Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-18
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Lake Saltonstall for days outing. Health Officer Wright is spending day or two in Haddam. Rev. A. F. Miller preached in the A. M. E. Zion church, Norwslk, last evening.
 Admiral Foote post netted about $200 on their excursion to Glen Island some time ago.
 Miss May Mcguire, a teacher in No. 5 Skinner school, leaves for Akron, O., next Thursday.
 Mrs. Mary Malaney of Akron, O., is vis- iting her sister, Mrs. P. J. Mcguire of PA Ferry street.
 A complete new catalogue of the 22,5OO books in the New Haven free public lib- rary will soon be issued.
 Mrs. George Throm and Miss Siegel of this city are visiting Professor and Mrs. Joseph D. Rice, 9 Amity street, New Lon don.
 Dr. Henry Way of Bristol, prominent surgeon and physician in that section, was taken Saturday to the Hartford insane re- treat.
 Mir. Treat and wife of Middlebury come to Savin Rock tomorrow to occupy their cottage on Campbell avenue for several weeks.
 New Britain has accepted the position of military instructor at Cheshire Episcopal academy.
 Mrs. w. s. Randall, wife of Dr. Ran dall, and family of Birmingham have ar rived at Merwin's Point, whore they will remain during the hot weather.
 A building lot on River avenue, Nor wich. owned by tho Misses Mary E. and Elizabeth M. Andrew of this city, was sold Saturday to Theodore w. Warrington of Norwich.
 The steamer Elm City carried party of about 150 Saturday to Newport. R. I. Among those present were A. O. Traeger, J. F. Sheiffele, Alfred J. Edwards, Fred Baldwin and Enos Bassett.
 The Birmingham and Ansonia lodges of the New England Order of Protection, and those in Branford and Guilford, met at the New Haven house, this city, and de- cided to hold united excursion to Pawson park August 25.
 George s. Calhoun of the Greene street market and his cousin, Clarence M. Cal houn, will start on two weeks vacation to-day. After visiting friends in New York city they will go on a bicycle tour up the Hudson to Albany.
 In New Britain application is to be made to the common council at the next meeting for permission to use electricity for their street railway. If leave is granted the work of transforming the present tramway into an electric road will be immediately begun.
 Did you see the beautiful display of aurora boreolis Saturday evening and ap- preciate the delightful change in the weather yesterday? The special features of Saturday nights display were. the beautiful flashes almost to the southern horizon and narrow band of light which at one time almost spanned the sky from east to west.
 The funeral of Mrs. Margaret O'Donnell Saturday at the Sacred Heart church was attended by hundreds of sorrowing friends. The floral tributes were ex- tremely beautiful and the casket was hid den by the dense mass of flowers upon it, while four tables were laden with an equally beautiful burden in tribute to the estimable character of the deceased.
 "The Secret of Health at the Springs" was the subject of an excellent discourse preached yesterday morning in the Church of the Messiah by the pastor, Rev. L. H. Squires. Mr. Squires will start in few days on his summer vacation trip, taking with him the best wishes of all his parish toners, who hope that he may have an en- joyable time and return in good health to continue his able and much appreciated work in the Church of the Messiah.