Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-17
LOCAL NE VS..
Brief Mention.
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Brief Mention.
Duplicating order books at Dormsns.
Give literally for the orphans to-day.
The only soap you need In the house is
Brussels,
The total admissions to the Dsnbury fair
were $3.50.
Day street, between George and Oak
streets, 10 In Egyptian darkness nightly.
The Kenwick house on Chapel, corner of
Temple street, desirable location for Arst.
class family hotel Is for rent.
by the death of ev. Governor Minor Sena-
tor Hawley becomes the Oldest of the SURVIVE
ing ex.eovernors of the State, in date Of ser
vice.
Just 100 years ago this coming Saturday
President George Washington made his frat
Wait to Hartford as President Of the United
States.
Contractor O. w. Blakeslee has sent por-
ton OF his paving gang from Ansonia to Hol-
yoke, Mass, to pave the roadway to the
bridge.
Many Waterbury people interested In the
second voting district ballot recount will
come to New Haven to-day for hearing be-
fore Judge Sanford.
Rathbone lodge, X. Of p, arc officially ne
tiled In another column to attend the funer-
al this afternoon Of their late associate and
friend Mandley Lawrence.
The stockholders of the Litehheld Water
company have increased their capital stock
from SEQ. 600 TO $4,000. II Is expected that
the works will be In operation next June.
The new two mill State tar will take about
g., 600, 900 from the grand list OF the town of
Hartford. Two lists, sworn to this week,
were reduced $225, 900. A ono mill tax raises
81 900 on each million dollars Of the grand
list. -Hartford Times.
The Hartford Foot Guards receive and en-
terrain the Worcester MASS. Continentsls to-
day. This afternoon there will be parade
aud this evening banquet to $50 persons
will be served at the armory.
r. l.. Bray, grand secretary OF the Good
Templars, and bookkeeper for the John Ham
cock Life Insurance company In Bridgeport,
lies dangerously Ill at his residence In that
city with intermittent fever and double
pleurisy.
Prof. Fay OF Tufts college, Prof. w. o.
Atwater, Rev. Or. Aspinwsll Hodge OF
Hartford and Garrett p. ssrviss Of the New
York Sun have been engaged by the New
Britain Scientific society for the socistys
winter lecture course.
r. 8. Thompson OF New Haven, who some
-tims-siacs Taught select school In Roxbury
but later has been connected with the edi-
torial STAFF of the New Haven Register, 10
seeking to regain health among the Roxbury
hills and is now stopping at 8. w. Merwin's.
Bridgeport Standard.
John J. Splain has resigned the position he
has held for the past fifteen months % man.
aging editor Of the Waterbury Democrat.
Mr.. Splain may possibly be connected with .
new journalistic enterprise now under pro-
ject In New Haven. He will remain In Wa
terbury for few daysyet.
Az meeting of the Waterbury branch Of
the Connecticut Indian association, held ct
Mrs. r. Il. Castles residence In Waterbury,
Tuesday, Mrs. y. <. Castle, Mrs. James 8.
Elton, and Mrs. Gilman O. Hill were sp-
pointed committee to consider prsbcsi-
ton to have Miss Ingsrsoll of NV Haven
give an entertainment In s,Aa Of the Indian
cause. ,~
The ee22sssitution Of the Connecticut Sem
gerbund has been changed 90 that the sing-
ing prizes at the annual fest shall beoontest-
ed for In three GLASSES instead Of two as here
tofore. This change was made In order to
give the small sooietiss.an opportunity to win
prize. The smngerfest will be held In
Hartford next year under the auspices of the
Hartford S@ngerbund.