Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-22
LOCAL N K W x.
Brief M MentlOn.


 Rents collected promptly at H.P. Hoadley's. Easter cards. Augur's art rooms, S5l Chapel street.
 Attention is called to advertisement of L. Y. Comstock & Go.
 Hygeia Lithia Water contains three times as much lithia as any "natural" lithis water sold.
 Hon. John H. Leeds of this city, ex-6re commissioner, Is quite seriously i'll at his home on Howard avenue.
 Miss Harriet .Holbrook, one of the teach CTS in the Hartford high school, died late Thursday afternoon of pneumonia.
 The telephone company has voted to com mence at once the erection of Its new build- ing in Hartford. The building will cost about $25, ,000 and the subways $35.000.
 Officer Stewart brought into the lookup last night vsgrant named P. J. Meeks, one of seedy pair who had been suspiciously lettering about the corner of Orange and Wall streets.
 Forty children were conveyed from tho county home on Shelton avenue outsto tho old almshouse building yesterday on Martin street. to escape the ravages of diphtheria, which is still prevalent there.
 Goddess of Liberty council No. 8. D. of L :, had another of It's pleasant social gatherings last evening at it's hall in the COURIER build. ing. The hall was filled with happy thronQ of young and old and . fine supper wal served.
 Dr. Francis Bacon of this oity was th, principal witness in Springfield Thursday ir the case of Homer O. Ross vs. Wallace H Dean, a malpractice case. The court room was crowded and 0 large number of physi clans were present to hear Dr. Bacon.
 MT. Merrill of Pearl street, father of Towi Registrar Merrill, Is very i'll, and at his ad vsnced ago, sighty-avs. his recovery is doubt fui. He slipped and fell on his doorstep few days sgo, breaking his arm at the shout der and one of his ribs. Dr. Winohell i attending him.
 Rev. Wallace II. Rutricks of St. Paul Minn., formerly pastor of the First Baptis, church in this city, was severely III witf throat trouble the past winter and went tc Denver, Col, where he received eleotrica trchtmenb TOT it. no uh1 xoturuou " uib l9 bors much improved in health.
 Ex-Night Editor John J. Splaine of th COURIER lectured before the Young Men Catholic Literary association in Wsterbur. Thursday evening; subject, Province of Res son in Religiop!" The Democrat says "lt wa one of the most interesting lectures ever de llvered before the society,""
 Heublein Brothers of Hartford are soon t, erect a magnificent hotel and restaurant a the corner of Wells and Gold streets In tho city. The building Is to front sixty feet o the park and run back on Gold street 15 feet. It is to be of brown stone and brioh five stories high, and will cost over $125, ,00(
 Horace P. Shares, wife and ehildren, ,Charle W. Blakeslse, the contractor, and Miss Mir nie Grant, daughter of George N. Grant, th builder, all arrived homo Thursday svenin from Florida, having had a very pleasan stay in Rock Ledge and vicinity and . yer pleasant homeward journey. MT. Blakesls. who went for his health, which had bee poorly for some time owing to injuries re ceived in an accidental collision of teams O Whslley avenue few months ago, return with health greatly improved.