The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-09
OF LOCAL INTEREST,

Bishop Nicolai of the Russian-G Greek church, who has visited this section of Connecticut at least three times, Is soon to return to Russia, His successor has been appointed, so the members of the church In Ansonia have been informed, and Is now, or will be in a short time, on his way to relieve Bishop Nicolai The latter has been the bishop in charge of all the churches in America for some seven years. He is known as bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands with residence in San Francisco. The name of the new bishop has not yet been as- certained.
 A new novel by John Blonndele-B ton entitled "rhe Scourge of God" is just received. It is one of the latest issues in Appleton's Town and Country Library, and the many readers of "In the Day of Adversty" will be glad to have the opportunity of reading anoth- CT novel by the same author. Copies for sale by T. H Pease x Son, No. 102 Church street
 Edgar Barton hired a team from F. N. Palmer at 10S Crown street Sunday at 5:30 o'clock for two hours. The horse ran away and was not heard from un- til Monday afternoon, when he was found at Savin Rock, the animal hun gry, harness broken and the carriage wrecked. Barton and Palmer were brought together by the Howard ave- nue police and the former, agreeing to pay all the damages, no arrest was made.
 | Curtis Thompson, teamster who re- sides at No. 27 Forbes avenue. while engaged in loading some long spiles at Belle dock yesterday forenoon broke his | leg, heavy stick of timber falling on it. He sustained quite a severe frac- ture and was sent to his home. 1 A letter was received by the Meriden Journal yesterday from H. B. Todd of 1 Avon Park, Florida, as follows: Mrs ! Sarah w. Abott of Merlden died sud- 1 denly of paralysis November 2 at the : home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry B. Todd, Avon Park, Fla"
 Pursuant to orders from Adjutant | General Haven an election will be held ! by the Grays this evening to choose a 1 first lieutenant to succeed Lieutenant Damn resigned. There are 8 number l of candidates in the field, with Corpor- al Curtis and First Sergeant Husted mentioned as the most prominent of them.
 A meeting of the stockholders of the Middletown, Meriden and Waterbury railroad will be held tomorrow to de- eide when to begin operations.
 Putnam council of Wallingford has voted to visit Columbia. council in Mer- iden Friday evening and on Monday evening of next week to visit Quinnipi- ac council in North Haven.
 A third of the money now flowing into the Connecticut state treasury is con- tributed by the New Haven Railroad company and from street railways the state now derives $133,00O in taxes, where ten years ago only about $15,000 was yearly obtained. These last figures strikingly indicate the extent to which trolley line enterprises have been car- ried in that state.-Springfield Republi- can.
 The eld-time coal barge H. N. Conk- lin, distinguished in the Allyn's Point and New London service has resumed her trips, and after two to Allyn's Point is now on a third to New Haven. The Conklin laid by during the summer because of dull times.
 l Charles H. Bowe and William H. Pull Ian, both of Meriden, exhibited In New els grocery store in Marion at eleven o'clock yesterday morning the following game which they bagged yesterday: Eight gray squirrels, four quail, three partridge, two rabbits and a coon weighing twenty-seyen and one-half pounds. It was great mornings work and the Meriden hunters were highly pleased over their fine run of luck.
 Edward s. Lewis, aged ninety-two, a well known trapper and fox hunter of Bristol trapped three foxes last week. MT. Lewis is ninety-two years old and has all his faculties and is as spry as a man thirty years younger He has all ways lived at Lewis Corners and is one of the oldest residents of Bristol. Each winter he traps 8 number of foxes and cures the belts himself.
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