Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Fancy ink wells at Dorman's
 To-day most of the stores will be closed.
 More popular than ever-Yellow Label Musty Ale.
 0. w. Hills carriage shop in Bridgeport was damaged $500 by fire Thursday night.
 Miss Carrie Fenn continues as organist of r-SAAe Congregational church in Wallingford for another year.
 John A. Hutchinson, of this city, is the new vice president of the Grand council, Royal Arcanum.
 Containing no rosin or other adultsration, Brussels is @ moRt excellent soap for the toilet or bath-room.
 The board of education have postponed their meeting from tonight to next Tuesday night, to-day being Fast day.
 Rev. I. M. Foster, late pastor of the St.. John street M. E. church, removed with his family to New York yesterday.
 It is said that ex-Congressman R. J.vance, of New Britain, has become a member of the New York Sun editorial staff.
 There will be special session of the Grand castle of the Knights of the Golden Eagle held in this city to-day ar Il a. m.
 The clerks ball team of Birmingham will go to Milford to-day and after game of ball will have dinner at the Milford hotel.
 Ball hines from Birmingam division, s. of T. ,and Ansonia division will play ball at 10 8. m. to-day at the Derby Driving Park.
 Mrs. Esther Blakeslee, wife of MT. Silas Blakeslee of Wallingford, died on Wednes- day afternoon at 1 o'clock of dropsy, aged 91 years.
 Forty taxpayers have signed petition for the locating of an electric light near the new railroad bridge corner of Rosette and Cedar streets.
 A. I. Maltby and wife, of Wallingford, leave for California next week. Nr. Msltby will represent several mercantile houses in that State.
 The steam yacht Daisy, owned by one of the firm of the Royal Shoe Co.,, 21 Church street, is resplendent in bright paint and new machinery.
 The West End school committee, Bridge port, decided yesterday in favor of selecting Bigelow, New Haven, boiler for the new school building.
 Mir. F. A. Carlton, the plumber on George street, corner of Temple, who has been sick for about three weeks with mala- rial fever, is out again and ready for busi- ness.
 William Reuter-, who was arrested on April 9th by Officer Cannon for drunken ness, alleges that the officer clubbed him with uncalled for violence and has threat ened to sue him. Wm. H. Anderson, aged twenty seven years, for several years telegrapher for T. L. ! Watson & Go. of Bridgeport, died yesterday afternoon at his residence on Broad street of acute ascending or Landry's paralyses. In the selection of Louis s. Moulthrop for postmaster at Naugatuck Ansonia feels espe- cially honored, as MT. Moulthrop is an An- sonia boy, born and brought up there. He ' was formerly bookkeeper for the Derby Beef company. An attempt was made by unknown parties \ Wednesday night to burn the Housatonic freight house in Great Harrington. A fire was set to a quantity of excelsior on 6 plat form which was saturated with oil. The flames were discovered in time.
 Miss E. M. Smith has resigned the posi- ton of organisr of the First Congregntion nal church in Milford, Conn. It is quite re-
 
 that Miss Smith has manipulated the organ every Sunday, with but two excep- tions, for nine consecutive years.
 Mrs. M. Reilly, Dr. T. M. Reilly and M. Dillon, the administrators of the Bernard 1 Reilly estate, report the sale of the real prop srty of the estate at $S7, ,56O. It was ap- praised at $34, ,775 They also report the payment of $45, ,OO0 indebtedness. Beside payment of the sums willed to the heirs, here remains handsome balance for the widow. The funeral services over the remains of he late Frank D. Martin took place from the esidence of his brother in-law, John Mat ingly, 6 College street. yesterday afternoon, lev. MT. Mossman officiating. The pail earers, all friends of the deceased, were AL ert H. Chadbourne, Edward 8. Peterson, smuel o. Wolcott and William B. Swift. | The remains were inferred in the family lot ] D the Evergreen cemetery.