Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


Concrete sidewalks laid by Connecticut
Concrete Co., 40 Church street.
Theodore Thomas gives concert in
Hartford next Tuesday evening.
Alpha commandery, Golden Cross, go to
Glen Island on the Starin, July IA.
The hour of execution, June 18, of Jacob
Scheele has been fixed at 1890 a. m.
Henry Elson will soon erect new brick
house, three stories high, on Pearl street.
Erhler & O'Neil are building a $500
double house on Lawrence street for Hen
ry Neil of said firm.
= General Hawley will deliver the Grafton
at the dedication of the soldiers monument
at Salisbury, June II.
The Humphrey street Congregational
church Sunday school will have their an
nual picnic at Pawson park. =
DR.. Pulford of Ansonia is attending a
case of measles in Woodbridge where the
patient is si1tyeight years of age.
The half mile extension of the Westville
end of the Fair Haven and Westville horse
railroad, will be completed to-day.
Mrs. Elsie Bennett and little daughter,
George, of New Haven are at the present
time guests at Pleasant Side cottage,
Georgetown.
Next Sunday, June IA, will be the one
hundred and fourteenth anniversary of the
adoption of the United States flag in its
present form.
George Perkins, the conductor on the
M. w. & G. R. railroad, who was injured
while coupling cars last week, died at his
home in Meriden yesterday.
Josua Wilson Allen, Yale '86, was mar
ried Wednesday to Miss Lucy Aather
Brace, both of Hartford. Mr.. Allen is as
sistant registrar at the Hartford Theologi-
cal seminary.
The ninety-seventh anniversary of the
Episcopal academy, Cheshire, takes place
next Thursday. Next Sunday evening the
principal, Rev. DR.. Horton, breaches the
anniversary discourse.
Workmen dug up some human bones
yesterday about milo from Pennington
on the high road to Hartford, which are
supposed to be those of pedlar who was
murdered for his money about fifty years
ago.
Miss Jennie g., daughter of the late
George H. Perry of Birmingham, and Pro-
fessor E. Starr Sperry, formerly of Anso-
mia, now of Bridgeport, will be married at
the home of the BRIDES mother in Ansonia
June 90.
he ,,;,hh &c De- Dc II
lingford, was dedicated yesterday by
Bishop Williams. Rev. Mr.. Wildman an
nounced that the donor of the building is
Mrs. Samuel Simpson of Wallingford. 1t
is memory of her departed children.
Cyrus Northing, president of the Min
nesota university, has recently sold 45a
feet of land on Prospect street, this city,
to Mrs. Hooper of Boston at $75 per front
foot. 1t is amazing how low the price of
land on this beautiful street remains.
Rev. E. G. Towne addressed the Upiver-
salist convention at Derby, Wednesday
and Rev. Mrs. Hartford preached the oc-
casional sermon. In the evening Rev. j.
S. Dodge of Stamford preached. Yester-
day Rev. Mr.. Squires delivered an address.
There will be special town meeting at
Guilford, Saturday, in which the people
will take action concerning the proposed
iron bridge at point between Lsete's Is
land to Guilford. The Consolidated road
proposes to remove all objection to the
bridge by the payment of $4,000 for that
purpose. =
Municipal bonds upon per cent. basis
are rarity among Investments, yet Hessrs.
Blake Bros. & Co. and Messrs. Brewster,
Cobb & Estabrook, Of Boston, offer city of
Tacoma per cent. bonds ut a price which
nets the investor s per cent. Tacoma has
10000 inhabitants, SO, 000, 900 of property
and less than 81 ,0oO,O 900 of debt.
Mr.. D. H. Lamb, president Of the
q. S. Mercantile Protective association of
New York, is at the New Haven house en-
deavoring to find competent agent to
handle his company's local business.
Members of the association are invited to
call upon him and investigate some new
features which have recently been added
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