Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-17
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 New pocketbooks at Dorman's.
 Smoke Heublein's Chancellors, Cuban made and all imported tobacco.
 Elijah Manross' house in Forestville was damaged $750 by fire yesterday.
 The children of Rev. E. s. Lines were re- ported somewhat better yesterday.
 Cashier Gideon Parker of the Deep River National bank is dead at seventy-seyen.
 To be grocer and not keep Brussels soap is to be about two hundred laps behind the times.
 Rev. Mr. McNichol, the new Methodist pas- tor in Westville, gives his farewell to his Windsor Locks people to night.
 The New Haven county convention, A. o. H., will be held in Waterbury next Tuesday. About 100 delegates will attend.
 Miss Lydia R. Ward, aged eighty-four, the beloved president of the Bridgeport orphan asylum. died yesterday of pneu monis.
 Mir. Doane, one of the Royal shes clerks at 21 Church street, has recently removed to West Haven, his summer residence.
 It was reported in Bridgeport yesterday that a large wire manufacturing concern in Waterbury is to be located in Bridgeport
 On April 22d meeting of P. o. s. of A. delegates will be held in this city in refer ence to organizing State body of the order. Judge Wilcox, of Madison, was ir this city yesterday consulting regarding the sp- poinrment of a new postmaster for Madison.
 The First Presbyterian church of Stam- ford cleared off its debt of 1000 on Sunday by voluntary contributions at the morning service.
 Miss Maud Davis, a graduate of the Ho- garth academy. has taken position as book keeper with the firm of J. I. Leighton 6 Co.,, this city.
 The work of laying the conduit on Court street, between Orange and State streets, for the wires of the Telephone company was nearly completed yesterday.
 The PIainville base ball nine have arranged to play the Yale nine, of this city, on tho New Britain grounds or Meriden on Friday morning, and on the Plainville grounds in the afternoon.
 MT. John Gallagher has recently had built three fine two-family houses located at AZ, 51 and 5 Pearl street. One of the houses is now occupied and the others are rented and will be occupied May 1.
 William L. Humason, president of the Hnmason & Beckley Manufacturing company of New Britain, died of heart failure at his home, corner of Lake and Cedar streets, at Il o'clock Monday night.
 The laundry wagon that is making so much attraction on the street lately was built by Lee J. Aubry & Co.,, 132 Park street. The body and woodwork was made by F. H. Cram, and L. A. Dolaire did the painting.
 James R. Straut, of Bridgeport, died at the Soldiers' Home in Noroton yesterday. He belonged to the First Connecticut cavalry in the late war and was before the war in the photograph business in Bridgeport with Geo. W. Lovejoy.
 Allen Renfrew has had charge of the work of placing 8 new elevator in the stone mill on Main street, Ansonia, which is now scn- trolled by the Ansonia Savings bank. An exhibition of the elevators workings was given yesterday.
 MT. E. J. Manning, of New York, will give an exhibition of speed on the Ham, mond typewriter at the rooms of Cargill's business college, 48 Church street this (Wed- nesday) evening at o'clock. Business men are invited to be present.
 To-day in Hartford the grand council of the Royal Arcanum of Connecticut will be held at the rooms of B. H. Webb council No. 7O2. Grand Regent Granger will preside and Supreme Regent Lindsley and Grand Regent Goodwin of Massachusetts will be present.