Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-06
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention.


 A new house $1. .500-R. E. Baldwin. The Bergischi Harmonic gave concert in their hall last evening.
 The Oppera Benevolent society gave a grand sacred concert in their hall last even ing.
 Charles Murray, who claims to live in Bridgeport, was arrested by Officer Jarrett last evening charged with begging.
 The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick held meeting yesterday afternoon and voted to hold their annual banquet March 16.
 Vice President Futile last evening denied the report that the Consolidated had ob- tained control of the Old Colony road.
 At the First M. church communion services were held at 10:3O a. m. yesterday at which four persons were admitted by letter.
 At the Epworth M. E. church yesterday two members were received into the church on probation. The services throughout the day were very interesting.
 The regular monthly meeting of the wo- mans Church Missionary association will be held Tuesday, February ', at 3 p. m, in Trinity parish building, Temple street. Messrs. Worden & Fanshawe of New York advertise in another column that they are prepared to purchase or sell the rights on New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company stock.
 The German-American association will leave on the 6:15 train this evening for Hartford, where they will bs the guests of the German-American association of that city at their annual masquerade ball.
 The revival services which have been held for the past three weeks at Trinity M E. church will be discontinued, but the regular Tuesday evening prayer meeting will be held, at which all strangers are cordially invited.
 John Coffey last night while intoxicated went into yard on York street and ufade himself very dissgreeable to the occupants of the house, one of whom informed Off, Ger M. Doody of the state of affairs, and Coffey was arrested charged with drunk enness and trespsss.
 It Is reported early this morning that the 0OOA4 found on the ice at the shore at West Ha- ven. The child was wrapped in an old blanket and from appearances had been there number of hours The case was reported to the acting coroner and 1t will be investigated to day.
 One of the highly esteemed aged ladies of the city, Mrs. Bradley, widow of the late Abijah Bradley, who for many years was prominent grocer of this city, is very low at her home on Wooster street, next the house which the late ex-Mayor Lewis occupied. She ia i'll with pneumonia. She Is eighty one years of age. Her daughter, Miss Helen Bradley, and her two aged sis ters reside with her.
 Among the weeks New Haven society events are dance at Warners hall to- a coming out party to be given by Mrs. Rockwell at her home, the Foote residence on Whitney avenue, in honor of the en- trance into society of her daughter, and g lunch for ladies to be given Wednesday mood by Mrs. Butler, wife of President George A. Butler, of the National Trades mems bank.
 An Enquiry.
 To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 If you will kindly allow the space should like through your columns to en- quire why the Gounod society, which is looking for artists (as an issue of yours stated last week. to do the solo work in the oratorio Creation, do not engage that popular, refined, cultivated and thorough 1y competent artist, whose name 1t is g pleasure to mention in connection with our city. I refer to Ericsson F. Bushnell of New York.
 It seems to me foolish excuse to keep the most popular singer that New Haven ever turned out, and the one that would draw larger audiences than any other ar list of the same voice away from an eager public, because he at one time lived and sang in New Haven.
 . hope others will speak their opinion or this subject, and if they are with me, stil hope to hear Ericsson F. Bushnell in the