Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-09

The Waterbury American calls attention | to the bad sanitary condition of that city, | and suggests the need of Board of Health.
 The Meriden Evening Star made it's first l appearance Wednesday. Francis Atwater is editor and proprietor.
 The Carter Foundry company, of Ansonia, | manufacturers of ship chandlery, hardware I and heavy and light brass and bronze cast 1 ings, have consolidated with T. B. DeForest 1 6 Son, of Shelton, who hold several patents 1 for show stands and store fixtures, the con
 solidation dating from August list.
 Colonel T. L. Watson is building S10,- | 900 cottage at Black Point.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Luke celebrated the l fifteenth anniversary of their marriage at ! their place, Cedar Cliff" Mianus, last week. | The congratulations which were presented on | every hand were hearty and strong. Among 1 those present were MT. and Mrs. H. G. Stet-
 son, MT. and Mrs. Lloyd Miss Woodman, MT.
 and Mrs. Walter Luke, Mr: and Mrs. George ! Luke, MT. and Mrs. A. E. Brush and Miss H. Mason, of New Orleans. The whole affair
 was very pleasant and sociable one Robert A. Morgan, of Groton, retired sea | captain and @ man very well known, died | suddenly of heart disease Thursday night, | aged sixty-four years.
 As J. L. Raub and J. w. Storrs, of New | London, were about to begin rifle practice at | the naval station on Wednesday one of them ] from the butts. The bullets go throughsthe butts and lodge in a gravel bank. They | waited five minutes, but no man put in an
 appearance near the targets. Finally MT. l Storrs shouted: ''H you don't want to die | get away from the butt, for we are going to 1 shoot" Immediately a man almost fright ened to death jumped from behind the butt 1 and disappeared in the opposite direction It ! appears that he was digging bullets from the 1 bank, and as he had struck 8 lead mine was
 unconscious of his dangerous position. 1 Peleg Randall, man about seventy years I old, residing in Exeter, R. l., but few miles from Voluntown, committed suicide l himself with rope fastened to beam in ! the garret of his residence. He had been in | failing health for some time and had acquired | the habit of using opium and chloral. He | made his will one day last week. He was widower and the woman who had been keep ! ing his house left him @ week or two ago. He was in rather limited circumstances as to 1 property, owning only small place on which he lived. He resided for many years in Vol
 untown and was regarded as an upright and honest man, and was much respected a cit izen.
 The funniest of the fresh air fund stories comes from Litchfeld. A woman had agreed to take boy and his sister for their second
 visit to the place. The boy came alone, how
 ever, and being asked about his sister re-
 piled: 'EMother wouldn't let her come to
 Litchfield this year. She says she got the
 malaria coming out with the fresh air fellers
 last year" The children live on Baxter
 street, New York.-Springfeld Republican.
 Holders of the Hurd rolling stocks at
 Bridgeport are encouraged. Dividends de-
 clared on the New England rolling stock six
 months ago have just been paid, and the
 Boston & Albany and Housatonic rolling stock companies will declare dividends this week.
 The thievish depredations upon the clothes
 line of Alfred Russell and other residents in the northern part of North Branford stirred up the community lately to such an extent that voluntary company of vigilantes, con sisting of Charles Gidney, Charles Ross and Edward Smith, laid in wait upon MT. Rus sells premises one night last week watching for the thief He appeared, and being started by an outery from MT. Russell ran away The members of the vigilance committee be- ing convinced that the intruder was Charles Appel1 went to his house, where they had scuffie with him and his father and mother Appell arrested the next day, charged with theft, and waiving examination was bound over in $500 for trial. Then Appell | by way of retaliation, brought a civil suit for ,000 damages against Gidney, one of the vigilantes, for trespass and housebreak- ing. The community is much excited over the affair
 The published statement that State Attor- | ney Doolittle has issued a bench warrant for | Gidney's arrest is incorrect. Such war | rant can only be issued by a judge of the | Superior court.