Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrief Mention.

The ice at Lake Saltonstan is from ten to twelve inches thick.
 Canton Golden Rule will install it's new ly elected officers Thursday evening.
 Rev. w. F. Markwick preached in An sonia yesterday on "The Immortality of Christian Work"
 A cut of 10 per cent. in wages has been made in some of the departments of the Colchester Rubber company.
 Chief Hendrick has received from Ed ward Lawrence, the coal dealer, a check for the Firemen's Benevolent fund.
 Rev. Dr. Munger preached fine dis course to good-sized congregation yes terday morning from the parable of the sower.
 The Ansonia Ice company has nearly completed the filling of it's ice houses at the Quillinan reservoir. They expect to house 6,OOO tons.
 The uuarto-centennial convention of the Connecticut Temperance union will be held in the first M. E. church, Hartford, January 20 and 21.
  Bridgeport musician, died Saturday at the insane hospital in Middletown, where he had been for a year.
 The Merwins Point Improvement asso- citation is composed of property owners at the Point. They desire to improve the streets, build sewers, etc.
 The funeral of Mrs. George T. White will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Private services will be held at the house. The inter1nent will be in Hartford.
 Captain Bradnack of steamer 8 is dis abled owing to breaking one of the bones of his left leg, which was caused by fall on the ice as he was running to fire.
 Pauline Hall and her company wanted to give ''sacred concert" at Proctor's opera house, this city, last night, but found that the existing law interfered.
 Bridgeport is of the opinion that the state's coming new insane asylum will be located in that city. Middletown's opinion in the case is that the asylum there will be enlarged.
 Lieutenant Casey, who was killed by the Indians recently, graduated from Yale in 1873. Among his intimate classmates were Lieutenant Totten and F. c. Bishop of this city.
 The Semaphore club is prospering finely. It has thirty members and will initiate three moro at it's next meeting. The clubs rooms are handsomely equipped and it bids fair to be long success,
 The annual meeting of the Woman's Board of Missions will be held at the First church, Hartford, on Wednesday and Thursday next. Particulars will be found in another column including program, time of trains, etc.
 James English and John English of this city and F. A. Gilbert of Bridgeport are among those financially interested in 6 new manufacturing concern, the Union Electric company, shortly to begin busi ness in Bridgeport.
 The collection for the hospital at Cente, church will be very materially increased by liberal subscriptions from several of the wealthy parishioners who were prevented by the severe storm yesterday morning from being at the church.
 This morning new time table will SC into effect on the Derby road. The p. m. train from Botsford will be discontin, ued, as will the Sunday train for Botsford leaving here at 7:15 a. m. The train leaving Botsford at 7:11 g. m., and due in this city at 8:06, will also be hauled off.
 Judge H. H. Stedman of Branford died Saturday, aged ffty-two. He was highly esteemed and had long been town clerk and town treasurer and probate judge. He leaves three sisters-Mrs. Thompson ot Fair Haven, and Mrs. George Benton and Mrs. Lewis Shepard of Branford Point He was man of sterling character.
 The memorial service in honor of Gen eral Terry will take place at United church Wednesday evening, January 21. Ad miral Foote posts committee are Colonels White and Hendrick and F. H. Waldron Rev Dr. Wayland and Rev. MT. Trum bull, both of Philadelphia, and both ex chaplains of the war, will be among tho speakers.