Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-10
State News.
Diphtheria prevails in New London.

Danbury girls sat down freq uently last night. The new roller-skating rink did it.
 Rear Admiral Nichols recommends SIS, ,O00 for quay wall at the New London naval station
 The extension of the New Canaan and Stamford road from New Canaan to Danbury IS being surveyed.
 Waterbury water commissioners have again restricted the amount of water to be used by factories and individuals.
 The schoolmasters and marms of Wind ham and New London counties held their semi-annual convention at Putnam yesterday. The Norwich and Worcester division of the New York and New England railroad was inspected on Wednesday from Norwich to 1 Worcester.
 New York capitalists have formed a com. pany with capital of $50O.OOO to work the feldspar and quartz quarries at Branchville, | in Ridgefield.
 | The Thompsonville Coffin company are sending large numbers of their iron baskets l to Florida. The orange growers reciprocate 1 by sending us green fruit.
 | c. F. Spaulding has been confirmed as su- perintendent of the New London Northern railroad. He has been acting as superintend- 1 ent since the resignation of Mir. Bentley. | Theodore Dunwell, of Derby, has been missing since Monday morning, when he | arose early, as is supposed, to go shooting. | It is feared that he met with some accident.
 The conference of Congregational churches of the State of Connecticut will convene at the Broadway church, Norwich, on Tuesday of next week, and remain in session for three days.
 1 If reports are to be credited 8 great many front doors of Hartford's saloons didn't know 1 what the back doors were doing during cleo ton Tuesday. Attorney Clark says there were over one hundred violations of the law. Many prosecutions are likely to follow. An applicant for license in New London was refused on the ground that one of the | signers vas young man who had, until 8 few weeks ago, been an habitual drunkard, 1 and whom he himself and his friends were now sndeavoring to reform. He will have to get another indorser, after which no further objection will be made.
 Reed Ferris, of Danbury, on Monday sold his Shorse Danbury..Boy to N. D. Baldwin, of l Birmingham, for $2, 900. The horse was de- iyersd Wednesday and resold to Abijah Gil bert, of Derby, for $2, $50. He has run two races, eight heats, and has never been head. ed. In the New Haven race he was the last to start of the ten horses entered and had the outside, but he forged ahead.
 It is stated that a syndicate of New York and Chicago capitalists has bsen formed to buy up large part of the oyster beds about New Haven and place them under the con trol of stock company. The project is said to be based on some scheme for ridding the beds of star fish, which are the great enemy of the oysters and whose raveges in that vi cinity have recently been noticed.
 Among those who voted in Enfield Tues day Yas Anson K. Parsons, an old elector who was restored to the voting list after au absence from the town of about fifty years, having resided part of the time in Austra lia. He was in partnership with Orrin Thomp- son in store which stood near the South Congregational church, some time before he founded Thompsonville. Mir. Parsons came permanently to reside with his sister, Mrs. Mabel P. Emerson, a little over year ago.
 Truman J. Smith, 8 well to-do farmer oi Watertown, choked and beat his wife Wed nesday for the reason, as she says, that all their children are girls. The third child was born two weeks ago and Smith has been es pecially sulky ever since. Smith claims that his wife began the trouble by hittinghim with broom and trying to pour kettle of hol water on him. The neighbors side with Mrs Smith and threaten to take Smiths punish ment into their own hands.
 MARRIAGE LATE IN LIFE
 Thursday afternoon the marriage of Will liam Bolles, of Winthrop street, to Mrs Frank Chapman, of Poquonnock, was cele brated at the brides residence in Poquon- mock. MT. Bolles is one of Hartford'i wealthiest men. He is about eighty years ot age, while the bride is but forty-five. Il caused some surprise among his friends that he should contract marriage so late in life His intentions were carefully kept from everybody, his own family not being inform ed of the plan until yesterday, and were much astonished.-Hartford Telegram. | If you have a severe cough or cold it is much bet l ter to take remedy that is well known for good reliable thing than to experiment with quacl | nostrums. "American Cough Drops' compound ed from doctors prescription It has been in us for years throughout Connecticut, and steadily gain in favor There is nothing equal to it for all throa lung troubles It is especially valuable in of long standing and obstinate coughs. Sold by al l druggists. Price S5 cents bottle. n6eod3t1w Emory's Little Cathart1c is the best anl only reliable Liver Pill known never fails with thu most obstinate purely vegetable coated tasteless, harmless, gripping unpleasant effects l Druggists sell them-15 cents. n8 3teodaW ! saQuick n Wink No. IF Union Snuara N V. the first itndlLce the