Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Wedding invitations and cards at Dor mans.
 Attorney James A. Wood returns soon to New Haven to reside.
 Mir. A. H. Bartlett, the Orange street builder, is seriously i'll.
 The Chamber of Commerce hold special meeting tomorrow evening.
 The annual parade of the Birmingham fire department occurs next Friday.
 Senator Platt and wife passed through here yesterday en route for Washington.
 The coming borough election in Birming- ham will be one of the quietest for years.
 Mrs. Henry Kaiser and Mrs. Paul Luck ner, of Ansonia, sail on Saturday for Ger- many.
 As bad as the blizzard, almost, is nov ing day, May list, and house cleaning is only milder form of misery.
 The friends of Thomas .Twitchell, the Grown street saloon keeper, presented him with gold headed cane yesterday.
 Eleven hundred matters are out of work in Danbury owing to shut down of the Twee- dy shop, its first shut down in twenty years.
 The schooner Addie P. Cranmer of this port, which was driven ashore in the recent blizzard at Delaware breakwater, is aaoat again.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin Marble, of this city, have been sojourning at the Hot Springs, Ark, and are now journeying in the far South.
 The family of the Rev. R. s. Putney, the new pastor of the Ansonia NJ. E. church, arrived in Ansonia yesterday at their house on Howard avenue.
 The woods in the Yale Field were blazing fercely yesterday and large force of men were engaged in fighting the fire. Where were the Aprifshowers last monthl
 A large extra edition of the Christian Sec retary containing the article on Protection" by Hon. N. D. Sperry has been printed. It will be for sale on Wednesday at Downes and Pease's.
 Miner s. Baldwin's house in Naugatuck, Thich was situated on his farm in Beacon valley, was burned Sunday afternoon. Over 100 bushels of potatoes were burned. Par tially insured.
 The spring races of the Derby Driving as- sociation, which were announced to take place June 12, 13, IA and 15, have been post pened and will be held two weeks later, on June 26, 27, 2s and go.
 The Swedish Methodist ministers of the New England, New England Southern and New York East conference will hold their next meetings in Bridgeport this week, com mencing this afternoon.
 A cablegram received by the young Msssrs. Steinert, of this city from Bremen announces the safe arrival of Prof. M. Steinert and party after pleasant voyage and no seasick- ness for any of the party.
 George M. Woodruff of Litchfeld, with Mrs. and Miss Woodruff, arrived home Sat urday evening after their nearly three months absence from town, large part of which was spent in southern California.
 Conductor Dickerman, for several years past in charge of the Watertown branch of the Consolidated road and formerly 6 con- ductor on the Hartford ro.d, has been ap- through train to Bridgeport. Clarence Cook, who has been baggage master under Mr.. Dickerman and conductor in his absence, will now have charge of the Watertewn train.
 Stahl & Hegel are getting well settled in their new and commodious quarters, Nos. 8, 10 and 12 Church street. They are getting in grand stock of furniture of all varieties and descriptions. An elevator conducts patrons to all floors of the fine building. Many of our prominent citizens have, stepped in to congratulate the firm on its new and fine building and thorough modern equip xaent for their business