Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-06
LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief M mentlOn. High water today at 1O:14 a. m. Money wanted on mortgage E. Bald

High water tO'Qay at lU:l4 B. m.
 Money wanted on mortgage E. Bald win.
 Michael Hanley was arrested for begging by Officer Gilligan yesterday.
 Professor Winchester of Wesleyan uni versity Is reported as very i'll at Aurora, N. Y.
 Passengers on the evening trains from the north last night report fine s'eighing in New Hampshire.
 The Y. P. s. o. E. of Calvary Baptist church are to have sociable this (Wednes- dsy) evening beginning at 7:45. All friends are invited to be present..
 The condition of Mrs. Mary E. Sperry, who lies dangerously sick at her home in Westville with pneumonia, remains un- changed with little hope of her recovery.
 Captain JohnW. DeF Forest, the we'll known novelist, who was removed from his rooms at the Tontine hotel to the hospital, is slightly better. He is i'll with severe at tack of the grip.
 The funeral of Mrs. Leeft was largely at- tended yesterday by sorrowing friends. The services were held at the home of the family on Nash street. There were beau tiful floral tributes.
 The new Baptist church, which has been recently built in Cheshire, was dedicated yesterday afternoon. It was dedicated free of debt, and is mainly the gift of one man, MT. Joeiah Hull.
 President Butler of the Trsdesmen's bank, who went south for the improvement of his health, is at Augusta, Ga, at the Hotel Bonair, and already finds himself benefited by the change.
 The ladies' benevolent society of Dwight Place church will hold their annual sale of fancy articles and cake Thursday, Decem- Der 2, in the church parlors, commencing at 4 o'clock and continuing through the evening.
 Beginning Monday, December Il, at Unity hall, Hartford, under the auspices of the woman's board, George L. Fox, rector of the Hopkins grammar school, will de- liver course of illustrated lectures on the great public schools of England.
 The Blues have arranged for prize marksmen contest at the armory range to be open this evening, and continue until Saturday night. Shooting will begin at , o'clock and close at 10:30. The contest will be open to all. Thirty five prizes have been secured.
 Center church, Hartford, voted unani- mously last night to call the Rev. Charles Marion Lamson, D. D., pastor of the North Congregational church of St. Johnsbury, Vt. This action awaits similar action by the ecclesiastical society before the formal call Is extended. The Center church has been without settled pastor since the Rev. Dr. George Leon Walker resigned in 1892
 The Rector's Aid society of St. Thomas' church, Elm street, is to hold sale of articles suitable for Christmas gifts in the parish building Thursday afternoon and evening, December 2. Hot chocolate, ice cream and cake on saie in the afternoon, Supper served from 6 to o'clock. Home made raised cake and other kinds on sale by the loaf or card.
 Wallace Bruce, Yale '67, ex- United States consul at Leith, Scotland, delivered very interesting lecture on Scotland and Scotsmen" before large audience in Warner hall last evening. His perfect fa- miliarity with the Scottish manners and customs made the lecture an especially in- structive one, which Gould but scarce help making deep impression on all who heard 1t.
 IL oeiving many congratulations, being now a grandfather. It is pretty little girl, born on Thanksgiving day to MT. and Mrs. J. Edwin Judson of Pawtucket, R. I. MT. Judson, the happy father, is meeting with fine success in his profession, that of a civil engineer, and has just finished super vising the construction of $50, 900 mill in Rhode Island. MT. and Mrs. John B. Jud- son spent Thanksgiving day with their son and his family in Pawtucket.