Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-07
LOCAL NEWS.
mrser Memtaon.

Brief memehons
 We make all our blank books at Dorman's.
 Rents collected promptly at B. P. Hosdley's
 Yesterdays fine weather brought out hosts of shoppers on Chapel street.
 If quality and price are what you seek, call for Brussels soap, best in use.
 William H. Conklin will deliver temper snoe address Sunday evening in the ssamen's Bethel.
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather and nearly stationary temperature for to-day, up to3p. m.
 The town of Ansonia has 2,878 children of tend school.
 w. N. Simons, of Meriden, has accepted the call to the general secretaryship of the Norwalk Y. M. 0. A.
 Isbell post of Naugatuck has elected George Craig It's post commander and T. J. North rop senior vice commander.
 Superintendent Pinney of the Waterbury almshouse spent yesterday inspecting the new almshouse in New Haven.
 The little Royal shoe store invites all judges of leather to call and sec how they sell Q e7 cork sole shoe for $2S5 The merchants arc beginning to display their stock of Christmas goods, and Christ- mas buying has already begun quite spirit- edly.
 The foundations arc being laid by John Osborn, the contractor, for Prof. Lees new residence on Winthrop avenue, near Whslley avenue.
 Captain James Moore, the veteran ship- builder of Bridgeport, lies very i'll at his home in Bridgeport. His recovery is not ex- peoted.
 The new catalogue of the State Normal school as New Britain shows the total at- tendance of pupils to be s4o.a gain of twenty over last year.
 The Meriden Journal is receiving many compliments from the State press on its bright new dress and new press. It an sn- terprising journal.
 Charles Palliser, the architect who was ac- oused of violating the postal laws, has been discharged by Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit court.
 Busy times and beautiful muffs and shoul- der oapes of every kind. and ell fur goods, at Burgess & Burgess' renowned fur empo- rum, and in great variety. assI '
 The Acme Cash Railwsy company is doing gosd deal of business just now. It has At- ted up lately eight stores in this city. in- cluding Judd the bookselIer's. .N>
 Mir. James Davidson, hoseman on steamer 9, was presented last evening with hand- some bicycle suit by his many friends. Nr. Davidson is an expert with the wheel.
 Two young lady graduates of tho Hogarth business university were selected. on account of the superiority of their penmanship, as copyists in the office of the Household Pilot, this city.
 A letter was received by MT. Robert Hall, of West Haven, on Thursdsy of this week. who buried his father on Monday last, that sister of the deceased died three days pre- vious In Massachusetts.
 The P. O. s. of A. camps In this oity arc soon to have uniformed commandery. The order is very fourishing one, and of its members 1t may be truthfully said that they are patriotic sons of America. %
 Mics Minnie L. Miles of Milford and Attor- uoy Ouioo Jou5onS JIsS A@WyoA VI oAAueo' port, who were made one in marriage Thurs day night, left on wedding tour for Boston and some of the southern States,
 It was related In morning paper yester- day that supernumsrary Officer Burnham did not get his fees for an arrest that he had made on Wednesday night. He did get them, and is S217 in on the case.
 At the meeting of the Branch Chautauqua club held in the lecture room of the Church of the Messiah last evening an interesting and inssruotive paper on Michael Angelo was read by MT. Roger M. Sherman.
 The ball to be given by the Horss Guard at the Union armory next month will prob- ably be one of the pleasantsst social events of the season. The committee in charge of the arrangements for the hall arc well quail fed for the duty assigned them. 7
 Lew Dookstsdsr, or as he wss known in Hartford, which was his homo at one tims. Lew Clapp, has left New York for Canada. His departure was caused by clamorous crsd- itors. It js said that Mir. Dockstadsr has sunk all his money and $7,000 of his wifs's money in his recent theatrical ventures.
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