Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-04
LOCAL NEWS.
RFR0R Mention.


 The latest in stationery st Dormanis.
 Valentines, half price, at Northrop's-
 Bargains in pianos, 643 Chapel street.
 Drive whist score cards, at Northrop's. . Rents collected promptly at H. P. Hosdley's.
 Hartforders will be treated to the sight of trotting on the ice of the Connecticut river to-day.
 A piece of iron weighing 1000 pounds was melted at the Pratt & Whitney shop, Hart ford yesterday.
 George Burnham of Putnam, 30 years old, a brakeman on the New England road, fell under the cars at Hartford yesterday and was run over and died in an hour.
 Judge Phelps, while holding court in Mid i dletown Thursday forenoon, received tele- gram informing him that his son Samuel, who lives at the West, was stricken with ap- oplexy.
 Mortimer Starr of East Hampton and Miss ; Lila Ingraham of Westchester were married by Rev. Jacob Betts at the Methodist parson- age in Moodus on Wednesday and $5, ,OOO breach of promise suit was averted
 One of the great social events of the sea- son in Ansonia was the annual ball and con- cert of Eagle hose company which took place last evening. The hall was crowded to ex- 4 cess. Thomas orchestra of this city played. = St. Francis fair opened last evening under :. very favorable circumstances in the Union armory. There were about two hundred people present, among them being Rev. Fa- ther Mulholland. The fair Is to continue eight evenings.
 Tba 1onnaotiort hank commissioners re- port that the total amount of deposits in the savings banks of the State is $1O2. 169, ,9S4, gain of $4,765, ,113. The total of assets of our savings banks is $1O7. .s96,912, larger amount than ever before.
 The game in the billiard tournament at Hartford last evening was between Hendrlck and Kellogg, who played as a substitute for White. It was won bv Hendrick, 25O to 146. Hendricks average3 55-68, Kellogg's 11-65. Runs-Hendrick 36, 35, Kellogg II. Rev. H. P. Nichols, pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church, will address the young men at the Y. M. 0. A. rooms to morrow af- ternoon at o'clock. Services at the county jail will be at 9 o'clock a. m. This evening a meeting will be held for men at the rooms, 721 Chapel street. All men are invited to these services.
 MT. Frank Bishop, Yale go, gave the sec ond in very pleasant series of germans at his home on Lyon street Thursday evening. It was led by MT. Bishop and Miss Eleanor Bromley. Among those present were Miss Pickett, Mrs. L. l. Rogers, Miss Blakeslee, Miss Woodmansee, Miss Grant, Miss Judson and Messrs. Gleason, Beltweod, Smith, Bra dy and Duchler of Yale go, MT. Gill, L. I. Rogers and MT. Sherman.
 At the Everest Hubbard wedding in Bridgeport Wednesday evening Miss Sarah Bartram, of Black Rock, made misstep in alighting from her carriage at the Hubbard residence and her diamond pin containing five stones was broken and the jewels lost in the snow. search was begun and contin- ued through the night and all day Thursday and yesterday. The snow was dug up and melted and as a result four of the missing gems have been found. It is also said that another lady lost one of her diamond ear rings in the same locality. Miss Bartram offered reward of $500 and the other lady one of $100 for the recovery of the gems.
 Valentines and Valentine Cards.
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