The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-29
OF LOCAL INTEREST,

The high sheriffs of the state had their annual outing in Bridgeport Sat urday, holding social gathering at the county court house and then taking a trolley ride to Miner Smiths place in Stratford, where they had dinner. Those present were Edwin J. Smith of Hartford, Charles R. Spiegel of New Haven, George O. Jackson of Colches- ter, New London; Charles B. Pomeroy of Willimantic, Windham; Edward A. Nellis of Winchester, Litchfield; Thom- as S. Brown of Chatham, MiddleseX; Amasa P. Dickinson of Rockville, Tol- land, and Sidney E. Hawley. John I, Hutchinson dropped in as an invited guest of the sheriffs. Sheriff Spiegel of New Haven has the hardest fight on hand. He is opposed by County Com- i missioner Albert B. Durham of Sey- mour, whose term expires next year. l Commissioner Durham is everywhere l recognized as a strong candidate, and | Sheriff Spiegel knows he will have to | fight hard to win. Sheriff Jackson of | New London is another who will have | a fight on his hands to get renonlina- ton. Opposition has developed in sev- eral towns, but the sheriff thinks he can overcome it. Sheriff Hawley is ex pected to have walkover.
 l Hon. John H. Leeds gave highly in 1 teresting talk about life in the Orient before Admiral Foote post on Saturday night Previous to Mir Leeds address the post voted $150 appropriation to l buy luxuries for the sick soldiers and anything that may in any way add to | their comfort.
 l William H. Raymond, who formerly I lived in Westville and who is wanted in this city by several bicycle dealers | for the theft of machines, was prose- l cuted in the city court at Bridgeport Saturday for obtaining money under l false pretenses. After serving a sen l tence of six months in jail in that city 1 he will probably be turned over to the New Haven police to answer for of lenses committed in this city. 1 Light Battery A, composed of Yale men, of the Connecticut volunteer ar | tillery now stationed at Mantle, will probably be mustered out of service by | September 15.
 
 Prospect Saturday evening, with these | results: Oxford elected two Tomlinson men, while the Prospect delegates are | divided, one for Tomlinson and one for l Leigh.
 Attorney J. Birney Futile Saturday | instituted foreclosure proceedings against the Raphael flats on Oak street.
 He holds a claim for $l000 against the property. The flats are on a piece of ground 800 by 90 feet The flats stand in the name of Harris Raphael, and l the other, party to the proceedings are | Raphael's brother, Harris Matz and | Coleman Littish.
 A small frame barn in the rear of 92 | Ashmun street, owned by Policeman
 Isaac Shields of the Dixwell avenue
 station was destroyed by fire Saturday 1 evening. The fire is supposed to have | been started by boys. A horse belong l ing to August Wilhelm, bottler at Ss l Ashmun street, could not be taken out | in time and was suffocated. The dam | age to the building is estimated at $200,
 The sacred concerts given by Atwa- ters orchestra at Savn Rock are be-
 coming more popular every Sunday and yesterday the programme was a spe-
 cially elaborate one There were two
 concerts given, at 3;3O in the afternoon | and at ' in the evening. An extra num- Der of settees were placed in the park
 and large throngs enjoyed the good mu- sic and also enjoyed the cool breeze | that swept across the park from the | water
 An explosion caused by leaky gas 1 pipe occurred on Saturday evening in
 the tenement house corner of Lafayette
 and Water streets. Harris Levy, a Rus
 sian, was moving his furniture into the
 house and was carrying an oil lamp, l which exploded. Levy's son was burn | ed about the face, but was not serious ly injured. An alarm was sent in from
 box 17, but the firemen had nothing to | do.