Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-05
General State News.


 EDITOR GRAHA0I's SUCCESS.
 The Meriden Republican was enlarged four columns on Saturday and shows every mark of deserved prosperity.
 GOES TO CANADA.
 Edgar NJ. Clossey, 6 lawyer, is to remove from Winsted about the 18th of this month to farm he has recently purchased in Canada.
 s. OF V. FAIR.
 Last night the Sons of Veterans fair in Meriden opened at the Town hall. The $1,- O65 worth of prizes were on exhibition and there was a musical entertainment. MUSICAL. J. W. Harrington, organist in Sufield church, will take charge of the music of St. Andrews church, Meriden, on Sunday night, taking the place of the late Professor Foster.
 BARNUM's NEW MUSEUM.
 Barnum's fine new home in Bridgeport is to be "distinctively American" in architec ture. An exchange goes on to explain that this is a combination of the Romanesque and French renaissance.
 OFF FOR EUROPE.
 Mrs. Frank W. Cheney and Miss Nellie Cheney, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Knight D. Cheney of South Manchester, and Miss Laura B. Dunham of Hartford sail for Europe on the Cephalonia from Boston, April 21.
 HoUsAToNIc ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
 The Housatonic railroad will coon com- mence the construction of new sixty-foot turntables at Pitts6eld, Bridgeport and Will sons Point. A large addition will be built to the depot at Hawleyville.
 VAN PHoU LEE.
 MT. Yan Pheu Lee of New Haven, who was graduated from Yale last year, will ! 11<r, T the auspices of the Social fraternity of the North church. Subject, "Life and Scenes in China"
 The annual oratorical contest at Trinity college was held at Hartford Monday night and there were five speakers. The first prize was awarded to F. F. Kramer '89 of Denver, Col; second prize, Edward McPherson Me- Cook go, of Hartford. FROM EGYPT AND RUSSIA. The great manufacturing establishment of | which Hon. Benjamin Douglass has been the head for many years has given Middletown a 1 worldwide reputation. Tke W. &. B. Douglass pump is used in every country. l Many orders have recently come from Egypt and Russia.
 NORTH HAVEN YOUNG REPUBLICANS. The young Republicans of NorthHaven are requested to meet in Linsley's hall on Satur- I day evening at>S o'clock for the purpose of l electing five delegates to the Young Mems Republican convention at New Haven April 10.
 Per order Town Committee. CHURCH PEws. The annual sale of seats at the First Con gregational church, Meriden, took place Tues day evening. The attendance was large and the bidding was unusually brisk. The sale was conducted by J. c. Twichell. The high est prices were paid by L. N. Bradley $500 Walter Hubbard $500 and Horace c. Wilcox $11o.
 IN wALLINGFoRD.
 The annual ball of Wallace hose company, Walllngford, takes place Friday evening. In- vitations have been sent to the Veteran Fire mems association, Sons of Veterans, Winches. Charter Oak and Bixby hose companies of Meriden, and it is expected that delegations from those organizations will attend.
 TO COME TO NEW HAVEN
 The stockholders of the Standard Time company at meeting in Waterbury Monday voted to increase the capital stock from $15,- GOO to $25, ,000. At @ subsequent meeting of the directors Charles A. Chapman, of the Waterbury Watch company, was elected see- retary and treasurer. The office of the com pany will be transferred to New Haven. WITHDREW FROM THE METHODIST DENoMINA-
 TON. Rev. Thomas Simms, who has finished the itinerant's limit of three years at the East Main street Methodist church in Norwich, read letter to his people last nigAt declar- ing his intention to withdraw from that de- nomination "because in my judgment the method of making pastoral changes by put ting unlimited power in the hands of few and granting neither church nor ministry any voice in the matter is full of injustice to the parties most concerned" l