Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-28


 UNITED STATES HOTEL AND OTHER MATTERS.
 The Hartford Courant says There ap- peared the other day in the Springfield Re- publican an article reAscting upon the con- duct of some of the New York Seventh regt- ment men on the occasion of their visit to Hartford on Buckingham day. Among other things it was said that they destroyed prop erty in the United States Hotel. and behaved themselves generally in an unbecoming man. ner, and the article proceeded to give some details of their performances in other places in town. The New York papers of yesterday give considerable attention to the matter, and a denial is made of the truth of much that was printed in the Springfield paper, and then it is charged that the whole article WAS inspired by Colonel D. A.Rood of the United States hotel It will not be profit able to continue discussion as to some of the matters involved, but Colonel Rood expressed desire to the representative of The Courant yesterday to have an emphatic denial made of the accusation that he had inspired the criticism of the Springfield correspondent. He says that he had no knowledge whatever of the writing or appearance of the article until his attention was called to 1t. More over he had no such feeling about the re- | fusal of the Seventh to settle the hotel bill as he is represented ln New York papers as having. It was business trans- | action. He had provided, at the urgent l quest of the visitors, for the accommodation 1 of 300 men, and had been at considerable pense in so doing but only 1S7 arrived and | he had no notification of the falling off in the 1 number expected uutil 10:3O o'clock a. m. on Buckingham day, half hour before the regiment arrived and then 1t was too late to l change his arrangements. The case was | laid pleasantly and in business-like manner before the officers of the regiment when the 1 time for squaring accounts came and MT. Rood volunteered to throw of $1O0. No | settlement was made then, but the matter 1ofk kL.okS 1nr1 hon n1o- ble arrangement would be arrived at and there was no possible motive to influence MT. Rood to do anything ma Ecous and those who know him know very we'll that his reputation does not justify the charge that he would conduct himself in such matter otherwise than as gentleman. He had no knowledge whatever of the charges made against the visitors, so far as their conduct outside of his house was con- cerned and did not hear of it until the mat ter was published he did know of course, as all the inmates of the hotel knew, what took place in the hotel, but he made no pub Iication of it in any form. It is simple jus tice to MT. Rood that these facts should be stated.
 The new board of pardons hasn't helped the prisoners much, only two of all those ap plying for pardon having been released so far. They were James T. Belden, sentenced l to two years and a half at Hartford for steal ing, and Irwin Gillett sentenced from Bir- nningham for ten months as 8 tramp.
 Mrs Christopher Collier, of Union street, Norwich, died suddenly at her residence about o'clock Thursday morning of heart disease. She was, to all appearance, in her accustomed health when she retired Wednes- day evening. It is but few months since her husband and a daughter died. Mrs. Col Her was about seventy years of age.
 Following are the excursions to Roton Point on the programme for next week: Monday, June 30, First Congregational church of Norwslk; Tuesday, Forty-third street NJ. E. Sunday school; Wednesday, North Baptist church of Newark, N. J.; Fri | day, July 4, excursion from orWalk and vi cinity; Saturday, July 6, Catholic church from Paterson, N. J., on steamer Long Branch and barge.
 The graduating class of Trinity college held valedictory meeting Thursday night after the reception at which 1t was resolved to have triennial reunion at the commence | ment of 1887. Permanent officers were chosen as follows: President, Edward Law son Purdy of Brooklyn, N '; vice president James Frederick Olmstead of Fort Edward, N Y; secretary, Frank Wood Richardson of Auburn, N Y. The secretary was requested | to publish class record at the end of each succeeding year.
 THE sUFFIELD INSTITUTE.
 The reception Wednesday evening was a decided success in every way. Though the storm prevented crowded attendance, there was large number of people present. South lands orchestra, of Springfield, furnished music. Governor Waller arrived on the evening train, and was the guest during his stay of the Hon. I. Luther Spencer.
 Waterbury's soldiers monument will prob ably be dedicated about the middle of Oc- tober. It costs $50, and consists of a granite base and shaft, with surrounding figures in l bronze and bronze bas-relisfs
 In Bridgeport, on Wednesday evening, wind and rain caused the electric light and district telegraph wires to come in contact, and stream of electricity now and then blazed up, followed by falling sparks, as if the wires were on fire. The phenomenon caused no little surmising lasting as it did for over an hour. The telegraph wire was finally burned in two.