Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Mourning papers at Derman's.
 More Royal shoes sold than all others.
 Rents collected promptly at E. P. Hoadley's.
 Miss Fenton, a niece of ex-Governor Fen ton of New York, is visiting friends in this city.
 Sergeant Bradley, of Co. I, Meriden, has been elected second lieutenant of the com mand.
 The stock of the Electric Light company is to be increased soon from $200, 900 to $25O, 1000.
 A party.of about 50 Bridgeporters will att tend the Clara Morris matinee to-day at the Hyperion.
 Before taking account of stock at 161 Orange street the trimmed bonnets and hats will be sold at half price.
 A committee will hear arguments for and against city and town consolidation at 113 Grown street this evening.
 The Goodwin Guards, of Bridgeport, give grand promenade concert, exhibition drill at the Bridgeport armory, Jan. 30.
 Col. Durand of this city, of Major General Carnahan's staff, inspected Sumner divisien, U. R. K. of F., at Hartford last evening.
 MT. John R. Johnson of Merwin's Point, who has been very ill in Birmingham, his former home, for several months, is much improved.
 Miss Fife E. Lucas has returned from her two weeks visit in New York and starts this week for Danielsonville to remain the rest of the winter.
 MT. William H. Moseley's field spaniel h;u ckor iel "Riette" took first prize at New Bedford this week.
 Marketman Newton, of Hartford, has in- vented new contrivance for cracking oys- ters preparatory to inserting the knife. It is said to be a happy invention.
 Margaret J. OFlaherty, of New Haven, was divorced from John O'Flaherty, of Bridgeport, in Bridgeport yesterday. Cause desertion. Married Feb. 1. 1880.
 Senator Morse, of Msriden, is a strong ad- vocate of ballot reform, but he does not take great deal of stock in the several secret ballot bills before the legislature.
 The Juvenile Temple No. 58, George P. Holt, superintendent, will meet tomorrow at half-past at there usual place of meeting. No. 746 Chapel street. Free, for all.
 Miss Ellen B. Sill, siSughter of ex-Lieuten- ant Governoz Sill of Hartford, will be mar ried ts5H. K. Wood of Garden City, Kansas, Jan. 23d. They will reside in Garden City. Now is the time ladies to buy your seal skin sacques and plush sacques at Burgess & Burgess, are offering fine bargains; and to buy fashionable small furs on which for a short time they make big reductions in prices.
 Dr. G. A. Shelton has been delegated by Coroner Holt of Bridgeport, who is i'll, to inc vestigate the facts concerning the dried arm and hand found recently in the cellar of the house in Shelton, formerly occupied by the late G. M. Sheppard.
 Attention is called to the administrators sale," advertised in this issue, of the entire stock in the Chapel street store of the late George S. Arnold. It is to be closed out in the next two weeks as the store is to be oo- cupied for other business.
 The report of the treasurer of the United States for the fiscal year shows that the cus- toms receipts at this port were $s0.01 for tonnage and SIS, ,033. 56 in duties on imports. New Haven had S410.97 on tonnage and $162, 856. 39 for duties on imports. The inn port duties at Hartford were $225, ,593. 39. Stonington's amounted to only $1, ,659.36.