Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-25
Death of William L.>Foster.
Meeting of the Bar rAssocfation-Resolu
 tiOns Of Regret Unanimously Passed.

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 tiOns Of Regret Unanimously Passed.
 In the COURIER of yesterday it was aa- that William l.. Foster, assistant clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, was very ill and not expected to survive. At o'clock on Friday morning death came to the relief of the sufferer. The deceased resided at the corner of Orange and Edwards streets, and had been painfully afflicted for many months with a malady which baffied the skill of the best physicians. During his illness he suffered extremely, yet he bore his sufferings with Christian fortitude and frequently ex- pressed his willingness to depart and be at rest The deceased was the only child of -Pierpont B. Foster, Esq, and was born April 14th, 1s41. He entered Yale College in the class of '63, but was compelled to relinquish his studies by severe attack of typhoid fever. He afterward entered the Yale Law school and graduated in 1865. Soon after his graduation he took desk room in the of flee of his uncle, the late Hon. E. K. Foster, in Exchange building, who was then State Attorney and remained with him until the office was removed to the new court building on it's completion. From Fl to '75 he acted, at times, as assistant clerk of the Superior Court and also assisted his uncle in the p-ep- aration and trial of some of the criminal causes. During "A and '75 he acted also as assistant clerk of the Court of Common by M. E. Downes, since dead. In 1876, how ever, he was appointed assistant clerk by Judge Stoddard, and in 1877 was reappointed by Judge Harrison. He held the position at the time of his death. He joined the Grays in 1865 and in 1866 was an aid on Brigade Commander Kellogg's staff at the Bridgeport encampment. He was Councilman from the Eighth ward Tn 1880.
 The deceased was a kind hearted gentle and father. His death will be lamented by a large number of friends and associates He leaves wife and one child. The deceased was member of Trinity church.
 At o'clock yesterday afternoon bar meeting was held in the Superior Court room to take action regarding the death of Mr. Foster. At this meeting State Attorney Doo- little presided and Judge Harrison announced the death and moved the appointment of a committee to draft appropriate resolutions. This motion prevailed and John s. Fowler, Judge Harrison and Charles s. Hamilton were appointed. They submitted the follow ing which were adopted
 ResolUcd, That by the death of William L. Foster, assistant clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for this county this bar loses member ever faithful and zealous in the performance of all his official duties upright and careful in the discharge of professional business, and courteous warm-hearted and generous in his intercourse with his fellow men, young whose correct life for him the regard of both the bar and the members of the community.
 ResOtUed, That as an expression of our esteem for him the clerk of the Superior Court be requested to send copy of these resolutions to the family, and them to be entered upon the records of said court and that the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas be requested also to enter like copy upon the records of said last named court
 After the reading of the resolutions eulo- gistic remarks were made by John S. Fowler,
 Arthur D. Osborne, Judge Lynde Harrison,
 Mir. Hamilton and Julius Twiss, all of. whom ! spoke in the highest terms of MT. Foster's l faithfulness to duty his warm personal | friendship, love of home and his moral eour age, as exhibited throughout his severe ill.,
 ness. The resolutions were then passed
 unanimously.
 | Accidental FaHs
 Calvin Day, well known citizen of Hart
 ford, about 80 years old, while ascending a | ladder at his residence Thursday, fell to the ground, a distance of sixteen feet. In the | fall he broke his left wrist and tore his under l lip from the jaw. The physicians attending
 say that there is no apparent spinal injury, | but his recovery is questioned
 !
 The SpirttuaIists' Picnic. | G. W. Burnham, president of the Connect. ! icut association of Spiritualists, has issued 8 circular announcing that the picnic which
 was to be held at Mantle on June 9th, and was deferred on account of the weather, will
 be held at the same place on Saturday, July
 9th. Plans have been perfected for the pur-
 chase and fitting up of the place, either by
 borrowing the money or by forming joint
 stock company. An opportunity will be of fered for the purchase or renting of lots Police Notes.
 An attempt was made sometime during 1 Thursday night to burglarize H. B. Bigelow
 & Co.'s office on Grapevine Point. A batten door was forced and an unsuccessful attempt
 made to get at the safe, which resisted what little there was made to force it. The detec- l tives are at work upon the case.
 Constable Thomas, of Waterbury, who was ' .koI Woto oo1