Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-22
State N eWS.

form school at Meriden.
 The Bridgeport Malleable Iron company is to erect the largest factory in the place g., OOO, ,O0O brick will be used.
 Operations have been begun at the Feld- spar mine recently leased on the farm of Deacon Edwin Gilbert, of Georgetown.
 Potato bugs may thrive under Paris green, but as food for oxen, even in small quantl- ties, it is failure. Frank R. Post, of Hebron, lost a valuable OK that way last week.
 The telephone builders are busy erecting line from Thomaston to Torringten, up the Naugatuck river turnpike, and from Litcb- field center to the station at East Litchfeld.
 It is proposed to build 8 new Methodist church in Ridgefeld, to cost $1O,OOO, if the amount can be raised. Hon. P. c. Lounsbury offers half the amount, and D. H. Walden, Esq, $1, 900.
 The citizens of the town of Plainfeld havo just voted that three Selectmen and three members of the off ial boards do their business at less expense and just as well as five.
 Eugene F. Hutchinson, who for two years has been employed in the freight depot at Willin1antic. began his duties as express mes senger between Hartford and Providence Monday.
 Arthur D. Catlin has sold tract of nine teen acres in Litchfeld known as ''Camp Dutton.'' and situated on Chestnut hill, to William M. wooster. MISS heDecca CsoOrn has sold five acres in the Harris plain district to Myron Osborn for $25O.
 Hon. B. B. Kellogg, president of the Pah- quioque bank, died at his home in New Fairfield Tuesday night, in the sixty \ fourth year of his age. The deceased was ! born and lived all his life in the town of New Fairfield, close to the border of Brookfeld. { where he owned Q farm.
 Jacob Parsons, who killed William Miller, keeper of the Woodstock almshouse, July IS, | is over eighty years old, served in the war of ! 1872, has living children grandchildren and { great grandchildren, and enjoys snug pen ! sion from the government on account of ! services rendered by his son in the late war. He has always drank to excess and has a violent temper.
 1 Jimmie Callahan, a Danbury drunkard. | planned with tramp named St. George te 1 rob McNiffs saloon in Danbury, and betrayed l the plan to McNiff, who, with friends, waited for St. George after the saloon was closed, 1 and when the latter entered by breaking a ! window, stabbed him in several places Both Callahan and St. George were bound over to the Superior Court
 The New London Day says the army ot I military worms is being recruited to an alarm l ing extent. There are portions of lilly street
 where one can harcly take 8 step without ! danger of slipping over scores of the slimy
 things. The last appearance of these vora. ! cious insects was ia 1866, when they ate up l everything Tn their way. They wore differ. ! ent and gayer uniform than now.
 The annual meeting of the ineorporators o1 ! the New Milford Savings bank was held al
 their banking house on the 18th inst. Or ! account of his continued ill health Dr. James Hine declined re election as president. The following officers were elected for the ensu. I ing year President, Ralph B. Garfield 1 vice president, J. B. Bristol; treasurer,
 Charles Randall; directors F. R. Giddings, I ~ T1L l. l George w. Anthony.
 The late Maria Pitkin, of Ellington, be. queathed $1, 900 to the Congregational socie. ! ty of Ellington and $3,5OO each to the American Board of Commissioners for For | eign Missions, the American Missionary asso. ! citation of New York; the American Home l Missionary society of New York, and the l American Congregational Union of N. Y
 The remainder of her property is given tc | Dr. Charles Culls in trust for the consump. ! tives' home at Boston.
 The engine of the new steamer Julia TUT
 between Westerly and Watch Hill and re l cently at New London was built in New l York in 1881 for boat which was to ply o1
 a lake among the South American mountains
 and was shipped to its destination Before
 it's arrival, the country had been visited b,
 an earthquake, during which the bottom o
 out, leaving dry land where formerly wa
 water. Consequently the engine was brough
 back to the United States.
 Major William c. H. Sherman, of Nev Windsor, N Y., died suddenly in Norwic1
 Thursday night. He was 53 years old an,
 during the last war served in the commissar } department of the United States army. H
 had been member of the New York Stat
 Assembly and WAS defeated when running fo
 Congress from the Eleventh New York dis trict in 1870. He was formerly in mercantil
 business in New York city. His son, Orra Taft Sherman, accompanied the Howgat !, Arctic expedition in the schooner Florenc l as photographer.
 Waterbury deacon, disgusted with tn
 morals of that city. came over to Danbur , last week to look for business. Upon mak ing his errand known to one of our humor , ous citizens, he was asked what particula business he would like to engage in, and re piled: 70, anything whereby I get a
 honest living" He must have had 8 bette : opinion of Waterbury morals than ever be , fore when informed follows: s'Well CT , i gage in anything you like in the way of busi ! I ness here that is honest. and you will hav [ mighty little competition. ."-Dan6uay Repu1 Eca71