Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-30
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Dr. R. A. Turpin of Bridgeport is critically i'll.
 Captain David Dickerson of Aiddletown Is i'll with paralysis.
 Do your children wear out shoe fasts Try the Royal, 21 Church street.
 The guard piers at the Housatonic river drAwbridge are to be strengthened. 0. M. Bishop, the Bridgeport drug clerk, has nearly recovered from his attack of var- rioloid.
 James Kerr of Ansonia Is seriously i'll. Dr. Bacon of this city was called in consultation in the case yesterday.
 Friendship lodge, A. o. U. w., of Anso- mia has accepted an invitation to visit soon Izrael Putnam lodge of this city.
 Members of Silver City and Electric lodges of Meridsn will attend the celebration by Centennial lodge of this city toni ght.
 Miss Frances J. Wright. . graduate of the State Normal school and c teacher in the West winstsd school, died in Windsor, 26th inst.
 The boss barbers of Bridgeport have agreed to close their chops at 8. o'clock each eve ming, excepting on Wednesdays and satur- days.
 Scheele, the New Caanan murderer, gains another respite of several months, the su- preme court having adjourned without hear ing his case.
 Families in this oity will be charged q per 100 for Ice for tho next two months be- ginning May 1. To hotel and store keepers the price will be 75 cents.
 The loss by tho burning of Thomas Wal laos's house, Derby, early yesterday morning Is q, ,000; insured for $700. The family es- capped in their nishtclothes.
 Hardy Towering plants for transplanting- dshliss, larkspurs, peonies, verouicas, double columbias, etc., at Dickerman's, to close an ss.ate-a very rare chance, prices very low MT. George Bradley will fill tho position of tenor In the Center church choir for the coming year. He has been singing in Trini- ty P. E. church choir for the last two or three years.
 The sale of pews at Grace M. E. church takes place tomorrow evening. The sale of psws mentioned yesterday e at the Third M. E. church, should have read Trinity Y. E. church.
 W. Sidney Downs of Birmingham, former ly olerk of the legislature, has a twenty-one foot naphths, launch building in New York, John G. Bacon of Meriden has similar little vessel under construction.
 The brakeman Whittemore. whose hand was crushed at Fairfield few weeks ago, had two of his fingers amputated yesterday by Dr. Hoyt in Bridgeport, In order to save the hand, gangrene having set in.
 Deputy Marshal Lovejoy has been called upon to arrest David Beard, a "moonshin- er," whose premises in Trumbull were wis., ited Monday by United States authorities who seized two stills and 150 gallons of cider brandy.
 There was quite medley of runawsys on Chapel street early yesterday afternoon. One of Smedlsy's teams ran and started of three or four more, and for c few minutes there was an exciting procession of runsways. But little damage was done. One vehicle lest . wheel.
 Mrs. H. Grant Thompsons recent oompo sition "Warum," which was first rendered by the Harugari society at tho last of the popular concerts at the Hyperion, was sung at . private musicale in Boston on Monday evening. The song was enthusiastically re- csived by the company.
 There was but small sale of seats fol Emmet in this city, the advance sale having been opened but short time before the ans nounoement csme of the cancellation of the engagement. There are no shows booked a' Proctor's yet for next week, and the season will propsbly close by May 17.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles D. Lovelsnd of this city will leave this week for the Sandwich Island, where Mir. Lovelsnd will be the su- perintendent of @ large sugar plantation owned by a stock company, in which Henry Baldwin of Hawaii, who is Mrs. Lovelandt cousin, is largely interested.
 Dr. Robert J. Gibson of this city. United States surgeon at Fort Trumbull, Is nearly recovered from the effects of injuries receive ed by him in runaway accident at New London about threo weeks ago. His right forearm was broken In two places between the wrist and elbow and he received severe bruises.