The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-13
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention.

A good house-R. E. Baldwin.
 New stock of palms at Champions. High water to-day at S:37 a. III. and $50 p. m.
 MT. w. A. Beeman of New Preston is visiting friends here.
 Amherst will play football with Yale In this city October 31.
 Concrete walk laid and repaired. Conn. Concrete Co.,, 49 Church.
 Dr. Horton of this city attended the bicycle races in Springfield yesterday. George M. Gum of Milford will be the temporary chairman of the demo- cratic state convention.
 Professor Hoppin of Yale preached last Sunday for Rev. MT. Spencer at the M. E. church, Litchtield.
 Mrs. Phoebe H. Hanaford, formerly of this oity but now of New York, will officiate at the funeral of Mrs. George A. Isbell to-day, Thursday.
 An important meeting of the naval militia will be held at the armory Fri day night, when Paymaster Bishop will be present and pay off the division.
 Mrs. Margaret Spencer, for forty years resident of Meriden, died Tues day at the home of her son at West Randolph, Vt. Funeral in Meriden to- day.
 On account of the corn crop being so small in the west this year the price of wheat has been $2 per hundred, and the retail price here is also being ad- vanced.
 Frank H, Osborn, the well known singing teacher, has returned from his vacation at Bar Harbor and resumes lessons at his new studio, room 31 h. surance building.
 The democratic primary in Middle town for election of delegates to the general caucus was held Tuesday night. The delegates will favor Benedict for governor and Pigott for congressman.
 MT. C. P. Jordan of this city has en- tered for the poultry exhibition at the state fair next week some o1 his fine thoroughbreds in the line of choice bantams, Plymouth Rocks and Domin- iques.
 Mrs. Catherine Annie Robbins-How the confidence woman, who fleeced many Yale men, was sent to jail fol two years yesterday by Judge Hamers. ley in the criminal side of the superior court at Hartford.
 The Knights Templar of this city will attend the funeral to-day of the lat, MT. Bedient of Ansonia. All the mer chants on Main and Elizabeth street will close their stores from 2 to 3:3O D m. in respect to his memory.
 Dr. George E. Lothrop, the famou Boston manager, who has seven thea ters in various cities, was in town las evening calling on his old friend, Dal Armstrong, of Polls Wonderland. MI Armstrong was formerly his manager il Worcester and Portland.
 Yardmaster Walter A. Jacobs of tn Consolidated road and Edwin Shelly who is also employed at the yard, ar Intending the national encampment O the G. A. R. at Pittsburg. Both ar, members of Admiral Foote post and tn, Naval Veterans association.
 A Winsted paper says: The poultr, exhibition at the coming Winsted fai will be, as it always is, simply great Winsted is noted for its large showin, of fine poultry, and this years exhipi will be no exception to the greatness 0 the annnal poultry exhibition made a the Winsted fair.
 But for the vigilance of Patrolma, John Allan serious fire might have oc cured at the cigar store of John wor deck, 229 State street, yesterday. WhiI pstroling his beat he discovered a sligh blaze inside the store, which he prompt ly extinguished by means of a fey buckets of water.