Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-16
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

Rev. Dr. Phelps preached in Ansonia yester- day.
 The strike of the quarrymen at Stony Creek is still on.
 le-Harvard athletic contest at the Yale field next Friday.
 The fremen of Birmingham had their annual parade Saturday.
 Engineer Sherdman of Steamer 8, who was threatened with pneumonia, is improving
 Eugene Mckenna of Franklin street will sail for Europe June 16, to be absent three months. Walks and driveways laid by the Connecticut Concrete Company, 49 Church street Croom 9. Over one hundred children received first com munion at St. Mary's church yesterday at o'clock.
 Thomas B. Dowden, formerly telegraph editor of the COURIER, has accepted a similar position on the Hartford Post.
 The annual dinner of the Army and Navy club of Connecticut will be held this year at the Fort Griswod house, New London.
 Mrs. T. H. Delavan of Meriden is i'll at the home of relatives here. She was taken ill on the train while coming to this city.
 Mir. Henry W. Dayton, old resident of South Glastonbury, died suddenly Saturday of heart trouble, aged sixty seven.
 Tuesday evening, June 3, the New Haven Bicycle club intend to give comic parade through the principle streets of the city.
 The Columbia College Strollers Dramatic club covered themselves with glory in 'Blue Eyed Susan' at the Hyperion Saturday night.
 Hamilton commandery, Knights Templar of Bridgeport, is making every preparation to send 8 large delegation to the Denver couclave.
 The United Workers Employment bureau rooms at 2cO Orange street will be open Mondays of each week for sale of garments from 9 till bp.m.
 Sewer Contractors Carroll, Blakeslee and Bowling of this city were in Meriden Saturday in reference to making bids for large sewerage contract there.
 The Rev. George N. Teeple of this city preached in the Advent church in Waterbury yesterday, and the Rev. c. Pike preached in Mr. Peoples pulpit here.
 Almost a week of cloudy, rainy days. The crops, flowers and grass are getting big benefit from it and little sunshine will now make the plants grow luxuriantly.
 Rev. James M. Cleary of Wisconsin, expresi- dent of the national union, is to speak on total abstinence in St. Mary's church on Wednesday evening. All are invited; seats free.
 The death is announced of Harmon Treat of Bridgeport, father of D. Allen Treat of Bridge port and brother of the late Judge Amos S. Treat. The funeral will be held to-day.
 One of the many interesting features of the coming meeting of the State Medical society here will be the microscopic exhibition in the medical school Tuesday afternoon next and the lectures on photomicrography by Professor M c. White.
 Fitz Henry Bond of Oyster Point, this city, was still in an unconscious condition in Winsted Saturday afternoon. Mir. Bond is highly spoken of as an industrious, respectable man by promi- nent people of Oyster Point. His wife is with him in Winsted.
 It is stated that Broker E. 0. Benedict of Greenwich, delegate-at-large from the Fourth district to the Chicago convention, will defray the entire expense involved in summoning the hundreds of witnesses to testify in the Phelan- Walsh quo warranto suit
 No trace has been found of the two men who tried to wreck an Air Line train-the Boston express-Friday night near Middletown by laying ties on the track. Long, the trackman, who was assaulted by the villain, is still laid up at home from his injuries.
 The finance committee connected with the making of arrangements for the reception of the First Heavy artillery, June 10, voted Satur- day night to raise the $l 0OO necessary to defray the expenses by subscriptions, and $50 was pledged on the spot by some of those present.
 The dining room at the mayors residence was alight Sunday morning, and the eagle eyed police officer saw a mans form moving around therein. The light went out just the officer stepped up to the scene. It not a burglary, as explanations revealed-only case Of taking a o'clock lunch.
 William Y. Davenport, who died in Stamford Thursday, aged sixty-two, was a son of Joseph Davenport of Stamford, who died only @ few months ago. Joseph's father was Deodate Davenport, great-grandson of the Rev. John Davenport, pastor of the Stamford Congrega tional church from 1894 to 1731
 Messrs. David H. Clark, Dr. Rollin McNe John M. Crampton Enos s. Kimberly, Edward l. Atwater all of this city, George Fl. Sutton of Springfield, Mass, returned from 8 three days fishing excusion to Lake George, N. Y, Satur- day afternoon, bringing with them about one hundred pounds of lake trout