Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-24
State News.

Charles Gilmore, eight years old, living at l 26 Grand street, Hartford, fell from tree
 on Saturday and broke an arm. | Ward Fowler of Branford, died Sunday | night at the residence of his nephew, Arthur l Fowler, at Moose Hill. The deceased was l deaf and dumb and was eighty-three years of
 age.
 1 A Winsted stock company of $2o,o00 is | now formed which will rebuild the Thomp-
 son. Stacker & Co., bolt shop, which was
 burned on Pond hill last winter. Building l will be commenced at once. Alonzo Sherman, of Trumbull, eighty | years, received a fracture of the hip, two
 weeks ago, by falling from load of hay | Thirty years ago he was similarly injured by | a fall from a carriage. He Is getting on we'll
 Hartford is to have still another insurance | building Tho Connecticut Fire Insurance company will erect at the corner of Grove | and Prospect streets a structure 58 by 12o feet, one and two stories high and in Byzan- | tine style.
 The sailing schooner Francis Allyn will sail from New London for Desolation Island on or about the 18th of August. She will probably be commanded by Joseph J. Fuller of Danvers, Mass, who was master of the i'll fated Pilots Bride.
 In Bridgeport Tuesday last Mrs. Caroline Betti an aunt of Officer Jennings, fell to the floor at the house of his motter, where she was visiting, and dislocated her hip joint Dr. Clemens set the bone, and although Mrs Bettis is a lady of so years, the prospect of her recovery is excellent.
 Judge Arnold filed an opinion in Philadel- phia on Saturday granting an injunction against the Rogers Manufacturing company of that city, enioining them from the use of the word Rogers" upon silver plated ware The suit was brought at the instance of the William Rogers Manufacturing company of Hartford.
 James Merchant, 30 years of age, residing with his mother on Avon street, Hartford, was before the Police court Saturday morn ing, suffering from severe attack or dellr- ium trenens, and was taken to the jail It took two strong men to care for him. About midnight he was attacked with epileptic fits. Dr. Crary was called, but the man died be- fore his arrival. His brother took charge of the body.
 The funeral of Thomas, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kennedy, who died Friday afternoon of cholera infantum, took place from MT. Kennedy's residence on Hopson avenue, Branford, Sunday afternoon. The remains were incased in a beautiful white velvet casket with silver trimmings. About 60 carriages followed the remains to the grave The interment was in Q New Haven cemetery. The floral offerings were numer-  has not been in Branford for some time. David Merdes merchant tailor at 70 Car mine street, New York, has recovered at Stamford his 13 years old boy who ran away a month ago and whom he found blacking boots in Stamford. The father and relatives had for m onth been searching the country from Chicago to Boston, advertising In the daily papers, employing detectives, inter viewing travellers and railroad men and writ ing and telearaphing-even sending cable messages to friends in London-in order to discover the whereabouts of the youthful wanderer.
 The members of the St Elmo commandery, Meriden, who are to make the pilgrimage to San Francisco to the trlennlal conelave Of the grand encampment, left there yesterday after noon at o'clock in the palace cars ''C. B. Pratt' and "City of Worcester The party will be absent until September 1st and will visit all the interesting places on the outward and homeward trip between here and the Golden Gate. Going the tourists will take the southern or Santa Fe route, and com ing home the Ogden and Salt Lake City line. The members of the party will be Mayor E. J. Doolittle, ex-Mayor Fl. Wales Lines, Judge Coe, ". F. Davis, Pro lessor A. 5. Mather, Eli c. Birdsey, W. H. Nidler, John w. Coe, c. S. Perkins, N. r. Griswold, R. T. Cook, E. B Everitt, Frank Stevenson, H. H. Strong of New Haven, Frank J. Pratt of Southington and George S. Taylor of Chicopee. Mass. Mir. Mather is the only bachelor in the party and the others, with the exception of Messrs. Lines, Miller, Pratt and Perkins, will take their wives with them. The trip will cost about $1 GOO a couple.