Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-13
LOCAL NEWS.
Br1of MSnt1on.

grange in Bristol to-day.
 The Association of Civil Engineers and Surveyors meets in Hartford to-day.
 Maurice Leary, formerly of the New York Herald, spent yesterday in town.
 A notable revival is in progress in the Swedish M. E. church in Bridgeport.
 Mr. Walter Damrosch will give another series of lecture recitala in this city during February.
 John H. Morgan of Milford, who is in this city, is ill, having suffered stroke of paralysis.
 A coterie of Meriden Foresters will at tend Court Metropolitan's benefit in this city tonight.
 Birmingham Methodists have started 8 movement for the erection of a new and larger church.
 Yesterday Frank A. Hermance entered upon his twenty-fourth year as conductor on the Consolidated road.
 The wedding gift to Engineer Marley of the Consolidated road from his brother employees cost nearly $500.
 Rev. Edward G. Fullerton preached his initial sermon Sunday morning as pastor of Park street church. Bridgeport.
 The Simpson, Hall, Miller 6 Co.'s works, Wallingford, started up yesterday morn ing at 8 o'clock-or eight hours time.
 The annual encampment G. A. R. of this state will be held in the Delavan opera house, Meriden, February 10 and il. Mir. and Mrs. Henry Davidson of Mil ford were married Sunday evening and will reside upon High street in that town. P. T. Barnum was feeling very cheerful again yesterday. His strength is increas- ing and he is regaining his former activity. Selectmen Pinney and Carmody of Wa terbury were in town yesterday to investi- gate this city's plan of removing garbage.
 MT Blakeslee will open German class this evening, at s:3O, in the pastors study of the Howard Avenue Congregations church.
 The foundations for the new tabernacle at the Willimantic camp ground are com pleted and tho building will be begun early in the spring.
 Sargent 6 Co.'s big factory continues running, nine hours day, it's winter ar rangement. The north foundry has beer shut down for several days.
 Rev. J. V. Carton of the First Baptis church, Meriden, will probably accept hii call to Cambridge, Mass, although he has another good one from Newark, N. J.
 Mrs. stoddard of Milford, mother of At torneys William, Henry and Goodwin Stoddard, is suffering from a severe par alytic shock, and is confined to her bed.
 The remains of young Murdock of An sonia, who died at the hospital from being scalded by escaping steam, will probably be buried near St. Catharine's, Canada, his former home.
 The New Haven Bicycle club have ap- pointed committee to make arrangements for tho annual meet June 8. There will be $1 900 in prizes for some twelve ol thirteen events.
 Says yesterdays Meriden Journal in ref erence to the electric street railway 'sHave our people no rights that this Meri UGH COiupAuy dIo UOuAu u IoSpoCI: this electric road nuisance be allowed to gc on forever"
 Mrs. John J. Miller, residing at 32 Ash. nun street, tripped on the carpet at he, home yesterday and fell, breaking her arm between the elbow and the shoulder. Dr.. W. w. Hawkes. attended the case. Mrs. Miller is about sixty years of age.
 Sullivan's friends were exultant last night over his victory in the board of aldermen over his friend Carney, and were waiting to hear from Superintendent Doyle. Sullivan was considered to have played his cards remarkably well
 Rev. L. H. Squires will deliver lecture this evening in the vestry of the Church of the Messiah, entitled ''The Moors in Spain," with an account of the battle o1 Portiers. The meeting is under the aus pices of the Y. P. M. s. of the church There will also be vocal and instrumental music, quotations from the poets and other interesting exercises. The public