Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-27

G. G. Johnson was referee, w. J. Leav- enworth and w. N. Clark, jr., judges. G. T. Jones and E. NJ. Smith, time keepers; A. L. Judd, time taker. A large majority of the spectators thought that Collett was entitled to the time prize.
 Two New Haven gunners got off the 6:22 train Wednesday evening while it was in the depot, and in the attempt to catch their dog, which strayed away from the depot, missed the train. Two more disgusted men never struck Wallingford. One of the men had an important engagement in New Haven at $40 and had got to be there. For s5 greenback Larry Hoey contracted to deliver the men in the Elm City before the hour named and fulfilled his contract
 Captain W. N Mix has for seven years
 been at work trying to procure a pension for Michael Schwink of Yalesville who was discharged from the Fifty-sixth New York
 Volunteers during the war for insanity.
 Yesterday he received word that his efforts
 had been successful, as 8 pension of STE 8
 month, with arrears of $6,800, had been
 granted to Schwink. J. D. Plunkett of New Haven and Assistant Adi diutant Gen eral have been interested in the case.
 Among the many visitors in the borough yesterday were MT. and Mrs. E. 0. Hurd and Edward Stevens, of New Haven; Fred f1all auu Wlle, d. ". OlsSou Anu WIG, MT and Mrs. Hiram Seeley, of New York; MT. and numerous bicyclists, including Hewitt and Olcutt from New Haven. There will be sixty nine couples in the grand march at the Foresters' dance. The ''Ghostly Five" gave dance in the Community house on the West Side Wednesday evening and it was largely at tended.
 The scholars in Miss Stacks room at the High school contributed sufficient sum of money to procure big turkey, with all the necessary f1ings for 8 Thanksgiving dinner, and the same was sent to 8 poor widow and her children as present. Rev. 0. H. Dickinson oficiated at the wedding of Thomas Peters and Miss Emma Lobb in the Congregational church yester. | day afternoon. A. L. Judd and Will Pattee were ushers MT. and Mrs. Peters will re- side in Canada.
 Eugene Bristol, well known here and q l former resident, was recently married to
 an estimable young lady in Fair Haven. Ted Gardner was a winging turkey in l New Haven yesterday. Harry Owens, the dry goods merchant l and F. w. Miner, the grocer, will occupy
 stores in E. M. Roach's block on Cente, street, when it is completed. l Peter Cullen it is said will move his | business into the store now occupied by l s. D. Johnson.
 | John Hamilton was attacked yesterday
 by an overpowering force up town, but
 came out top of the heap.
 "Banshee" in the opera house this even ing.
 | Jack Latham of Boston is in town re l newing old acquaintances. l Yesterdays bicycle race showed that the
 handicappers used poor judgment in the
 marks given, as by the official time giver two of the riders given three minutes
 start made better time than the scratch 1 Inen.
 1 J. F. Curran of Westfeld, Mass, is ir town for few days.
 1 John c. Silva has given up the practice 1 of the massage treatment in Providence
 and is now captain of the large pleasure
 steam yacht owned by R. W. Comstock,
 wealthy resident of Providence Captair
 Silva will have charge of an elegant stean
 yacht in the spring, now being built fol i the same owner.
 l J. w. Lane entertained fourteen of hii
 relatives at dinner yesterday. l Fritz Heineman won the Jersey COW raf
 fled at Russell & Cooke's with No. 90.