Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-09
LOCAL NEW 8.
Brief MenIfOn.

Representative Hotchkiss has returned
from the Catskin mountains.
No necessity of wearing ugly shaped
shoes for comfort Try the Royal.
Mrs. Jules Prokasky and the Misses May
and Fannie Prokasky have returned from
Saratoga.
Senator Haw1ey and family return to
Hartford to-day from their summers stay
at Woodmont.
Miss Stella Weston of Ansonia, who has
been ill with typhoid fever the past three
weeks, is slowly improving.
Solid oak chamber sets $3.50 at the
special discount sale, Bowditch & Prudden
Co., 1O4 and 1O6 Orange street.
Companies 1 and and the band of the
First Connecticut Heavies have their an
nual reunion at Torrington to-day.
The fall tournament of the Birmingham
Lawn Tennis club will be played during
the week commencing September 49,
The finest lot of peaches received this
season at D. NJ WEIGH & Sons to-day.
Fruit elegant, prices low. Come early.
After fifty years of honorable business
life in this city Mr.. H. A. Gray, the well
known furniture dealer at No 33 Church
street, has decided to retire on October 1.
Mrs. Cooke. wife of Mr.. Stephen Cooke
of Monson & Carpenters store, is, as her
many friends will regret to learn, very i'll
with typhoid fever at her home on Howe
street.
James Garaghty, Richard Doran and
Dennis Garaghty, of Holyoke, are visiting
this city, the guests of John E. MOZART
land, agent for the Quinnipiac Brewing
company.
Alonzo Warren, prominent farmer of
Willimantic, is missing, and 30 is Nellie
Gallagher, aged seventeen years, daughter
of farmer living near Warren. Warren
took 5000 with him.
DR.. G.. F. Peterson started August 10 for
a European tour of several weeks dura-
ton. In his absence the Office, 26 Elm
street, will be open from 2 to 8 p. M, DR..
G. B. Tiley in attendance.
Yesterday afternoon Morris Reilly was
arrested for breach of the peace at station
No. 3. On being searched revolver was
found on his person and he was charged
with carrying concealed weapons.
The funeral of Mrs. Ann Kennedy took
place from her late residence, No. 20 Broad
street, yesterday and requiem mass was
celebrated at St.John's church by the Rev.
Father Kennedy of Danbury, nephew Of
the deceased.
80 &c 90
verthau & Sons, who has been travelling in
Europe, will return next week. In his last
letter he says he has visited the two largest
dry goods stores in the world. They are
in Paris and one employs five thousand
hands and the other thirty-fve hundred
hands.
The joint reunion and banquet of the
Twenty-third and Twenty eighth regiments
of war veterans in Danbury yesterday was
a big success. Over one hundred and
eighty members of the Twenty-eighth and
one hundred and thirty of the Twenty
third attended.
The new convent of the Congregation de
Notre Dame in Waterbury was dedicated
yesterday morning, the ceremony being
performed by Father Mulcahy assisted by
several other olergymen. The building is
five stories in height, built Of brick and
granite, and cost sec, 900. s.s..sazes =.
The spot selected for the foundation of
n. g. Alling's house in Derby is almost
precisely the site of the old Derby town
house where years ago the voters of the
town on alternate years came to-cast their
votes. At that time the whole of what is
now known as Seymour and Great Hills
were in the town of Derby and every other
year the voters from this section went to
Humphreysville to vote, excepting on some
certain years, when Great Hills had the
call.
Fire Mt Putnam.
PUTNAE, Sept. s.-The building occupied
by the Putnam steam laundry was Quilted
by fire last night. ]. Il. Cummings, the
proprietor, loses 81 500 on goods. The
building was not insured.