Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-08-12
State News.

Danbury is to have watermelon festival.
The Barnes family will have reunion at |
High Rock August 80. |
Alderman Vinal and wife, of Me1iden, have
gone to Aoosehead Lake, Maine.
The Seventeenth G. " have their reunion |
at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, on the 2Sth.
Ex-Alderman Dorsey and family, of Meri-
den, are at Stony Creek for couple of
weeks.
Thirty-eight New York children were on
Monday brought to Simsbury, Washington
and Clint on.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Ratchford Starr of Echo
farm Litchfeld, are making tour through
the Canadas to occupy month or SO.
Fine black bass being taken from
Sands pond, Block Island, which was stock
ed by government officials several years ago.
Mr. Frederick Law Olmstead is to have
charge of laying out Beardsley Park in
Bridgeport, which has been donated the city
by MIR. Beardsley.
While sailing in the Twin Lakes near Sims
bury on Thursday John Louis was overtaken
by squat, struck by tEs boom, knocked
overheard and drowned. The body is being
sought for.
Burglars displayed pistols and frightened
two ladies and servant in David Northrop's
house at Brookfield Center on the night of
August s, but were frightened away, having
stolen nothing
The Hartford Roening Post, one of the
few good evening papers of the State, Is In a
new dress of type. It is tastefully made up,
and is now as clear in its print it usually is
in it's views of all public questions.
1t is announced that the proposition of the
owner of the trotter Trinket to trot her
| against Clingstone on the Hartford track for
| 1925, 900 side has been accepted, Colonel
| William Edwards backing Clingstone.
William F. Graham. editor and proprietor
| of the Meriden Republican, will sail for Eu
| rope August 26th on the steamer Bolivia, of
| the Anchor line He will visit London, Paris
and Rome, and be absent about three
| months.
| After being 242 years without lookup
| Greenwich has concluded to build one at
once. After somewhat excited town meet
ing it was voted to build a lookup in the rear
of the town building. It is to be of brick
and to cost not over $ 900.
Officer Lewis, of Middletown, ID quite COM
Portable though he still suffers greatly from
extreme nervousness 1t is now thought that
if Inflammation does not set in his per-
manent recovery is assured, although it will
be many weeks before he completely recOv-
ers his former health.
young fellow formerly employed by J..
L. Taylor, of Middle Haddan, undertook to
pull the old gentleman off his horse a few
days ago, but help near by caused him to de-
sist. Judge Shepard last Saturday thought
!, five dollars and costs, amounting to seven
teen dollars about right.
The ladies' committee to make provision for
the entertainment of the 10Th G. V. held
another meeting at Henry q. Nichols last
J evening to make further arrangements. The
committee consists of fifteen ladies, each one
of whom has district appointed to them tc
canvas and see what the people are willing to
; do in the way of eatables. They meet again
: next Thursday evening to report.
Tha TitcbfaId Enuy,;oe9 saws of the mar
sons hurt by lightning at the Mine Hill
quarry in Roxbury recently: It is said thai
five men ran into the tool house near the der
rick for shelter and all sat on an iron bar
, A bolt came down the derrick and followed
2 the iron bar. The first and last of the five
t men were severely shocked and considerably
burned the middle man was killed, and tn,
9 other two escaped uninjured.
On Sunday the widow of Samson Siddall
; | late of Goshen, was found alone in bed in
dying condition. Her son, who lives a
= home, had gone to Watertown. DIR. New
Q comb was called and found that she had beer
4 Just delivered of child. In spite of the res
q toratives given she soon died. Examination
was then made and a female child was fount
7 under the horse barn partially covered up
q with it's skull crushed Appearances indi
d Gated that the child was born in a stall in thu
4 barn. Many surmises are afoat but we pre-
fer to give simple statement of the facts
d LitcA.teld Enquirer.
= A gentleman we'll known in this city say
the Hartford Couaant received day or tw'
since the following postal card:
I want to find the heirs of several person
| by the name of Jones, viz: Eli Jones, Ben
!, jamin Jones, Julia Jones, Henry Jones, Mar.
: Jones They we're last heard of at variou
s times from twenty five to forty years ago, il
t or near Hartford. There is money due then
y from various sources which can be had with
g out any expenditure of money. If any o
}, them related to you please write at once
Yours VIM. K. Polk,
d St. New York.
d To this the following was returned:
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