Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

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 The L. S. O.'s meet tonight at Diebel's.
 Work at the clock factory will be resumed in all the departments to-day.
 The Knights of St. Patrick have voted to omit their annual ball this year.
 MT. D. P. Candee spoke to the prisoners yesterday at the regular Sunday meeting in the jail
 The garbage collector would be welcome sight to residents of Orchard street, between Davenport and Sylvan avenues.
 Fire on the farm of F. J. Cole of Middle bury Friday night destroyed two barns, twenty tons of hay, a wagon house and cattle shed.
 At the Court street temple Miss Isabel Bretzfelder of this city and Louis Meyer of Philadelphia are to be married tomorrow at 5p. m.
 President Bostwick of the New York and New England road is able to ride out and when stronger expects to make trip to Europe.
 The annual meeting and banquet of the New Haven Pharmaceutical society will be held at Hilis' Homestead, West Haven, to- morrow evening.
 Mir. E. M Reed, vice president of the Con- solidated road, has nearly recovered from his late severe attack of sciasica. He attended the directors meeting Saturday.
 James Donnelly, the third baseman of the Washington team, and James Whslen, both of this city, have bought the saloon of John Healey at Church and Grown streets. Not one chap in a hundred can stand 1t to have his feet coolly surveyed by woman unless they are nicely fitted to pair of Royal shoes from 21 Church street, overshoes free.
 The annual meeting of the Connecticut Training School for Nurses will be held at the Nurses Home, Howard avenue, on Wed- nesday, January 16, at Il a. m. All inter~ ested are cordially invited to attend.
 Rev. Dr. Todd, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, has telegraphed that he will be home tomorrow from southern California. His wife and younger daughter will remain there for several weeks yet.
 Professor Broadus, D. D., of Kentucky, preached at Battell chapel yesterday. His lecture tomorrow before the theological stu dents is upon Sensational Preaching" and on Thursday he speaks upon Freedom in Preaching"
 Mrs. Ludington, wife of Lieut.. Luzerne Ludington, the Fair Haven oyster merchant, discovered that a fire had broken out in the parlors of her home on South Quinnipiac street recently and by prompt efforts extin- guished the flames.
 Mir. David S. Gamble of the firm of +. M Brown & Co.,, dry goods merchants is lying quite ill at his residence on Park street with typhoid malarial fever. He was first taken i'll last Tuesday. Dr. Reilly is attending him. Last evening MT. Gambles symptoms were more favorable.
 A valuable invention is Nj. 0. Swezey's Acme Cash railway. New ones have just been put in Dsnbury, Norwalk, Birmingham, Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden and else where. The one in operation in s. Fl. Barnes popular meat market in the City Market works 10 a charm and gives most perfect sat- isfaction.
 The Consolidated road runs on all the di- visions, with the exception of the Shore Line trains, it's own drawing room and sleeping cars, many of which, notably the most recent purchases, are models of elegance. The Shore Line trains are equipped with Wagner parlor and sleeping cars. The New Haven company, however, owns an interest in these cars.
 A monster and notable petition is the one in circulation by citizens asking for the re- turn of Hon. N. D. Sperry to the manage ment of the New Haven postofice. It is signed by our most noted and leading men in banking, manufacturing, mercantile and pro- fessional life and irrespective of party, as it bears the names of many of our most honor- ed and influential Democratic citizens. Sel- dom, if ever, was finer or larger array of autographs of noted New Haveners seen.