Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-09
LOCAL NEWS s.
Brief enIiOn.


 A new house $1. .5O0-R. E. Baldwin.
 George Stocks of Derby Is visiting friends in this city.
 George Uhlinger of Johnstown, N. Y., is spending few days in this city.
 Maurice Porter of 1885 Chapel street, who has been i'll with nervous prostration, is recovering.
 Stewart Lines was arrested last night by Officer Laughlin charged with theft of $2 worth of clothes belonging to John Mulli- gan.
 The West Shore club of West Haven will hold their second annual soiree on Monday, February 13. car will start from the barn at 2a. m.
 The New Haven Poultry association has meeting to morrow night at which Score tary Craig will read his report concerning the sooiety's recent exhibition.
 Cards are out for the wedding of Miss Georgiana Merrill, daughter of 0. G. G. Merrill of this city, and the Rev. E. Tal- madge Root of Baltimore, Md.
 Mrs. Walter Keney, very estimable Hartford lady, who died Tuesday evening, had a number of warm friends in this city who will share in the sorrow felt at her death.
 The house of Mrs. E. s. Whaples, 22 Grown street, was entered by burglars yesterday afternoon and three valuable dresses and some jewelry stolen. There Is no clew to the thief.
 There is splendid skating out on Lake Whitney. A good many skaters wended their way out there yesterday, and with fine weather to day hundreds will no doubt be out there enjoying it.
 Judge Joseph Sheldon will lecture before the New Haven Chautauqua union this evening at Calvary Baptist church at s o'clock. All interested in O. L s. c. work are cordially invited to attend.
 The ladies of Dwight place church held an orange tea in the church parlors yester- day afternoon. The oranges ueed for the occasion were the gift of Allen Baldwin, coming from his grove at Rock Ledge, Florida.
 All the Catholic total abstinence societies of the state connected with the Conneoti- cut union will have big field day at Elm City park, this city, Tuesday, May 30. About 6,000 total abstainers will be in line on that occasion.
 The Congregational church at West Ha modate the crowd which assembled to hear Temperance Orator T. E. Murphy on the second evening of his gospel temperance campaign. Mr. Murphy made an eloquent address.
 There was rumor afoat late last even ing that a murder had occurred in Stony Greek. It was stated that some small boys had found the body of man with his throat cut on the Guilford road. Depu ty Coroner Pond was seen last evening, but the case had not been reported to him; also Dr. Gaylord of Branford denied the rumor.
 Engineer Toooker of the fire department was in Hartford Monday attending the funeral of his mother, who died on Friday at the advanced age of eighty-s six years. She leaves son and two daughters, Mrs. J. c. Pratt and Mrs. H. w. Conklin, both of Hartford; also six grand and four great grandchildren. Her husband, Cap tain L. O. Toocker, died in California thirty-four years ago. The remains were placed in the receiving tomb in Spring Grove cemetery, whence they will be taken in the spring to the family lot in Essex for interment.
 Farewell Murphy Meeting.
 MT. Murphy will give his farewell ad- dress at the Hyperion theater Sunday af- ternoon at 3 o'clock in a general mass meeting. MT. Murphy speaks at the United church in the evening.