Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-03
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Bond paper at Borman's.
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. Hoadley's.
 Miss Sarah J. Gibson is spending week or two in West6eld, Masa.
 The Welch clock shop in Southington, closed since July 1, reopens to-day.
 Mrs. Judge Robertson is at Long Branch. Reports are that she is slightly improved by the sea air.
 Mrs. Richard Harris and daughter, of this city, are visiting the family of F. F. Schaf- fer of Naugatuck.
 Colonel Torrance and family, of Birming- ham, have returned from their summers stay at Fishers Island.
 Albert c. Crehere, Yale go, has returned and will spend the time until college opens tutoring low-stand men.
 Seleetman George M. White has gone to Ohio as one of Connecticut's delegation to the centennial celebration of the Buckeye State.
 A big rally of the Knights of Honor of this State will be that at Pswson Park on Wednesday. A large attendance is expected. Thomas will furnish the music.
 Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Al- ice G. Sanford to Alfred T. Todd, both of this city. The ceremony will take place at Christ churh on September 18th at P. m.
 The Misses Emma and Millie Schneeloch left for Richmond, Va, yesterday morning, where they will take part in grand concert to be given to-day by the Mozart association of that place.
 Edwards street, this city, is being improved by the laying of about 500 feet of concrete walk by the Foster estate and the erection of a large and we'll built dwelling house oppo- site the Edwards street school.
 Miss Nellie Moves, who has been with her uncle, Mir. Skeels, the popular shore house proprietor at the Rock, attending to the calls of the hungry, takes her departure on Tues day and expects to be in New York during the fall season.
 Mir. G. L. Fox, rector of the Hopkins Grammar school, has returned from an ex- tended tour of the West. Among other places he has visited the Yosemite valley and Denver Mir. Fox went as far South as the Rio Grande river.
 MT. 5. s. Ford, organist at Center church, has returned from a four weeks tour in the West He has visited many Of the larger cities, among them St. Paul, Minn., where he met several recent Yale graduates who are enjoying very successful law practices.
 Members of the Catholic church in Wal lingford who, disregarding the injunctions of their pastor, Rev. MT. MAhoney, indulged in round dancing at the Y. M. L. society's picnic last week, are now in an anxious state fearing that some church action will be taken on the subject.
 The 125 rubber boot makers who have been out of work for a week on account of a glut of rubber boots at the factory storage rooms return to work tomorrow owing to a lessening of the stock by sales the past week. The rubber shop force of l, ,000 or 1 200 hands have, with this exception, been steadily at work ever since a short shutdown last spring.
 The Democratic State convention takes place in this city tomorrow at Il 6. m. at the Hyperion. The convention will uomi- nate State ticket, six presidential electors, and appoint State committee. The cau- cuses will .he held tonight, and in conse- quence a big influx of Connecticut Demo cratic politicians may be expected on the afternoon trains.