Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-30
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention. Ssltonstall for an outing High water to-day at 6:42 a. m,

High water today at 6:42 a. m.
 Buy good houss-R. E. Baldwin.
 Turing and grading-ConnectieutC Con- crete company, 49 Church, room 4.
 The Arions have their outing and flag presentation to day at Schu'zsn park.
 Patrolman John T. McGrath is one of the claimants to the MoGarrahan millions
 "Gsneral" Sweetland's Connecticut con- tingent is stranded at Chester, Penn., and is likely to go to pieces.
 Waterbury and New Haven baseball at West End grounds, Waterbury, this morn ing. Game called at 10 o'clock. The county commissioners yesterday de. cldsd not to grant the petition for license to sell liquors to Lsander B. Peck of West Haven.
 The graduating exercises of the class of '94 Union school, West Haven, will take place on Friday evening, June 8, at the Town hall.
 The regular monthly meeting of the managers of the Ladies' Seamen's Friend society will be held on Monday, June 4, at 8 o'clock p. m.
 Friends of Mrs. John Kerrigan, who re- gently underwent two operations which were successfully conducted by Dr. w. W. Hawkes., will be pleased to hear that she is convalsscent.
 At the entertainment in Pennington last evening, Miss Justine Ingsrsell gave read ings and Miss Jean Pardee gave one of her pretty dances. A double quartet from the Yale Banjo club took part.
 The New Haven county commissioners bought land on Shelton avenue yesterday adjoining the county home. The land bought was in two pieces. One was bought from the Blair estate, the other from the old savings bank.
 Mansfield post, G. A. R., of Brooklyn, N. Y., left New York last night for trip to Middletown, on the New Haven steamer Continental. To dsy they will decorate the grave of General Mansfield, after whom the post is named.
 The German Baptist Sunday school of this city will picnic at High Rock grove July 6; Calvary Baptist Sunday school, July Il; on July 12, Grand Avenue Bap. tist church of New Haven; July 13, How ard avenue Baptist church of New Haven.
 The selectmen will give hearing regard ing the proposed layout of path from Me- chanie street to Franklin street next Tues day night. They referred petition for the improvement of Crescent street, and one for widening East Wsstville street.
 0. B. Bristol was the recipient yesterday morning of basket of very fine trout, eighteen in number. They were caught Litchfeld county by Horace A. Beers, the veteran trout fisherman of Torrington.
 It Is probable that Rev. Charles Conk- lin, pastor of the Church of the Messiah of this city, will receive call to St. Paul's church, Springfield, in the near future, as the executive committee of that church ca has voted almost unanimously in favor of Ar. Conklin.
 Clarence l.. Dean, press agent for the Barnum & Bailey show, Is in town closing up the business preparatory to the arrival of Barnum & Bailey's great show here next Tuesday. MT. Dean was press agent for Forepaugh's last year and was formerly of the editorial staff of the Chicago Timee.
 Rsv. A. J. Whseler of Concord, N. H., will deliver his new lecture on Revelation or Evolution; Whicha" at the Y. M. 0 A. next Sunday at p. m. The next meeting will be held in the gymnasium hall, that the many friends of Mir. Wheeler may have sn opportunity of hearing him. All men are invited.
 The annual full dreas battalion drill of the city battalion took place last evening at the armory and was brilliant affair, at tended by Governor Morris and staff, Gen. eral Haven and staff, and Colonel Doherty and staff. After the drill refreshments were served to the guests. Previous to the drill Governor Norris ban quetted his staff at Heublein's.