Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-01
LOCAL NEWS
Brief Mention.

Mrs. c. F. Lockwood is at the Alpine house, Bethlehem, N. H.
 The reunion of the Stone family will be held at Savin Rock tomorrow.
 Mrs. Theron A. Todd and son of Whal- ley avenue are i'll with typhoid fever.
 Twenty new styles of shoes; new store, 92 Church street, Royal Shoe Co.
 Concrete sidewalks laid by Connecticut Concrete company, 49 Church st., Room 3.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Richardson and the Misses Perot of Philadelphia are visit ing this city.
 w. R. White and family have returned to the city from a two weeks stay at Money Island.
 D. M. Welch 6 Son will receive to-day one hundred baskets fine peaches. They will be sold at low prices.
 The choir of the Immaculate Concep- tion church of Waterbury will come on an excursion to Savin Rock to-day.
 Rev. A. A. DeLarme of New Haven preached in the Baptist chapel in Winsted Sunday, morning and evening.
 NIT. l. D. DhllLOu Ol CO1oDlOOh SuOt u woodchuck Friday night which weighed eleven pounds and ten ounces.
 James H. Howard and James Whalen engaged in fight at State and Chapel streets last night and were arrested.
 Ex-Lieutenant Governor Loomis, after spending few days in New London, has gone to Narragansett Pier for short visit.
 MT. and Mrs. Addison Jones of Sylvan avenue, formerly of Glastonbury, are the happy parents of a ten pound boy, born to them on Sunday night.
 The condition of George F. Davis of 112 Hazel street was improved yesterday, he having regained consciousness and being able to sit up for 8 little while.
 The Hon. John R. Buck went fishing in Marlborough last week. He got Q black bass that weighed five and a half pounds, the largest taken there this season.
 Phineas D. Crosby, the oldest liveryman in Danbury, died Sunday afternoon, the result of a paralytic shock received four
 The body of John Kennedy, who es- capped from the insane asylum at Middle town, was found Sunday night in the river at Midd1etown. He leaves wife and two children in Waterbury.
 Mrs. Skiff, wife of Dr. Paul Skiff, re- mains about the same. There has been no change in her condition in the past four days. She is very ill, but hope is still en- tertained of favorable change.
 Mrs. Laura Seeley, aged ninety-one, whose funeral takes place from her late residence, No. AT Clark street, Saturday, was the widow of the late Curtis J. Wild man and mother of Deputy Sheriff George F. Wildman of Bridgeport.
 J. w. Young, one of the leading mem bers of the Bridgeport Lacrosse associa- - tion, departed yesterday for Richmond, Va. MT. Young has been in the employ of R. G. Dunn & Co. at New Haven, and goes to Richmond to take more lucrative posi- tion with the same concern.
 MT. H. o. Yergason, formerly of Hart ford, was last week elected president of nati, one of the soundest and largest bank ing institutions in that city. He was dis count clerk for nine years of the Farmers and Mechanics' bank of Hartford.
 Samuel J.. Ferris of 192 Davenport ave- nue leaves tomorrow for Denver, Col, where he will remain g. year. MT. Ferris has been for some time past the affable day clerk at the Union depot, and has hosts of friends, all of whom wish him all the good luck in the world in his western home. -- ------ .---~---~.- IT,. ,$s
 James R. Dunn, president of the LeaguA of American Nhsslmen, is marshal for the paradAat the Hsstford Wheel clubs com ing tonrna a1ss1t sl1her Rand 8. Among the aides for IT eeeasion arseA. G. Fisher, Frank N. Kinney, Frank Thompson, W. E. Perkins, George F. Booth and E. B. Beers, New Haven. &
 Yesterday was an extremely busy one at the tax collectors office. The total re- ceipts for the day were over s175, 900 and the officials had all they could attend to-, and at the close of business for the day a large pile of letters containing checks re- mained over to be opened to-day. After to-day the penalty applies for uon-pay- ment. :. 4,... ......-.
 After September 15 the Bridgeport Eve ming Post will be published by stock corporation known as the Post Publishing company, the directors of which will be George W. Hills, Henry M. Hills, R. N. Blakeslee and F. w. Bolande. The last named is the present city editor of the Bridgeport Standard. The Messrs. Hills gre the original founders of the paper, and in the change made from . firm to g joint stock company, retain g considerable in tsEsst in ths business.