Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-15
LOCAL N K W S.
Brief mentlon.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 High water to day at 3:29 a. m.
 Money wanted on mortgage.-R. E. Bald win.
 P. M. Alexander has been appointed postmaster at Groton. Quite e snowfall after the cold snap. | The skaters are sorry. Six degrees below zsro at Windsor yes- l terday morning; IS below at Little Falls, NY. There Is still no change in the lock out | situation at Daubury and both sides are firm. MT. and Mrs. George H. Mitchell of Westvills left for Florida Wednesday for four months trip At Essex the Connecticut river is frozen s ,lid. The Hartford steamers now have to stop at Ssybrook Point.
 The qusrries at Stony Greek shut down for the season yesterday. Five hundred men are thrown out of employment.
 Rev. W. J. Mutch will exhibit sixty new stereopticon views of the worlds fair this evening at the Howard avenue Congrega- tional church.
 A most enjoyable consolidated concert was given in Schadee & Pohlnan's hall last night by the New Haven and Waterbury brass bands of colored musicians.
 special meeting of the board of alder ,u{t1 1>o o1l Ho estimates for 1894 ss submitted by the board of finance will be acted upon.
 Rev. W. J. Mutch gave his illustrated lecture on the worlds fair at the St. Paurs parish house last night, and despite the bad weather there was quite large audi enoe present.
 The death of Hon. D. M. Read of Bridge port will not in any way affect the D. M. Read company except that the vice presi- dent, David F. Read, until the annual meeting next March will act ir the place of the deceased president.
 Useful and admirable indeed for Christ mas gifts-so all the many people think who are daily buying from Burgess & Bur gess' splendid stock, shoulder capes, muffa and wraps, fur caps and gloves, dress suit cases, umbrellas, travelling bags, fur robes, etc.
 Mrs. E. 8. Spring of Greens Farms is in this city for a few dsys' visit with her sis- ter, Mrs. Banks of Trumbul1 street, who will soon leave for San Antonio, Texas, where she will remain until spring with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Robert Gibson of this city.
 The following officers of the Sunday been elected for the coming year: Superin- tendent, A. w. Holmes; assistant super intendent, F. L. Lloyd; secretary, T. T. Wells; treasurer, B. A. Booth. A Christ mas entertainment will be held during Christmas week.
 Edward Handfeld, jr., aged twenty three, formerly of Meriden, and who stud led for the priesthood, ended his life in tragedy in Denver, Col. Wednesday night. He lived in Meriden for seven years with his parents. He mortally wounded Miss Ida Hall, aged eighteen, shooting her in the breast, and then sent bullet into his own brain, dying in short time.
 Mrs. Johnson, widow of the late Horace Johnson, died at the home of her son in this city Tuesday, aged eighty three years. She was an old resident of Derby and had many relatives and friends there. The remains were taken to Derby yesterday and the funeral was held from the residence of George Dyer, a son-in-law of the deceased, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The inter ment was in the Congregational cemetery at upper Derby.
 Mrs. Laura Wurts of 113 Whitney ave- nue, widow of Charles P. Wurts, has begun proceedings to recover possession of about fifty acres of land in Olyphaut, 8 suburb of Scranton, Pa. The plaintiffs husband died in this city about year ago. The land to which claim is now laid was orig finally owned by Charles F. Wurts, Abel Barker and James Mott. In 1862 Wurts sold his undivided one-half interest, and subsequent sales were also made. When the sale was made Mrs. Wurts claims that she did not join in the deed nor release her interest in the estate as required by the law of Pennsylvania in order to give a clear title, the laws of that state requiring that husband and wife shall join in 8 deed of land.