Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-03
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

New boys fill the places of the telegraph messenger boys who struck.
 Concrete sidewalks laid by Connecticut Concrete company, 49 Church St., Room 9.
 Of the smaller cities in the state Middle town leads with seventy-two arrest during the month of August.
 The family of Horace Booth, jr., of New Britain, have returned from a two months stay at Short Beach.
 Henry Hall and family of New Britain are home from several weeks' stay at their cottage at Short Beach.
 D. M. Welch & Son will receive to-day one hundred baskets fine peaches. They will be sold at low prices.
 Every lady should have pair of s2.6s Royal shoes for fall wear, only at 92 Church street, near Chapel.
 Over $20O,0OO was paid in at the tax collectors office yesterday. The penalty now applies where taxes are unpaid.
 Arthur Rice, who has been for the past i've years a conductor on the Fair Haven and Westville railroad, has resigned.
 MT. R. S. Lawrence, ex-superintendent of streets of Hartford, is very low with paralysis. He was stricken on Tuesday.
 The Knight Templars of this city and Waterbury will be entertained by the St. Elmo commandery of Meriden on Wednes- day of next week.
 MT. Lewis Bradley of Cottage street has decided not to accept the position which was awaiting him in Chicago, as he has now been offered better one nearer home. The funeral of Peter Mulligan will take place this afternoon at o'clock from 156 Dewitt street, instead of this morning, as has been erroneously stated in some of the papers.
 L. w. Robinson of this city is the archi tect of the new La Rue building to be erected in Danbury next the Danbury bank. It will be built of North Haven brick.
 Rev. MT. Rosenholm of New Haven will deliver lecture to the Swedish residents of the place, Tuesday evening, in the lec- ture room of the Congregational church, Ansonia.
 The young women of Huntington Centre are preparing to get up something very original in the way of social entertain ments for the fall. One of these will be 8 chestnuting bee.
 The New York and New England Rail road company will commence work on the new roundhouse and coalbins at the Meri- den junction as soon as the necessary lease of the ground is transferred.
 The board of directors of the Knights of Columbus hold their quarterly meeting to- night. The question of celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discov- cry of America will be discussed.
 Nathaniel Covert, an employe of c. Cowles & Co.,, recently stepped on an iron rod in the shop and slipping was thrown heavily on the floor and cracked three ribs. He is improving under the care of Dr. Bissell. .5'-.s.
 As representatives of the Odd Fellows of Connecticut at the meeting of the sov- ereign grand lodge, James Bishop of New Haven, Frederick s. Hunt of Bridgeport, Lyman s. Burr of New Britain and Frank J. King of Norwich will start for St. Louis September IS.
 w. Norris Ballard, prominent in the political, society and social life in Dan bury for some years, died Monday. He served in the Eleventh 0. V. and was an ex-commander of the Danbury G. A. R. post, and had three times been on the staff of the department. s@t "'''"
 The Smith Brothers of Oyster Point are remodelling and improving their oyster steamer, the ''Smith Brothers" The work is being done at the Point by New Haven and West Haven men. The same firm are also building large addition to their al- ready large oyster house. The firm de- serve praise for their enterprise and suc- cess. FE-T. r5 --@ 2. -7-. '..s
 Chief Snagg, treasurer of the State Fire mems association, has sent check for $360 to Chief EatoniEof the Hartford fire department for Charles E. Main, one of the five Hartford fremen injured February by the overturning of Q truck. Main was the most seriously injured and was laid up 160 days. 5si3
 Franklin H. Hart has resigned his posi- ton as vice president and director of the Palladium Publishing company, and Gen. eral E. s. Greeley has resigned his posi- tion as director. In his letter of resigna- tion MT. Hart stated that his action was prompted by the course of the paper dur ing the legislative controversy.
 To Pawson Park.