Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-12
STATE NEWS

John Jorodan, who was arrested as one of the Middletown bank robbers in 1880, but es- capped before trial, was arrested-in New York Friday The MiddletoWn bank lost $60, ,000 in bonds and bills and Jourdan, who had been identified as being in the bank at the time of the robbery, was arrested in New York, fought the reqpisition proceedings, and while locked up in Ludlow street jail ' feigned sickness and was sent to Bellevue hospital Soon after his arrival he was wis | tied by his sister, who had in the meantime l perfected all the plans for his escape from 1 the hospital. Early one morning Jourdan ! was missed from the hospital ward and his ] escape was not made public until the fugitive l had crossed into Canada It was after I wards ascertained that he had fled to Eng | land There he committed another robbery 1 and had to escape to France. Recently he returned to New York. It was his sister, Maggie Jourdan, who on November 19, 1873, visited the Tombs, where William J. Shark ey lay under sentence of death for the cruel killing of the gambler Robert s. Dunn, alias Bob Isaacs, and brought him the female ap parel in which he effected his escape. She is now supposed to be with Sharkey at Madrid, Spain. Jourdan has been from time to time the 'Fpal" of all the better known burglars in \ New York.
 The complaint on which Jourdan was ar lrested this time was for stealing a hundred ! dollar bill The complainant did not appear 1 on Saturday, and on being questioned at her
 hone retracted the charge. He had com 1 promised matters with the Middletown bank,
 so thatno attempt was made to hold him on | that account
 The management of the New Britain Opera House has again passed into the hands of MT. I John Hanna, that gentleman having leased it | for five years. The Opera House company ! have brought suit against C.. B. Palmer, of Hartford, to recover about $1 ,000 back rent and attached several head of blooded stock hn nT1 no1I Seven Blaine and Logan flags were un- 1 furled in Danielsonville cn Friday evening. There was a grand Republican rally, with speeches by Henry Hammond, Colonel c. A. | Russell, J. W. Randall and Br. w E. Hyde. Sharon farmers have been loging chickens and turkeys in considerable Quantities for some weeks, and evidently the fowls were taken by some animal. Over $50 worth was taken from one farm. They sat ul several nights without success and at last rigged
 gun with string fast to the trigger. This
 worked better, and before long they were
 wakened by a report. They found that
 coon had been disabled by the shot, though
 it had previously killed two bullets. It was
 female, and her family of young were af,
 forwards found about a mile away. The old
 coon was killed at the same place. This,
 however, has not ended the raids on the hen
 yards, and grand coon hunt is being organ
 ived. The damage thus far done is estimat
 ed at $2O0.
 Rufus W. Gillet, formerly of Torrington,
 is now president of the board of trade at
 Detroit and fire commissioner.
 Suits have been brought in the United
 States Circuit courts by MT. George w. Taft, proprietor of the Champion road machine, against the towns of Windham, Conn; Rut- land, Mass. Plymouth, N. H.; Brunswick and Corinna, Me-, for infringement of his patent rights by the use of road machine 1al @ho Shit haC ale hapD against the party who sold the machine to the towns named.
 The Suffield Democrats raised their flag on Friday night. The Blaine and Logan men of Suffield have a new flag, 36 feet by 19 feet inches, which they raised last evening.
 Miss Vina Brainerd, former graduate of the Connecticut literary institute, will sue ceed Mrs. R. E. Pomeroy as teacher of the | Boston Neck school. Miss Emma Seymour 1 will also teach there during the coming year. l
 A State examination for teachers will be | held in the school building, room No. 6, | Windsor Locks, on Wednesday and Thurs 1 day, beginning at 9:30 each day. Attendance | on both days will be necessary. The pro- | gra1nme for the first day is: 9:3O to 10 8. m., | spelling; 10 to 12:30. arithmetic; 1 to 3:45 p. | m., grammar; 4 to p. m., geography. For the second day: From 9:30 to 10:30 a. m., | reading; 10:30 to 12:30, history; 2 to p. m., | drawing 'soptional;' to p. m., singing, |
 'opt1onal;' 4 to Q p. m, theory ana practlce, | optional"
 The funeral of Fred A. Richards, of New London, was largely attended Sunday after | noon Rev. MT. Lewis of the Bethel con | ducted the services at the house. There were l over eighty Masons from Union and Brainerd lodges with regalia in line, and the Third regiment band headed the solemn procession. l The deceased was buried with the pomp snd | ceremony of the Masonic order.
 The funeral of Mrs. Ebenezer Wing was | largely attended at Ansonia Saturday morn | ing, number of Bridgeport people being their golden wedding last fall. The deceased | was the mother of Rev. s. C. Wing, formerly | of New Haven, and another son, Henry, now | in the West, was for some years editor of the | Litchfeld Enquirer.