Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-27
LOCAL N E w s.
Brief Mention.

Brief Elent1On-
High water to-day at 9:35 a. m.
Euy on Carmel street. R. E. Baldwin.
Many of the beautiful elms in Fairfield
are being ruined by scourge of worms.
Conorete walks laid and repaired by
Conn. Concrete company, 40 Church st.
Miss Anna Wolf has returned to this
city from pleasant vacation spent in
Norwich.
@. P. Merwin of New Britain, brick man
ufacturer in Berlin, and wife, are at their
cottage at Woodmont.
John Simpson and wife of Southington
have returned home from months outing
in New Haven and vicinity.
Burton r. Wetherhy of the Derby Silver
company's shipping department., is spend
Ing week at Merwin's Point.
Worlds fair excursion tickets $500.
Morse, Schroeder & Stock, Room 10, Bene-
dict building. Open evenings.
Hottest of the season yesterday; % de-
grees recorded by the weather bureau on
top of the Insurance building.
Mrs. a. B. Brown of 38 Avon street, with
her four children, is spending few weeks
outing at East Hampton, Conn.
Mrs. Street, wife of DR.. Street Of this
city, is visiting her sister, Miss Frances
Roberts of Central street, East Hartford.
Officer John Stanford waa presented
with O very handsome cane last evening,
while on duty, By some of his numerous
friends.
DR.. 9. B. Adams and family have gone
to the worlds fair and will be absent two
weeks. They will visit in Washington 60
ing aud returning. aud will stop at Meg
ara Falls.
Misses Minnie and Allie Kohartic of this
city are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. h.
Keirna at Gray Gables, on Sumner street,
Bristol, this week. They were schoolmates
of Mrs. Keirns.
@. @. Mitchell of 1874 State street, who
took dose of insect powder supposing 1t
to be cayenne pepper on Tuesday night
and was taken to the hospital, was dis
charged yesterday.
Officer John E. Nettleton of the retired
list, formerly doorman and court officer at
police headquarters, returned last night
fran six weeks trip to the worlds fair.
He is a worlds fair enthusiast.
Nary La Premier, the wife of Louis La
Premier, of go Poplar street, was found
dead on the floor of her kitchen by her
husband yesterday morning. She had been
suffering from q complication of diseases.
The people of the Second Congregational
church and of the East Haven Congrega-
tional church will hold their annual picnic
at High Rock grove to-day. The special
train will leave from the east side at $40
q. m.
Dr.. Fred Tepley and wife will leave on
Upon their return to New York they will
leave for Germany and will be accompanied
by Rudolph Horning of Vienna, who has
been visiting them.
The Consolidated road has just contract
ed with Mairs & Lswis of New York to
widen the trestle over the West Haven
meadows for the new four tracking. The
work will begtn next week and must be
completed within three months.
Commissioner Olney of the school fund !,
Hartford, has returned from Lima, o. !,
where he had been to ascertain the losses
of the school fund which have been occs-
stoned by the defalcations of E. L. Gum.
He says the states loss will be small.
William J. Cojer, whose funeral took
place yesterday, makes the thirteenth mem
Der of Admiral Foote post that has died
since January /. In 1891 twenty six
members died, and seven died last year. A
goodly member of the posts members at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Coier yesterday.
The late Mrs. Michael Andrews, who
died in this city very suddenly few days
ago, and who was buried in Essex had been
a lifelong resident of Essex. The funeral
services were held at the Roman Catholic
church in Chester. Her age was sixty.
She survived her husband only elk
months.
Fully two thousand persons were pres
emit ct the open air concert on the green
last evening. The program, which has 81
ready been printed in the COURIER, was
carried out and much enjoyed by all with
in hearing distance, not even accepting
Commissioner Sullivan and the other mem
bers of the board Of public works.
Momauguin lodge, A. o. U. W. initiated
one candidate last night, despite the heat.
Deputy W. B. Joy of Birmingham was
among the visitors present and gave an in
teresting talk. There was large crowd of
the members present. Another candidate
rides the goat next week. Deputy Joy goes
With the lodge on its excursion to day.
Miss Gregory of Orange, N. Y, Miss Ad-
smson OF Philadelphia and Miss Kireker Of
Paterson, N. j.. are guests of Miss Kath-
srene Wilcox, daughter of the ex-copgress-
man. To-day Miss Wilcox, who was for
merly resident of this city while at the
Misses Bangs boarding school, entertains
a party of about thirty young ladies and
gentlemen. Captain Buell's launch Elnora
will take them to Menunketesuok Point,
where they will have lunch, and then sail
on the sound will be enjoyed.
Funeral of James Kearns.
The bearers at the funeral yesterday of
James Kearns, who was killed by the cars
at Saybrook, were e. g. Wnennier, George
Connolly, John and George Ward, Thomas
Connors and W. Forester. The flower
bearers were John Caster, T. Reynolds,
Thomas Higgins and Philip Flood. The
floral offerings were numerous and beauti-
fnl. The services were held at the house
of his aunt, Mrs. jane Stanley, 1873 Ham
ilton street, and ct st. Patrick's church,