The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-07

has been afforded excellent opportunity to familiartze himself in the practical work of his chosen profession,
 The Hon. Samuel Fessenden was re- elected president of the Fairfield county law library Friday, and all of the other officers were reelected"
 The program for the fifth annual meeting of the state board of trade, to be held in Norwich January 16, has been issued. Among the subjects to be dis cussed are highway improvements, the disposal of sewage, membership in local boards, a New England board of trade, county commissioners (should the office be abolished?), broad tires on loaded vehicles, taxation of street railways by municipalities, days of grace on conn mercial paper, changing due date of commercial paper falling due on legal holidays, Sundays and Saturday half holidays, the income tax the Bailey bankrupt bill, amendment to constitu- tion changing date of annual meeting from January to June, and amendment to the constitution providing for the reading of papers. These are all live topics, and are fair specimen of what kind of subjects local boards might profitably discuss.
 Willimantic, Jan. 6.-Daniel Eastman, aged fifty employed by l.. N. Aver, an ice dealer while pushing a cake of ice up the slide fell backwards and struck against an ice pick in the hands of Frank Brown, a fellow workman. The pick penetrated Eastman's abdomen, in- tlicting a dangerous wound. Dr. Well don performed an operation and the in jured man may recover.
 A Plymouth, Mass, dispatch says: Three of the officials of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad, Elm cry H. Bryant, Angus L. Frazer and John Boylen, who have been in jail here for melting riot at Abingdon, were discharged from the House of Correc- tion, their terms having expired. Su- perintendent Sanborn and Police Officer Bailey have two months longer to serve.
 Mrs. P. T. Barnum thinks that Bridge ports climate Is unfavorable to her health. She is now in England and will go to southern France for several months. Marina" the elegant resi- dence of Mrs Barnum at Seaside park, Bridgeport, is for sale. Mrs. Barnum has placed the property In the hands of her agents in New York and will dispose of 1t if she can get her price, which is about $125,000. The land alone she values at fully $1OO,0OO, but this is regarded as high figure.
 The Rev. MT. Jernegan of the Baptist church in Middletown has made novel proposition to his flock He wishes to lessen the expenses of the church, and proposes to give his own services, not for fixed salary, but for a certain per [ centage of the weekly collections. He holds that high salaries for preaching the gospel are entirely wrong and not in accord with true Christian purposes. The proposition has provoked a good deal of discussion in MT. Jernegans flock, and there is considerable curi- oslty as to tut. practical operation of the new plan.
 The Amaranth club of Meriden, com posed of representative citizens of that city, will give an inaugural ball Monday evening, January z, 1895, on the occa- sion of the inauguration of Mayor-elect Levi E. Coe and the members of the common council. The club proposes tc make the inaugural ball an annual af- fair and the leading social event of the year. The decorations will be unusual iy handsome. Mayor Coe and lady will lead the grand march. Guests from all parts of the state will be present, and the ballspromises to be success.