Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-05
Over His Wife,s Grave.

Putting An End tO His L1Ce-EdVvf T 'm
 nnson's Dssponde ncy Ends in g Terrible
 Death
 Edwin TomIinson, resident of Squantuck on the Housatonic river three miles north Of Birmingham, committed suicide Tuesday evening by shooting himself with double barrelled shotgun. The deed was commit ted in the ceme'rey which is about 8 quarter of mile from his home, and when found the body lay across the grave of his daughter. The body was discovered by brother of the deceased, Peter Tomlinson, who lived with him. Only one barrel of the gun was empty, but ths hammer of the second barrel was at full cock, showing that MT. Tomlinson's intention had been to discharge both barrels at once. He had evidently laid down, placed the muzzle of the gun above the right ear, and discharged it by a forked stick which he held in his hand and hooked on the trigger The gun was loaded with heavy blown of
 Mir. Tomlinson was sixty years of age and was highly respected. He had been twice married. His second wife died in April, 1882 and his daughter in the November fol- owing. He was acc omsd to make visits to the graves and brood over his grief.c Pos sessed of considerable literary talent he wrote good deal of poetry after the deaths of his wife and daughter. His mind had been failing for some time. He reserved 8 place between the graves of his wives for himself, it being his desire to be buried in the same lot, and near the grave on which he took his life The funeral will take place OF Friday.
 Compnrative Statement of the Weather.
 The signal office has furnished the follow ing special bulletin for May, comparing the temperatures and rainfall of the entire
 country with the average of past years: During the month of May the temperature
 was generally below the average for the | coast south of Boston and on the Pacific coast north Of San Francisco; 1t was from
 40 to 5o below the mean of the month in Ar ! izona, New Mexico and southern Colorado.
 from z0 t. D" below in Texas, the lower 1 Missouri and central Mississippi valleys, and region and New England. The tenn perature was 10 above the average
 for the month of May in the middle states ! and from 1o to 9 above the average in the south Atlantic States; on the north Pacific coast the average was more than 30 above the average. The rainfall has been slightly in excess of the average for May in the Ohio l valley, the lower lake region, the east Gulf states and southern California; the rainfall has been heavy in the west Gulf States where the excess above the average ranges from 3 to inches; in New England the excess above the average is nearly 2 inches. The greatest deficiency in rainfall occurred in Florida,
 where there was 1-2 inches less than the
 usual amount for May. In the grain regions of the Northwest there has beeR from to 2 inches less than the usual amount of
 rainfall during the month of May, and
 in the same regions it avers ged about 2
 colder than the mean temperature. In the middle and south Atlantic States the rainfall
 WAS about 1-2 an inch less than the average; | it was also 1-2 an inch less than the average
 on the Central Pacific coast and l inch be- 1 low the average on the north Pacific coast. No damaging frOsts occurred south of the 18th parallel. Light frosts occurred in the extreme Northwest and the Missouri valley | on the 2d and 14th. and severe frosts oc- cured in portions of New England and the middleA tlantic States and near Lakes Onta- rio, Erie and Huron on the 29th and 30th, which proved injurious to fruit