Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-22
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention.

Best letter file at Dorman's.
 "No rosin" in Brussels soap. Dr. Tarler, 906 Grand, throat diseases.
 ''No rosin" in Brussels soap.
 Rev. A. J. Wheeler lectures on temperance in Bridgeport tonight.
 Harper's for March is received and for sale by T. H. Pesse 6 Son.
 Extra meetings at the Westville M. E.. church continue this week also.
 The Giant base ball club gave very pleas ant sociable at Loomis hall last night.
 Unity commandery celebrates Washing toms birthday tonight at old Union armory.
 William Cowen, of Middlebury, was prob ably fatally injured by the cars at Water- bury yesterday.
 Rev. Mir. Paine lectured on Sebastopol to a full house last evening at Orange Congre- gational church.
 Rev. A. Hitchcock of the senior class of the Divinity school will preach in Philadel- phia the coming Sunday.
 Crusaders castle No. 8, K. G. E., give their first entertainment this evening. An excellent programme has been prepared.
 A special meeting of the O. U. A. M. funeral aid directors was held last evening in this city to consider special benefit case.
 Mayer, Strouse G Co.'s corset factory and L. Schiele & Co.'s, on Franklin street, close to-day on account of Washington's birthday.
 The P. O. s. of A. O. U. A. M. of this city will unite in attending divine service at Trinity M E. church Sunday evening. Dr. Reed will preach.
 There were hundreds out skating at Lake Whitney yesterday afternoon and evening. The good skating of late has given the sale of skates quite boom.
 A petition is in circulation in the State street section of the Eighth ward asking the city to convert the triangular plot of land at the junction of State and Franklin streets into little park.
 MT. Frank Baker, son of Captain Baker of the Erastus Corning, formerly of this city, is quite low in Brooklyn, N. Y., with rheumatism of the heart. A few years ago he was in business on State street in this city.
 The Ladies' Aid society of Nathan Hale camp, s. of ", entertained last night party of Meriden visitors. The Neriden friends were banquetted and took home pretty sou- venirs. They propose to form Ladies' Aid society.
 A surprise party thronged the house of MT. Butler, of Sheldon & Go. ,on Clark street last evening. It was surprise visit to his son, Arthur Butler, by about seventy-6ve of his friends and was @ great success, highly enjoyed by all.
 Major J. 0. Kinney of the Governors Foot Guard, and the efficient city editor of the Hartford Courant, to-day (Feb. 21) celebrates his semi i-centennial birthday. He has the congratulations and good wishes of host of friends.-Hartford Times.
 MT. Edwin 0. Tracy, representing Messrs. Chickering & Sons for the New England States for the sale of the famed Chiekering pianos, has just opened an office and sales- rooms at ], ,07S Chapel street, where the 'New Chickering" grand and upright pianos can be seen.
 The bearers at the funeral of Rev. Dr. Per- rim and wife in New Britain yesterday were as follows: From New Britain, Judge Val- entine Chamberlain, Lawyer Hungerford, L. Hoyt Pease and Deacon Pesse; from TorrinR- ton, ex-Lieutenant Governor Cooke, Hon. Isaac w. Brooks, Hon. Lyman W. Coe, Eli sha Turner, James L. Carson, Hon. Charles F. Brooker and E. J. Steele.
 MT. J. B. Sargent has been South in Geor- gia most of the time for several weeks past settling up the estate of his oldest brother, Harrison J. Sargent, now retired from busi- ness, who has been for many years g mer- chant in that State. MT. Sargent made three different trips in the matter. He leaves in about two weeks for his second great trip about the world, on which he will be absent from one and a half te two years. He has not fully mapped out the route he will take.