Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-06
State News.

Hartford has substituted By Jumbo" fol
 ''By Jingo."
 1 Jacob Beck, of Hopeville, in the town o1 Bedding, was drowned yesterday afternoon
 while bathing, being unable to swim. l pigeon alighted on @ korse's head ir Norwich and rode in that way about block
 the other day. Norwich is correspondingly | interested.
 Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, it is an. nounced, will follow her custom of the past ' few years by going early to Ferry Beach, | Maine, which she calls one of the finest re- 1 sorts on the New England coast.
 I The arteries of Henry Noble's legs, say \ Mansfield doctors, are turning to bone. ! Some time ago his foot became numb, and as ] the lack of feeling threatened to extend, the | foot vas amputated the operation letting | hardly drop of blood.
 The Eleventh regiment, c. ", elected the following officers at the fourth annual re- union held in Danbury Thursday Presi-
 dent, Christian ouien; vice presidents, Philo c. Bradley, company A, Lemuel Warner,
 company B, Philip Simmons, company c,
 Martin Hollister, company D, Paul E. Herter,
 company E, w. W. Fuller, company F,
 Julius Newell, company G, James E. Fuller,
 company H, John McElroy, company I.
 George Sherman, company K; executive
 committee, James H. Emerson, Lemuel
 Warner, Samuel B. Horne; secretary and
 treasurer, A. E. Carey, Norwich.
 Roswell Fowler, of Bolton, attempted sui eide Thursday morning by taking dose of aconite He sent his wife and three chill dren to the barn to attend to some duties there, and, in their absence, hoped to have ended his life. After taking the fatal dose he says he became alarmed, ran to the barn, and told his wife what he had done. She at once called in her neighbor, J. w. Sumner, who gave the unfortunate man powerful emetic, and before the physician arrived he was out of danger. There was no particular cause for the act, though he had been des- pondent for some time past.
 Fire was discovered in the picker room at the Windham Manufacturing company's mills Willimantic, about half-past six Saturday morning, and an alarm was given. The company's fire brigade rallied promptly and in less than two minutes from the discovery of the fire had their hose laid and stream of water in the room from the force pump. The automatic sprinklers with which the room is provided did effective work. The fire was quickly under control, and the prin- cpal damage will result from water, amount ing probably to several hundred dollars. The mills were closed for the balance of the day. No general alarm was given.
 Towanic station in Oxford, on the New England railroad, was broken into Sunday morning by burglars. The place was robbed of what funds there were-about $12-a few weeks ago and on this visit the burglars got nothing but the tickets were torn into frag- ments and scattered on the floor. George Scariott, the station master, lives about twen- ty feet away. The burglars forced the bolt l off back door and rummaged the first story, 1 getting pair of boots and making way with l the Sunday milk, pies, cake, bread and other provisions. A dog on the second floor parked | so loudly that it frightened the men away. | Scariott was awakened, but scolded the faith | ful animal and fell asleep again. The road | at Towanic station is quite tramp thorough fare