Litchfield enquirer., 1881-10-20
CIyI SERVICE Rrronn. following is

sr4ss
 CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. following is
 being circulated about the State:
 DEAR SIR-The undersigned, believing that
 merit and not mere party services should de-
 ternine appointments to the minor offices in
 the civil administration -Eof the United States
 government and that it is desirable that the
 friends of civil service reform in Connecticut
 should organize for it's support, invite you to
 meet them at Room No. 3, in the Insurance building on Chapel street. in New Haven, on
 October 25th, 1881, at two o'clock in the af-
 ternoon, to take such action as may be deemed
 expedient in reference to the Formation of a
 state civil service reform association.
 R. D. Hubbard. Hartford GeorgeG. Sill, Z Hartford Charles. E. Mitchell, New Britain; { s c. R. Ingersoll, New Haven; NNdAh Portef. New Haven George F. Fisher, New Haven;
 William L. Kingsley, New Haven; E. Js Kingsbury, Waterbury ;r Dagid, sA.-s Wells
 Norwich; Leonard Wooeey Baeop, Norwichi
 Henry Bill, Norwich; sSolomon Lucas, Nor
 wich L. T. Chamberlain, Norwich; Charles B. Andrews, Litchfeld; Joseph R. Hawley,
 Hartford; William Hamersley, ,Hartford.; Joseph G. Woodward, Hsrtford ;s John C!I Kinney, Hartford; w. G. Sumner, New Ha-
 ven Morris F. Tyler, New Haven Talcott H. Russell New Haven IRogeE Aver1lb Dan- bury: Alvan P Hyde, Hartford George H.
 Watreus, New Haven; Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven; L. D. Brewster, DanbWy; Hen " Stoddard, New Haven; HI. HI. ;lBdnnell, New Haven; Samuel Babcock Middletown Charles E. Perkins, Hartford; T Henry o. Newton, Durham ; E. Chamberlain, Hart ford Theodore D. Woolsey, New Haven Johnson T. Platt, New Haven; William M. Barbour, New Haven ;, IA. Newton. New , Haven; Ffabcis Bacon, New Haven G. c. Sumner, Hartford j.. J. eHalsey,- Norwich Id Dwight Morris, Bridgeport; H: T. Blake, New Haven; G. Steddard; Bridgeport; Moses Pierce, Norwich; Charles Fabrique, New Haven.
 The Wiliimantic Journal says
 An harmonious and earnest meeting of the WiIlimarslc Civil Service Reform association
 was heH at the office of George A. Conant.
 Thursday evening. The members present proceeded to effect permanent organization of the society, and the following officers were unanimously chosen for the ensuing year. President, George A Conant first yice-presi- -dentr J. B. Weleh; treasurer, Ivan ACulver- house secretary Allen B. Lincoln; execu. tive committe, James A. Stillman, Frank F. Webb, Frank M. Wilson, Charles H. Col grove, Charles B Pomroy,- M. B. Lincoln, Andrew J. Bowen, John B. Welch. This first annual meeting argues we'll for the future success of the movement here. The associa- tion will endeavor to create in this communi- ty more widely extended interest in the civil service question. and to this end invites the attention of all thoughtful citizens to its objects. It is hoped that the membership may become large, and that the society may always fairly represent the sentiment of our people upon administrative reform. a.,saas.. s
 SUDDEN DEATH OF DR<s HOLLAND. --Josiah Gilbert Holland, for ten years the editor of Scrlbner's Magazine, now the Century, and the author of several popular books, died sud- denly of heart disease at his residence in Park avenue, yesterday morning. TT. r - I
 He was born at Belchertown, Mass, on Ju- ly 24 1919, in a small house which his father, poor mechanic, had himself built. IDhe first of the family had settled at Dorchester in 1880. When Josiah was three years old the Hollands 1 removed to Heath in Franklin County, Mass, l living in the house which admirers of Dr. Hol- l land have purchased and named Holland Dell. | The family remained here until. 1882, when it I again returned to Belchertown. Afterwards it removed from one to another of the small manufacturing towns in Massachusetts, young Holland contributing to the family support, by working in factories Some of, his expert ences of factory life are told in his novels, Miss Gilbert's Career" f2reyt9 " |
 When the family settled in Northampton, Josiah was nearly of age and tired of factory work. He began the study of medicine in a physicians office, supporting himselfby teach ing, and in 1844 was graduated from the Berk- shire Medical College at ~Pittsfeld. lie. set tied in Springfield, where, besides practicing medicine he contributed verses to the~ Knick- erbOcker, the American RevIew, and several local papers. He was not attched to his proId fession, and in 847went to- Richmond &Vaa.,@ to teach school. He taught in many other Southern cities. notably Vicksburg, until 1850, when he returned to Springfield and accepted an editorial position on the Springfield Repub. l lican He became in time one of the 'propri- etors of that journal. and in 1867 sold his share for $200,000 He wrote for the Republican on social and ethical topics, and contributed several serials. While gathering materials for one of these serials, s'The History of Wes. tern Massachusetts" he conceived several of the characters in his first novel. "The Bay Path" Among his ddactic contribution were the "Max Mannering" letters which were prelude to 'Timothy Titcomb's Letters, and | number of similar books by the same author. l Of the Titcomb letters nearly 60,O00 copies have been sold of 'Bitter-Sweet, F av. poem, nearly 70,000: of 'tKatrina,' another poem, ' about 5000 A new edition of his works will be issued on Saturday. As editor ofSc:ibper's Dr. Holland had lately confined himself al most entirely to editorial writing, gwhile Fthe reading and selecting for the magazine, and | the making up, fell almost entirely to Mr. Glider. .,e -,
 Mr. Scott, the Treasurer of the Century Company, said yesterday that Dr. Holaud liked his room in the new squ arters so much that he spent more time at the office than he had since the acute attacks of angina pectoris, from of which he died, began a few years ago. On Tuesday evening he was there until after 5, and went down in the elevator with a MT. Scott. He was looking exceedingly well, having returned only week before from ], aBonnicastle. his country placeon Alexan- dria Bay. Yesterday morning he awaked be- fore o'clock and talked with Mrs. Holland on various matters, but while still in bed he
 was attacked by spasm at the heart, and
 died almost at once. He had known for two years that he was likely to die suddenly.
 His son is student at Yale.-Suaa Fl
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