The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-10
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Briei Mention,

High water to-day at 9:24 p. m.
 Farm for sale cheap-R. E. Baldwin. Ashes carted-C Connecticut Concrete Co.,, 49 Church street.
 Rev. MT. Richards of this city preach ed at Mantle yesterday.
 Loans and insurance furnished by Charles Wilson & Co.,, Az Church street. Next Wednesday in this city the Wal lingfords will bowl against the New Haven team.
 Faulkner S island continues to diminish is size owing, to the fraction of mighty saaaasswaves.
 Dr. and Mrs. w. w. Hawkes. leave on Wednesday morning for Nassau via Florida to be absent three or four weeks.
 G. Berry Peets of this city has been elected a director of the Forbes Silver manufacturing company, just formed in Meriden.
 Miss Grace Thompson and her mother, both of New Haven, are being enter tained by Postmaster N. Jennings of Southport.
 It is expected that an electric road will be constructed between Woodbury and Southbury this spring. The dist ance is six miles.
 Many congratulations are extended to MT. w. Manning Reynolds and wife of Bishop street in consequence of the advent of "baby boy"
 c. c. Andrew, of the well known wholesale produce firm of c. c. Andrew & Co.,, is contemplating the purchase ot a lot and building a residence.
 Owing to the illness of Fred c. Downs of this city, he was unable to address the Meriden Y. M c. A. meeting yester. day afternoon, for which he was en. gagged.
 The program for the forty-eighth New York East conference is being complet ed. The conference will be held at the Trinity church in this city the frs week in April, and $50 clergymen vii be present.
 It has been decided to hold, in a feV days, the mass meeting Of the Yale stu dents to take final action about send ing crew to the Henley races as eoor as Yale's cablegrafn to England, asking if race could be arranged, is answered
 Among those present from thi.: city q the meeting of the state couHeii of edu cation at the capitol Saturday were c N. Kendall, A. B. Fifeld. Joseph R French, T.. F. Buenner, Thomas Lloyd, Isaac Thomas, NJ. M. Marble an c. s. Mclean.
 F. T. Bussee of Wallingford has beer awarded a patent on 9 curious machin, for removing feathers from fowl Chick ems and old hens fare alike, the machine makes the feathers fly. Earle X Sey unour, who obtained the patent, sa, the machine is a good one.
 Sergeant w. H. Reese of Meriden wa called by telegram Saturday to the Nev Haven hospital, his wife, who was talk en there last Monday, being very low Last evening the hospital authoritie reported that Mrs. Reese's condition had materially improved.
 pr. Douglass, rector of Trinity church announced in a recent sermon extensiv Improvements to be made in the churc anl parish buildings. It is proposed t have Q new organ and an elaborate ney reredos. The church is also to be redec orated and new stained glass window are to be put in The new parish build HE OIl l Ielulbe St1tGI IS lo oe eILlettSeI and new heating and ventilating sys tenn supplied.
 The death in Westville at noon 0 Saturday of Mrs. Harry Kennedy so sad as to cast considerable gioor over the village. Mrs. Kennedy wa tine only daughter of Mir. and MT! F. ". Cooper, and a girl of unusual lovely character. She was very youns not more than twenty-three, and wa hardly more than 8 bride. her weddin occurring last October. She was take i'll on Wednesday and it was not unt Saturday morning when Dr. Russell va called in that her condition was consid cred critical. Since Mrs. Kennedy wa out of school sine had been identide with church work and in all Westyill charities and her loss is sincerel mourued,