Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-09
LOCAL N Il w 3.
Rrlef Mention.

Mr.. Frank H. Hooker is ill with the
erysipelas.
The True Americans have q public in
stallation and banquet at their rooms
Tuesday night.
Captain Frost of South Norwalk was
yesterday elected colonel of the Fourth
regiment, G. N. g.
President Dawson, of the New Haven
Water company, who has been seriously
ill with the grip, is convalescing.
Mrs. Timothy Roam is the latest victim
of the grip in Milford. She died yesterday
morning early at the age of sixty years.
Dorscht lodge No. 2 have postponed
the concert which they were to give next
Sunday evening, on account of sickness.
Ex-President Porter's condition late last
evening was very critical, but the physi-
clans thought he would survive the night.
Professor Edward E. Salisbury of this
city has been chosen vice president of the
New England Historic Genealogical society
in Boston. ..
William NJ. B. Merwin, salesman at
Treat & Shepard's, is about again attend
ing to his duties after two weeks illness
with the grip. @
John Stevens, president of the firm of
J. & G. Stevens Co., Cromwell, died yes
terday at the age of eighty-6ve years, of
pneumonia, superinduced by grip.
Willie, nine-year-old son of William
Rowley of Danbury, was while coastins
yesterday struck by railroad train and
will probably die from his injuries.
A New England road train broke in two
at Newington yesterday and the two parts
soon crashed together. Two cars were
smashed and the track was blocked.
R. Ballerstein of the firm of R. Baller-
stein & Co., of this city, Bridgeport and
Hartford, is about to build SIS, 900 block
on the corner of Main and Temple streets
in the latter city.
Miss Hattie Williams of Brookfeld is
wandering in the woods deranged in mind
owing to tho grip. Many searchers are out
looking for her and the Still river has been
dragged for miles.
Frank T. johnson, the conductor on the
Air Line division of the Consolidated rail
road, who was injured near Middletown
Wednesday afternoon, is recovering at the
hospital in this city.
William s. Wells, past president of Fra
ternity council, National Provident union
will, in the near future, read before the
council brilliant paper entitled, "The
Seige of Charleston"
~
the whereabouts of J. R. Hall, formerly OF
this city, whose mysterious disappearance
from Hartford was announced exclusively
in the COURIER yesterday.
The firm of Yale, Bryan & Co., was yes.
terday dissolved by limitation, E. p. Yale
retiring. The business will be continued
by Messrs. Edward Bryan, Ralph ]. Mine1
and Samuel H. Reed, all members of the
old firm. 4.
Mr.. Ed. P. Merwin and family of THU
city, who have been staying at the Hote
Imperial, New York, for several weeks
leave on Monday for Kansas City and af
ter short stay there, leave for the Pacific
coast for a short trip.
49, While the schooner Ira z. Wright wa,
laying to at Benedict's wharf yesterda,
afternoon, pocketbook belonging to ont
of the crew and which contained $50 il
cash, was stolen. One of the crew, Wit
has not since been seen, ia suspected O
the theft. .
Rescue Social club will give an enter
tainment for the benefit of Rescue lodg
in room ~, Insurance building, Aonda.
evening, January II. Miss L. j. White
S. DeSilva, V. Fields, Ada Hobbs, D
Strand, L. Erken, A. Durrant, Mr.. b
Fechter, W. Reynolds, r. Pennington
Frank and Charles O'Connall and MI. Johl
Heery will take part. E..r RI
The continued big demand for fur capea
muffs and boas and fur trimmings TO
$. dresses and fur garments shown5in SO end
/ less variety at Burgess & Burgess', is still
interesting the ladies to an unusual extent
and the sales are specially large, tn
marked reduction in prices giving q nota
BILE stimulus to the buying. The displa
of goods is very fine. &