Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-12
LOCAL N E w S.
 Brief Mention

''Better than gold"
 Christmas Puck, fine number, at Pease & Sons.
 Got for Christmas present singing canary bird and cage at Champions, 1026 Chapel street.
 Crusaders Castle No. 8, Knights of the Golden Eagle, gave ball last evening in Sassacus armory.
 MT. and Mrs. G. B. Bunnell have re- moved from their Southport residence to New Haven for the winter.
 The annual meeting of the Dwight Place Church society will be held in the church Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 Deputy Grand Master s. W. Thompson of New Haven instituted Harvey lodge, A. O. U. w., in New Britain last evening.
 Captain Albee of the Blues sent his resignation yesterday to General Embler. Business engagements dictated the change
 The Rylands-Pinkerman quo wsrranto case was argued before Chief Justice An drews in Bridgeport yesterday. No de- cision.
 A capital Christmas gift-one of. those superb genuine Turkish rugs at Enfajian's, $40 Chapel street. Prices very low for a few days.
 Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Jessie Warner of Naugatuck to D. Burr Beach of Seymour, formerly of Derby, Tuesday, December g.
 Mayor Sargent was at the city hall yes ofk for I E,rok ;v,o o1,o,1S two weeks. He has not yet fully recover ed from his recent illness.
 Nonnawauk tribe, I. 0. R. M., Seymour, have accepted on invitation from Ham monassett tribe of New Haven to pay them a fraternal visit December IS.
 For holiday goods visit Charles Katsch, jeweler, 126 Church street, where you will find the largest stock of novelties in gold and silver not to be found elsewhere in the city. Open evenings.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas I. Raymond and Mrs. M. D. Randall of Norwalk were among the out of town people who at tended the funeral of Miss Libbie filling in West Haven on Thursday.
 Messrs G. v. Hecker 6 Co., are making acceptable Christmas presents to the various families of the city by distributing free samples of their self raising buck wheat and Hours to each family in the city.
 Many of our residents will regret to hear of the serious illness of MT. and Mrs. B. W. Stone. The venerable couple are so advanced in years that their chances of re- covery are small. MT. Stone was for many years a prominent Chapel street merchant tailor
 The great attraction this year for buyers of holiday goods is the corner of State and Chapel streets, at the store of the George H. Ford company, whose stock of goods, imported and ordered this season, is now open and is truly marvellous in extent. Their stock is selected with wonderful care, and every article, no matter how small and inexpensive, has intrinsic worth and artis- tic beauty.
 The holiday buyers are coming from all around to Burgess & Burgess fur empo- rium, where it is found. so easy to select a valuable and very useful and acceptable article for 8 Christmas gift from their every variety, fur boas, fur muffs, fur pocketbooks, fur gloves, silk umbrellas, etc., and where the ladies find boundless supply of every kind of fur trimmings for dresses.
 Yesterday, shortly before the afternoon session opened at Eaton school, Lewis Greene, aged fourteen, in some way got into quarrel with some other boys. Prin- cipal Fiefeld strapped the boy, and his mother said that there were large welts on his hands. He is rather sickly. He is considered very good boy, and is one of the singers of the Davenport church Sun day school. .... zr