Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-18
State News

Bishou McMahon confirmed 500 children
in st. Patrick's church, Norwich, Sunday.
The Charter Oak spring meeting is to be
held at Hartford on June 10, IL, II and IL.
A large plate glass window in Birmingham
mas been fractured by the. freezing Of little
water which found its way under the edge OF
the glass.
F. Chew, the pool player of Bridge
port will play a match in Waterbury
Wednesday eht with local player named
Magner for $50 side.
Colonel George L. Perkins, Norwich's al
most a-centenarian, has silver half dollar
of 1906 which he has carried in his pocket
for ssventy-eigh years.
Pacific lodge of Odd Fellows of Meriden
visit Hartford lodge of Hartford this Tues
day evening.
The Rev. DIR. S D. Phelps, of Hartford.
preached at the Main street Baptist church,
Meriden, Sunday.
1t is said that Harriet Beecher Stove gath
ers on an average go 900 oranges year from
her little grove in Florida.
No st. Patrick's parade in Hartford yester-
day.
Elizabeth Cooper, of Ansonia, died Sun
| day, aged Sc.
| Mr. R. NJ. Gray, of Ansonia, died Sunday,
| aged 60. He was an esteemed employe of
| Wallace & Sons for twenty-five years.
Captain John A. Miller, of Hartford, has
| returned to the Retreat in that city from
| New York State, where he was taken by his
| brother. His condition has not improved
| and it is doubtful if he will ever be restored
to reason. In the opinion of the physicians
at the Retreat he has been crazy for two
years.
Alvin Bates, twenty-five, and Mary Green.
| wood, sixteen were married in Birmingham,
Saturday, by the consent of their parents.
John Gilnack, of Rockville, injured his
eye with a chiseI few days ago so badly that
it was necessary to remove the eye.
The Ansonia Sentinel casually remarks
that no secret society nor drum corps has
been organized in that town during the past
| week.
William Powe, of Ansonia, claims to have
we'll 10 feet deep, which considerably IN
derreaches the deepest one in the State.
which is only 20 feet.
The State polo tournament opens in
Waterbury week from yesterday. Eight
clubs will participate.
Complaint is made that in towns on the
Shore Line road the State law passed to in
sure humanity in tying the legs of calves ii
habitually disregarded.
Warren Vogt. the New England road engi
neer recently injured at Towantic is able te
sit up and wheel himself about the house il
an invalid chair, but he has no use of hi
lower limbs, and it is feared never will.
w. w. Narramore, formerly of Bridge
port, is seriously i'll at his residence in Har
lem He has undergone three surgical op
erations for carbuncle, pound of flesh be
ing removed from his neck on Thursday.
The contract for building the tabernacle al
the Baptist seaside resort, Mantle, has beef
awarded to Arnold & Higcox of Norwich.
Horace Burroughs, a prominent reslden
| of DanielsOnVille, Is dead.
Sport Campana, of Bridgeport, is to wall
against Rowell in New York, the 28th inst.
he says.
The annual exhibition and sale day of tn
Cheshire Farmers club occurs on Wednesda.
next.
, Two Sisters of Mercy have arrived from
, Europe to enter the convent at st. Joseph
church, Willimantic.
Providing the expense for land damage
can be made satisfactory the Consolidated
road committee consisting of Presiden
Watrous, Vice President Reed, Hon. Ma
thaniel Wheeler and E 81. Trowbridge, ha
decided that the central route proposed
most feasible for the branch road from New
Haven to Savin Rock. It runs throug
West Haven touching the Ehipyard and j
about four miles in length. Many Yves
Haven people are favorable to the schem
and should it be decided to build it will begi
/ at an early day with a view of runnin
, trains to Waverly Grove this summer.