Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-17
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 LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 Wear Royal shoes and be happy. Manicure parlor, 730 Chapel, room 10. Own home-s1O mo.-R. E. Baldwin. Bartholomew F. Foley of Brooklyn, N. Y., is visiting his father on Fillmore street.
 Miss Minnie Adams is on 8 two weeks vacation and will visit friends in Boston and New York.
 The regular assembly at Loomis' Acad- emy hall tomorrow evening will be pleasant social event.
 One of the Wilcox Silver Plate com pany's shops was damaged several thou sands of dollars by fire Tuesday night. David S. Thomas will lecture on 'Balooning" before Fraternity Council of the National Provident union Friday even ing.
 The St. Ignatius Athletic association will hold it's first annual athletic tourna- ment ill the New Haven Polo rink on April %.
 An epidemic of measles is raging in Stratford aad it is reported that there are fully 100 cases of the disease in that town at the present time.
 Dr. B. D. Sheedy and J. H. Dorus of Bridgeport will be among the guests at the banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick ill this city this evening.
 -Tho Utopia club has .lactad thaso off cers: President, Richard Saunders; vice president, Jacob Bauer; secretary and treasurer, Herbert Beebe.
 The members of Company E, New Britain, have elected Lieutenant John Lynch as first lieutenant and w. w. Bull len as second lieutenant.
 Officer George Murphy has been detailed for the present to do special duty at the free public library. He will enter upon his duties there this morning.
 New Haven's gun club men will be represented at New London to-day in the contest for the state trophy, which was won by the New Haven boys last month.
 Mrs. J. H. Leeds of this city made an address at the meeting of the Wom ans c. T. U. in Meriden Tuesday, and addressed the Loyal Legion in that city last even- ing.
 Mir. John R. Bradley of the Bradley house, State street near Elm, who has been failing for several weeks, is now very low and not expected to live the week out.
 Attorneys c. B. Matthewman, l.. W. Cleaveland and John c. Gallagher are mentioned conspicuously as likely to suc- ceed ex-Judge Blydenburgh as prosecuting agent.
 The work of cutting down the hill on Townsend avenue has been resumed. A gang of twenty-two men is pushing the work, which will prove a big improve ment.
 In Willimantic yesterday Michael flag. gerty, while in fit of intoxication, quar- reled with his wife and stabbed her in the face with case knife, inficting several bad cuts.
 the coal business on State street, is lying very low at the hospital, where he has been for the past year or more. Heis now in his ninety-third year.
 A rehearsal of the "Frogs of Wind. ham" was held at Loomis' Academy hall last night. The chorus are doing splen. didly and there is every indication that the play will be a notable success. There were over forty members in the chorus last night.
 Dr. NJ. J. Adams, recently of Fail Haven, has purchased ffty-foot lot in West Haven, where he is practicing, and will erect $4,000 residence. The lot which was purchased of Clarence Thomp BOD, is between his residence and that o1 Dr. Shepard on Elm street.
 The next popular concert, under thu auspices of Miss Justine Ingersoll, will bt given March 24. Among the principal who will take part will Ia George Eager Mrs. S. s. Thompson, Thomas H. VII Hams, the "Nanki-Poo" of the Dessaue Opera company, and the Dessauer-Troost wyk combination.
 The committee on railroads and bridge will visit Springfield tomorrow for tn purpose of inspecting the electric stree railway system of that city. Mayor Law son Sibley of that city has extended then the liberty of the city and the uee of special car in which they can travel ove the entire system of the city.
 The meeting of the Christian Endeavo union was largely attended at the Ferr. street church last evening. There wer, interesting addresses by the Rev. G.. H Flint of Lincoln, Mass, and by Professo L. Q. Brastow of Yale. There was goot music and the affair was one of much in terest to the members. It was the Aftietl meeting of the union. s=e--,