Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-05
Mean temperature. 3S, Max temperature, 45.

L.. Note-A minus sign II pren1ed to thermom- eter readings indicates temperature below zero. traoe of rainfall too small to measure:
 sSnoW Is melted and resulting depth of water not known.
 Brief Mention.
 High water today at 1928 .. m.
 Buv a new house-R E Baldwin.
 Another cold wave is en route this way.
 Dr. George Adams of Csanan died yes tsrdsy.
 Special inducements in Kebsbisn's fire sale of Oriental rugs, 90 Orange street.
 The Bridgeport Post denies that there is any dissenslon in Wheeler & Wilson's band.
 The World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1894, very useful work, for sale at Pease's.
 William D. Arnold, aged sixty-seven, dropped dead in his room in Southington yesterday.
 pr. W. 8. Randall of Shelton has been appointed post surgeon for the town of Huntington.
 The grip Is epidemic in Bridgeport, where 1t generally takes on the character of bysteris.
 General o. B. Foster goes to Norwich this evening to install the officers of G. A. R. post, No. 1.
 General George M. Rsdway of Hart ford, who has been suffering from a se- were attack of the grip, was able to be out yesterday.
 The City Point and Winchester avenue cars are now running on sixteen minutes' time, the first car leaving City Point at 6,20 a. m.
 Eintracht lodge members, Neriden, will be installed January IT by District Deputy Freysinger of this city. A collation. will also be served.
 MT. Edward Murray and Miss Minnie A.. Perkins, both of Hsmden, were married by Rev. J. Lee Mitchell at his residence Wednesday evening.
 Engineer Behler of the Meriden Electric street railroad yesterday engaged Edwin Whitney of this city as his assistant. The road began running yesterday.
 Ar. Willis Dlckerman, an aged we'll known and esteemed citizen residing on Burr street in the annex, who has been seriously i'll, is now improving.
 Representative DeForest of the Fourth Connecticut district says he has no doubt that the tariff bill will pass both the house and the senate and become @ law.
 Employees of the Consolidated road be- gan cutting ice on the big pond at Windsor Locks yesterday morning. The ice is ten inches thick, perfectly clear and solid.
 The Sterling Piano company, Derby, will start up Monday on eight hours and will continue so long as there is room in the factory to stors the finished goods. Orders are very light.
 The steamer City of Boston was dam aged $S,00O yesterday by colliding with the schooner Mary Randall of New Lon don harbor. The City of New York took her place on the line.
 The ice crop on the Naugstuek division has been gathered and the hou-es filled with ice. A large number of carloads have been sent to Harlem river for use on the New York division.
 The funeral of Nrs Gideon O. Hotchkiss will be attended from her late home in westville this forenoon at 10 o'clock and L. IL l,- Nsugatuck this afternoon.
 Erwin Barnes of Winsted caught yes tsrday in Crystal lake, Winsted, . trout eighteen inches long that weighed two and one half pounds. He sent it to his father, Reuben Barnes of Thomaston.
 The New London Telegraph has issued . beautiful holiday souvenir. It contains seventeen engravings which are genuine works of art, neatly bound, with an artis- tic cover of original design. and . son of MT. Willis Dlckerman, who has been . great sufferer from the grip, wss . little better last evening, as was his wife, who has also been quite indis- posed.
 That well known Yale man, Judge Henry E. Howland of New York, is engaged to marry Mrs. Curtis, widow of Thomas Our tis of Boston. She is . wealthy woman connected with the Hunnewell and Sargent families.
 The January meeting of the womsns department of the City Missionary associ ation will be held at o'clock this (Friday) afternoon at Mrs. o. A. Dorman's, No. 2s8 Orange street. All members of the sssocistion and others interested are in- vited to bs present and hear reports of the work of the past month. The funeral services over the remains of the late ex Sslectman Alexander Foots were held at his late residence on Howard avenue yests1dAy aftsrnoon. The house was filled with many of the leading oiti- zsns of the oity. The services were oon- ducted by the Rev. Dr. Harwood of Trin- fly church. The intermsnt was in Ever green cemetery.