Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-17
State News.

The Stafford Hollow cornet ''tooters" are to have ball in the town hall Thanksgiving night, and the Busy Bees will have an oyster supper in the hall at the same time.
 Danbury is driving business place. A man there buried his wife Saturday, drove to New York Stste after likely widow house. keeper Sunday brought her home Monday and married her Tuesday.
 New Haven county Republicans are licking their chops because their newly elected Sheriff Gates can appoint jailer and seven assistants, and 16 deputies, who average $1, 800 year.-Springfeld Republicans.
 A. s. Upson, of Hartford, whose wife re- gently ran away with Engineer Foss will at once apply for divorce. He is vouched for as well connected young man of excellent habits and irreproachable character, who made an unfortunate marriage.
 The new Catholic church in Birmingham will be dedicated on the 18th of the present month with appropriate ceremonies. Ponti- ficRI high mass will be celebrated at 1O:3O by Bishop McMahon, of Hartford, and the ser mon will be preached by Bishop O'Reilly, of Springfield.
 The income of the New London and North ern road for the year ending September 30 was $637, TIP, of which $231, S48 was passen ger earnings and $361, ,787 freight earnings. The net income $24O, 624; $9O, 900 was paid out in dividends and the surplus was $53,- 517. This is 8 handsome increase over the business of last year.
 The Busy Bees at Stafford have elected these officers: President, Ella Hewlett vice president, Belle Black secretary, Es- tella Squires treasurer, F. Walker, and a board of four directors.-Broad machinery has been ordered for half the Phoenix com pany's finishing room, and it will probably be set up about January l.
 The wedding of George M Underhill, one of the proprietors of the Terrett House of West Suffield, and A. Jennie Spencer, daugh- ter of the late Milton Spencer, was largely attended at the Terrett House Wednesday evening.-Professor Hubbard, of New Brit ain, read before the literary society Tuesday evening.
 Francis s. Fitch, of Darien, gets all the property which his uncle, the late Benjamin Fitch, the New York philanthropist, owned in that town, and $1, GOO 8 year. Benjamin Fiteh's body will be buried in St. Luke's church at Darien; $1, 1000 is left to keep his vault ih repair and $1 ,OO0 goes to the Fitch home for soldiers at Darien.
 The matching house at Poquonock has turned about 2,5O0, 900 shad fry into the Connecticut this summer, not so many as formerly because the spring run was light The planted salmon do not thrive because the water below Holyoke isn't fit for them to live in, fshmen say, but the trout in the smaller streams are doing well enough to repay all the trouble and cost of stocking them.
 Manuel Montairo had high old time at the jail Thursday. He got his temper as high as his strengh would allow and declared that he would murder Messrs. R F. Hill and Frank Henderson, and in his summing up did not omit the name of Judge Stoddard who sentenced him. He will be taken to Wethersfeld next week. Az he has twenty years to contemplate his threatened deeds of blood, those whom they concern can smile oncernedly.-Norwicb Bulletin.
 A Hartford dude thought that he had ''mashed' pretty young woman at the Foot Guard fair the other night, and she ac- cepted his attentions in conspicuous way, greatly to the envy of his fellows. She ate ice cream and candy with an eye to the prof. it's of the booths, but when he came to offer his escort home. in the hearing of his com- panions, she excused herself as she must walk home with her husband. His ice cream and candy bills were the smallest part of the dudes expenses.
 Howard of the Paddy" Ryan gang of bur glars who is serving ten-years' sentence in State prison, says that Hadley, who escaped from Sheriff Porter of Litchfield county, unlocked his handcuffs with dog collar key. The two had frequent chances of communication in the Litchfeld jail, and knowing that dog collar keys would unlock the latest improved" style of handcuff, they provided themselves through Prescott, HedIey's lawyer The plan was to escape when being taken to court for trial. but Hadley had an extra brace put on and Howard wouldn't run alone-so he says. When they came to be transferred to State prison the clamps put on Hadley's legs were the improved" kind which the dog collar keys would unlock, but Towards were old fashioned ones that he couldn't get rid of Accordingly Howard is in prison and Hadley is free.
 HARTFoRDs YOUNG LADY yIoLINIsT.
 A correspondent of the Cincinnati Musical People writes of Miss Mary Beeman, the young lady violinist of Hartford, as follows
 want to tell you about this volinist, Mary Beeman, whose remarkable performance has filled me with wonder and admiration-I might almost say with awe. I have no words with which to convey to you how she i'm pressed me, and, as you know, I am not one of those fanatica de musica who go into rap lures over every gleam of genius that falls athwart their pathway. Ihesrd her play sev- erRl pieces of varying character. When she began was not prepared for revelation, but were 8 critic should be guided by my feelings. I could not keep the tears from falling, and realized that it was genius that cd was the magnificent Mendelsshon Con- certo which have heard Wilhelmj play.
 GREAT FISH FARM
 The Poquonnock fish farm has turned out 2, SOC, 900 shad fry the past season The work of fish planting promises well. Trout are thriving in many streams, but our streams are not pure enough for salmon. These fish are little heard of now. few years ago, af. ter the efforts to plant them, they did come up the Connecticut and smaller streams in enough numbers to show that the planting had not been in vain. The shsd pounds and other shad nets caught out quite . large number of these. The fish were worth dollar pound or more live weight, to the catcher, and it was hard to throw back q salmon. Moreover, old fisher l men claim that by the time salmon-always a tender fsh-had been dragged out of Q 1 pound it was beyond recovery. But expert enced fish students say it isn't the shad nets | that have cleaned out the salmon. It is the | factories. In the Connecticut, said one ex- | pert, the water below Holyoke is not it for l salmon to live in. It cannot thrive there. Tributary rivers suffer equally. It is doubt- ful if salmon can ever be raised in our waters l again. s