Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-20
LOCAL N K w 8.
Brief Mention.


new house-$1, 50O-R E. Baldwin.
This is the last week of Lyons bankrupt
sale. Greater bargains than ever.
Coroner Mix and family are at Lake
North, Florida. The coroner has succeeded
in shooting several alligators.
Murphy's campaign in Bridgeport has
just closed. He leaves $500 wearers of
th. blue ribbon in Bridgeport.
Mr.. William Woodward of the annex,
who Is now in Florida, is executor of the
estate of the late Roswell Lancraft.
Chsuncey Upson, son of Edward I. Up
son, who lives opposite Epson street in the
annex, has been very i'll but is GONZALES
cent
The police report sneak thieves at work
in this city. The Railways of several
houses have been entered and articles
stolen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hart. after a short resi-.
dence in Meridep, have returned to take
up their residence at their old home at
Short Beach.
At Winsted last night there was heavy
storm, accompanied by thunder and light
ming. The same was the case in this city
at about o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Martha Gridley, aged seventy five,
of Southington, died at her home on North
Main street Saturday night of pneumonia.
The funeral will be held this afternoon.
The Church of the Strangers recently
organized in Shelton was on Sunday for
mally instituted and welcomed ~ q Church
of Christ. There were five services held.
The Wheeler & Wilson company, Bridge,
port, opened Its factory yesterday morning
after shutdown of nearly three weeks. The
company reports the business outlook a.
very promising.
The Curtis home building committee,
Meriden, yesterday awarded the contract
for the erection of the handsome and costly
new addition to that institution to the H.
Wales Lines company.
Professor Brewer of Yale will deliver a
lecture before the Bridgeport Scientific
society tomorrow evening. Subject: "The
Basin Region of Nevada and Utah" The
lecture will be fully illustrated.
Mrs. Lewis, widow of the late I. g. Lewis,
whose estate inventoried 81 100, 900, ia to
present st. Paups Universalist church,
Aeriden, with fine chime of bells In mem
ory of her late husband, who was a bene-
factor of this church.
The Yale Glee and Banjo clubs will go
south during the Easter vacation. They
will give concert in Baltimore March %,
at Old Point Comfort March "a, Richmond
March 20. and Washington March ~. They
will return March 20.
Thomas Hurley, aged seventy four years,
an old and respected resident of Water
bury, died in this city yesterday morning
at tho residence of his daughter, where he
was visiting. He was the brother of Mrs.
Martin Mitchell and father of Thomas Hur-
Icy, both of Waterbury, and was one of
the Irish pioneers of that city.
The report in various papers yesterday
that the big four mssted schooner Lucinda
Sutton Ct this port had met with terrible
gale, including giant waves, en- route to
Providence from Newport News and that
the vessel had suffered loss and damage in
the storm, is pronounced by the captain a
osnard, nothing of the kind having &C.
Cured. The vessel Is at Providence.
No Out.
There has been no cut In wages at the L.
Candee rubber factory, as has been erro-
neously stated in many papers. There has
been reduction in working time, as was
stated in the CoVRIER. Where the girls
have been making two ssts or more of
SHOES day they are now limited to a set
ard half q day, which allotment varies
from sixteen to thirty-six pairs, according
to the weight of shoes to be made. This
outs their working time down about one
quarter. There are 900 or 700 girls affect
ed by this change. In the mill room the
mems time Is reduced to seven hours day
instead of nine. This affects about 300
men. The old time will be restored as soon
Is the busir ess admits. The cutting, heel,
strap and packing rooms will b. similarly
affected. Tho bootmskers' ticket, about
$50 in numbsr, who went on short time
two months ago. remains unchanged, they