Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-08
LOCAL NE W s.
Brief Mention.

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 Hon. Hiram Camp is slowly sinking. His condition is critical.
 s. Y. Beach and family of Seymour are at their Woodmont cottage.
 The Milford cornet band give concert tonight at Gregory's park there.
 New England pension: Connecticut, one, original, to Sylvester Sturges.
 J. W. Eldridge and family of Hartford are at Short Beach for the summer.
 Concrete walks laid and repaired by Conn. Concrete company, 49 Church st.
 The Temple of Honor of New Britain will give an excursion to Savin Rock Fri day, August il.
 Attention is called to the auction sale of West Haven shore lots at 5:30 p. m. on Saturday, July 8.
 Worlds fair excursion tickets $26.4 Morse, Schroeder & Stock. Room 10, Bene- dict building. Open evenings.
 The Hartford Machine Screw Com pany's Mutual Benefit association will have picnic at Savin Rock on Saturday, July 29.
 The Milford Athletic ball nine and the Wheeler & Wilson nine will play game of ball on the Athletic grounds there this af ternoon.
 The Young Peoples society of the Swedish Lutheran church of New Britain will give an excursion to Savin Rock on July 27.
 The Gilbert avenues defeated the Oak streets in game of ball on the old Mo hawk grounds yesterday afternoon by score of to 7.
 Commodore Richard Peck was some- what improved yesterday. He is not en- tirely out of danger, but there is now hope that he will recover.
 William Redman of Schiller lodge is delegate to the annual conclave of the German lodge, Knights of Pythias, to be held in Indianapolis July 12.
 All the go, trips to the worlds fair and to the mountains and seashore with trunks and travelling bags bought from Burgess & Burgess immense and varied stock.
 Edward R. Mitchell, one of the best known and most prominent citizens of Collinsville and veteran of the Fifth Connecticut Heavy artillery, died yester- day of dropsy.
 Henry Durand of this city visited his brother, John E. Durand in Aeriden, day before yesterday, and the brothers made arrangements for an extended European trip in the fall, visiting Glasgow, London, Manchester, Paris, Milan, Venice and other points of interest. They expect to be away almost three months.
 The new matron at the state prison is Miss Marville M. Lee, who has spent five years in the Massachusetts State Primary school at Munson. She was appointed by General Haven, who received high recom- mendstions in her favor from Massachu- setts authorities. Miss Lee is 8 native of Bangor, N. Y., aud was formerly teacher in the public schools of that state She is sister of Mrs. 0. L. Clark of Hartford, who occupies responsible position at Dr. Crother's institute.
 At the Armory Last Night.
 The regular monthly meeting of the sec- ond section of the Connecticut Signal Corps was held last evening in the armory. The general order from the newly elected Major Giddings of Hartford was read The corps will be equipped with new Columbia light roadsters, which will be used for the first time in about two weeks.
 Hartford's Missing Men.
 HARTFORD, July 7.-Willis E. Becker,
 
 day. He has wife and child in this city. It is said he owes number of debts.
 Morris Levy, Hartford's other missing