Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-21
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Fairfield is soon to have handsome new Congregational church.
 The committee on railroads and bridges meets on Monday evening at City hall.
 St. Pauls parish of Wallingford last eve- ming celebrated its 1O5th anniversary.
 Rev. Edward C.. Amber of Danbury died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Thursday, aged eighty-four.
 Wednesday was the ninety sixth birth day of Horace Manville, the oldest person in Woodbury.
 Mrs. Raymond of hliddlebury who has been under treatment at the hospital here, has returned home.
 Millinery openirs at R. Ballerstein & Co.'s, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day, March 23, 24 and %.
 H. L. Hubbell, president of Lake Charles college, Louisiana, is visiting his brother, Benjamin Hubbell, of Derby.
 The Birmingham police have found no clue to the 6rebus who fired the building on Main street in that place.
 Mrs. R. s. Dorrance, who died at Free hold, N. J., Thursday, was mother of the wife of Rev. Asher Anderson of Meriden
 Alfred B. Palmer of Yale who won the Ten Eyck prize, is son of Rev. c. R. Pal mer, D. D., ct Bridgeport, one of Yale's trustees.
 The next brigade meeting of the uni formed rank, K. of F., will be held in this city next June, at the time of tho regular field day.
 Frank Mabbett's saloon, at Old Mystic, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The townspeople did little to stay the progress of the flames.
 The movement for the appointment of Judge Nathaniel Shipman to one of the new circuit court judgeships meets with great favor throughout the state.
 Mrs. Julia Bradley, aged ninety years and five menths, died Thursday. The fu- neral takes place this afternoon from her late residence on Cherry street, Milford.
 The Fishers Island steamer, Munna- tawket has been lowed from her winter quarters at New London to Winthrop's Point for repairs, preparatory to resuming her trips.
 Those elegant fur shoulder capss at Bur- gess & Burgess, and at such fine bargains no wonder patrons are after them. Good in winter and good when at seashore or mountain.
 Rev. l. M. Foster has received unani- nous call to the pastorate of the Washing ton Park NJ. E. church, Bridgeport, for the coming year, subject to the approval of the conference.
 A very thoughtful aud edifying sermon was preached last night in the vestry of the Church of the Messiah by Rev. w. H. Dearborn of Hartford. The subject was ''The New Birth"
 John Sherlock, the ex-member of the Salvation Army, who went insane at the walking match in New York, was taken to Bellevue hospital yesterday morning. He has not recovered his reason.
 Members of Naomi lodge, No. 1, D. of R., I. o. o. F., will meet in their lodge room Sunday at p. 1n., to attend the fu- neral of their late brother, Albert R. Good now. Per order of noble grand.
 Many Hartford society people will at tend the play of Antigone in this city, and for their benefit an advertisement telling them to address Box 954, this city, in or der to obtain tickets, appears in the Hart ford papers.
 The Hartford papers gave extended mo- tices yesterday of the new and elegant piano warerooms of Gallup & Metzeer of that city MT. Metzger is New Havener and graduate of Yale and has a large circle of friends.
 w. H. Barnes, proprietor of the Pot Island house, who lives in this city during the winter months, was notified yesterday that his house at the island had been broken into the night before. A quantity of glass and silverware was taken.
 Through c. H. Webb's agency the estate of George Gabriel has sold the lot on the southwest corner of Dwight and Martin streets to F. c. Cannon, who will erect block upon it. Mrs. E. N. Gale to Mrs Dunscomb, the Gale house on Prospect street, for about $22,000; and F. Good year, administrator of estate of s. N. Weir, the Weir place at South End, with fifty acres to Edward J. Hassen, manager and proprietor of "One of tho Finest"