Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-12
State News;

Telephone communication with all parts of the State is now open by way of Litchfeld.
 The Shelton Baptist church gives an oys- ter supper this evening. Music will be sup piled by the Harmonic band.
 Edward Britton, of Wilton, has had 22 children by two wives, 14 by one and by the other. Of these 16 are living. MT. Samuel Simpson, of Wallingford, has sold 225 feet by 150 on Washington street in that town to the Gas Light company.
 The trot at Meadowside park was adjourn. ed one week, owing to the trot which is to take place next week at Hamilton park.
 A Norwich woman found a stray bullet on her best bed the other day, that had been 1 fired through the blind, curtain and pill. low sham.
 The borough of Ansonia has $S GOO in the treasury. Birmingham has $1O,00O in it's treasury and owes $1s,OO and has $1 1,OOO,- 900 in improvements.
 William Braun has been elected president of the State Saengerbund, and F. Fl. Gruen- thai secretary. The next State meeting and prize singing will be at Bridgeport in 1885. Lively times in Ansonia yesterday when the trains passed through with the fremen on board. Lots of Ansonia and Birmingham people went to Bridgeport to see the parade. Frank Howard and Richard Hadley, now confined in Litchfeld jail for horse stealing pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. These are two of the gang whose exploits were told in the confession of Paddy Ryan. Eight Hartford boys have been fined $9 each for stealing walnuts from @ West Hart ford farmers trees last Sunday. They and 8 similar party of marauders had pistols and threatened to use them.
 barn which stood in the rear of Rev. B. A. Smiths school, Middletown, was burned soon after midnight Wednesday morning. Loss about $2O0. It was ownedby Dr. Bell. The fire department saved surrounding prop erty.
 The New London city council failed to elect 8 clean slate of Democrats for city off, cers as the Democrats have been claiming they would do, but chose Republicans for city attorney and his assistant, street coInmis- sloner, chief engineer, assistant engineer, captain of the police and health officer.
 MT. c F. Smith, treasurer of the Milford and Orange Agricultural society, will be at Higby's drug store Saturday night to pay off the premiums awarded at the late fair. After that he will pay those that call on him for it until October 19, after which all premiums uncalled for will be donated to the society.
 Political conventions. Fifth senatorial dis trict, Republican, at Waterbury; thirteenth district, Republican, at Norwalk Saturday, Democratic at Norwalk the goth; New Lon don county, Republican, at Norwich Tues- day; Fairfield county, Democratic, at Bridge port Thursday, and Litchfield county Demo- cratic, at Litchfeld the 18th.
 At the annual town meeting at Huntington Center, Monday afternoon, $3, ,00O was voted as school appropriation for the ensuing year and $700 for roads in the borough of Shel- ton. The portion of Hill street lying outside of Shelton was accepted on conditions. It was voted to act with Derby whenever the 1Rft nnld i11k hn oF suitable foot passage over the Housatonic bridge.
 Union lodge, Knights of Honor, of Ansonia, celebrates its first anniversary on Tuesday evening, October 23, with an open meeting to which members can invite their friends ladies included. Grand Dictator Judge J. P. Studley, General F. D. SIoat, H. E. Benton of the New Haven Palladium, and other grand officers of the order will be present and address the meeting. The exercises will conclude with supper.
 Rev. E. R. Bishop, of Marquette, Mich, has resigned his rectorship of St. Paups church. to take effect October l, for the pur- pose of taking European trip in hopes of beneftting his daughters health. MT. Bish- op is well known here, having married a daughter of the late Dr. Pomeroy. He has been extremely successful during the six years of his rectorship there, paying off 8 "oOC OA poo'OoV uPoA Cne cAurcA anu au0ine much to it's prosperity A purse of $1, 400 was presented to him by his parishioners and the resolutions of the vestry are highly oon- plimentary.
 Canaan and neighboring towns are badly infested with thieves. Pigs have been killed and carried of, although a hog on the leg has been considered heretofore safe proper ty. A few nights since Wes Colby and wife committed burglary and were tracked to their home near Lakeville, where the goods stolen from one of the cottages on the camp ground were foupd, also a horse recently stolen from Edmund Dean, of Huntsville. Mrs. Colby had on a dress stolen fir om the line of Mrs. Bartlett, of Falls Village. A large amount of stolen property was found. Mrs. Colby was arrested, but her husband escaped.