Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-15
LOCAL NEW s.
 Brief Mention.

Give liberally to the orphans to-day.
 Wolcott holds it's agricultural fair to- day.
 President Dwight of Yale sailed for home yesterday from Europe.
 Bridgeport begins again to fear water famine. It has five days supply.
 Concrete sidewalks laid by Connecticut
 Lawyer Joseph L. Barbour of this city is helping out the Massachusetts republi- cans.
 The Consolidated road has refused to transport Housatonic cars with stoves as heaters.
 The liabilities of L. B. Booth, the New town defaulter, are $50, 900 and his assets $3s,OOO.
 Castle Rock lodge, A. o. U. w., of Sey- mour, celebrated it's tenth anniversary at Tingue rink there last night.
 Yale beat Staggs eleven yesterday. The score was 26 to o. McClung had his wrist injured and was carried from the field. Gladden. the hearts of the orphans to-day and the hearts of the ladies who labor so indefatigably for the asylum's prosperity.
 The various departments in the state capitol were closed yesterday afternoon during the funeral of ex-Governor Bige- low.
 Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler has resigned as member of the Bridgeport board of educa- tion and has been succeeded by David F. Reed.
 Moses P. Gray was arrested by Officer Sinclair yesterday afternoon charged with breach of the peace on Richard Carroll, his landlord
 notion day committees coming to-day. Their time is money for charity to-day and every minute counts.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Church of the Messiah will give a supper this evening in the vestry of the church. A church so- ciety meetins will follow.
 John L. Weston, member of Company B, Twenty ninth Connecticut Volunteers, during the war, has received an order to enter the soldiers home at Noroton.
 Ex-Lieutenant- Governor Wayland will lecture December IS in the course to be given at the Baptist church, Wallingford; subject, ''The House of Commons"
 Isaac B. Miller, an old and respected resident of Southport, died suddenly on Tuesday night of heart failure. He was sixtyfour years of age and unmarried.
 A brilliant reception was given last even- ing to Professor and Mrs. Arthur Twining Hadley by the Misses Twining and Mrs. Gridley at the Twining residence on Pros- pect hill.
 Esther lodge, D. of R., of Meriden, will entertain visitors from New Haven and Stratford the first Tuesday in November. The state D. of R. convention will be held at Hartford October 2S.
 The society benefits of James Lardper, the New York and New England railroad fireman who was killed at Sandy Hook, amounted to s3,O00. They will go to his widowed mother in Ireland.
 Aurilla c. Pote forms and reorganizes classes this afternoon from 4:30 to at her hall, room 26 Insurance building. Her success and ability in her department of instruction are well known. See adv.
 The recent heavy and copious rain added about six inches to the depth of the water in Lake Whitney, while Lake Saltonstall gained but about two inches. Owing to the long drouth great portion of the rain was absorbed by mother earth.
 Dr. David Knowles and wife of New Milford have been discharged from the Litchfeld county jail by order of State Attorney Huntington, the state attorney believing it will be impossible to obtain another conviction of the parties.
 The change of hours for captains and sergeants recommended by Superintendent Treadwell Smith and adopted by the board of police commissioners at their last meet ing will not go into effect until after in spection, which occurs tomorrow.
 Messrs Henry 0. Robinson, Charles J. Cole and William c. Case, republican coun- gel in the quo warranto cases, were again in consultation yesterday and it is under stood that the cases are nearly ready for presentation to the court unless some new hindrance arises. It is thought the courts Will help the leglslature out or It's dllem- ma.
 Thirty two of the Yale divinity school students whose rooms were damaged by the fire at the school are housed in the large building on Howe street formerly Mrs. Cady's West End institute. One of the divinity school professors said yester- day that the loss to Yale by the fire will fully equal 900 outside the losses suf- fered by the students and the damage to the professors libraries. The work of the school goes on as before, Dwight hall being used. It is expected that Marquand chapel will be reoccupied to-day. It has been full of goods on storage.