The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-03
LOCAL NE WS.
Brief Mention.

farm wanted-R. F. Baldwin.
 High water to-day at g 52 a. m.
 MT. Albert S. Holt and wife have re- turned from a stay at Norfolk, Conn. The grand fair in Waterbury of the c. A. R. of that city was opened last evening.
 Professor B. L. Curtis of 61 Trumbull street has returned with his family from their summer outing at Westport Point, Mass.
 There was heavy frost on the mea- dow lands in the northern part of this state yesterday morning, but it did not do much damage.
 A marriage license was issued yester day in Hartford to Bertrand N. Healy of New Haven and Amelia A. Bruce of Hartford.
 c. F. Southard of F. M Brown & Co.'S store returned home last evening from Labor day ride on his wheel of about fifty-six miles. He rode to Deep River and back.
 Miss Edith Prince, daughter of the Rev. M. W. Prince of this city, former pastor of the Prospect M. E. church in Bristol, is the guest of Miss Bertha Bull of Summer street, Bristol.
 The Y. A. R. Society la Concordia, an Italian organization of this city, will celebrate on September 20 the twenty fifth anniversary of the overthrow Of the pope's power in Italy by a picnic at Schuetzen park.
 Owing to an unusual rush of business one of the greatest of New Haven's fac tories, the L. Candee rubber factory, did not shut down yesterday, but work was pushed to the utmost in all depart ments.
 Levi Shepard, the former Derby clerk at the Bassett house, who is now run ming the Hammonassett house at Mad ison, has leased the Woodbury hotel. He will continue at the Hammonassett house until October.
 John c. North of West Hartford made formal demand on Selectman Smith of New Britain yesterday for $100 back bounty and interest on the same. MT. North enlisted in Company A, Thir- teenth Connecticut Volunteers, in New Britain, and claims his money on the strength of vote passed by town meeting held October 5, 1862.
 The Winchester Avenue Electric Rail- road company provided two orange box es full of sandwiches, 300 in all, and a barrel full of lemonade, which were served free of charge at the company's office building in West Haven to their conductors and motormen, it being such a busy day on the line.
 John J. Carroll who died of typhoid pneumonia at his home on Housatonic avenue, Derby, Sunday morning, was a past chief ranger of Court Housatonic A. OI F. of A., and had been member twelve years He was also a member of the Knights of Sherwood Forest. He was a member of Paugassett council Knights of Columbus, and past grand knight.
 Conductor H. s. Beers, on the Berk' shire division, whose home is in New Haven, narrowly escaped death yester day morning. He jumped from an en zine to the platform at the Ansonia sta tion, and, his foot slipping, he rolled be tween the platform and the tender witt one arm across the rails. He had pres ence of mind enough to pull his arm back. and beyond a few bruises he wa' uninjured. He says it was the closes call he ever had in twenty-five years O railroad experience.
 The inmates of the almshouse, 5O2 il number. had full holiday yesterda! and were served with extra gooC meals, including pie and peaches and the men were favored with cigars There was also baseball game betweel a team from the town farm men and ; team from the house help. The latte won by a score of q to 6. The patient in the hospitals. twenty of whom arr males and twenty-two females, recelve' special delicacies at their meals