Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-02
Personal.

The Boston Journal says: eve have ex
cellent authority for the statement that tn.
friends of DR.. Newman Smythe had secured
guarantee of fund of $50, 900 for the pur
pose of establishing new professorship al
Andover for him to occupy. Such profes
sorship would be independent of the visitors
The Knights of st. Patrick Wednesday af.
ternoon presented ex-President McKenna OF
the society with an elegant gold headed cane
as testimonial of their regard j. D. Plum
kett made the presentation speech. Mr. Nc.
Kenna, wife and children sailed yesterday to
visit Ireland and the continent.
| George Brown, nineteen years of age, was
lost overheard recently from the schooner
| Charles Fl. Conlomb, which was sailing from
| Havana to Philadelphia. In signing articles
for the voyage he gave New Haven as his
residence. 1t is not known who his parents
| are.
Judge Nathaniel Shipman, of Hartford, has
| been chosen president OF the American Col
lege and Educational society. The receipts
last year from legacies donations, etc., were
$92, 851. Its permanent funds amount to
1888, 500.
Mr.. j. L. Hutchinson is now alone in the
management of the big show, Mr.. Barnum
and Mr.. Bailey having sailed for Europe. 1t
is in safe hands, however. His energy and
'capability are practically unlimited.
Miss Justine Ingersoll of this city, organ
lied a private theatrical entertainment in
New York Saturday evening for the benefit
of Mr.. and Mrs Almyn Maude, the former
an English gentleman of birth and position,
the latter, the daughter of aHindoo princess,
and through her kind assistance and others,
at the Madison Square Theatre.
Jumbo.
The rain yesterday forenoon kept away
many Jumboites from other towns, but the
change in the weather in the afternoon
brought in small army of teams from ad-
jacent towns, and the streets were thronged
with horse cars carriages and omnibuses last
evening for an hour after the great show.
The police were on hand for pickpockets, but
up to ten o'clock no trouble had been
reported, but very likely in the jam of people
at the show some people lost pocketbooks
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Brewer we're in Bridgeport Wednesday to look
around and find what thieves and pickpock-
cts were following the circus, and special ar
rangements were made yesterday for hiving
any such characters. The police at the circus
showed much efficiency and careful attention
to their duties.
There was a crowd of people to see Jumbo
when he was landed from the cars They
got free glimpse of the great creature
Many hung around last night to see Jumbo
re-embarked on the cars. After he was
shown around at the show he was
put on board the circus train. Hundreds
of laboring men, girls and children stayed to
see him. and though few saw Jumbo many
saw the herd of elephants, which was quar-
tered for while outside the big tent near
the railroad embankment before being put on
board the cars. The circus shows in Meriden
to- day and tomorrow in New Britain.
Jumbo on being landed yesterday to go to
the grounds passed under some maple trees,
and reached out his long trunk and tore off |
branches as easily as if they were pipe stems. |
wallet which was stolen by James Gala |
CHER, the pickpocket, on the circus grounds |
at Bridgeport Wednesday, belonged to Mr.. |
Daniel Cooley, of Weston. Gallagher was