Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-28
LOCAL HE " s.
Brief Mention.

Cloth finished plotting at Dorman's.
 Soft and delicate-Yellow label musty ale.
 Mir. Downes, of the New York Times, is in town for . brief stay.
 The Swedish Lutheran church at New Brit ain will erect parsonage to cost $4 600.
 The annual reunion of the Army and Navy club will occur at Fenwick the third week in June.
 Chief Justice Andrews presides at the meeting of the Supreme court which opens in Norwich to-day.
 Councilman Bromley and his brother, Joseph A. Bromley, has returned from trip to Niagara Falls.
 The new Springville mill in Rockville caught fire Saturday night, but by prompt work but little damage was done.
 We advise all our readers to go and get 8 pair of slippers free at the Royal shoe store; they give pair to every customer.
 Miss Alice Fechter of this city assisted at 8 select social and musical entertainment given by Prof. Dean and pupils in Middle town recently.
 Avoid paying soap makers 6 cents pound for rosin, which costs them less than cent pound, by using Brussels soap which con- tains no rosin.
 Chaplain R. G. s. McNeille of the Fourth regiment, 0. N. G., will give a reception to his brother officers of the regiment on Memo rial day evening.
 Next Sunday Bishop Williams will be in Waterbury and administer the rite on con- frmation at St. Johns church in the fore- noon and Trinity church in the evening.
 George H. Beard of Milford, Ct., and Mrs. Emma Best of Stratford were united in mar riage on the 22d inst. in Port Chester by the pastor of the First Congregational church.
 Mrs. Horace King, sister of States Attor- ney Eggleston of Hartford, and a much es- teemed lady, died in Windsor Locks Thurs day and the funeral took place in Thompson vile Saturday.
 The annual shooting festival of the South New England Schuetzenbund will be held at New Britain June r and IS. New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Meriden, New Britain and Springfield will be represented.
 The Housatonic railroad company has de- cided to rebuild piers, freight houses and other works at Wilson's Point, South Nor walk, and to continue the Point as the main terminal of the road for through freight busi- ness.
 The Meriden Amateur Photographers asso cat1op, together with those of Springfield, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury, will take Memorial day outing over tho Derby extension, having received an invitation from Col. Stevenson.
 Secretary T. O. King, of the Charter Oak Park association, has received the subscrip- tion of Heating & Lee, Reno, Neb, for the Charter Oak guaranteed stake of S10, GOO for the fell meeting. This is the eleventh sub scriptinn and makes the prospective value of the stake $11 ,0o0.
 A New Haven lady writes to the COURIER her hope that the aiIantus trees iu town will soon all be dispensed with. She has read with great pleasure the fact that President Harrison's delicate sense of smell he's caused the destruction of the ailantus trees on the White House grounds.
 It ia not profitable or economical to pur- chase silver plated ware of inferior quality or unknown make, especially when well known guaranteed goods are offered at g. uni form discount of 40 per cent. from the man. ufacturer's lists. This discount is offered by George H. Ford and is 15 per cent better than can be obtained at Meriden factories or of smaller dealers. The Connecticut Democratic State central committee will meet in New Haven to-mor- | row to fill the vacancy on the national com mittee caused by the death of William H. ] Barnum. Ex-Congressman Robert J. Vance, | Gordon W. Hull of Wallingford, Clinton B. | Davis of Haddam, Henry A. Bishop of ! Bridgeport and ex-Congressman French of l Seymour have been named for the place.