Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-13
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention.


 Money wanted on mortgsgs.-R. E. Bald win.
 Magnificent bargains at Howe & Stet- sons this evening.
 Danbury's public library was damaged $20O by fire yesterday.
 Prof. E. A. Parsons is lying very i'll at his residence in this city.
 Be sure and attend Howe & Stetson's special bargain sale this evening.
 Rev. Father Thomas Shanley of this city was visiting his relations in Waterbury yesterday.
 Special prices upon many goods from to g o'clock this evening at Howe & Stet- sons.
 Howe & Stetson's store is open every weekday evening this and next week.
 A ten pound baby boy was born to Mir. and Mrs. Robert Beach of Prince street De- cember Il.
 MT. and Mrs. S.W Coe of Winsted have gone to Rock Ledge, Indian River, Florida, to spend the winter.
 One of the sights on Chapel street ia the display at Snow's of elegantly trimmed baskets for the holidays.
 B. T. Buell., proprietor of the Arlington hotel on Meadow street, is confined to the house with heavy cold.
 The sale of seats for the Baker opera will open on Friday morning instead of this morning as has been announced.
 Miss Amy Clark of this city is on short visit to her parents, MT. and Mrs. A. H. Haling, at Gildersleeve on the Connecticut river.
 It is reported from New Britain that the Rev. Michael Tierney has received the ap- pointment from Rome as bishop of the diocese of Hartford.
 Useful and very acceptable for Christ mas presentations nice fur muffs and shoulder oapes, fur gloves, etc., at Burgess & Burgess famous fur store.
 Fred Harrison of Ashmun street, whoge hands were seriously lacerated several days ago at Winchester's where he is employed, will regain the use of them.
 James B. Ryder, tutor of mathematics in the Hopkins grammar school, is threat ened with pneumonia at his home, 62 Park street. He is attended by Dr. Hawkes..
 A meeting of the members of the Yale football team was held in the Yale gymna- sium last evening and Captain Hinkey was unanimously reelected captain for the next year.
 The multtudes of choice, tempting goods at MT. Kirby's jewelry store and assured reliable dealing bring lots of Christmas buyers to Kirby's removal sale. The stock is worthy of high praise.
 William Osborn, of the noted firm of John Osborn's Son 6 Co.,, 45 Beaver street, New York, who control the sale of Piper Heidsieek in the United States, is in town, guest at the Monopole.
 Mir. James E. Killam is not among the creditors of the Bunnell & Scranton estate. His name appeared yesterday in the list named to share in dividend ordered un- der the old finding of the courts.
 Tomorrow morning the sale of tickets to the John L. Stoddard lectures, two courses, will be opened at the box office at 8 o'clock. There are at present about ten boys in line at the Hyperion, having been there since Sunday.
 United States Treasurer Morgan, who was at the Byxbee banquet last night, came on from Washington yesterday and ex- pects to be back in that city tonight. Day before yesterday he signed drafts on Uncle Sam's treasury amounting to nearly s. 100000.
 Coroner Mix yesterday finished his in. vestigation into the death of Henry Con- way, who died at Bridgeport Sunday from the effects of injuries received at Milford November 29. The coroner has left the matter of prosecuting Haskell, Conway's assailant, to the Bridgeport authorities.
 Beats all. Mills, the wide-swake grocer, sells Lsghorn oitron 15c a lb., usual price 25c to soc; sells o-crown muscatel raisins 9 lb 15c; big, elegant Cal. prunes lbs for 25e, elsewhere 25c lb; entrants 9 lbs 9c, and fine teas, imported direct, s7c, sold the world over at 35c, Formosa oolong $50, elsewhere 75o to soc. Beats all.
 J. W. Mitchell died recently at Golden 1otos So1IOEu16s Ao koaNoH lOItUu0 O1 $3,000, ,000. He was Connecticut boy, born in Woodbury, and went from this state to California in 1851. MT. Mitchell married, but left no family, and his heirs are all we'll known in Ltchfeld county. Three nieces or their heirs get the bulk of the property, viz., Mrs. Henry Geer, for merly of New Milford; Mrs. 8. H. Crane. :. formerly of Woodbury, and the heirs of the late Mrs. George 8. Bloss, who former ly lived in Bethlshem. These parties Ill now live in California. MT. Mitchell left about $200. 900 in legacies to distant rela- tives. Among those who received one is Lucius Drakley, nephew of Attorney D. E. Hollister of Bridgeport. His portion is | 45,000. Others in this state are George Draklsy of Woodbusy, John Pierce of New Britain and Hollister Draklsy of Wood bury.