Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-11
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

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 Cloth finished binding at DOrman's.
 James Lowden, formerly an Ansonia' Ct., merchant, died a few days ago in Florida.
 Beautiful spring is still very backward. Even the April rains are cold and Marchy.
 Sonouassen tribe of Red Men, Hartford, is preparing to visit the new tribe in Waterbury.
 Miss Mamie Birmingham of the class of 'ss, Bridgeport High school, died in that city yesterday.
 Nosahogan lodge, I. O. 0. F., Waterbury, will visit Charter Oak lodge of Hartford on Friday evening.
 The Rev. H. H Kelsey of Winsted has ac- cepted the call to be associate pastor of the Fourth church in Hartford.
 The biennial State convention of the An- cient Order of Hibernians of Connecticut will be held in Norwich on June 5.
 Miss Helen Pierce started recently for Norfolk, Va, where she is to meet her sister Hattie, and in company with her go to Ala bama.
 c. J. Moore of wallingford sold this week a fine pair of coach horses to Col E. E. Thompson and a good roadster to George s. Barnum of New Haven.
 Henry H. Moulthrop of Ansonia was bur- jed from his home yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. Mir. Bullock.
 A freight train of the track at Granby and an engine of at Northampton delayed the evening passenger train south on the Canal railroad till two o'clock yesterday morning.
 A rife contest at the armory in Bridgeport Monday night between team from the Second regiment and a local team from the Fourth regiment was won by the latter team by 51 points.
 James J. Carr of New Haven, the registrar of vital statistics, will be married this morn ing to Miss Catherine E. Rogers of Hartford. The ceremony will be performed at St. Peters church, Hartford. John P. Carney will be best man.
 The auction sale of Kentucky horses by McCafferty Bros. at Bristol's stables on George street this morning will com- mencs promptly at ten o'clock and will take place rain or shine. The horses are of a superior quality and all well broken.
 Mrs. Lucretia Darlington, mother of Mrs. William T. Fife of Ansonia, was buried yes terday afternoon in Woodbridge. At 12:3O o'clock funeral services were conducted at the house of MT. Fife by the Rev. Messrs. Bullock of AnsoniA and Marvin of Wood bridge.
 Miss Mary Anderson and Miss Lucy Smith have reached home from the Bermudas, but Dr. Anderson and his wife will remain in Brooklyn with friends until Wednesday. There will be reception at the First church parlors from eight to ten Thursday evening. Waterbury American.
 The Rev John Pegg, . former pastor of the St. John street church, this city, and who has served the last three years az pastor in Port Chester, and has been in the pulpit thirty-eight years, was. at his own request, placed on the esuperannuated list by the Mid dletown conference the other day.
 The new express trains between New York and Boston will begin running in week or two and will leave either terminus at ten o'clock in the morning, running by way ot the New York and Hartford divisions, and the eastern division of the New England road, and will make the trip in six and halt hours.
 A gentleman in Derby walked four miles down the Naugatuck track, Sunday, in search of trailEng arbutus and succeeded only in finding two buds which he is trying to bloom by artificial means. The COURIER acknowl edges the receipt of bon-bon box filled with exquisitely blooming arbutus sent from Vir- ginia by MT. w. I. Dicksrman of Norfolk.