Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-24
LOCAL NEWS.

Easter boxes of flowers, from 50c to $1 at Champions.
 A fine assortment of Easter baskets at Champions, 1054 Chapel street.
 Ladies, our $3.50 Paris kid boots are beauties. Only at Royal shoe store.
 The repairs of the Shore Line bridge at Leetes Island will be completed by Thurs day.
 In New Milford, Sunday, Mrs. Mary Garfield, aged ffty-three, dropped dead of heart disease.
 Spring opening at B. Rogowski's will take place Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and 26.
 The steamer Elm City arrived here at about quarter past nine last evening. A strong wind was blowing on the Sound.
 Yesterdays warm weather was succeed ed in the evening by high northerly winds and quite notable drop in the tempera- ture
 All Bridgeport is excited Barnum's show departs from it's winter quarters to- day. The show opens in New York on the 26th
 Nelson Barker, seventy years old, a well-known Connecticut Grand Army man, died of apor,exy Sunday night at his home in Harwinton.
 Harper's for April at T. H. Pease Sc Sons. In this number is an article by Hon. E. J. Phelps of this city on 'The Behring Sea Controversy"
 P..;rns for Easter, from 75c. upward, and the largest assortment of roses, carna- ton and flowers at living prices at Cham pion's, Chapel street, opposite Yale col lege.
 Harlan P. Hubbard, late of this city, has resigned the position of business manager of the New York Continent, and will be- gin the publication of an export journal in New York
 Enquirer, who asked for the address of a physician in New York, who cures stut- tering, is informed that several of our best physicians commend Dr. Hammond and Dr. Allen Starr, both of New York.
 Carlyle w. Harris, concerning the death of whose wife an investigation is pending in New York, is not as has been stated in many papers, son of the Rev. c. E. liar ris who, few years ago, was Methodist pastor in New Haven.
 The remains of Lawrence Barrett, the great actor, passed through here yesterday noon in the car "Woodlawn" on the 12:32 eastbound train. A number of relatives and friends accompanied the remains to :aI place.
 The funeral of Frederick Harris of An sonia takes place this afternoon. Deceased was member of Morning Star lodge Mo- 47, F. and A. M, Mechanics lodge No. 73, I. o. o. F., and Valley lodge No. 100, N. E. o. P, Seymour, and Solomon chapter, No. 3, Birmingham, and was foreman of Citizen Engine company.
 Bridgeport mourns the death of Mrs. Lizzie N, wife of Swan B. Brewster, an estimable young lady, who died of diph- theria Sunday, aged twenty eight. Her years ago, and their only child died last week of tonsilitis after brief illness. Her brother, Wilbur E. Nichols, died suddenly of apople1y only two weeks ago.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Y. P. M. society of the Church of the Messiah will he held on Wednesday evening of this week, instead of Tuesday evening. The change has been made in consequence of the fact that Judge Sheldon, the principal speaker, expects to be out of town to-day MT. Sheldon's address on Wednesday night will be: "The Political Situation in Connecticut"
 Willis 0. Noble of this city, formerly for ten years connected with mission work in China, is member of the class in the medical department of the University of the City of New York, which has it's grad uating exercises tonight, holding it's ffti- eth annual committeeman exercises st the Metropolitan Opera House. Dr. Noble and wife, nee Miss Wilhemina Gibson, of this city, will shortly, with their family, return to China for resumption of work in connection with the missions. Both are very highly esteemed and have large cir cle of friends in this city,
 Among the many fine crayons MT. F. A. Bowman has recently executed is one of the late MT. Phelps, son of ex-Coneress- man Phelps, of Essex, which is greatly ad- mired for it's fidelity to life and high finish; and the same may be said of two just finished of the late Mrs. Joseph Park CT, also executed by MT. Bowman, and of one of Mrs. Sutton, of West Haven, wife of Henry Sutton, the shipbuilder; all of which are unequalled for excellence All of Mir. Bowman's crayons are guaranteed in every respect. His photo work is also unrival1ed and special feature is his great success with his pictures of the little ones.
 ssClearing Out Sale,, Of ladies' and gentlemen's Mackintoshes to make room for spring goods. Largest stock and lowest prices ever offered in this city at the Goodyear Rubber store, T fN Tu{f1