Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-17
LOCAL N K " s.
Brief Mention.


 The Horse Guards soiree occurs next Monday night.
 The City Guards grand masquerade will occur at the armory February 8.
 John A. Crofut, treasurer of the Acme Shear company Bridgeport, is dead.
 Brigadier General Watson conducts the inspection of the troops at the armory to- night.
 Gentlemen's new porpoise calf water proof shoe only at the new Royal, 92 Church.
 The crew of the lumber schooner Marian which was wrecked off Saybrook point Saturday, all reached shore safely.
 The executive committee of the Housa- tonic road have voted to order fifteen new locomotives from the Rogers works, Pat erson.
 Many of our families are equipping their homes with those nice Turkish rugs at the closing out sale of Mir. Enfajian, $40 Chapel.
 Miss Maggie Hourahan of this city is spending the winter at Rock Ledge, Fla, with MT. and Mrs. Merwin of Milford.- Hartford Times.
 Rev. Edwin Harwood, D. D., will read paper on "Theism and Revolution' at the Protestant Episcopal church congress at Washington to- day.
 The sixth grand charity ball of the Is- raelite Benevolent society given at Turn hall last evening was attended by a very large number of merry makers.
 Burglars broke into the Seymour post office Sunday night and blew open the safe. The burglars secured over $100 worth of stamps, $l0 cash and many letters.
 Dennis Rich, a Birmingham carpenter, claims the championship of the state as 8 raccoon hunter. He has killed since the 1st of October over forty raccoons besides several foxes.
 The third annual masquerade ball of Nathan Hale camp, No. l, Sons of Veter ans, was held in Pythian armory last night. The grand march was led by Sergeant G. A, Gould and Miss Addie Page.
 The bazar of the Sacred Heart church was attended last night by large crowd and they greatly enjoyed the acrobatic feats of MT. Reynolds and Me. Neil. The fair will continue all of this week.
 T. E. Peck, of Saratoga and Niagara e1- oursion fame, started Saturday to arrange for southern excursion trip to embrace cities of Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palatka, Winter Park, Tampa and Sanford.
 At the Atheneum last evening the Pro- gressive Benefit order there were forty members that received their $10O each. The supreme officers were present and @ banquet for the members was served at the close of the entertainment.
 The board of directors of the Masonic Protective society met last evening and ac- Oepted two applicants for membership and ordered assessments laid on the death of Giles GThomson and Mrs. Laura Church, late members. Their heirs receive $353 each.
 Gordon L. Ford, Q Brooklyn, N. Y., mil ionaire, who died Saturday, 14th, aged sixty-eight, was a native of Lebanon,
 
 the New York Tribune, an ex-oollector of the United States internal revenue and was years ago president of the New London Northern railroad.
 Cards are issued for the marriage of Miss Bessie Francis of Newington, young lady with hosts of friends in Hartford, and Charles E. Nettlston of New Haven, g clerk in the adjutant generals office at the capitol. The ceremony is to occur at the home of Miss Fraucis on Wednesday even- ing, December 2, at 6:30.
 Israel Kelsey and Wallace w. Ward of the West Haven horse railroad were thrown from carriage Saturday after noon and were considerably hurt. MT. Kelsey's injuries consisted of bruises and spraining of his knees, and MT. Wards were scalp wounds, but both of them will be about in a few days. 5>
 Citizens of New Haven need have no fear of scarcity of water as long as they have Whitney lake, reservoirs at Wood bridge, Maltby lake and Lake Saltonstall with it's one hundred and fifty feet depth, which lake is fed by large boiling springs, some of which it is estimated throws near ly barrel of water minute.
 An old and much esteemed citizen, Dea- con Lewis Fitch, now eighty-nine years of age, deacon of the Church of the Re- deemer, is very i'll and on account of his advanced age there is no hope of his re- covery. About three weeks ago he was taken with . severe attack of heart trouble, adifaculty to.whioh he has been subject fo, some time past. It was then thought that he could survive only few hours, but re. lieved of the acuteness of the attack, ha rallied materially and having remarkably sturdy constitution he iA likely to survive for some time longer provided he has nc recurrence of the heart trouble. There is, however, no expectation that he will ever leave his bed again.
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