Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Large line of diaries for 1888 at Dormans.
 Valentines at wholesale at Northrop's.
 Celebrated Sterling pianos, 643 Chapel st.
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. .Hoadley's.
 The Polo rink will not be opened this after- noon for skating.
 Company K, c. N. G.; of Stratford, has just formed a veteran association.
 Fred Nichols, the ball player, leaves next week to join Houston, Texas, club.
 A Republican club has been formed at Danbury, with John Tweedy as president.
 Attorney William L. Bennett of Doolittle & Bennett is sick at his residence on Elm street with bronchitis.
 About twenty from this city will attend the Old Guards ball, New York, next week, mostly Grays and ex-Grays.
 choir of between twenty and thirty Yale college students will lead the singing in Eng fish Hall on Sunday evening.
 Dr. Arthur Luscomb and Mrs. Augusta Kelsey, of Waterbury, were married Thurs day by the Rev. Dr. Bowdish.
 George Hussey, the cancer afflicted patient who ran away from the Bridgeport hospital Wednesday night, is still missing.
 
 No. 38 Hill street, died ct the hospital yes terday. He was thirty two years old.
 o. B. Wells, jr., the Bridgeport milkman who was struck by train Wednesday night, has recovered consciousness and may re- cover.
 Eugene Terrell, of Ansonia, clerk in . grocery store there, has been missing since last Monday. He leaves a wife and several children.
 The funeral yesterday of Lemuel J. Cur tis, the millionaire founder of the Curtis Home, Meriden, was one of the largest ever held in Meriden.
 w. P. Davey, leading tenor of the Torring ton Congregational church, removes to this city soon to go into business with his wife's brother, MT. Morse of this city.
 Jeremiah Murphy, who was killed by the cars at Stamford, had been for twenty years in the employ of the Consolidated road. His Stamford last June.
 Captain A. E. Morse, of Winsted, leaves for Florida next Thursday for his health. He will be accompanied by his wife and chill dren, his mother, Mrs. 1. E. Nagle, and his uncle, Ralph H. Moore.
 Minnie Palmer has the reputation of own ing the largest number of diamonds of any actress in the country. Upon her arrival here yesterday at the Union depot the fair comedienne was guarded by Officer Ken nedy.
 Many ladies find that it pays to buy aeal- skin cloaks, fine plush cloaks, mufs and boas at Burgess & Burgess famous store, and particularly now when the mark-down puts prices extremely low. Many sealskin sacques are also being made to order. Rev. Dr. OReilly of the Ctapham college, London, England, is visiting in this city for @ few days. He is to spend a part of his time while in this country with Father An thony of De La Sale Institute, New York. The latter gentleman was also in town yes- terday. At the funeral yesterday of Mrs. Margaret Curtis, for years teacher in Skinner school, Rev. MT. Luckey oficiated. There was a large attendance of mourning friends. The floral tributes were very beautiful, among which were several very fine ones from the ! pupils of room T, the principal and teachers of Skinner and the past members of the school. Mrs. Decatur Morgan, who is at present \ studying the Semitic language under Pro- lessor Harper of Yale, will give one of her interesting Bible readings in the lecture room of the First Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon at o'clock. We are informed that this lady took first place in Dl. Harper's cor school of Hebrew last year. Her subject Sunday is "Adam, Edom, Oden."