Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-01
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention.

Buy lot-$100-R. E. Baldwin.
Pease & Son have recsived the Century
for June.
Shelton is preparing to have quite
Fourth of July celebration on its own
hook.
The organ for the new NJ. E. church in
Milford has arrived and will be placed in
position at once.
The Winchester avenue electric road car
ried over $4,000 people, mostly to Savin
Rock, on Decoration day.
Christopher Dailey's barn in Bridgeport
was burned to the ground early yesterday
morning. Loss about $500.
The New Haven Bicycle club will hold a
special meeting in their rooms in the In
surance building this evening.
Miss Elizabeth Dsgnan Of this city, sister
of Rev. James Degnan of Meridsn, died yes
terdsy morning after lingering illness.
St. Johns Catholic club will hold an in
formal opening of their house on Vernon
street for members only tomorrow even
ing.
The Y. P. 8. G. E. of the Calvary Bap-
tist church gave a social last evening at
the church parlors which was largely at
tended and much enjoyed.
James L. Niles, the Milford mason, has
broken ground for a new barn in Milford
for Sheriff G Tomlinson. The structure
ia to be of brick with g slate roof.
Over nine hundred people came to this
city from Ansonia and vicinity Memorial
day, and five hundred tickets for New Ha-
ven were sold at the Seymour depot.
The funeral services of Mrs. Margaret
Egan, aged seventy-three years, mother of
Chief of Police George M. Egan of Water
bury, were held from the lstter's home yes
terdsy.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Lillian Starr Darlington and Mr.. Franklin
Stillmsn Slauter on Wednesday afternoon,
June IA, at o'clock, at st. James church,
Birmingham.
The first of series of three illustrated
lectures, will be given at the Howard ave-
nue. Congregational church to -morrow eve
ming by DR.. F. A. Cargill, his subject being
"Heads and Faces"
The funeral services of Mrs. William
Henohy took place yesterday at the Sacred
Heart church, Rev. Father Early oAiciat-
idg. There was fms singing and the floral
tributes were beautiful.
In Berlin yesterday the funeral of Mrs.
T. R. Hart took place. The floral offerings
were very fine. The bearers were her four
sons, Walter of Berlin, Frank of New Ha-
ven, George of Middletown and Eugene of
Kensington.
Some of our citizens are of the opinion
that New Haven ought to have Fourth of
July celebration this year and think 1t is
not toe late to make move In that direc.
ton. They advance various reasons why
New Haven ought to have one.
Horace Jenkins, residing on Broad street,
was arrested last evening charged with en-
ticing William Leborvitch. fifteen years
old, into his room for the purpose of COM
Jenkins WAS arrested by Oaicer Dargen.
Mr.. Paul W. Heller of New Britain and
Miss Norma Estella Ray of New Haven
were married last evening at $50 o'clock
at the residence of the BRIDES uncle, John
Ruff, No. III Greene street. Rev. Mr.. Me-
serve, pastor of tho Congregational church,
of6ciated.
jeremiah Delaney died at his home in
Oxford Tuesday, aged eighty-six years.
The funeral will be held from St. Angus.
tines church, Seymour, at $50 to-day and
interment will be made in the new Cath
olio cemetery. This will be the first in
terment in the new Gath olio cemetery in
that town.
At a very large meeting of the society of
the Church of the Messiah last evening, T.
F. Lamb presiding, it was unanimously
voted to extend call to the Rev. Charles
Conklin of Boston to become pastor of the
church, commencing September i next. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Conklin will accept.
Under his able administration the contin-
ued prosperity of the church is assured.
Mr.. Conklin will probably return to this
city and occupy the pulpit June IS.
Miss Hu King Eng of Foo Choo, China,
will serve as nurse at the state hospital
In this city for two or three months, begin
ing this week. She is the guest ct present
of DR.. and Mrs. N. 9. White. Miss Hu
has just finished her junior year at the
Women's Medical college in Philadelphia,
and instead of spending her vacation at the
seashors or in the mountains she will do
vote the time to caring for the sick. Her
father Is Methodist clergyman and pre-.
siding elder at Foo Choo, and through the
efforts of Rev. Mr.. Plumb, now Of this
city, the girl was enabled to como to this
country to be educated.
$S5 Now Buys a First Glass Bicycle.
The manufacturers of the Majestic BIZ
cycle have decided to sell, for limited
timefonly, their '93 model 80 pounds light
roadster at $85 each.
The E. q. Bennett company of this ojty
having procured twenty-five of these
wheels, is now offering them at $S5 each,
this price being strictly spot cash.
To secure one of the greatest bargains of
the season call early and bring your cash
with you. -.