Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-09-29
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

Bridgeport Social Events-Barnumss
Offer to a Church SOc1ety-Mfddle-
towns P0pulation-Indecen PAM
phIets-A Rising Young Minister
Prospects Apple Crop.
The Bridgeport Wheel club will observe
tomorrow (Tuesday) night as ladies' night.
The Bridgeport Boating association give
an invitation hop at their boat house, next
Wednesday evening. An elaborate supper
will be one Of the attractions.
The Park City Gun club of Bridgeport
hold their regular team shoot at the Read
more range to-day, shore dinner at Lewis
& Lewis being the object of the compe-
tition.
It is estimated that there will be 1900
new voters made in Bridgeport this fall.
A meeting of the trustees of the First
Baptist church, Bridgeport, todecide upon
the acceptance of the $4,000 offer made
| by P. T. Barnum for the church property
at the corner of State and Broad streets
has been held, and the subject referred to
a committee with full power to act.
The Yale Glee club is down for one
night December 81 in the Y. M. G. A.
course Of entertainments to be given in
Bridgeport.
| F. G. Bommos, jr., has been appointed
| by the Bridgeport board of selectmen to
fill the place on the board made vacant by
| the resignation of E. +. Strong, now U. S.
marshal for Connecticut.
The st. Joseph's T. L. & B. association
of Bridgeport have decided to form cadet
club from the st. Mary's parish.
A telegram was received from the CEN
sus department at Washington at Middle
town Saturday morning by the Hon. John
M. Douglass, announcing that the popula-
ton of the town of Middletown, according
to the official returns, is 15,205. In 1880
of the whole town II, 732. Therefore the
gain in the past ten years is 8, 473.
Another unsuccessful attempt to burn
Arnold's foundry in Norwalk was made
shortly before IL o'clock Friday night.
This is the fourth attempt in few weeks.
There was no damage. Early Saturday
morning incendiaries destroyed barn in
Winnepauk owned by Thomas Brown, to-
gether with contents; loss 81 200; no in
surance.
In Norwalk special council committee
has made report fully exonorating Police
man ireland, who was charged with i'm
proper relations with Mrs Strebs, who
is now in the insane asylum at Middle
town.
Hartford families are indignant. Vilely
indecent and corrapting is said to be a Phil
adelphia pamphlet which was distributed
Saturday from door to door-thrown in,
for all members of the family to read. An
indignant physician, who spoke of this
outrage, said the vile tract contained mat
ter which no reputable medical work
would ever venture to publish, because Of
Hartford friends of the Gallaudet fam
lily have received cards of invitation to the
wedding of Miss Sara Morse Gallaudet,
daughter of the Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Thomas
Gallaudet, of New York, to the Rev. Rich.
ard M. Sherman, jr. The ceremony will
take place on Tuesday, October IA, al
noon, in st. AIMS church, West Eigh-
tenth street, New York.
, The Rev. DR.. Hodge, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, Hartford, returned Satur
day from Milwaukee, Wis, where his son
: Richard M, has just been installed pastor
: of the Westminster Presbyterian church
of that city, Dr. Hodge taking special part
, in the services. The Rev. Richard NJ
Hodge is a young man of marked ability
He has bright career before him, and i.
well chosen for the field to which he has
been called.
! Mayor Crandall of Norwich has beer
quite sick with pneumonia, but at last &C
counts was improving.
The Hartford Camera club is to have
new and spacious rooms on Pratt street.
The fair of the Hartford Union fol
Home Work will be held in the unior
building on Tuesday and Wednesday, No
vember 4 and 5, and promises to be unus
ually attractive. Several new features will
be introduced.
R. P. Bissell of Manchester has greatly
improved the Kellogg place at Oakland
which he bought of Chesney Bros, ant
christened it lockwood"
George Hall, jr., of Manchester, has en-
tered the Storrs' agricultural school, sec
ond years course.
/ Prospect is one of the very few towns o
, the state which has an apple crop thi
year, and it even has the novelty of eide
mill in operation. Mr.. Leigh of this plac
has already turned out over sixty barrel
of "orchard tea" One farmer, Mr.. Henri,
Judd, has five hundred bushels of apple
and others report a good yield. The pric
is 81. so per bushel for picked fruit and 5!
a barrel for cider.
E. H. Cooper of New Britain, son of DR.
Cooper, who is i'll with typhoid fever, wa
much better yesterday.
, Frederick Whittlesey and family of New
, Britain have returned home from Moose
, head lake, where they have been spending
the summer.
The Amphion society, assisted by loca
talent, will render the comic opera, eth
Frogs of Windham." in the town hall, Mil
/ ford, October and 8, under the direction
/ of Professor Leavitt.