Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Music bound at Dorman's.
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 Elias Lord of Griswold, who died recently with measles, weighed 357 pounds.
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 s. H. Crittenden, of New Haven, has pur- chased Frank Munson, 2:25, from Boston par ties.
 Editor 0. W. Church of the Middletown Constitution has been succeeded by W. P. Hanscom.
 Charter Oaks spring meeting occurs June 25 to 27, inclusive. New Haven follows the next week.
 Senator Graham has nearly recovered his health and expects to be on duty in the leg islature to-day.
 Dr. Alfred North, of Waterbury. has so far recovered from his illness as to be about again attending his patients.
 President Greene and Secretary Abbot of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance con- pany have returned from Indianapolis.
 Captain Charles H. Townshend sails for Europe to-day on the fine steamer Arizona. He expects to return in abont six weeks.
 Miss Emily Staats of Pasadena, Cal. daughter of the Rev. H. T. Staats, formerly of Fair Haven, will soon start for Leipsic, Germany, to study music.
 The Bloomingdale Brothers, the famous dry goods dealers of New York, have just ordered 100 stations from the Acme Cash Railway company, to be put up at once.
 Captain Samuel Bolton of the former firm of Bolton & Nicely, this city, has taken the old J. & 0. Judson store, New York, and will engage in the dry goods business there early in April.
 Isbell post. G. A. R., of Naugatuck, took action last evening on the death of Comrade Henry E. Sears of the old Eighth 0. v. He was sixty-four years old and leaves @ wife and four children.
 Major Jatman, brigade inspector of rife. practice, recommends the States giving to all marksmen who have won bar for five years silver cross known as the "Marks mems Cross of Honor," the old badge and bars then to be retired.
 Deputy Sheriff Konold of Fair Haven, whose wife and son Harry are in southern California, learns by recent letters that his sons health has been greatly improved by the southern air and change of scene. They will not return home until May, probably.
 The Tingue Opera House stockholders have elected the following directors: William E. Miller, George L. DeForest, E Masrhall Pa vey, George D. McCtsr1an and A. s. Hof. map.LFhe directors have elected: Presi dent, John L. Farnham; secretary and treas urar, William E. Miller.
 The decision of the Consolidated road diree tors to authorize the survey of a route iron New Britain to Pennington, to be an exten sion of the branch line from Berlin to NtV Britain, meets with much favor. The prin cipal object of such an extension would b. the serving of the summer business from tn country to the shore.
 Mrs. Patty Payne, of Southington, died or Sunday, after an illness of some weeks, d the residence of MT. s. D. Neal in that place Mrs. Payne was widely known and haG four years of age. The funeral will takt place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from tn, Congregational church.
 Mrs. Sarah J. Latimer, who died at Plain field, N. J., Sunday aged eighty years leaves fortune of nearly $1 100000, and was distinguished for great benevolence. She was the widow of Henry G. Lstimer, 6 native of Cromwell in this State, who left that place comparatively poor and amasssd g large fortune. Mir. Latimer was nephew of the late Justus Stocking and cousin tc Mrs. J. N. Camp, of Middletown.
 Ex-Governor Bigelow and wife and Presi. dent Wilbur F. Dsy, of the National New Haven bank, and wife sailed Saturday fo1 Europe Governor Bigelow's chief objec. tive point is Italy and he will spend much oi his time abroad in visiting the noted sights and scenes in that country, and if time per mits he will make brief trip to Egypt and view the Nile, the Pyramids and the Sphynx The party expects to return in about ter weeks.