Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-17
LOCAL NEW $.
Brief Mention.

Buy a new house. R. E. Baldwin.
 The members of St. Peter's church, Mil ford, are planning to build parish house.
 Thermometers on Chapel street last even- ing at 10 o'clock registered 10 degrees above zsro.
 The thermometer in Danbury at 8 o'clock yesterday morning registered IA degrees below zero.
 St. Peter's church choir, Milford, now numbers eighteen voices and they render very fine music each Sunday.
 Mrs. E. F. Smith of Milford will escape the severity of the winter by spending it in Cuba and other places of interest.
 Isaac D. Hallock, the hydraulic engineer of Milford. is placing hoisting machinery In large building in New York city.
 Mrs. Henry J. Bristol of Milford has been seriously i'll for several weeks in New York city, where she was visiting Ter son.
 Mrs. Francis Beach of "A Wall street and Mrs. Thomas Trowbridge on Temple street have issued cards for teas next Saturday.
 The annual installation of Franklin chapter, R. A. M., will be held this even ing, at which time four new members will be initiated.
 Miss Kate Trowbridge has been appoint cd secretary of the Gounod society, and all the affairs of the society are placed in her competent hands.
 town at his mothers home on Temple street. He expects an appointment as physician in the navy.
 The late James ". Bsardsley of Bridge port, who left $s00, ,0OO, gives by his will fourteen acres for the enlargment of Beardsley park in that city.
 Horace Smith of Springfield, Mass, formerly of Norwich, and for long time a member of the firm of Smith & Wesson, died in that city Sunday afternoon.
 The damage by the burning of the slaughter house of the Meriden Provision company which was destroyed Sunday morning is $2O,OO0. Insurance g. 1000.
 An attempt was made to burn the Amer ican house in Rockville late Saturday night. An old pile of rubbish in the eel lar was set on fire. No clue to the incen- diaries.
 A Mrs. Buckingham, who resided in the Burton place on West Main street, Milford, died last Saturday, aged sixty seven years. The remains were taken to Huntington for intermens.
 On Friday evening the foreign mission auxiliary of the Davenport church will meet with Mrs. F. w. Pardee at Il Wooster place. The topic is to be, IA Century of Missionary Effort"
 Cheshire has neither lawyer nor a sa- loon. The next meeting of the Cheshire Debating club will discuss the grave ques- tion: "Shall we import lawyer to attract saloon, or open saloon to attract law yer"
 The chimney of Judge Nathaniel Ship mans house in Hartford was on fire Sun- day night at the time of the fire at the Church of the Good Shepherd. A delega. ton of the firemen attended to the chim- ney.
 There will be 8 revival service at the Grace M. E. church tonight. Preaching by the pastor. These meetings will con- tinue during the week, and the Rev. A. J. Smith of St. Andrews church will preach tomorrow night.
 At the meeting of B. H. Webb council, Royal Arcanum, of Hartford tomorrow evening there will be initiation and install lation of the newly elected officers. Visitors will be present from New Haven, New Britain, Meriden and Springfield. Refresh ments will bs served after the ceremonies.
 Articles of association were filed yester- day with the secretary of state by the Allen Seaman company of New Haven. The company has 8 capital stock of 5000 in 100 shares of $50 each, and will deal in pork and provisions. Allen Seaman, Mrs. o. H. Mason and Charles Dickerman are the incorporstors.
 A San Antonio special says a partition has been filed in the estate of E. l., Wioks, deceased. The estate is valued at $1, ,600,- 900, of which the widow gets half, the other half going to six heirs, including Sallie Wicks, mother of deceased, Joel Wicks and Caroline E. Scranton and her husband, George H. Scranton, all of this city.