Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-12
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John B. Darlington.

From the New Haven Regster.l
 John Bennett Darlington died at his home
 on Elm street, at half past eleven o'clock this
 morning, at the age of sixty-nine years Few men have been more widely known
 He was a native of the town of Bethany in this State. AS a newspaper manager l and publisher, it was his lot to occupy a prominent position before
 the public, and his death will occasion sur. | prise and sorrow among those who only New days ago saw him on the streets, appar, zently in vigorous health.
 AIr. Darlington was in some respects d Representative man, for he illustrated in his person the principle of devotion to work and sconstant industry, which must always lead to success in every pursuit, As boy he Swas ardent in love of knowledge, and at s very early age was found in advance of other pupils of the school which he attended in athe information to be derived from text Sbooks But his active temperament unfttecd 3 him for the life of a student, and when 3still young lad he came to New Haver with view of making his own way by sucl llabor as might be obtained. In 1924 he 8was apprenticed to Thomas G. Woodward #then one of the ablest and most popular, @Whig newspaper editors in New England. < and serving his full time, he learned all that was then to be imparted of the mysteries ot 1.-the printers trade. While an apprentice shis first years income was but fifteen dol Mars. In 1S32 being then master o. ] his own affairs, young Darlington went Sto Macon, Ga, where he had charge oil Ia newspaper, for about two years. Return Hing to Connecticut in 1884 he at once com amenced to profit by the education and expe { zrience he had by faithful industry acquired IA partnership was formed with Woodward. 31o of 2 the New Haven Duly HerdM was com menced. The paper, to that time, had beer S published weekly with the name of IHe Con 21aectGc,Gt Weekly HeTdld for it's title, and was $ now the first daily newspaper in New Haven j Identified as he was with the progress ot I newspaper history in this city, some account < of the foundation of the JOURNAL AND CoUR Z ER, of which the deceased was the senior editor, may not be inappropriate.
 Making newspapers is not usually prim. 4rose path to wealth, and the JOURNAL AM aCoURIER of to-day grew out of three different &enterprises-the New Haven HefGLd, the ] New Haven Journal and the New Haver 5 5OoufSer. To these should be added the
 Elm City Press, at one time called the Dai2s { Leoer, whose list of subscribers was, on the Termination of the life of that journal, trans Eferred to the books of the JOURNAL AND CoUR { FER. While the Herald was being published as an afternoon paper by Woodward < Car < 8rington, a gentleman named Winthrop NAtwell, protesting to have ample means. started the New Haven Courier as morn Sing paper. It's columns were rendered inter aesting by various items in connection with 1.-the more aristocratic portion of the commun Aity, and some offense was given by that fea- ature of journalism. This was in 1S42. In 8l825 Mr. Darlington became proprietor ot Ethe HerdLd, MT. Woodward finding employ , ament for his pen elsewhere. He died in hx aNew Haven Journal, which had William T, ABacon, the poet, and present editor of the NOerby IranScrtpt, at it's head, was started under favorable auspices and for some part
 of two years was published by Hotchkiss & HBacon; but two young men named
 iAdams and Byington (the latter be Hing now the Washington correspon
 2 Gasette) were for a short time it's conductors. A The paper was not success, and it's sub &sscribers were added to those of the Herotd. 4Soon after the Journal became extinct, and *the He7uld and the Courier, then printed by SlHitchcock and Stafford, were united m one and for season the publishers 8issued the Courier in the morning and the saHeru1d in the evening. A partnership had ssexisted about year before this time GS46) Sbetween Hitchcock and Darlington. In 164s #Mr Darlington and John B. Hotchkiss, who &had been printing small daily in the town 8of Derby with Thomas Newson, who after Awards settled in Minnesota as partner, en ztered into an arrangement for publishing the spresent JOURNAL AND COURIER After some #years of successful partnership,. Air1 '. .e4eh, $klss, becoming worrled at the change In ths Fl Hf1dLlgtziatDa from an evening to morning spaper, sold his interest for about sixteer 4thousand dollars, to company of gentlemen <of this city, Abner L. Train, President Scran 4ton of the New York railroad Wells South kworth Hon. N. D. Sperry, Hon. William #lW, Boardman and the late Morris Tyler be Booming part owners. In 1875 MT. Caring &ton purchased their stock, taking into ths &business his two sons, Edward T. and J. B #Carrington, jr., both now members of th'
 frm.
 For about a quarter of century the AND COURIER had it's rooms of pub #;ication on Chapel street, few doors above #the Register building. Before the publica 8ltion was commenced of the Duly. Neaos, [ morning journal established by
 william Faulkner. the JOURNAL AND CoURIEI
 was never pressed by any difficulty or com
 petition in the way of giving it's readers tht latest news. It was no uncommon thing fo1 35alI the work on the paper to be done by mid
 Knight. News then reached here from th' ssSouth by way of New York steamboats, ane sSit was the custom of Charley Tuthill. for { 3sto the boat for the papers, and after taking ] out of them the most important items, th'
 office work would be finished for the day ! The press work was afterward delayed unti
 linear the hour for morning delivery, in order
 ato allow important local news, as il
 case of a murder or fire, to be got int,
 the mornings edition. In case of any suel
 thing, the printers would have to be callet sfrom their beds. In those days no such per
 sonage was known as a reporter of loca
 sitems Matters of any public or privat
 sconsequence were communicated to the edi
 ztor by any friend who might happen to fee
 |so disposed; and in the make up of the pa
 2pers no special place was assigned for this de
 Apartment of news. The JOURNAL AM
 CoURIER was peculiarly fortunate in this re Mspect for many years, owing to the characte
 Bland personasel of it's managers. The chatty &aereeable, friendly temper of it's senior cd &itnr. and the out-doQSE hQpularitY of MI