Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-26
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Scribner's for September at T. H. Pease & Sons.
 Mrs. Albert Durham and family of Sey- mour are at Woodmont.
 Miss Annie Morrissey of New York is visiting friends in Fair Haven.
 Rev. William J. Quick, pastor in Coven- try, has resigned to go to a church in Lud- low, Mass.
 A number of Norwalk butchers will at tend the New Haven butchers barbecue tomorrow.
 Mr. and Mrs. s. N. Wilson and Mir. H. F. Wilson of Bayonne, N. J., are visiting in this city.
 A snapping-turtle that weighed forty y-one pounds was captured in Black pond, Meri- den, yesterday.
 MT. and Mrs. J. B. Holland and MT. H. H. Holland of Galesburg, Ill.,, are stopping in town for few days.
 Mrs. Frederick Trumbull, with her son, Master Dale Trumbull of Philadelphia, is visiting relatives in this city.
 L. L. Adler, brother of Max Adler, killed
 
 long, at Savin Rock on Sunday.
 Fair and cooler weather is predicted for to-day. People have been looking for that frost which was presented lately
 MT. and Mrs. s. G. Ford of Cleveland, O., are the guests of MT. 0. L. Johnson, the secretary of the Candee Rubber con- pany.
 Officer Michael McAuliffe of Waterbury is spending few days vacation with his brother, Councilman J. F. Moore of this city.
 The Y. P. s. c. E. of Humphrey street Congregational church make an excursion to Pawson park on the Margaret Septem- Der 3.
 A special train will leave Charter Oak park for New Haven at the close of the races this afternoon and tomorrow after noon.
 Alice Coggswell, wife of Rev. Henry Clay Trumbull, and daughter of Rev. Thomas H. Gallaudet, died at her home in Philadelphia Sunday evening.
 Information was received at police head quarters early this morning that team had been stolen from Bridgeport by parties who were thought to be on their way to this city.
 Frank Youngerman, the man found un- conscious on the old green, is suffering from slow fever he caught in the south. He was on his way from New York to Mt. Carmel to get work.
 Dr. G. F. Peterson started August 19 for European tour of several weeks' dura- tion. In his absence the office, 26 Elm street, will be open from to p. m, Dr. 0. B. riley in attendance.
 Rev. Father Slocum of St. Mary's, Nor walk, received over 8, ,000 Sunday for the new pure white marble altars recently ordered for the church. When completed these altars will be as fine as any in Con- necticut.
 The attention of the board of health is respectfully called to the horrible stench emanating from the corner of State and Court streets. An investigation should immediately be made as to the cause of the foul odor.
 Hartford's Veteran Firemen's association goes to Poughkeepsie, September 9, taking Pope's band along, and will stop at the Nelson house and be entertained by Pough- keepsie fremen. They will also have steamboat excursion to Rhinebeck. Oliver Jurgense, business manager for Marie Hubert Frohman, was in town last evening arranging for the reappearance here at Proctor's, September and 8, of that accomplished actress, in ''The Witch," which has scored New York success. Steps are being taken in Massachusetts to organize stock company with cash capital of $50, 900 to continue the manu- facture of the Kelsey signal safety switch, sons have been interested for some time. Mir. and Mrs. Crocker and family of FL mira, N. Y., have been the guests of Ser geant H. M. Crocker at his home on Uni versity Place during the past week. MT. Crocker is brother of the police sergeant and is conductor on the Delaware and Lackawanna railroad.
 MT. W. H. Miner, formerly organist of the Church of the Ascension, but now of Plainfeld, N. J., where he holds the pc sition of superintendent of the Boys club in that city, has been spending several days in travel throughout New England. He is at present in this city and will re- turn to Plainield during next week.
 Colonel Reyes, the general manager of the New Haven Opera house, was given fine surprise last night, the opening night of Proctor's under his charge. The genial colonel was presented by his friends with magnificent floral horse shoe, made al- most wholly of roses, and lettered ''Good Luck" It was accompanied with note expressive of best wishes.
 The Billings Family.
 Scores of the descendants of the Billings family will gather at the American house, Boston, September 4, to celebrate their seventh annual reunion. The reunion promises to be g very large one.
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