Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-30
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

not known.
Brief Mention.
Best paper made, by the pound, Dor
mans.
Meriden has now two more letter car
riers.
Rev. Father Gleason of Thomsonville
sailed for Europe yesterday.
The estate of the late Newton Case of
Hartford inventories 1856, 1905
A remarkable fine display of cut flowers
at Dickerman's the florist; see adv.
Lyman A. Crawford says: "Royal shoes
wear like thunder" don't you forget it.
Mr.. A. D. White, the jeweler on Chapel
street, has been confined to his bed for
four five days by illness.
Howard Hall of Bridgeport lost his
moustache Tuesday by blaze which shot
forth when he started his electric motor.
The old American eagle which has served
as weather vane for years upon the Di-
vision street engine house, has been taken
down to be repaired.
Captain Charles Handley was yesterday
taken to the insane retreat at Middletown-
He leaves q wife and four young children
at Saugatuck.
Easter lilies in bud and bloom from 80
cents to ST. each, also fine stock of
azalias just coming into bloom, very cheap,
at Frank S. Platts, 374 State street.
A dangerous ditch nearly two feet deep
extends across Shelton avenue at Hazel
requested to remedy this defect in the
road.
The funeral of Mrs. S. B. Tuttle of
Yalesville took place from her home yes
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She leaves
five children, the youngest being two
weeks old.
Dr. JAWS of Hartford has successfully
removed fatty tumor from the shoulder
Henry Hart, the we'll known horseman of
Plantsville. The tumor has been forming
over year.
Frederick Elliott of Gregory street.
Bridgeport, eight years of age, was severe
ly bitten by a dog yesterday morning.
The little fellows right hand was lacerated
the dog sinking his teeth in the palm of
his hand.
The New Haven Lawn club held priv
ate business meeting last night and talked
over the affairs of the club which are in a
msst prosperous condition and the inter
ests of the association in general.
The Rev. Joseph Smith, an old resident
of Waterbury, died suddenly of pneume-
mia at his home in Bloomfield Wednesday
afternoon. His funeral will be attended
at Stratford Methodist Episcopal church
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
DR.. Egbert II. Fuller of Lansinburg,
N. Y, died few days ago. He was in
his SEVENTEEN year. He was born in Lee,
Mass. He leaves wife and three grown
up daughters to mourn his loss. E. T.
Trowbridge of this city is relative of the
deceased.
A. N. Clark of Rock Ledge has sold his
entire crop of oranges upon the trees. The
fruit is reported this season as unusually
perfect A Holyoke mans orange crop in
another part of the state was nearly ruined
by tho frosts while ago.
Clarence W. Bowen, secretary of the
committee on the centennial of Washing
toms Inauguration, 251 Broadway, New
York, desires information regarding the
portrait of Jonathan Storgess, member of
congress from Connecticut.
The annual convention of the prohtbi-
tionists of New Haven county will be held
to-day at 1870 p. m. in White Ribbon hall,
Meriden The convention will elect
county executive committee and three
members to the state central committee.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, secretary of
state during the Cleveland administration,
will be among the speakers at the dinner
of Sons of the Revolution, February %.
Minister Phelps will act as toastmaster.
Mr.. Bayard delivered the address at Yale
Law school commencement a few years
ago.
DR.. Chesley is still at the hospital, not
withstanding the report that he had been
transferred to the almshouse. He is a
source of great trouble to his attendants,
repeatedly tearing of bandages as soon as
they are fastened on. Ever since his ar
rival there he has acted stubbornly, refus-
ing to permit the physicians to treat him.
Messrs. Blake, Bros. & Go. offer for sale
preferred and common stock of the Il. B.
Clafin Company of New York. For the
season ending December 81, 1890, this cor
poration, by their report, showed that
after paying the dividends on the PREFER
ed shares, the common earned over 10 per
cent or at the rate of 90 per cent. per an
num.
At the meeting of the New Haven Pro-
gressive Building and Loan association last
evening in Todd's hall fifty new shares of
stock were issued. The objects Of such
organizations will be explained to the
members of the carriage blacksmiths' as
ISOLATION next Wednesday evening at their
hall on Chapel street by delegates from
the former organization.