Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-31
LOCAL NE Tvs.
Brief Mention.

a now aOueo7$l ,cVV-Ih. L. hnAo WILL
Nathan L. Merphey of the Milford hotel
is very Ill with the grip.
The Lotos club will give masquerade
In Elks' hall this evening.
The annual masquerade ball Of Cspello's
dancing academy will be held In Harugari
hall this evening.
Queen Esther circle, @. o. F., No. 22l,
held their first annual masquerade In Ha-
rugari hall last night.
Wallace & Sons, Aneonia, have submit
ted to their creditors an offer of compro
mise at sixty cents on the dollar.
Mrs. e. e. Dunbar, formerly of Corn
wall but for the last three years resident
of Derby, died yesterday morning.
The new Silsby engine will be subjected
to final test this morning at Q O'Clock.
The test will be given in front of the city
hall.
Mrs. Hall of Ed strest, mother of Mrs.
William L. Robertson, has been very i'll
for q number of weeks but ia now slowly
improving.
Professor Samuel Penfeld of Yale uni
versity lectured on "Hot Springs and Gsy-
sers' before the Bridgeport Scientific So
ciety last evening.
Mrs. Hendricks, wife of Johu A. Hem
bricks, ,hs artist, and Miss Hattie Ferris
will leave on Saturday for trip to Balti-
more and Washington, D. G.
Mr. and Mrs. 8 NJ. Rothschild, Mr.. I'D
Rothschild and Miss Edith Rothechild ar
rived from Chicsgo yesterday, and are the
guests of Mr.. N. Sonnenberg.
Four drunken men while going through
Church street last evening fell and broke
the plate glass window ofbeuedict & Co.'s
store, the Church street coal dealers.
Kilby's great removal sale is daily we'll
attended, and the pubic find fine induce
ments to buy. This popular jewelry store
is having busy season, and IL constantly
offering choice goods in great variety.
]. 8. Lserbruger, agent for Marcus
Meyer, manager for Adsltna PATHS concsrt
for one concert at the Foot Guard armoIy,
Hartford, Tuesday evening, February 20
Pensions for Connecticut granted yes
terday are as follows: W. q. Lockwood,
Ridgefeld; Joseph A. Leese, Guilford;
Fanny Drury, Easthampton; Lizzie G.
Walters, Bridgeport; Margaret Bourne,
Bethel.
A delegation of New Haven oommsndery
No. 2, Knights Templar, will attend the re-
ception of the Palestine oommandery, K.
p, of New York in Madison Square Garden
this evening. The members will leave
here on the $50 train.
1t was found yesterday that burglars
had robbed the safe of the Bridgeport
boiler and iron works during the night.
They rolled the safe into the yard and
smashed it with sledge hammers. The
books and papers were thrown into the
snow, and the burglars got $9s in cash.
A jolly sleighing party went to Branford
last evening in four horse sleigh, in the
party being Alderman John ". Lowe and
wife, Fred Norman, Harry Blatchley and
wife, Miss Schneeloch, Masses Lillian, Gala
and Amy Daley, Miss Edna sperry, Fred
Rolf of Guilford, Miss Sigourney, Fred
eriok Ives. Samuel q. Kirby, jr., Miss
Ruth Olmstead On their return the party
enjoyed supper and dancing at the home
of Henry DALEY, the Whalley avenue
grocer.
Hartford lodge of Elks cent an elegant
floral offering for the burial of Mrs. Jane
D. L. Reynolds in this city Monday, con-
tributing 1t out of respect and sympathy
for Mr.. George A. Reynolds of that city.
Professor William A, Reynolds. the son,
whois now reading in London, graduated
from Yale in 1852 He has been professor
of languages In the University of Paris,
formerly tho University of the Prince I'm
perial, and has spent his life abroad since
1861, having been in this country but once
since his departure.
General Mobiles Estate.
BRDaEPoRT, Jan. 30.-The real and
personal property of late General VIII
liam q. Noble Is said to be worth between
A.nn nan A1os mn