Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-07
LOCAL NEWS.
0rlef Mention. Hioh water today at 12:OO 8. m.

High water to-day at lS:UU a. m.
 Buy 8 good house-R. E. Baldwin.
 Bridgeport's ninth casa of smallpox was developed yesterday.
 Mr. Do Forrest of Quinnipisc lodge Nc. 1, I. o. o. F. of this city, WAS admitted to the Odd Fellow home st Fairview yes terdsy.
 Stephen Green, the father of George H. Green and Mrs. E. B. Nunson of this city, died recently at the Soldiers homo at Togus, Nc.
 The Poll TheateR building has been bought of Hsaly & Bigelow by Ar. Frank W. Benedict for $9O,00O. Mr. Poli has 2 five years lease of the building.
 Mrs. Dr. Mary Ward Allen, national superintendent of Social Purity, will lec- ture in Center church chapel on Thursday evening, May 10. All are welcome.
 Huron P. Henry, paiater, while work ing on house in Newhall street, Satur. day, fell forty feet, landing on his feet. He was uninjured. The staging broke away.
 Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb q Co. offer, subject to sale, $1, 500, 900 Rhode Island State 3s per cent. gold bonds, being . legal invest ment for banks and savings institutions in the State of New York.
 Crowds are nightly seen at the big fair of St. Johns Roman Catholic church at Banquet hall. An entertainment is given each evening, followed by dancing. The fair is very attractive place.
 E. B. Sanborn of Concord, Mass, gave c delightful lecture on "The Connection Be. tween Modern Greece and Ancient His tory" a. Osborn hall Saturday evening, President Dwight introduced the speaker.
 Invitations are out announcing tho sp. preaching marriage on May 24th of Miss Clara shoninger, daughter of B. shon- finger, the piano manufacturer, to Jacob F. Sloodhart, the we'll known lawyer of this city.
 At the annual banquet of the New York commsndery of the Loyal Legion, held at Delmonico's, New York, last week. Gen. eral ". H. Pisrpont and Captain 8. P. Craft of this city were among the attend ants.
 The. resolutions of regret on the death of Ar. Simpson, passed by the companies of which he was president, have been ele- esntly engroseed by 0. H. Blakeslee of New Haven and will be presented to Mrs. Simpson.
 The many friends of Mrs. Burton Dick ermsn will bs pleased to learn of her re- turn, much improved in health, after . delightful winter spent with the family of Captain Moves Perkins at St. Croix, Dan ish West Indies.
 Marlin Arms company of this city has received another large order for arms from parties in the coal regions of western Pennsylvania. This is the third large or der recently received from that vicinity by the Marlin company.
 MT. and Mrs. W..J. Clark have returned from very pleasant stay in the Bermudss and are again at their pleasant mansion at Stony Greek. The only drawback to their journey was the outward passage, tho steamer encountering some rough weather.
 The body of man was found floating in Pembroke lake, Bridgeport, yesterday. It was identified ss that of ex.Sslectman Jacob Zeff, 6 prominent German of that city. He was subject to fits and in one of his attacks was probably drovled. His sge WAS sixty- one. - Connecticut was represented at the annual convention of the National Assocf- ation of Military Surgeons, just held at Washington, D O., by Dr. Townsend of