Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Cholera infantum is doing deadly work
in Bridgeport.
New Britain lodge, Sons of St. George,
is about to dsband.
Miss Eliza Hall of this city is the guest
of friends in Winsted.
G. T. Andrew of New Britain visited
Short Beach yesterday.
Counterfeit half dollars are reported to
be in circulation in this city.
Mrs. B. G. Lake leaves for the United
States hotel, Litch6eld, tomorrow.
Frederick @. Simpson of Wallingford is
spending couple of weeks at Short Eeach.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Rockwell of Meriden
morning.
The officers of the Second regiment, G,
N. g., will meet in the armory to morrow
evening.
Samuel Thalheimer and family are at
the cottage of Mr.. Linde, the druggist, at
Savin Rock.
Mrs. DR.. Whittemors and son of this
city are among the guests at the Highland
house, Meriden.
George E. Platt of Milford is entertain
ing his friend, Captain Frank Bailey of
Cambridge, N. Y.
A large party of Waterbury excursion
lists will come to Savin Rock Saturday to
enjoy days outing.
Mrs. William B. Clark of Milford is en-
Pertaining her son, William h. Clark, and
his wife of Philadelphia.
B. Montague Mann is spending the sum-
mer at Savin Rock with his father, B.
Mann, the Chapel streeo merchant.
Wolveren, the ice cart driver who was
80 badly Frustrated in Westville by the
heat, was steadily improving yesterday.
Mrs. W. P. Dilts and Mrs. c. A. Dilts of
1853 Dwight street will leave this week for
New York state to spend the heated term.
DR.. McCabe of Washington street will
remove to his new residence, corner of
week.
The Hubingers' trotter, Persimmons, is
in the 80 list, having entered the charmed
circle at the races last week at Saugus,
Mass.
The smallpox scare at Block Island seems
to have had its run. Some guests who are
there now are telegraphing to their friends
to come.
Lightning and wind wrecked q small
barn in New Britain Monday afternoon
and half dozen trees were struck and five
telegraph poles damaged.
Mrs. Ephraim Brown of Milford, who
has been very i'll at Norwalk for the past
five weeks, has recovered sufficiently 80
that she has returned home.
In Milford the weather signals are
sounded each day by the large whistle on
Baldwin & Lamkin's shoe factory, and can
be heard four or five miles.
A colored boy suffering from sunstroke
was found on wharf in Bridgeport yes
terday. With the prompt care that was
rendered he is likely to recover.
The Consolidated road has given Osgood,
Bradley & Sons of Worcester, Mass, the
contract for building seventy 5000 pas
senger coaches and twenty $1,000 parlo-
cars.
f. a. uACAIoutAAA, WoAVAy VI
the Shoninger Piano company of this city,
will leave for st. Louis, Mo-, August Is,
where he will engage in the musical instru-
ment business as partner in the Kroeber
Piano company.
The Consolidated road, for the accom-
mediation of people attending the Catholic
summer school at New London, will issue
special form of ticket, and the return
trip rates from Meriden are placed at 81. 20,
reduction of 81 in the regular fare.
The west side of State street, between
Elm street and the railroad bridge near
Wall street, is covered with loose stones
about the size of hens egg. As there il
rise of ground there there is danger Of
an accident from horse falling on one Of
those loose stones.
Engineer Miner of Hartford, who was
injured at the accident at South Lyme on
Monday, was reported to be dying at the
hospital in Hartford yesterday afternoon.
He is a near relative of Mrs. Clark, who
resides at So Bishop street. At last &C
counts last night he was still alive, but
was not expected to'survive the night.
Board of Health.
The semi-monthly meeting of the board
of health was held last evening and the