Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention,


 Music bound at Dorman's.
 Slate roofing at H. P. Hoadley's.
 Joseph L. Barbour delivers the Memorial day address in Suffeld. The Methodist church in Torrington is 10 be lighted by electricity.
 Rev. E. O. Sage, of this city, preached in the Baptist church in Middletown yesterday. Orville P. Case, for forty-five years gro- eer in Hartford, died Saturday noon, aged seventy-two.
 Our esteemed townsman MT. William A. Ives, now in advanced years, is quite ill at his residence.
 Valentine Brothers have completed their painting contract at West Haven and re turned to Waterbury.
 Rev. A. w. Hagen and Rev. George H. Cummings conducted the funeral services of George E. Wells in Middletown Friday after noon.
 The annual meeting of the old burial ground proprietors will be held on Wednes- day afternoon at o'clock at chapel at the cemetery.
 Tue late storm drove large number of vessels inside the breakwater, among them being some of the largest vessels ever seen in the port of New Haven.
 The ladies of Admiral Foete post W. R. c. No. 3 are requested to meet at Klock's drug store this afternoon to attennd the funeral of Mrs. Spencer, of Westvilles
 MT. Edwin A. Hotchkiss has gone on a business trip to Chicago, Minneapolis and other western cities for the house of Joseph
 
 connected.
 Friends from Hartford and New Haven were present at brilliant reception given in Middletown on Friday evening by MT. and Mrs. W. W. Wilcox, jr. The house was fne- 1y decorated with flowers and tropical plants. Burwell Carter of Plainville and MT. Hodges of Roxbury are to be the captains of the two sides in an oId-fashioned game of round ball at Savin Rock on June 20 at the reunion of.:the executive committee of the Legislative club of '75.
 Hundreds of people yesterday visited the Evergreen cemetery, the day being bright and sunshiny after so many days of wet weather and lowery skies. Members of the Grand Army were at the cemetery in the afternoon engaged in designating the graves of soldiers with flags preparatory to Decoration day. James Bogart, colored man residing on Winter street, was reported on Saturday by Dr. Converse, one of the town physicians, to be sadly in need of medical attendance and food. The case was taken in hand by Town Agent Reynolds, as enquiry made failed to prove the unfortunate mans statement that he was @ soldier in the late war.
 Among the distinguished strangers from out of town on Saturday to witness the ball game were Professor H. D. Campbell of Washington and Lee university, Lexington, Va; Hon. William Allen Smith, private sec retary to Bancroft the historian when the latter. was minister to Berlin, a cousin of President Dwight of Yale; and Thomas Coch- ran, Esy., banker, etc., of St. Paul, Minn. Mayor York, who has been in the AdiroA- dacks for the past week, returned on Satur- day. Reports from members of the party with him are quite Aattering to his honor. They state that he is an expert in the art of capturing big fish and distanced them all. Notwithstanding the bad weather his enthu- eiasm kept him busy, and the result was the killing of large number of trout, one 'slaker" weighing over ten pounds. Many of his friends can testify to the quality.