Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-07
LOCAL NE TVS.
Brief Mention.

Concrete sidewalks lald by conn. Con- crete Co.,, room 2, 49 Church street.
 The Harugari Liedertafel gave their last grand calico ball of the season at their hall last evening.
 The Rev. Mr. Blackman and family of Naugatuck are expected home from Flori- da this week.
 Ground was broken yesterday morning for the Ellen M. Clifford home for incur ables at the hospital.
 Bishop McMahon has appointed the Rev. James Egan of New Haven to be curate of St. Patrick's church, Hartford.
 Danbury reports the case of a hospital Dr. Vile being the authority. Now for a grip lymph cure.
 The eleventh annual reception of Court Metropolitan, No. 6,743, A. o. F. of A., was held at Arion hall last evening and was very successful.
 MT. Gregory of Yale university will read an essay on Emerson and Thoreau at the meeting this evening in the Church of the Messiah. The public invited.
 Major T. Attwater Barnes and his mother, widow of the late Amos F. Barnes, left for Lakewood, N. J., yesterday, Mrs. Barnes being in impared health.
 John w. Welch, treasurer of the Dime Savings bank, Hartford, who is lying ill at his home with Ia grippe, was in a some what improved condition yesterday.
 Sc. ,4: ok ;e home, $50 Cook avenue, with typhoid fever. The Royal Arcanum has engaged & nurse from the New Haven hospital to at tend him.
 The Horse guards had full dress uni form drill and inspection at the armory last evening. The members are anticipat- ing much pleasure at the soiree to be given in the squad drill room next week.
 The New Haven polo teams benefit last evening was quite success. In the base ball game the local base ball club won by a score of s to 6, while the polo team won from Bridgeport, the score being 6 to 5.
 In Bridgeport Sunday, Colonel Tracy B. Warren's fine spirited pair of horses ran a mile as he was driving. The neck yoke had broken. Finally one of the horses fell which brought the runswsys to short stop.
 The bearers at the funeral of William Donegan yesterday were Colonel John G. Healey, Lieutenant James Wrinn, Charles Havey, James Gillen, John Cassidy and Michael Dillon. The flower bearers were John Casey and John Mersick.
 Scarlet fever prevails to some extent in West Haven. B. Andrew Olsen, lad nearly twelve years of age, died there with scarlet fever on Saturday at the residence of his parents. Two other members of the family are afflicted with the same com plaint.
 AS handsome collection of trout as has been taken this season were caught yester- day at Big Rock" about an hours drive from this city, by David Cowell, the res taurantur, and William H. Sears. They were on exhibition in the window at Cow ells last night.
 Fifty passenger coaches of the Consoi- dated road are to be immediately equipped with the Sewen system of steam heating appliance. Steam from the engine heats water in the car pipes, but no steam en ters the cars. Twenty cars are already fitted with the system.
 People appreciate and are taking advan- tage of the opportunities offered at George H. Ford's special sale of high class impor- tations and the special induce ments which he is offering owing to the immediate com mencement of the important changes to be made in his building. Prominent among the beautiful selections set out yesterday in the windows were very handsome piano lamps, silver and nickel plated, reduced in price from $25 to $15; drawing room clocks, chocolate cups and saucers, candelabras, cut glass specialties, Minton, Royal Wor- cester and other celebrated makes of DOT celains, all of which and many more equally rare bargains are included in the reduction of prices at this notable special sale.