Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-17
LOCAL NEWS.
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 Base ball shoes 70 cents. Royal.
 H. P. Hoadley collects and pays over rents promptly.
 The Hartford Horse Guards had their field day yesterday.
 The railroad commissioners examine the Derby road next Tuesday.
 Ex-Governor Harrison left yesterday for Lake Dunmore, west Salisbury. W.
 Dr. Robert J. Gibson. army surgeon at Fort Trumbull, was in town yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. Babooek of New Haven are visiting with Mrs. s. H. Nichols in Nauga- tuck.
 Sarah Rosten, colored, living at 10 Dow street, died suddenly of heart disease Thurs day night. About one thousand wheelman are ex- pectsd to take part in the bicycle parade in New Maven on May Q.
 Judge E. W. Seymour, who has lately re- turned from the south in good health, will soon go to LitohAeld for the summer.
 John Coan of Manchester was knocked of train Bridgeport last night and received fatal injuries. He was thirty-one and single.
 At Burgess & Burgess all the leading styles of hats for men. youths and boys; also the depot for trunks and travelling bags of every kind.
 A. B. Lincoln of the Connecticut Home reads paper at Hartford next Monday on "what Should go into Newspaper" before tho Weekly Press association.
 R. H. Smith of Aiken, s. O., has returned north for the summer and will be cashier at Skeeles' restaurant at Savin Rock, taking the position which he held last year.
 The force of engineers who are making typographical survey of the state were doirg Granby and winsted sections this week and next week work east of the Connecticut river. ...
 Joseph zinssrls died in Ansonia Thursday night, aged >sixty-seven. He was one of the best copper reHners in the country. He worked years ago at tho old copper works in ~eEsst Haven.
 Mrs. Lydia Mallory Blair. aged seventy four, for forty years resident of Ansonia, died yesterday from illness following an as- tack of the grip. She was tho widow of Sherman 0. Blair.
 Rev. Dr.. McChesney ofiolated at the fu- neral of MT. Burritt Hitchcock yesterday at 149 Howe street. Deceased was for many years member of Trinity church and we'll known builder.
 Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers will bs In this city next Sunday, May 25, to sddress Q meeting of the local engineers. The meeting will be held at the Hyperion theater and will be open to all friends of members of the local division.
 The Consolidated railroad Is rapidly filling in the long stretch of spiling across the North Haven flats of the Ali Line division. Fifty workman arc now working there and the filling is already in for half mile. It Is also being made wide enough for two tracks.
 Rev. L. H. Squires will speak st the Church of the Messiah (First Univsrsalist) Sunday morning on "Formation and Re. formation," and in the evening on "Babels and Babylons," or the lesson of unforeseen results.
 A rumor has been current in Hartford, ssys the Post, that MT. H. T. Sperry was seriously Ill, causing considerable annoyance to his family. MT Sperry is in the best of health. On Wednesday he was in Philadel- phia, Thursday he was In New York and yesterday he was In New Haven.
 A large meteor was observed at westport about Il o'clock Thursday evening. It re. ssmbled In appearance a huge ball of fire and was moving rapidly from west to east, making hissing noise in It's flight. When over the residence of Captain Charles H. Fsirchild 1t burat, throwing myriads of blazing stars In every direction.
 Miss Esther Scott, aunt of T. I. Driggs, the we'll known Waterbury Odd Fellow, died in Washington, D. O., Thursday, at the age age of seventy years. Miss Scott was born in Waterbury and her remains will be brought there for burial In Riverside eeme- tsry. The funeral service will bs held at 9 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of MT. Driggs. The Rev. Dr. Rowland will oflciate.