Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-16
RRaNFORD JOTrxNGs.

The Branford Lock Shop-Men Hired
 10 go to Work in she South-A Party
 to Start Next Week-Numps Abound
 A Narrow Escape-Dinner at the
 Peint.
 The lock shop in this place is on the verge of losing some of it's most expert work men in the lock-ftting and other depart- ments of the shop. An agent from Florence, Alabama, has been on here several times dur- ing the past winter to hire help. His last visit to this place was on Thursday evening, on which occasion large delegation from the lock works visited him at his room in the Totokett Hotel. He succeeded in hiring from thirty to forty of the men, among whom is MT. Riley Smith. A party will start for Florence next week.. A number more men are going South from the shop.
 There are about fifty cases ot humps in town.
 MT. Lawrence McGrail, jr., is slowly re- covering from severe attack of pneumonia.
 State Agent Giles Potter was in town again Thursday and notified Mir. Frank Marshall that he must send his boy to school.
 The religious duties of performing the sta- tions of the cross was most strictly observed by many of the parishioners of St. Mary g church last evening.
 Miss Hannah Buckley is canvassing for contributions for convent of the Dominl- can order, to be built in New York. The only convent of this kind at present in this country is situated in Newark, N. J.
 On an invitation from Landlord Swift of the Point house about thirty-two of our bus iness men partook of one of his famous sea- shore suppers on Thursday evening. An en- joyable evening was spent, and all present voted card of thanks to the genial host and hostess of the house.
 The majority of our citizens would like to see MT. Charles Hoadley, of the firm of J. Hutchinson & Co.,, our next postmaster. That is just what we want, an enterprising and lively young man, and MT. Hoadley is a staunch republican and would fill the place to the dot. This is said with all reserve towards our present postmaster, for MT. Lins. ley fills the office satisfactorily to all, but we suppose there will have to be change.
 Mir. Daniel Crowley, one of our popular clerks, who is in the employ of MT. N. P. Harding, the Montowese street groceryman, cana near meeting with a most serious accident, about s:3O yesterday morning. He was on his route, delivering goods. MT. Crowley had just left some articles at the residence of Michael Ahearn on Chestnut street and on stepping on to his wagon, the horse, a spirited one started and collided with one of Aldin Hills teams from North Branford which was laden with wood. MT. Crowley's wagon struck the team break ing his wagon shafts, and the horse then started and ran at freman's rate, cleared himself from the wagon and ran to his stable on Montowese street. Mir. Crowley held on- to the reins as long as he could and in doing so was dragged for some distance between the wagon receiving severe bruises in the face and about the limbs. Medical aid was soon on hand and Mir. Harding notified of the accident, who immediately sent his sis- ter Miss Lizzie Harding with carriage who brought the injured young man home. Six -footers endowed with too much chin music will avoid Johns hereafter, or take g reef in their oratory.