Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

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 Buy good house-R. E. Baldwin.
 Mrs. A. A. Kellogg of this city is visit ing friends in Ne V London.
 Turing and grading-Connecticut Con- crete company, 49 Church, room 4.
 The Gcvernor's Foot Guards will occupy their new quarters on Whiting street about the first of June.
 The Berg,ehe Harmonic gave their clos ing concert in their hall at tho corner of Chapel and Union streets last evening.
 MT. W. G. filling will leave this city on June on 8 three months vacation trip, and part of the time he will spend in Europe.
 The annual reunion of the Army and Navy club of Come ctieut will be held at the Fort Griswol1 house, New London, June go.
 The home of Mir. and Mrs. John c. North was frightened on Saturday by the arrival of fine baby boy. Mother and child doing we'll.
 The United Singing society gave most enjoyable concert in Harugari hall last night. The concert was given under the direction of Adolph Schwicardi.
 Extensive preparations are being made for Old Hiram's visit to Waterbury, which takes placs May 2S. special train will be chartered and 1t is expected that fnlly 200 will make the trip.
 President Tyler of tho telephone com papy Is devising an important plan where by patrons can pay at given rate per call. For unlimited use of the phone no reduc- tion in price will bs made.
 St. Johns R. o. church fair at Banquet hall closes this evening. About $500 has besn realized. The fair is e success. This evening the sale of articles will take place and the valuable horse of the pastor, the Rsv. Father Bray, will be disposed of by chance.
 The last of the series of Phi Beta Kappa lectures to be delivered at Yale this spring, will be given in Osborn hall this evening, May IA, at o'clock. The subject will be 'Louis Kossuth," and the lecturer Parke Good win, formerly editor of the New York Evening Post.
 A horse and carriage owned by James T. Lee ran into ditch at City Point, near the boulevard sewer, yesterday afternoon and upset. Neither the horse nor carriage was injured. Lee had left his horse un- hitched on Kimberly avenue and the ani- nal became frightened by an electric car and ran away.
 Preparations are being made at Lttch- field for the most elaborate celebration of the Fourth of July. Generous subscrip- tions have been made for the purpose and . town committee has been appointed to arrange the details of the affair. Promi- nent men are to be invited to speak and the exercises of the day will be concluded with magnificent display of fireworks.
 There is talk that the New Haven Foot Guards may join in the big patriotic cele- bration that is to be held on historic old Beacon hill during the coming summer, as mentioned in last Saturdays COURIER. The Idea of their participation 1t the cele- bration meets with great favor az highly appropriate, they having taken a historic part in the battle of Bunker Hill and being otherwise an organization of historic re- nown.
 The opening ball game of the Connecti- cut State league was held in Waterbury on Saturday afternoon between the New Ha- ven and the Waterbury team. Fally 1, 800 people witnessed the opening game. The Waterbury team won by a ecore of Il to 9. Opening game of the season here to- morrow at the grounds in West Haven. The local team will cross bats with the Norwich team and lively game ia expect ed. The grand opening of most of the shore resorts ct Savin Rock takes place Wednesday.
 The voice of W. s. Tenn, "the almanac man,".win no more be heard upon the streets of New Haven shouting "Almanacs for '94." as Mr. Fenn has closed out his business here preparatory to taking his departure on Monday of next week for where he goes to settle up the estate of his brother, who died there re gently, and who was once for number of months . resident of this city. Upon MT. Fenn's return, which will he in about . month, he will engage in business as . salesman in this city and other cities and towns of the state. 4r. Fenn was for many years . travelling salesman before he conducted an intelligence office In this city.