Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-22
STATE NEWS.

1 The Hartford Telegram says: Saturday afternoon two Swede girls came to the station house and attempted to make 8 complaint One of the girls could not speak English while the other but imperfectly understood it. After a hard struggle Chief Packard gleaned that they wanted to enter a com I plaint of some nature against 8 Swedish coachman. He directed them to Prosecuting Attorney Barbour, who succeeded in inter l preting their wants sufficiently to base com of a warrant against Sivan Lawson on charge of seduction. The young woman who entered the complaint is apparently not ! over seventeen years of age. She claims that under promise of marriage Lawson seduced her and in consequence she is now liable to given to the police, who have arrested Law son.
 The Rev. Howard s. Clapp, rector of St. Paul's, Norwich, has been granted @ three months leave of absence. He will improve it by taking a trip to Europe with his wife. The amount paid to Miss Helen de P Ham ersly, of Newington, by the railroad company -$2, ,300-for land taken and damage done her grounds, is considered by her as merely
 nominal. She says that money cannot make up for the loss of the shrubbery and hedge that was destroyed.
 The house of Dennis Flaherty on Burnside ! avenue, East Hartford, was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. The JOSS IS aDout S1,UUU, insurance $500.
 Weeds band, of Hartford, turned out Sun day to attend the funeral in that city of Jo- seph German, a member of the organization. The L. G. club acted as escort and guard to tue hearse.
 Farmers about Ansonia say that the apple crop will be a failure. Mu ch of the fruit was killed by the frost, and now sm all worm is finishing the rest.
 A al Of land conductors composing division 50, O. of R. c. of Hartford, went to Bos ton Sunday morning to assist in organizing division of the order at that point. They ret turned at night on the Washington express, fully re- paid for their labor Boston div ision has twenty-one charter members. The Hartford Canoe club will be represent ed at the annual meeting of the American 1 Canoe association, which occurs at Grind stone Island on the St. Lawren ce, from Au- l gust 1st to 18th next, by Commodore Louis ! Q. Jones' Ventu re, E. M. Francis Outing, A. 1 w. Dodd's Hart ford and Dr. George L. Par 1 melee's Oahu.
 1 A new build ing is to be added to the Nor 1 wich Free academy, and is the gift of Mr. ". 1 A. Slater, son of the late John F. Slater. 1 The Bulletin says of it: 1.-The new building 1 will consist of two stories. The lower one l will be hall capab le of seating about 1 ,00O l persons, part of which can be cut off, when [ { seating 150 to 250 ca oh. The second story I will contain museum and art gallery, the l Peck library and 6 room for practical work of I art There will also be a third-story room over
 this part of the building which will be used for similar purposes. There will hA tower l in the northwest corner, containing 8 sulta-
 ble room for observatory"
 l The expenses incurred by the general com
 mittee on the Middletovn centennial amount 1 ed to S995. .S9, and the amount raised by sub
 scription w.., S1 orr .69, leaving $21 80 in the treas1--y, which is to be equally divided be- ereen the Mansfield Guard, the Higganup4
 uI ul.. corps, and the Odd Fellows. The zen
 tenn1al exercises are to be pubIisaed in
 pamphlet form and copies placed on sale in
 the bookstores.
 MT. John Goodman, of East Litchfield, has
 returned from visit to Switzerland, where
 he formerly lived
 The Rev. and Mrs. S. Washington, of Es-
 sex, celebrated their silver wedding last
 week. Over one hundred guests were pres
 ent.
 Professor Benjamin B. Penfield, of the
 State Normal school at Nashville, Tenn, is
 spending few weeks at his former home in
 Bridgeport