Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-19
LOCAL NEWS.


Brief Mention.
John Featherstone and family, this city.
are visiting in Watertown.
Lieutenant G. A. L. Totten will spend
the rest of his leave of absence at Mil
ford.
The Rebecca lodge, I. o. o. F., of the
state are to hold union picnic at
Schuetzen park in this city August Is.
E. A. Alcott and wife of New York
were in town visiting the city yesterday.
They also visited Savin Rock during their
stay.
Mrs. Minnie Coffee, nee Quinn. who was
married recently, leaves for Bristol to-day
to join her husband, who is q plumber
there.
Miss Anna Haesche, this city, will be
given reception Friday in Yalesville by
Mrs. McKiernan, at which she sings several
solo selections.
G.. T. Hampstead, general passenger
agent for the Consolidated railroad, re-
turned yesterday from short trip to tho
White mountains.
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was arrested last night by Officers Daily
and Bellman for breach of peace on his
wife, Susan Simon.
Mr.. Boehm of Naugatuck, who has been
foreman at the paper box chop, leaves on
August to take the superintendency of
factory in this city.
The Methodist camp meeting, near
Plainville, will begin August 8. Buses
will leave the railroad station in Plainville
after every incoming train.
John E. Moran of the New Haven
Water company left yesterday for two
weeks trip through the northern part of
New York state and Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ahl. Mr.. and Mrs. Rosen-
bluth and two sons, Masters Lewis and
Arthur, Mrs. Sugenheimer and Miss
Flora Sugsnheimer of this city are stop
ping at E. A. Alvord's in Morris, Conn.
Fred Fitch, who has run the night
switcher at the Union station in New Lon
don for a long time back, has been given
an engine on the main line, and is sue
ceeded by William Mcbride of this city.
DR.. w. w. Horton of Bristol started
yesterday for Middletown, where his
steam launch is at anchor, and will be
gone for two weeks, taking sail through
the sound, and wherever fancy may lead
him.
President Henry Sanford of the Adams
Express company is quoted by New
York paper as saying that there is no
truth in the report that a $4,000 package
had been lost between that city and New
Haven.
The Ladies' quartette, this city, sang at
brilliant evening reception given Friday
evening at Stony Creek by Mr.. Beattie.
The quartetts are Miss Lizzie G. Gaffney,
Miss Anna Haesche, Miss Lizzie Gray, Miss
Mary Lynch.
w. S. Compton, the car service agent OF
the Consolidated road, has seventeen men
in his department, having taken on three
clerks from the New York, Providence
and Boston road since the cars of that
road were added to the Consolidated equip
ment.
His Nomination Confirmed.
Yesterday the senate confirmed the nom
nation of E. D. S. Goodyear as postmaster
at North Haven.
Off for High Rock Grove Tomorrow
The Humphrey street Congregations
church will picnic at High Rock grove to
morrow "wednesday. The train bearing
the excursionists will leave the Union de
pot at 7:45 and Cedar Hill station it'll
later, and will no doubt bear, both goipl
and returning. a happy assemblage O
people, both young and old.
Bicycling.
Mr.. William P. Weaver covered dis
lance of 1856 miles Sunday on twenty
nine-pound safety bicycle in twelve hour
and twenty-fv minutes. The run was t.
Springfield and return in zig-zsg course
Mr.. F. E. Weaver, q brother. made tn
run two years ago on an ordinary bicycle
doing 100 miles in twelve hours and had t.
stop in Cheshire on account of darkness
Sunday was day favorable to good ridin
and Mr.. Weaver did exceedingly goo
time and showed great endurance.
The stony Creek Strikers.
The striking stonecutters and qusrryme1
employed at Norcross Bros and othe
quarries in Stony Greek voted at meeting
yesterday morning not to accept the prop
osition submitted to them by the Manufac
turers association last week. In this prop
osition the manufacturers offer TO take tn