Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-01
LOCAL N E w g.
Brief n enGfOn.

 Thursday morning.
 Tomorrow evening the Lotus club will give a reception in Warner hall.
 The turmoil in J. E. Morse post, Dan bury, has been amicably settled.
 Robert Birney's storehouse in Torring- ton was burned yesterday. Loss, $1 ,OOO.
 The Iron Molders' fair in Music hall closed last evening. It was largely at tended.
 A dwelling house, owned and occupied by Max Ludwig and wife, in Cromwell, was burned yesterday noon. Loss, $500.
 At Putnam yesterday stage with ten passengers barely escaped being struck by an express train. One horse was killed.
 H. A. Raymond of this city took po- sition yesterday in the employ of the United States Express company in Nor walk.
 Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hungerford of Water town have been visiting with Professor and Mrs. J. M. Lee at their home on Win throp avenue.
 Ex-First Selectman J. A. Blackstone and wife of Branford returned home yesterday from very pleasant Thanksgiving week visit in New York.
 Professor S. E. Baldwin reads paper to night before the Connecticut Historical society, on 'The Constitution of Connecti- cut and It's Amendments"
 Anyone purchasing Bear Valley 1rriga- tion co,npanys stock will do well to call on Charles Wilson, 7OS Chapel street, as many have already done so.
 Charles Y Beach, who has bought sev- eral pieces of land in this city recently, bought thirty seven building lots on Wood avenue, Bridgeport. yesterday.
 J. H. Whittemors of Naugatuck has noti- fed the board of school visitors of that place that he will build $35,0OO school building and present it to the town.
 Pastor Siebke's church held bazar in the new hall of Pyramid lodge, A. o. U. w., on State street, near Edwards, last night It was well attended and a success.
 Mrs. Rice, wife of Dr. A. NJ. Rice, is quite ill at her residence. Dr. William G. Daggett, during the temporary absence of Dr. R. s. Ives from business, is attending the case.
 A meeting of the ''New Haven Chautau- qua Union" will be held in the parlors of Davenport church tomorrow evening. All Cnautauqua readers are earnestly invited to attend.
 The new Methodist church in New Brit ain was dedicated by Bishop Andrews Sun day evening, free of debt, the balance of the $7O, ,OOO needed having been subscribed during the day.
 Mayor Sargent is still confined to the house and though 8 little better yesterday, it is probable that he will not be out for several days yet. His trouble is some what serious bronchial difficulty.
 In the tug -of-war contest at Fair Haven rink last night, the St. Pstrick's team was victorious in two straight heats. This is the second time the St. Patrick's club has defeated the St. Ignatius. Edward Clyne was referee. John Boardman won the sack race.
 Superintendent Smith yesterday glad dened the hearts of the members of the police force by restoring to them the for mer custom of making three reports at headquarters during the winter. This GUS tom was recently abandoned by e1-Super intendent Bollmann.
 Mrs. P. T. Barnum, Miss May, daughter of D. M Reed, and Miss Jessie Sealey, grandchildren of Mir. Barnum, will start for Europe after the holidays with 2 reti- nue of servants to spend the winter, spring and summer in Italy, Greece, the Ottoman empire and Egypt. !.
 Professor J. NJ. Lee gave the pupils of MT. Znnder's room in the high school building an interesting blackboard talk on the s'Hogarth System" of penmanship and drawing. There was vete of thanks passed and much enthusiasm shown. It was a rare treat to the scholars.
 In New York yesterday Henry s. Lan- craft of Fair Haven was an interested spectator of an experiment by, Dr. Paul Gibier, who inoculated several white rats with matter taken from the brain of a pet cat, This cat bit Mir. Lancroft Nov. IF, and he now lives in dread of hydropho- bis.
 James Sullivan, g laborer employed by 0. w. Blakeslee & Son, the New Haven contractors, who gre making some inn provements in Norwich, attempted to break dynamite cartridge yesterday by splitting it with sharp-pointed rock, when it exploded He was terribly in jured.
 Oliver Woodhouse, ssventy-one, who has been connected with the Hartford postonlce for forty years, and who, during twenty vaars of that time was assistant postmas- 1sr. vas found dead in bed yesterday morn inr. Deceased was well known and much esteemed. He had not . few warm per .onsl friends in New Haven.