Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention.

Buy lot-$1OO-R. E. Baldwin. Cooperation with housewives as far as possible. Household Auxiliary, ,25 Center st. About fifty members of Lincoln Com mandery, U. o. G. O., will visit this city next Wednesday evening. Court Andrew Jackson, No. 684S, at their weekly meeting last evening in their hall on Church street worked the degree on one candidate. Captain Bliss of the Yale varsity base ball team has received word that W. s. Dalzell '91, will be in town next week and will coach the nine.
 Mics Smith of Redlands, Cal, sister of Mrs. Walter Main, formerly of West Haven, is spending few days with Mrs. Hotchkiss in Moreno, Cal.
 Germauia lodge, No. 7S, worked the de- grees on three candidates last evening at the regular meeting in the I. O. o. F. building on Grown street.
 Axtelle medical examiner for the town of Waterbury to succeed Dr. Alfred North, who has held the office for twelve years.
 An immense lot of towering plants for bedding out at Flsrist Dickerman's. He has all kinds and no mistake and is selling them at auction prices. Hence the rush.
 At 8 meeting of Ruby Social Temple of Honor of Ansonia last night there was in itiatory work and installation of officers by Sister Deputy Mrs. Julia Fields of this city.
 The first number of the Waterbury Sunday Globe will bs issued next Sunday, with Chris Downey and Edward Louns- bury, the latter late of this city, at the helm.
 It is now ascertained that the amount of money to bs received by Wesleyan univer- sity from the estate of the late Joseph Spinney of New York will not be over $50,OOO.
 F. E. Colburn and daughter, Mrs. Bald win, arrived in Ansonis, Wednesday even Ing, direct from Italy. where they have passed the winter. The passage over was very rough one.
 Mayor Sargent and Councilman Skif were the only members of the board of finance present at the meeting yesterday and in consequence the weekly psyrolls were not approved.
 General E. D. Townsend, U. s. A., who died at his home in Washington, D. o., Wednesday, was nephew of Miss Emily Gerry of this city. He was connected with the adjutant generals office at Washing ton for many years.
 A very exciting race for $50 side took place in Stamford last night between Peter Hegellman of New York city and Ralph 0, Chadsey of Stamford. From start to fin ish the race was close. Hegellman won by two feet in ffty-nine minutes.
 The Dsssauer Opera company in re- sponse to repeated requests have decided to give one more performance of the "Pirates of Penzsnce." The performance will take place in about three weeks and will, it is said, be given at popular prices.
 At the meeting of the Memorial day committee of the G. A. R. last evening it was voted to incorporate the Columbian army and navy grand memorial service recently rendered at the Church of the Messiah in the exercises for Memorial day.
 Tho Ansonia Sentinel says: "The An sonia Athletic club has decided to post pone their field day, announced for May 30, to some date not yet decided upon. Counter attractions on that day, Bsrnum's circus in New Haven, etc., have made the change advisable. It will be held some day in June."
 The large circle of friends of Mrs. Smith of Oyster Point, wife of George Fl. Smith, the oyster merchant, will be re- joiced to learn that yesterday the symp- toms in her case were such as to give good low with pneumonia and at one time was not expected to survive moro than few hours.