Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-25
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 F. E. s. Munger leaves for Litchfeld to- day for short vacation.
 Scribnsr'sfor December, Christmas num- Der, at T. H. Pease & Sons.
 Free Overshoes others charge 20 cents for, we give away. Royal Shoe Store.
 Steuben lodge, I. 0. o. F., of Bridgeport visited Humboldt, of this city last even ing.
 Meriden lodge, F. and A. M., will make friendly visit to Wooster lodge of this city tonight.
 This afternoon at New York the Wes- leyan football team play the University of Pennsylvania eleven.
 Judge and Mrs. Levi E. Coe of Meriden will spend Thanksgiving at West Haven with their niece, Mrs. Crawford.
 Joseph McCool, part owner and proprie- tor of the Rocky Hill hotel, died at Rocky Hill Monday of consumption, aged 35.
 Rev. Dr. Phelps and Rev. Dr. Mason of this city delivered addresses at the Sunday school teachers institute in Hartford Tues day.
 Genuine Turkish rugs can be bought at Enfjian's great closing out bargain sale at prices way below the New York wholesale prices.
 Six societies were represented at the flu neral of Tax Collector Bommos, in Bridge port yesterday, and there were thirty hon orary pallbearers.
 The steamer Continental which leaves here daily at 1915 a. m. and New York at il p. m., will omit her trips tomorrow, Thanksgiving day.
 The Fourth ward (democratic) nominat- ing committee meets Friday evening at 8 o'clock in Columbus hall, corner Church and George streets.
 The regular monthly German-Lutheran Pastoral conference of the New England district was held at the residence of Rev. William Koepschen in Meriden yesterday.
 Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the Center church Thursday morn ing at Il o'clock. Rev. J. E. Twitcheli, D.. D., will preach the thanksgiving sermon.
 George M. Bartholomew, the Hartford embezzler, once fugitive in Canada, was released from the state prison yesterday and returned to his home broken down man.
 the "silver" or twenty-ffth encampment of the Connecticut G. A. R. at Danbury. The time will not be announced until after December 1.
 There will be union Thanksgiving service in the First Methodist Episcopal church Thursday at Il o'clock. Rev. Dl. A. D. Vail of Trinity church will preach the sermon. &f
 The work of raising money for the new Odd Fellows home is going along flourish ingly, and by January it is expected that $1O,0OO will have been pledged by the various lodges.
 The quo warranto case of Chief Rylands vs. Captain Pinkerman was argued yester- day in the superior court at Bridgeport before Judge s. M. Hall. The case went over until Friday.
 The house occupied by Thomas Lark, on Hawkins street, Birmingham, was gutted by fire early yesterday morning. MT. Lark, his wife and four children es- capped in their night clothes. ,sr ., -->
 Numerous counterfeit $5} treasury notes are in circulation. The engraving is good, but the paper and printing very ordfndfy:. The note is counterfeit of series A, 1880, w. s. Rosecrans, register; J. N. Huston, treasurer.
 Captain Nathaniel Steven of the steamer Continental, leaves shortly for four months vacation. This is his first vaca- ton in twenty-si1 years. His place during his absence will be taken by Oliver Tucker.
 The Ladies' Aid chapter of Christ church, West Haven, will hold sale and supper on the evenings of Tuesday and Wednesday, December 1 and 9, at Wash ington hall. The proceeds are to be de- voted to a fund for building a parish house for the parish. @s;1s v %za
 J. Henry Smith of Clark street, super intendent of the Humphrey street Congre- gational Sunday school, who spent s large part of last winter in the south, left Mon- day for an absence of six months. He will spend large part of his stay in Charles  ton, s. O., and will also visit several of the southern states. . -y.@.-~. ....,
 A sale was given by Christ church ladies last evening ct the residence of J. E. Bur gess, 22s Whalley avenue. Among those who attended were MT. and Mrs. 0. D. Kinney, Rev. and Mrs. Morgan, Mrs.. At: water, Arthur B. Wright, A. L. Frisbie, Mr. Bishop, Miss Leland, Dr. T. M. Brown and wife and large number of others. :
 The regular annual meeting of the. Con- necticut local board of the New York Life Insurance company was held at the office of the company, 769 Chapel street, Novem- ber 24, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, General s. E. Aerwin; vice president, James D. Dewell; secretary, George E. Thompson, e.sss s4