Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Rrlef Mention,

Brief Mention. Own home-$1O month-R. E. Baldwin. Station Mo- 9 has been completely renovated and painted Rev. N M Calhoun has rented his cottage in woodmont to Dr. Beardsley of Meriden. Olin H. Clark of Hartford has rented his Bon silene cottage, Merwins Point, to MT. Fisher of l Virginia.
 MT. c. B. Hotchkiss of Judd's restaurant has just recovered from a second attack of the mea- sles, which laid him up for some time.
 Mr. W. L. Squire will move into his new house on Washington Heights Meriden, to-day. The residence is among the finest in that city. Sheriff Henry J. Allen of Winsted was run over Tuesday night in Torrington during f1remen's parade, and had the bone of one of his legs broken in three places.
 Selectman I. c. Smith of Milford has done 8 frst-class job at road making in Woodmont, and especially on the road between Merwin's Point and Oyster river bridge.
 Six horses of blooded stock owned by Patrick McDermott of this city, all runners,were brought from Gloucester, N. Y, yesterday, and taken to the filling farm in Orange.
 Hon. J. D. Plunkett and Dr. Bissell and their daughters, who recently graduated at the high school, Miss Margaret Plunkett and Miss Beata Bissell, leave for Washington to-day.
 MT Anderson of Humphrey street, employed at the Marlin gun factory, has broken ground for the erection of tasty and attractive house on Livington street, near Lawrence street.
 s Miss Georgia M Ellis, who has held the posi- tion of organist at the Woodmont chapel for the past three years, has accepted the position of or ganist at the Methodist church, Milford.
 Councilman Beulah and several friends re- turned yesterday from g fishing and yachting trip of Montauk Point. They brought home large quantities of fish, including porgies and founders.
 President Choate of the Old Colony railroad says there are no negatiotions in progress look ing to the absorption of tho Old Colony road by the Consolidated road, either by purchase, lease or otherwise
 Secretary Emory of the State Street Horse Rail road company is slowly gaining. though still much prostrated, owing to the severity of the at tack of typhoid-malaria with which he was taken down ten weeks ago.
 The dedication of the Seymour Methodist church will take place June 26 On the 18th Reunion day" occurs, with preaching in the morning by Rev. Dr. Pullman and in the evening by Rev. Dr. Vail of this city.
 Captain R. J. Bunce, one of our well known and esteemed townsmen for many years past, may be found at Peck & Parker's furniture en- porium, where he has taken a position sales man with this well known house.
 Hon. Hiram Camp, ex-president of the New Haven Clock company, continues to gain in health and strength and is able occasionally to be out and take the air. He has also gained con- siderably in flesh in the last few weeks.
 Miss Remington of Welcome Hall missions this city, is of the speakers for the quarterly meeting of the Derby Y. P s. 0. E. tomorrow in Derby. Mrs. Mckinney, Rev. Dorrall Lee A. J. Park and Rev. Mir. Kelsey will also speak.
 Mrs. Bennett, widow of the late Mr. Bennett, who was of tho former firm of Merrills & Ben nett, State street, is seriously i'll at her home on Pearl street. She has been ill for ono or two months with heart trouble and dropsy, and her condition is such as to cause the apprehension Of her many friends.
 The reports to the convention of the grand court of Foresters in Middletown show the order to be very fourishing. The membership, which on May IA, 1891, was 5,S95, was at the present time 7,s74, and the number of courts in the state Is now q, as against 5s year ago.
 Hon. J. J. Phelan of Bridgeport came to New Haven yesterday and returned with subppnas to be served on every town clerk and one counter who acted in the counting and declaration of the vote at the state election of 1890. He estimates the cost of carrying out the order of the court in the Phelan- Walsh case at $3,000
 MT. E. E. Boyd, assistant postmaster, has been in Hartford for the past week for a change of air. He will be at his oesk in the posto16ce this morning for the first time since February 20 when he was taken sick, and hopes to be able to continue his work without further interruption, being now so nearly restored to his former excel lent health
 Ex-State Senator George N. Morse is in the race for the Second district congressional nomination. To a Merden Journal reporter he said yester. day: i've can carry every Meriden ward feel sure. In the Second we will be strongest. I'll give you check for $s5 if Pigott gets two dele gates in the Second. You can put $1 ,OO0 into each of the five Meriden wards against us and we will win.''
 Ex-LieutenantG Governor Francis B. Loomis ot New London is again seriously ill at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Havemeyer, in Hartford. He had recovered from his forme, illness and went to New York last week, but while there he stumbled and fell, bringing on 6 recurrence of his former trouble. His grand daughter, Miss Havemeyer, young lady about sixteen years old, is quite low with typhoid