The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-11
LOCAL NE US.
Brief Mention.


 Buy a good house-R. E. Baldwin.
 High water to day at 6O3 a. m. and 6:39 p. m.
 F. B. Stetson of this city is visiting friends in Groton.
 The Light Guards made arrangements for camp last evening.
 Concreting and artificial stone. Con- necticut Concrete Co.,, AZ Church, room4 The Crescent club of Middletown will soon have an excursion to Glen Island. Miss Amy Austin of this city is the guest of Miss Grace Boardman in East Haddam.
 No action was taken by the Central Labor Union last evening in regard to the strike at Chicago.
 Mrs. Eli c. Ives of Fair Haven is visiting for few weeks at her former home in Mount Carmel.
 The Universalist Sunday school of Middletown will have an excursion to Savin Rock tomorrow, July 12.
 Dr. c. S. White has removed from AS College street to s1 Olive street, between Chapel street and Home Place.
 Dr. Charles Kelly has returned home from Philadelphia, where he has been with his father who was very sick, but now recovering.
 There was no meeting of the officers of the Second regiment last night, as stated there would be in the evening papers last evening. Armorer Walker lit up the rooms in expectation of the meeting, but the officers did not come in sufficient numbers.
 County President James P. Bree of this city has deputized County Secre- tary James A. Hynes to install the new ly elected officers of the five divisions of the A. o. H. MT. Hynes commenced his labors by installing the officers of the Second division in St. Patrick's hall, Waterbury, last night.
 The supreme court of errors has de- oided, in the case concerning the Wash ington bridge approaches, that the towns of Milford and Stratford will have to pay the expenses instead of New Ha. ven and Fairfield counties. The bridge spans the Housatonic river between those towns. It was friendly contest to determine the financial liability. The joint cost is $1O,OOO.
 Those willing to contribute to the ex pense of the City Mission excursions the first of which is to go tomorrow are requested to leave funds at the City Mission hall, corner of Court and State streets, any afternoon or evening; or, ii more convenient, at Mix's drug store Church and Chapel strvets, or with MT Pierce N. Welch, treasurer of the City Missionary association, at the Firs National bank, on Orange street.
 On the basis of the figures in Meri den's new directory, issued yesterday by Price, Lee & Co.,, the Meriden Journa estimates Meriden's population at ne increase over last years population O 235. The Journal says: Ut was sup posed that the figures would show , Joss in population, for the removals O families from the city have been more than usually numerous. The fact tha1 the city has held its own is therefore very encouraging. The changes in To- cation number nearly 5000.
 The annual convention of the Catho Ec Benevolent Legion of Con necticu1 S5as held in New Britain yesterday, J.J. Desmond of Norwich presiding and twenty-five delegates present, represent. ing New Britain, Bridgeport, Ansonia { Middletown, Norwich, Jewett City, Waterbury and Stamford. Sheffry coun. 2 cil of this city was represented by M. J. Mara. The organization is doing much good. The regular weekly meet ing of Sheffry council will be held in its hall here tomorrow evening.