Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-18

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 LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention. Own home-$10 mo.-R. E. Baldwin. | Lyons' for moderate prices in furnish l ings. The latest flourish in straw hats at | Lyons, natter and furnisher, 1882 Chapel St. Gentlemen, did you ever examine the new $3 Royal shoea Fine as silk. Rev. Dr. H. M. Gallaner led the union prayer meeting in Bridgeport yesterday noon. Walks and driveways laid by the Con- necticut Concrete Company, 49 Church street (room 9.
 Mrs. James H. Bailey and daughter of Norwalk are visiting Mrs. Bailey's parents in West Haven.
 William T. Gutter of East Lyme has been reappointed state chemist for two years, from May IF, 1892.
 The plans for the new Stamford hospital have been approved. The building will be GA by 17O feet in size.
 Elm City division, Sons of Temperance, give an entertainment in Pyramid hall, State street, tomorrow evening.
 Wesleyan will send crack team of athletes to the games at Hampden park, Springfield, Mass, next Wednesday.
 Long Beach, near Bridgeport, has been renamed Pleasure Beach, and numerous improvements have been made there.
 Miss Lucy P. Trowbridge of this city has been chosen treasurer of the state board of lady managers of the worlds fair.
 The choir of Plymouth church, Milford, are to give patriotic concert on the evening of Memorial day, as they did last year.
 Invitations have been sent to between thirty or forty clubs throughout the state for the convention of republican clubs here May 19.
 Judson Curtis of Stratford, who is nearly ninety years of age, may be seen nearly every day walking briskly on his small farm.
 Rev. Father Moore of South Meriden, whose health of late has not been of the best, came to this city yesterday for a few days visit.
 of Sacred Heart parish, which is about to disband, will present polished oak table to the Young Mems society of that parish
 The Richard Peck, the new boat of the Old Steamboat line, is receiving her machinery at Wilmington. She will be July.
 The railroad commissioners began yes- terday the inspection of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad system and will inspect the New England system next week.
 Charles W. Logan and Miss Maggie English, daughter of Richard English of 21S Franklin street, were married in St. Patrick's church yesterday, many friends attending.
 Mrs. WoodfGrd, wife of R. F. Wood ford, the Plainville coal merchant, and mother of Mrs. A. F. Dill of this city, died Monday at her home in that town, aged sixty-six.
 James McCabs, 8 scene painter from New York, who has been in this city several weeks, was taken to the hospital lsst evening suffering from severe attack of delirium tremens.
 Edgar M. Case of East Hill, Canton, now owns and occupies the dwelling house built by his great-great-grandfather, Amos Case, before 1760, and it has never been renovated or made over, but it will soon give place to new one.
 The last car from Fair Haven for the steamboat leaves on and after to-day at Il o'clock p. m., instead of 10:36, as here tofore. The last car from corner State and Chapel streets for Fair Haven will on and after to-day leave at 12 o'clock.
 The Connecticut board of managers fo, the worlds fair, at their meeting at the capitol yesterday afternoon, accepted the report of the building committee on the Connecticut building at the fair. This gives the construction of the building to Tracy Brothers of watereury, whose bid was for $9, ,S70.
 The celebrated quo warranto suit of Phelan vs. Walsh will be on trial in Win sted to-day, Judge Hall having taken au adjournment to this place for the purpose of accommodating the witnesses from this section of the state. Every town clerk in the county has been subpenaed, and also one counter in each town. Sheriff Tom inson of New Haven county will be pres ent and open court. -S~S
 The new American Electrical Arc Light company, capital $1, ,0OO, 900, whose offices are located at Fl Broadway, New York, have removed their factory from West Eighteenth street to New Haven, to the building formerly occupied by Judson Brothers on Winchester avenue. The president, J. w. Hinkley of Pouehkeepsie, bought the building four years ago. About one hundred hands will be employed to start with. .l-s,'C
 A young lady bioyclist while riding on Orange street, near Elm, early last eyen- ing ran into grocery team while tryino to cross the street ahead of the team to avoid the mud. The wagon passed over the lady and bicycle. A crowd collected. By great, good fortune tho lady escaped serious injury. She was much stunned and frustrated. Several gentlemen profered her their aid, but she was able to % to hes. home unaocompsnied. Her bicycle wsa hadly Snsshsd, ,.ses < {