Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-08
STATE NEWS.

The genial MT. Coe, of Meriden, prints other letter about tobacco. This time it re- fers to the Plainville camp meeting and con tains the following sentences: ''It used to be sort of advertisement that on this con secrated ground, for which we begged you so many times to pay, you are invited to buy cigars and tobacco, and desecrate this sane tuary to bring forth worse than briars and thorns and is nigh unto cursing. Except a narrow place in the center, and the diaboli- cal fumes may easily be through that waited, and leaving no clean place in that vicinity, according to the Methodist discipline, en- forced in Willimantic, Ocean Grove and other clean places. Bishop Simpson in his Yale lecture declared such use of tobacco an Funmixed evil.' Is there no reform?"
 Mrs. Martin, wife of the Rev, Henry H. Martin of North Manchester, died Monday, after illness of only twenty-four hours. A Danielsonville correspondent says: ''1n Put nam and Fall River, as well as in the other charges where MT Martin has 1abored. this news will sadden many hearts. Mrs. Martin was most estimable lady, and remarkably useful and helpful in the position of pas tors wife, everywhere gathering about her numbers of admiring friends"
 Daniel Sheehan, of Mystic, was stabbed Sunday morning by Charles Burgeson, Swede employed on the railroad. The wounds were serious but not dangerous, and Burge- son was let off with fine of $5 and costs.
 There was slight fire in the house of Will liam s. Beecher at Waterbury Tuesday morn ing The steamer was delayed and did not reach the place till twenty minutes after the alarm was sounded.
 The Greenwoods company at New Hartford will shut down August 22d to let their hands go on the Hudson river excursion of that day.
 The Henry G.. Hubbard drum corps of South Farms will invite the leading drum bands of the State to assemble in Middle town this fall.
 Captain Charles Hamilton, formerly mas ter of the ferryhoat plying between Middle town and Portland, died suddenly Wednes- day afternoon. He has for considerable time been troubled with heart disease.
 The burial of Miss Alice Southmayd, formerly of Middletown, Ct., who died last week in Arkansas, took place yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock in Indian Hill cemetery in Middletown.
 A steam ferryboat for the Hadlyme ferry is being built at Rock Hill.
 The makers of Crofut Du Knapp's hat shop No. ?, Norwalk, struck for four cents per dozen more on their wages and got it a few days since. Now they have struck for still higher wages, but are not likely to be successful.
 A committee of five has been appointed to secure land for the erection of the East Nor walk railroad station.
 At the Republican caucus in Norwalk Tues day evening the following gentlemen were named for town committee: Grand Juror C. B. Coolidge, Charles H. Wheeler, c. C. Wheeler, Harry Rider, Lawyer Hurlbutt For delegates to the State convention, held in New Haven on the Doth, Grand Juror Coolidge and Lawyer Hurlbutt were ap- pointed.
 The South Norwalk new Baptist church is slowly approaching completion. It is a large edifice, compared with the old building, and it will take about 75, ,000 feet of lumber to complete it.
 The Litchfeld Enquirer says: The concert in New Prseton last Friday night was sue cess in more ways than one. It was a suc- cess financially, the projectors, to whom loud praise is due, securing towards the prospec- tive new organ the neat sum of one hundred dollars. It was a success musically. Miss MacCollum of the Madison avenue Baptist church, New York, sang to the edifcation and pleasure of all present and was loudly encored. Miss Southworth of Trinity church, New Haven, seemed to take the audience by storm and responded to the prolonged applause by singing some very pretty songs in a very pleasing and winning manner. One great attraction of the evening was the Washington Glee club. They can sing and no mistake One gentleman so pleased with their perfor-
  that men could sing so." MT. Woodruff, of the Mendelssohn Glee club of New York, was prevailed upon to sing a solo and by so doing brought down the house. The local talent Miss Bertie Corning, Miss Minnie Carter and Miss Elsie Beeman, all showed creditable at tainments and are deserving of much praise
 Major John w Newton, of Plainfield, N. J., has been appointed auditor of the ac- counts of the receiver of the New England railroad by Judge Shipman'
 The Cambridge Guard of Hartford and the Fifth battalion, 0. N. G., have accepted in bake and excursion of Ives post, G. A. R.. and the Burnside Guards of Providence on Friday of next week.
 George Seymour, of South Norwalk, has picked 130 bushels of red raspberries in the last three weeks. This is I, ,260 quarts, and the berries were raised on one and two hfths acres and gave net profit of $500 per acre.