Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-29
LOCAL NE WS.
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Brief Mention.
Look at Carmel street. r. e. Baldwin.
Augur's Art store is open evenings this
week for the Easter trade.
The new Russia and patent leather shoes
are beauties. Royal shoe store.
Spring opening at B. Rogowekps Tues
day and Wednesday, March % and 30.
George A. Maycock, of Lewis & Maycoek,
has been called to Buffalo on account of
the sudden death of his mother.
The spring recess in the college and Shelf
field Scientific school begins this morning
at $3.50 and ends April at 8 a. m.
P. A. Imig of Wellsburg, Va, a cousin
of Henry g. Imig, the Congress avenue
tailor, is visiting him in this city.
The funeral of Beach Shelton, farmer
of White Hills, Huntington, takes place
this afternoon. He was sixty-three years
of age.
court City of Elms, A. o. F., gives
grand masquerade ball at Golden Rule hall
Thursday evening. 1t promises to be a
highly successful affair.
Professor John Fiske of Cambridge,
Mass, leetured last evening before large
audience in room Al, Osborn hall, on Chow
America Came to be Discovered"
Robert Benz amin, fifteen year old boy
residing at AZ Greenwood street, was taken
with ft On Oak street rear Broad last
evening and taken to his home in the police
ambulance.
Mrs. Matilda Finney of this city and
George D. Keller of South Norwalk will be
married On the evening of April 20 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Bryant,
in the latter place.
The late Mrs. Walter R. Bristol, the solo
soprano of the First church, Meriden,
leaves husband and two sons. She was
formerly Miss Eva Thomas of Wallingford.
She was very highly esteemed.
Special services are to be held every
evening this week excepting Saturday at
Plymouth church. The pastor preashes
and the interest in the church betokens
good results. Rshearzals are being held
for Easter.
Town Attorney Brocklesby of Hartford
has rendered an opinion that no election
can be hold for representative in the gen.
sral assembly from that town to fill the
vacancy existing through the resignation
of Judge Hamersly.
The friends of Miss Winnie Twitchell,
daughter of Thomas e. Twitohell, propri-
etor of the Twitchell house, Savin Rock.
rendered her a surprise party last evening.
Friends to the number of twenty-five or
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evening was spent by all.
A brilliant display of stylish hats for the
lords of creation for Easter at Burgess &
Burgess including the world famed Knox
hats and the best English hats, of the firms
own importation. Lovely fur capes, SO
nice; fur wraps for the ladies, at all sea-
sons and highly fashionable.
A novel way of partinga couple of fight
ing dogs was introduced on West avenue
this morning. All efforts to part the fight
ing CANNES were unavailing until q man
stepped up and placed the lighted end of
Cigar on the nose of one Of the dogs, who
let go his hold and ran away bowling with
pain.-Norwalk Gazette.
George Howard and Henry Clark entered
q house in New Britain yesterday afternoon
to rob 1t. They were detected and Clark
was caught. Howard made hard run of
over mile and was captured in a cellar.
Howard while being pursued turned and
shot George Eighel In the leg. He fred
four shots at his pursuers.
The total receipts from this seasons
Chamber concerts were $017.26, and the
expenditures $90S 26, leaving balance of
80. During the four years that the con-
certs have been given there has been
balance every year, never less than 20 cents
nor more than $1027. Next year the COM
of which will be rendered by the Kneisel
quartette, in consequence of which they
will raise the price Of season tickets to $S.