Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-23
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

bfle1 Men1IOns
High water to-day at 12:44 q. m.
Buy good house-R. E. Baldwin.
Pease & Son have received Hsrper's for
July.
Lake Saltonstsll for an outing. Steamer
Cygnett connects with trains at the lake.
Concreting and artificial stone. Con-
neoticut Concrete Co., 40 Church, room 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Lines of New Milford have
been spending week with Mrs. Caroline
johnson at Woodmont.
The first excursion from New Britain
will be given on Tuesday, July "a, by Car
mody council, K. of G., to Savin Rock.
T. E Peck left yesterday for Saratoga
and Chatsuqus to arrange fer the excur-
sions which ne is to run to both places this
summer.
P. Woodbury. Bush, formerly of this
city, has been engaged to sing in the Sec
ond congregational church, New London,
for several months.
Mayor Sargent said last night that he had
made contract with the Second Regiment
band for band concert on the old green
: on the evening of July 4.
A great demand for straw hats, trunks
and travelling bags at the Burgess Fur and
Hat compsny's, and no wonder with their
splendid stock and this weather.
The folio wing graduated from Guilford
high school last evening: Misses Grace
barrow, Leons Shelley, valedictorian,
Edith Anderson, Nettie Fowler, Mamie
Shea.
Lewis J. Couch, the famous mechanical
and scenic painter of New York, was in
this city yesterday preparing plans for new
scenery and for redecorsting Polls Won
derland.
New blank forms for postoffice money
orders will be issued July /. At the came
time there will be a reduction of charges
on money orders, In accordance with an
act of congress.
Those Nespolitan bricks of ice cream at
Shows are very cooling this weather. Tele-
phone orders from families promptly filled.
Fairs, church entertainments, etc., sup
piled at low rates.
D. D. Whitney, son of ex-Msyor Whit
ney of Brooklyn, and family, have taken
possession CT Miss Augusta Smiths resi-
dence, Fairfield, where they will reside
during the warm season.
A brilliant and enjoyable reception was
given at the Gailliard. Bridgeport, Thurs
day night by Samuel A. Bea1dsley and
Mortimer s. Comsteck, to the Eta of the
Zsta Pei society of Yale.
Il. Del Gregg of this city will visit Mics
Olga Sicarde in New York next week. Miss
Sicarde was one of the singers at the re-
cent concert given in Harmonic hall under
the auspices of the Italian societies.
It ia pleasure to the ladies to see the
beautiful goods for wedding gifts at Kir-
by's old reliable jewelry store, and selec-
lions from Ktrby's stock are seen at about
all the wsddings here and hereabouts.
At Guilford annual school meeting We'd
nesday evening F. E. Norton, James A.
Dudley and R, D. Spencer were elected
members of the school commit ee; W. D.
Norton, secretary and g. 8. Wedmore,
treasurer.
P. St. N. Andrews, aged seventy i've,
secretary of the Norwich and New York
Transportation company and managing
agent of the Norwich and Worcester rail-
road, died yesterday at his home in Nor
wich. .=s
The Even McIntyre baseball team and
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad clerks baseball team will play at
the New Haven baseball grounds, Sayin |
Rock, July 4, In the forenoon. Both teams
are very strong.
The West Side and the Howard avenue
Congregational baseball teams will play at |
the Howard avenue grounds this afternoon
ct 4:15 o'clock. Bauer and Blakeslee and
Whitaker and Gregg will be the batteries.
A good game may be expected.
Harry N. Hughes, proprietor of the
Royal shoe store will have eight extra
clerks Saturday evening. He tnrned away
forty customers at least last Saturday even
Ing who could not get waited upon. Per-
haps his "prices" have something to do
with Il.
The Richard Peck will leave Belle dock
June %, at 1850, for New LON
don, arriving there In time for those who
20 TO witness the great Yale.Harvard boat
race. The steamer has bean assigned fine
position on the course for viewing the big
,ontest.
For the wild West show To-Day.