Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-12


 Republicans of Connecticut are to work and vote will be interesting to our readers.
 HOBART B.. BIGELow.
 HOBART B. B1GELow, nominated for Gov ernor, was born in North Haven in this State in 1884. He was the son of Levi L. Bigelow, and his mother was 8 Pierpont. The first sixteen years of his life were spent in his country home, where he led the usual life of a country boy, including the schooling" ob- tainable in such localities. Being so near the city his boyish thought naturally turned to- wards it as the place where he might better his condition and exercise the faculties stir ring within him. Accordingly, at the age of seventeen, he turned his back upon the old homestead and came to New Haven, and found employment in the shops of the New Haven Manufacturing Company Here he remained for two years hard at work, and when nineteen years old entered the employ ment of Ives & Smith, founders and machin- ists, at the factory now owned by Barnum < Root. He passed in that building through successive changes, from journeyman to fore man, and from foreman to proprietor of the works, and at last found himself in position where, if he should appreciate and seize his business opportunities, his way to "a fortune'' was reasonably clear. He commenced busi- ness for himself just before the war, and that period, which proved a condensed golden age to many, WAS not unfavorable to MT. Bigelow. In 1861, in connection with Mr. Henry Bushnell, the inventor of the compressed air motor, he took a large Gov ernment contract for furnishing ''gun parts, for 300, 900 Springfield muskets This took about three years, during which time he had in his employment two hundred men, After the war he carried on his business at the same place, until it's increase made removal to more commodious quarters necessary, and in 1867 he removed to Grapevine Point, where his work boiler maker has greatly increased, and where he has added to his business the construction of engines which have become well known for their excellence of make and their serviceableness. It is Bu- perf1uous to tell our readers that he has been very successful in his business and, like many business men of so long experience, he has made and lost fortunes. He has had much to do with financial matters, and is now director in the Merchants National Bank of New Haven.
 So much for the business life of Mir. Bige- low. He has been successful in public life also. Soon after he began business for him. self his ability began to be appreciated by his fellow citizens and he was elected to the Council, serving therein with such acceptance to his constituents that he was elected Alder man the year following, serving one term After this there was quite an interval during which he permitted no calls from the public to distract his attention from his business About eight years ago, however, the Common Council appointed him member of the Board of Supervisors and he held the office five years. In 1874 he was appointed by Mayor Lewis member of the Board of Fire Commissioners for the term of three years, and declined reappointment at the expira- ton of his term. In 1875 he went to the Legislature where he was a very popular member, and did good service on the Con- mittee on Banks. December 3d, 1878, he was elected Mayor of New Haven by the great majority of 2,3s7, and has filed the office to the satisfaction of the people. His admins
 
 This is not an obituary sketch, and it is not common that a mans friends read or hear of his virtues to any great extent until after his death, but MT. Bige1ow's good traits are prominent enough to attract atten- tion during his lifetime. The qualities that have made him successful are industry, a mind capable of dealing with large matters, quickness in decision, pluck justice in his dealings with all, and friendliness. His pri- vate life is irreproachable, he gives freely of his abundance, he is kind to and considerate of his employees and seeks to do his duty in all the relations of life Whatever he has undertaken he has done well, and he will make a good Governor
 WILLIAM H. BULKELEY.
 WILLIAM H. BULKELEY of Hartford, the nominee for lieutenant Governor, was born at Colchester and is fl years old. His father was the late Hon. EIipha1et Bulkeley of founder of the Etna life insurance company and prominent in Connecticut poll Iics, having held the speakership of the House of Representatives one term, and occupied other leading and responsible positions. Af- ter thorough business education Mir. Bulke- ey became clerk in the old Hartford dry goods house of Thacher, Goodrich t Still nan. Subsequently he engaged in the dry soods trade at New York, conducting large md prosperous business on Fulton street