Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-16
State News.

The Tucker family reunite at Savin Rock today.
 Stamford Presbyterians talk of building 8 costly stone church.
 Radcliffe Hicks is to build brick block on the lot where Bloxhanl's saloon is located, near the Meriden depot.
 A company is said to be forming at Mer1- den with $1OO 900 capital to manufacture water-meter invented by W. L.. Horn.
 The Twentieth regiment Connecticut vol unteers reunite at New Britain the 31st and the Seventh regiment at Savin Rock Septem- Der 1.
 The Yantic woolen mill hands go on free excursion to Block Island Saturday. The proprietor, Mir. E. w. Williams, pays the bills,
 Rev. MT. Wildey, assistant pastor of the Methodist church at Meriden, takes charge of the Methodist church at Shelton Septem- Der 17.
 The Meriden Mal1sable Iron company are to erect another large four story building in connection with their already immense con- cern.
 Asa Wilcox, who for the past two years has been principal of the public school in Yales ville has accepted 8 similar position in Scran- son, Pennsylvania.
 Forty years ago in Derby the hearse was public property and was at anybody's dis posal, and the whole expense of funeral did not exceed five dollars.
 The Boss cracker factory. New London, are about to build new sixty feet addition with large ovens which are to be devoted exclu- sively to the manufacture of fancy crackers
 Greenwich, which has got along two cen- turies and half without the civilizing infu- ences of jail, has just voted in q lively town meeting that $1, GOO be spent on 8 brick lock up.
 Three paupers fled from the Greenwich almshouse last week, and the townspeople are divided as to whether they have gone on 8 vacation trip to Newport or to Long Branch.
 Photographs of old houses in Canton and Collinsville have been taken for the forth coming history of the Case family. The oldest is on East Hill, Canton, built by Amos Case in 1755.
 At a special town meeting held in Hunt ington Saturday the sum of $3, 900 was ap propriated for 8 new town and borough build ing in Shelton. The borough will appropriate the remainder. Last Thursday evening burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Titus Mead, North street, Greenwich and decamped with 8 gold watch and chain valued at sS2O0, basket of silverware and other property of value. Edward Garrity, age 16, caught his foot in the New England roads turn table at Hartford Monday, and tore the flesh of the bone off his right leg above and below the knee. It was decided not to amputate. Mrs Fanny Sprague, of Providence, mother of Messrs. Amasa and William Sprague, the we'll known manufacturers of Rhode Island, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Latham, in Groton, and on Friday last there were seated at Mrs. Latham's tea table four ladies whose united ages amounted to 349 years and 9 months.
 William H. B. Huntington, who tried to beat boarding houses at Norwich last week, leaving small bills unpaid at one and stealing $175 gold watch at another, was arrested at Worcester and taken to Norwich for trial yesterday. Though respectfully connected he is 8 professional sneak thief, and confesses his crime.
 gentleman about six feet four inches in height, and weighing about 250 pounds, called at Judge Mason's office on Wednesday to inquire after the principalship of the pub lie school. He was informed that the ap pointment had already been made. This an- nouncement will be source of unmitigated satisfaction to the naughty small boy.-Green- aoSch Obserger.