Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-21
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention.

High water today ss 1O:17 a. n.
 A good investment, cheap, R E. Baldwin.
 None can show later styles than the Royal shoe store. They're beauties.
 Spring opening at B. Rogowski's We'd nesday and Thursday, March 21 and g.
 A big throng is expected at the Epworth league fair at Trinity M. E. church to- night.
 Bishop Williams will be in Seymour next Monday and will confirm the class of eleven at Trinity church that evsning.
 Ex-Senator 0. B. Bowers of this city Is visiting his son, the assistant commission or of the land office. in Washington.
 The annual spring millinery opening at R. Ballerstein 6 Co.'s will occur on Wednesday and Thursday, March 21 and %.
 Professor Brewer delivered the last lec- ture in the Mechanics course in North Sheffield hall last evening on Hereditary Criminals."
 An illustrated lecture on Old Newgate was given by Rev. D. N. Griffin of Hsmden at Bethel A. M. E. church, sperry street, last evening. The lecture was illustrated by sixty views.
 The open season for trout will begin April 1. The ice is out of most of the trout streams ct present, with the excep- ton of the mountain courses in Litchfeld county, where the snow still fingers.
 The farley wax works entertainment was giveu in Guilford at tho town hall last evening by MT. James F. Parsons, assisted by about twenty young people from the Humphrey street Congregational church, this city.
 Present at the funeral of Rsv. Father Hunt iu Southington yesterday were about sixty Roman Catholic olergymen, among whom were Rev. Fathers Bray, Kyle, Our. tin, Lawlor, Corcoran, McKeon, Dolan, Shanley, Mulhollsnd and Hsrtigan.
 Joseph, the ten months-old.s son of Mrs. Frank Tiernan, formerly Miss Fannie Stack, died in this city Monday evening. Mrs. Herman is Q sister to Mrs. John Griffin of 4iddletown. The remains of the child will be inferred In Middletown to- day.
 The fifteen dozen quail ordered by the Ansonis Rod and Gun club from Ksnsas arrived yesterday morning and were deliv- cred to the officers of the club. On exam ination they found thirty of the birds had died while en route, making two out of every dozen.
 Miss Helen Stanhops, better known to local theater-gosrs as "Clarissa," ," the clever dsnseuse, until recently with the Fay Fos- ter Burlesque~ company, is viaitipg with friends in this oity. She will probably be one of the stellar attractions at the Won- derlsnd in the near future.
 Captain and Postmaster Francis G. Beach of New Haven, brigade inspecting officer of General Hsven's staff, conducted the drill of Company A ct the Waterbury ar mory Monday night. All the drills and maneuvers were gone through with in an excellent manner, which brought forth praise from Captain Beach.
 Robert F. Brainsrd, e promising artist, son of Asa Brainerd of Colchester, Jonn., and brother of L B. Brainerd, treasurer of tho Steam Boiler Insurance company of Hartford, died in Rome. Italy, last week. He entered Yale art school, taking the full course of three years. After wards he spent two years at the Art Students' league in New York, and in August of 1899 he went abroad for two years' course ct the Jul ian school at Paris.