Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-28
LOCAL NEWS.
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Hygeia distilled water is absolutely pure. Aunt Bstsey Saunders of Norwalk will be 100 years old March II.
 Judge E. W. Seymour of Bridgeport leaves soon on a southern trip.
 The Bachelors club of Birmingham give grand ball at the Tingue rink April 18.
 Mrs. Noble Strong of Warren is spending few days with her daughter in this city.
 The New York East Methodist conference will meet at Brooklyn this year early in April.
 From New Haven county there are 6fty- six pupils in tho State Normal school. The school has 8S3 pupils. Several bush houses have been placed at the mouth of the Housstonio river ready for spring broadbill shooting.
 G. A. Tomlinson, Ansonia's veteran nsws- dealer, arrived home Wednesday from e trip to Fortress Monroe and Washington.
 Professor John F. Weir of the Yale Art school has just completed the model for atstue of ex-President Theodore woolsey.
 Mrs. Shepard, "the converted Roman Oath olic," had very narrow escape from being mobbed in Waterbury Wednesday evening.
 MT. Harry Bryan and Miss Lottie warrsr home of the bride on North street wednes- day night.
 Every team in Williamsburg, Mass, has been engaged this week h carting ice to the railroad station for shipment to New Haven and Meridep.
 Civil engineers of the Consolidated road were surveying yesterday for spur track to bs put in to run to the factory of R. Wallace & Sons, wallingford.
 Lusius B. Bartholomew has sold out his interest in tho circulating library and intelli- gsncs office In this city, and has left to join his family in Cslifornis.
 David B. Hoyt, we'll known contractor and builder in Birmingham, was married yesterday in somsrvills, Mass, to Miss Susan B. Kinney of the latter place.
 It Is expected that Second Vice President E. B. Thomas of the New York, Lake Erie and Western road will bs the next second vice president of the Consolidated road.
 Mir. F. A. Carlton, the master plsmbsr, recently moved into his handsome new house No. 8i7 George street, near Orchard. and has just completed nice and convenient barn in the rear of the premises.
 Postmaster Kinney of Hartford is to be the first lecturer iu . series of entertainments to be given in Danbury for the bensnt of the soldiers' monument fund. Ills subject will be "Farragut at Mobile Bay"
 Ex-Governor James E. English was resting quite comfortably last evening. He has . severe cold, but his condition last night was such as to give promise that the case will not assume dangerous form. Dr. Ives Is the attending physician.
 Miss Alice Witherspoon of this city, who has for several years been the organist at St. James' Episcopal church, Birmingham, which position she has filled most acoeptably, has resigned and will be succeeded, April 1, by Mrs. Arthur Pearson of the latter place.
 Elisha-Tfow wbridge. whose threatened ex. pose of masonry doesn't disturb the masonic fraternity much, Is of New York, but is fire quently In New Haven. He is about fifty years of age and says he suffered . grievous wrong at the hands of masons. He says he belonged to the order for twenty-eight years.
 Clarence Smith, seven year old Skinner school boy, was struck in the face by . large oobble thrown by an enraged laborer near the schoolhouse Wednesday afternoon and his nose was broken. The stone was thrown by laborer at some unruly boys who had been annoying the workmen, but hit Clsr. ence, who was passing on his way to school.
 Mrs. Lee, wife of Professor J. N. Lee of the HoRarth Business university, was very pleasantly surprised yesterday and presented by the pupils and teachers of the university with massive silver tilting foe pitcher, suit ably engraved, and with gold lined aobleta to match. The presentation speech was very Atly and aptly made by Professor Kingsbury, one of the instructors of the institution.
 Landlord Moseley of the New Haven house ia preparing for an enlargement of tho dining room of his hotsl, which Is to be accomplish ed before the next commencement exercises at Yale. The room will be made large enough to seat between 200 and 800 guests. Mr. Moseley Is slowly but steadily regainina strength in his leg which wss broken some months ago, and is now able to walk about daily with the use of cane only.
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