of Waterbury, will give an excursion to Glen grove and l Camp Terry at Mantle Governors day." Friday, August 24. They 30 by the new Me1iden road and by steamer Sunshine from Cromwell. The nomination of Captain Timothy F. Callahan of the Sarsfelds for alderman in the Eleventh ward gives universal satisfaction to the Democrats. The nomination was made on account of Alderman Jones resigninR Captain Callahan was unanimously nomis mated. John Ellison, one of party of Ma, gatuck fishermen, caught Az pound blackfsh off Milford yesterday, but Messrs. John L. Treat, N. 0. Easterbrook and Councilman Champion of this city and others, who go to Faulkner's Island fishing grounds to-day on the steamer Messenger, will go armed and equipped to beat all records
 MT. F. J. Hart of Philadelphia, brother of Police Commissioner Hart, is in town with his wife. MT. Hart has resided for six years past in Pennsylvania and for the last eighteen months in Philadelphia where he conducted thew annamaker restaurant and another of his own. MT. Hart formerly for years had charge of the depot restaurant here. He now re- turns to New Haven to engage in the retail feed business He will first stop at Pine Or. chard with his family for few weeks.
 Trunks and satchels at Brooks & Co.'s, Chapel, cor. State. We are selling off straw hats at any price.
 A Fine Torpedo Beat. A fine torpedo boat, made by Haight 6 Wood. formerly of New Haven, but now of