Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.


 Own a home-s10 mo.-R. E. Baldwin. Mrs. George Bosworth of Milford is dan gerously ill.
 The yachts Undine and Jupiter of New Haven are at the sail loft dock, Essex. George Beach is building an addition to his residence on West River street, Mil ford.
 Rev. Father Flemming of Waterbury is spending his vacation with friends in New Haven.
 Miss Ella Luke of Milford will return Thursday for the summer from Clavenack college.
 Franklin l.. Hart and family of Elm street have gone to Pine Orchard for the summer.
 Bridgeport on the basis of the names in It's new city directory estimates it's popu. lation at 9,S27.
 Owing to the heat yesterday several of the large factories in New Britain were closed for the day.
 Oak street from the boulevard sewer to St. Lawrence cemetery will be closed for two weeks after June 15.
 The Misses Hattie and Meta Munson of Milford have returned from boarding school in Washington, D. c.
 Bishop Williams has confirmed 1, 100 persons during the past three years and confirmed 1900 this year alone.
 Fred J. Brown and family of Waterbury left yesterday morning for Woodmont, where they will spend the summer.
 Senator Hawley's cottage at Woodmont is nearly completed, and will be occupied by the senator and his family about July 1.
 Judge Beach of New Britain, aged sev- enty-three, was prostrated by the heat yesterday. He was improving at last ac- counts.
 The prize speaking and graduation exer- oises of the Hopkins grammar school will occur in North Sheffield hall at 3 p. 1n. Thursday.
 Jessie B. Nichols, wife of Elijah B. Nichols of Esston, died yesterday morning at her home in that town, aged twenty. seven years.
 Sergeant Charles Stormont is critically ill with peritonitis at his home on Howard avenue Last evening he was reported ai being much worse.
 Lieutenant w. W. Gibson, U. s. A., who not long since returned from siz months tour in Europe, was in town this week visiting relatives.
 l. Reed Catlin, newspaper man well known in this city, will leave in few months for Shanghai, China, to fill posi-. ton in the custom house.
 Another scorcher yesterday. The thun der shower last evening was preceded by refreshing breeze, which died away after the shower, leaving the heat still oppress i've.
 On the ninth day of August next Con ductor Bradley will have been twenty-one years a conductor on the Now Haven and Derby railroad. Conductor Beers went te work on the road several months later.
 Several buildings in the center at Bridge. port were decorated yesterday in honor of the Hibernian parade of to-day. Notice able among them were the Atlantic hotel McNahon & Wren's and McElroy Bros.'
 A meeting of the stockholders of the Housatonic road will be held this morning at the offices of the company in Bridge port. Just what is to be done is no known, but it is said that new board O. directors will be elected.
 Among those present at the brilliant re ception in Now Britain given by MT. ant Mrs. J. A. Traut were MT. and Mrs. Johl P. Bartlett, MT. and Mrs. Fortis H. Allis MT. and Mrs. F. N. Stanley, Ex-Congress man and Mrs. R. J. Vance of New Britain MT. and Mrs. N. Albert Hooker, Mis- Hooker and MT. Henry Hooker of Nev Haven, w. 0. Russell and the Misse Russell @, MT. and Mrs. c. P. Merwin o Berlin, formerly of New Haven. Dr. Chap man of New Haven, Professor Loomis o New Haven, MT. and Mrs. Frank Guion o New Haven.