Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-01
State News.

The twin daughters of George Hadden and
wife, of Norwalk, six months old. died Wed
nesday night from the excessive heat.
The fruit trees in Bridgeport orchard |
have been sprinkled with Paris green and the |
fruit thieves may take their chances.
The National Stop Motion company of
Westerly, r. l., will soon move its business to
Hartford, where most of the stock is owned.
Deputy Sheriff Birdsey, of Neriden, has
big clock 1O5 years old. The works are made
of case hardened Steel and the pendulum is
of wood.
Young Mr.. Hartshorne and sister were run
away with on Pequot avenue, New London,
Thursday. Both were thrown out and the
lad suffered fracture of the jaw
A Columbia man (Tolland county, has q
lamb which, having been disowned by its
dam, is under the motherly care of cow
which acts the part of a wet nurse to perfec-
| ton.
Among the bank notes drawn to pay of
| the help at the Uncasville mill recently by
Waterman R. Burnham was discovered ten
| dollar note bearing this inscription "The
| last of ten thousand dollars spent on wine
and women in one year. July Is, 1872
| The Methodist Congregational church
| building in Bridgeport is to be sold at auc-
ton. The brethren have not dwelt altogeth-
Dumble, has attached the building for $275
for his salary.
The Rev. Allen s. Bush, formerly of New
London, who is now pastor of a church in
| Waheeney, Kansas, which has congregation
of 700 persons, is a Bartlett High school
| graduate, and is son of Charles Bush, who
! was g few years ago superintendent of the
| New London horse nail works.
George G. Fitch, the keeper of the county
Jail at New London, proposes to bring civil
suit against the three county commissioners
for damages, which he alleges to have result
ed from their action toward him since he has
| been in Office. 1t is claimed that his alleged
extravaganza and incompetency can be shown
to fair minded jury to be within the pale of
conduct of former officials there, which has
been regarded as proper.
young man named Wellington Root, aged
% years, was killed by the Housatonic express,
| which arrives at Bridgeport at five O'Clock
a. m. Friday morning, between Falls Village
and Canaan. The first intimation of an &C.
cident of this character was the finding. by
, the engineer, of hat and quantity of blood
, on the tender of the engine when it arrived
| at Falls Village. He lived in the latter town
and was employed by Roadmaster Charles
Lane, of the Housatonic road. He must have
> | laid down on the track, as, when the body
was found, the upper half of the trunk was
, lying on one side of the track and the lower
. | part on the other side.
i In Harwinton Sunday night Mr. William
: IL. Bryant's house became an extemporiZed
hospital. Mr.. Fred Kimberley and his hired
man, Joseph HILL had been working in thu
hay field all day, with the Thermometer rang
> ing from so to 90, and became overheated
The temptation to imbibe too freely of cold
t water too strong for them, and the re
( | suit of it was that they were seized with
K severe pains in the stomach ana violent
vomiting. They barely made out to reacl
t MIR. Bryant's, Mr.. Hill crawling on his hand,
i and knees half rod or SO, when DR.. Hassart
| was summoned to their relief After tn,
| nSua1 ren1a0iaS ann1iad IA
. | were relieved somewhat, but not without ap
n prehsnsion in the case of Hill Mr. Kimber
ley's little boy Harry lay side by side will
d these men, pale as death and vomiting. Il
y had been eating choke cherries, and perhap
his was the least hopeless of the three. DR.
j. Hassard succeeded eventually in bringing re
lief, and the little fellow finally went t.
# sleep.