Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-17
LOCAL NE w s.
Brief Mention.

Mrs. B. M. Prescott, who has been seri- ously ill, is convalescing.
 Mrs. Edward Klauss of Bridgeport is visiting friends in this city.
 MT. and Mrs. E. T. King are spending few days at Westfeld, Mass.
 John Cronon, 1O6 Mansfield street, wore pair of Royal shoes over two years.
 Henry c. Smith and his family have re- turned from Sunset Beach, Branford.
 Concrete sidewalks laid by Connecticut Concrete company, 49 Church st., Room 9. Ths State Democratic club will have dinner at Redcliffes next Tuesday evening. Mrs. Judge Heaton Robertson continues very i'll with maleria fever at her home in this city.
 Work on the Artesian well at Winches- ter Repeating Arms companys plant has been resumed.
 Conductor Price of the West Haven horse railroad is visiting his old home, Tor rington, this week.
 The bicycle club of the Young Mems Christian association will go to Branford tonight, starting at 7:30.
 George Bradley of New Havensis spend ing few days with his grandmother, Mrs. Theodosia Bradley, East Norwalk.
 George Baker of Edwards street, has ac- cepted position as travelling salesman for Bradley &c Damn of State street.
 Dr. Augustus B. Smith, who has been spending the summer in Europe, starts for home from Liverpool September IF.
 Dr. Rollin McNeil returned home yester- day from very pleasant outing season spent chiefly in Vermont and New Hamp- shire.
 Healy 6 Bigelow's negro minstrels start Saturday for Ponce, P. R., and other places in the West Indies, to be gone several months.
 A new lodge of New England Order of of Protection was instituted at Branford Tuesday evening with ffty-fve charter members.
 The New Haven Bicycle club took a run last evening over to East Haven green, the Ladies' Hygeia club accompanying them. They made fine sight as the pro- ceSS1On was en route.
 The papers have all been made out for the commitment of Dr. Chesley to the Middletown insane retreat and he will doubtless be removed from the Springside farm to the retreat to-day.
 MT. John Murphy, who is telegraph operator in the Western Union offices, New York. has returned from four weeks' visit in the family of his relative, expo liceman Thomas Fender.
 Rev. William Koepchen of the German Lutheran church, Meriden, was the ofici- ating clergyman at the marriage of Miss Jennie Weeks and Samuel s. Arnold of the Meriden city market Tuesday evening.
 No. S's supply carriage responded to a still alarm shortly before noon yesterday. A small building in the rear of Officer Nc Dermott's house had caught f.e, but was e1tenguished before the carriage arrived.
 Nearly 1000 persons congregated at the Broadway green last evening to hear the band concert which was announced to be given there. The band failed to appear, however, the concert being postponed un- til Friday evening.
 Complaint was made to the police "au- thorities last evening that between 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock in the evening bicycle had been stolen from the yard of the prem ises II Clark street. At an early hour this morning it was recovered.
 Dr. Twitchell oficiated at the funeral of Barton A. Johnson, which took place yes- terday afternoon from the residence of his grandmother on Beers street and was nu- merously attended. The interment was in Evergreen cemetery. Among the floral emblems was alovely wreath, the gift of Miss Carrie Bartxsm. r. A display awhich win interest house. keepers in general is that opened yesterday at Arnold's stove store, State street corner of Grown, which consists of strikingly fine assortment of fve-o'clock teas in pol ished brass and antique silver. It is the finest ever seen in the city. The store is open evenings on Mondays and Saturdays.
 Corporal McCann assisted by Private J. H. Smith collected this week a list of 19O autograph signatures of veteran Grays in the Grays autograph book. The signatures were obtained only with great labor and are a credit to the unwearying efforts of these gentlemen. The autographs will be valuable souvenir of fine Gray's memorable seventy fifth, as are also the lists previous ly obtained.
 The French government has instructed ~1, ,s~A~ nize the provisional government of Chiii.
 MackintOshes to Order.0
 The largest stock ever shown in the city