Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-13
State News.
November l:

Mr c. c. Jackson, of Ansonia leaves this week for Florida.
 The State Congregational conference meets at Norwich to day, and 400 delegates are ex- pected to be present.
 Alexander Johnston, of Norwalk, has been appointed professor of jurisprudence and political economy at Princeton college.
 Rev. Mir. Payson, of Ansonia, preached fine sermon Sunday on Luther and the Re formation to large congregation.
 Walter J. Phillips, business manager of the United Press association, has bought an interest in the Meriden Press Recorder.
 The rolling mill in Birmingham will be closed to-day on account of the death of Vice President Stow, of the Peck, Stow S Wilcox company.
 General Hancock, who was invited to at tend the Bridgeport Grand Army fair, has sent the managers letter regretting his in- ability to attend on account of his lameness.
 The Norwalk Gas Light company has is- sued 8 circular announcing 20 per cent. re- duction in all October gas bills because re- pairs and alterations at the works had inter- tered with the service.
 Kate Dickerman was bound over at Hart ford Saturday for horse stealing She hired team, drove to Beacon Falls and traded it of, drove to Bridgeport and traded again, and was finally caught in Now Jersey.
 Leon Bacher, superintendent of the Glas- tonbury mills, says he discharged the man Robinson for incompetence and not for vot- ing the Republican ticket, and that Robinson had four children in the mills whom he would have been glad to keep if Robinson would let them stay.
 Lucius Woodford one of the most promi- nent men in Watertown, died suddenly in his chair at the breakfast table on Friday. He
 was in his 88th year, but although feeble was not supposed to be near his end. The day before his death he walked to 8 neighbours house and seemed as well as usual. Hartford had four little burgIaries Friday night and three men were arrested at East Hartford in the morning. One of them was identified by a woman whose room he had robbed. She pretended to be aslssp and thus got good look at the fellow, making no out cry till he had left and she could lock the door.
 The school population in 89 towns more than half the towns of the State, and that of | two counties, Middlesex and New London, has decreased in the last decade. These towns are the hill and exclusively agricultural towns. New Haven has about one-tenth of the school children of the State. More than half the towns of the state draw from the State treasurer for education more than they pay in on the grand list.
 The other day newsboy on the $40 a. m. express lost his hat off at Harrison station The train was going at the rate of forty five miles an hour, but he jumped, struck on his feet, then fell on his head cutting his face somewhat. Seeing that he was not disabled the train kept on. The boy hailed from Norwalk and when asked why he did such foolhardy feat said ''he forgot and thought he was on the Norwalk horse car." He of fers to repeat the jump for one dollar Stamford Herald.
 A Bridgeport boy has come out with bit of sharp practice on the medical examiners. He rushed in and breathlessly announced that man had just been killed by the at South avenue. The carrier of this bit of news was given the fifty cents allowed by law and departed, but when the doctor came to investigate he found the corpse was alive and not much hurt, and that he was not only out fifty cents, which was no great matter, but humbugged, which he took much to heart.
 Rev. S. G. Lum, of New Fairfield, father of the woman who died at Danbury, proba- bIy from an abortion, publishes card in which he asserts his belief in his daughters story that she was outraged The story is that last May Mir. and Mrs. Lum went to New Jersey and arranged for a young lady to stay with Fannie; that the young woman was taken sick and could not come and Fannie stayed alone; that young man came to the house and forcib1y &C., complished her ruin; and that she would never give the young mans name for fear of quarrel in which he or her father would be killed. He requests all papers which have published the story to also give this state ment Dr. Lacy accused of causing the girls death, has been released on $3, GOO bail.