Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-14
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 MT. J. W. Bothem, manager for the Clin- ton Wire Cloth Co.,, Beekman street, New York city, was in the city yesterday.
 Mir. Bolton, of the firm of Brown, Bolton $ Co.,, has just been unanimously chosen cap tain of company E, of the Veteran Corps, 22nd regiment, New York.
 Frank W. Anthony, son of Frank G. An thony in the Tax Collectors office will leave shortly for an extended western trip, his ulti- mate destination being California. He was for several years his fathers assistant in the Tax Collectors office, which position he was obliged to resign on account of failing health. He will take with him the we'll wishes of hosts of friends.
 Mir. George Baldwin, one of Bridgeport s oldest and most respected citizens, died Tues- day night, aged 72.
 The Hon. Jeremiah Halsey, of Norwich, will soon take trip southward for the benefit of his health.
 Mrs. Adelia O., widow of John A. Taintor, died Monday at her residence, in Hartford, aged IS. She was i'll but few days, re- mained unconscious from Saturday until she died
 Caleb l.. Packard was a competitor in the balloting for the position of chief of police of Hartford, won by Gershom B. Hubbell.
 Ex-Senator Barnum, ex-Congressman Kel- logg and State Senator l.. w. Coe were in Washington, D. O., last week. The latter was accompanied by his wife.
 E. H. Crosby, president of the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance company, has resigned on account of i'll health. Frederick Foster, of the firm of Foster & Co.,, has been elected in his place.
 Hon. David P. Nichols, of Danbury, has been quite comfortable for the past few days, but he is liable to die at any mo ment with heart disease. He is conscious, but his mind is affected. He suffers little pain apparently, though it is with difficulty he breathes at times.
 Benjamin Bliss, well known Hartford dry goods merchant, has been obliged to re- tire from business on account of softening of the brain. MT. George Curtis, former pro prietor of the United States Hotel drug store, is also seriously ill of brain trouble.
 MT. S. w. Johnson, a graduate of Trinity and who is remembered in Hartford, acci- dentaIly tore one foot to pieces by careless discharge of his gun while helay on his back, shooting over his feet at ducks near New York one day last week. The foot had to be amputated.
 Mir John T. McManus, formerly superin- tendent of the Hartford. Providence and Fishkin road, has been engaged as special agent by the Etna Life Insurance company.
 Elijah c. Kellogg, in former years prom inent business man in Hartford as itho- Qrapher, died at his residence, AT Wethers- field avenue, at a. m. yesterday of paralysis of the brain, after an illness of but few days duration. MT. Kellogg was born in Colchester in 1911, and was the last survivor of ten children
 Charles Wilson and family have returned from England to Hartford. They arrived in New York Monday on the Persian Mon arch, which had tough time in the gales. The committees at the wood caryers' ball were: Grand con6uctor, F. H. Nettleton floor manager, Charles L. Speh; floor com nittee, Charles Pitsing, Joseph Wipper, F, J. Dohlmeyer, H. J. Cronan, c. Aberle; re ception committee. George Loder, l.. Kinsy m. H. Lane, P. Heyl, A. Bott, F. Hattorf, E : House, MT. Erstefeld.