Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-04-16
State News

The yonng people of Mt Carmel hold s'pink tea
Friday evening of this week in Ives Hall.
Hobart Sackett formerly of CenterviIIe after suf-
fering all winter with rhsumatism, lately fell and
broke his leg just above the ankle.
The hearing to take p ace before Judge ShipmAn
road pay certain due the Erie has been post
Doned to Friday of this week.
Mr Charles Holcomb of Simsbury, who followed
and tracked the burglars who broke into his house
last Friday evening, is man well advanced in years,
but showed great skill in following their trail through
the woods and bushes by signs which most men
would not have noticed Having found them, Mr..
Hocornb entered into conversation with them, pro
Tossing to be looking after timber and completely
binding them to his real object until he out
of their sight when he Lost time in getting assist
and returning lad the party directly to the spot
where the thieves were.
The wife of franklin B. Prindle, former resder&
of Simsbury and brother of Mrs. Henry A. Smith,
| died at Soathtngton last week.
Horace R. Butler one of the Representatives from
eimsbury in the last Legislature has contracted
/ do the masonry work for the new building of the
/ United States Stamping company in Portland.
| John Congdon, of Willm autic died Saturday
ing. having been out of health for time past,
| though not considered dangerously i'll until a few
hours before his death.
| FIRE IN A BIRMINGHAM RESIDENCE
The c1mmodtous residence of Edward Lewis ST.,
on Caroline street. Birmingham, was damaged by frs
The hremen had arduous work in subduing the
flames. The origin of the fire was accidental The
| fire broke out at II O'Clock and lasted till 2.
Grace church, ,CenterviIle had its pari.h meeting
Monday evening There was $74. 80 received from
curing the year me total receipts a
towards repairing the church building were made on
the spot The meeting adjourned to Thur sday even
The sum of 1925 was realized from the sale of sests
at the Congregational church. Ansonia, Monday even
ing.
| Christ church AnEonia increased the salary of its
pastor, Rev Mr Roberts, from 61,2Oo to 81 500 at its
| two months vacation, which he will spend in
| Europe.
The seven children of Albert Miller, OF Daubury,
were attacked last week with malignant diphthers.
One of them died Saturday and two others sunday.
Lewis Tracey who fataly shot George Either in
Hartford last Friday night with pistol which he
claims be thought not loaded, has been bound
over to the Superior court in s. 500 bail for man
slaughter.
bridge, Sunday while trying to pass the draw,
damaged the gearing that the draw stood open the
OF the day. and people went two miles and half
| around to get across the river.
Il Joseph Dunlsp, superintendent for the American
Tea company in Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday
Bridgeport and married MISS Edd,e Hart. Another
woman now claims to be his lawful wife.
The stock and fixtures of the insolvent Excelsior
Knife company. of TorrinRtop, have been sold for
$780, which will give the creditors about SO cAuts
| the doilAr. The stockholders Ioss everything Eff
forts are being made to revive the business.
After considerable delay the United States Stamp
ing company have decided to rebuild their shops at
Portland, and Representative Horace K. Butler has
| been given the contracE for the mason w4rk. The
town has absted the conpar US for years.
The pcstoRaces Bethel Suffeld { t. have been
changed from fourth ca's to thirdclass offices. and
the salaries of the pnstmasters fixed at POO and
600 respectively. The name of tbs rostofAcS at
: | Bantam Falls has been chacged to BAntspa.
Within the psst half century twenty-eight people
have died at Mansfield whose average age 81 four
Of them being over 100 snd one was lO2 Within fif-
~ years 1co persons have died who were up
wards of ninetv snd there are forty-nine per
| sons In the town over ninety.
| The New Britain Republicans elected j. Andrew
| Picket mayor by majority of 1876 Charles e
| Hart, the Democratic candidate Robert j. Vance
the Democratic candidate city clerk yas alertad
| by majority of 49,
A gang thieves commit frequent dep-ed atoms in
| Canton Slmsbury and Avon Their operations
chow that they have not the tools skill pro
feseionaa. They must reside not far off There are
several families having known occupation or visit
| BILE means Of support. These manage somehow to
| obtain n goad hving-n-uch better than those car
| who work out by the day and quite Industrious
Ths Canton correspondent of the Hartford oourant
says: Beginning with the first suaw OF any depth in
December last the aggregate depth of snow, meas.
nred a. so9n aa t9a storms we're nshea Up to April
| on ferty seven different days.
| The Republicans of Old Saybrook have elected
Hon. Joha Allen and D. O. Spencer delegates to the
State convention which meets at Hartford, April %.
Mr. Allen represents the lower Middlesex district
the State Senate Mr.. Spencer is prominent Repub-
ltcan and has been member of the State committee
in Greenvile, Monday, fell from the horizontal bss
and broke the elPow Joint OF the left arm.
Charles L, johnson, of UncGsviTe slipped and fell
baofwaFds distance of six feet his ni Saturday
and was rendered unconscious by his fall
Young Coughlfh, the victim of the accidental stab
physician to be out Of danger for the rs sine s5es
the unfortunate affair, This is good news espe ciay
to the young nan WAC struck the chance blow.
viis A's % SIX cases OF scarlet i'Sss IA Mont
THE RAT PozsaN eAaE.
Tha rat poison which Mrs. Anna Barbera Mouneh,
Of Meriden, took Monday with suicidal intent,
caused her death late in the afternoon She sWal-
lowed the whols contents of q box Of Rough on
Rata" DR.. Egglsstoe is of the opinion that her life
/ sooner Mrs Mounch MSS siyty-opa yssrs Of see
and killed herself be2Aus she utterly listed Freder