Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-11

and ia known as the Titus Barber place. It has for some time been the property of Mir. George D. Phelps, who died suddenly h New York about year ago. During his life MT. Phelps refused to rent the house and 1t has been vacant for a long while. MT. Cable and his family arrived Tuesday evening.
 After next Sunday the Fourth church, Hartford, will be closed till the 1st of Sep tember in order that extensive repairs may be made in the building The Rev. Graham Taylor, the pastor, and his family will for six weeks enjoy the pleasures of the New Jersey coast.
 ABuffalo dispatch says: "An altogether new light has been brought to bear on She
 mysterious case of D. Albert, who was report
 ed drowned at the Maid of the Mist landing.
 just above Whirlpool rapids. last Saturday
 while bathing or trying to find current in
 which to swim the rapids safely. Careful in-
 vestieation brings out facts which make It
 seem very probable that Albert instead ot
 being drowned is trying to put up 8 scheme
 company out of $3, ,O0O week ago Satur-
 dav he called at the insurance office of D.
 Mackav, Niagara Falls, took out an accident .noIicv in the Travellers Insurance company
 of Hartford for one year, paying the requir-
 ed premium In the application he
 gave his name as Dan. Gilbert, aged forty-five, residence Pittsfeld, policy
 favor Davis Mcintyre, Pittsfeld, N. Y.
 When Albert registered at the Frontier House
 he claimed to have just arrived from Utlca, and wore different clothes than those found on the river bank. His satchel, which was found empty, the porter states, vas very heavy when he carried 1t to Albert's room. He paid weeks board in advance, taking the money from pocketbook which IS now
 missing. One of the attaches of the hotel claims that when Albert went bathing for the last time he carried bundle, but was gone only 8 few moments, returning without It. When asked for the key to his room, Friday night, he said he wouldn'l need it any longer. Albert had nrobabIv been in communication with Me- intyre regarding the insuriug of his life and asked him concerning the liabilities of certain companies in 8 letter now in the hands of the officers Mcintyre says the Travellers IS
 good company to insure in. The affair causes a great hub5ub at Niagara Falls, and the theory that Albert is not drowned bnt
 hiding in order to get the insurance is very
 generally credited"
 The total expenses of Buckingham day will
 probably exceed $8, 900. Of this amount the
 State commission will pay about $6, GOO, 1n-
 cluding the $3, 800 turned over to the city committee to pay for feeding the veterans The result proved the wisdom Of thls action on the part of the commission, as nearly eight thousand men were fed in the most satisfactory manner, while any attempt to have carried out the suggestion o1 giving every veteran fifty cents would have involved great trouble and would have been very unsatisfactory. The amount of funds subscribed by citizens was sufficient to meet all the additional expenses and possibly leave small balance. Tine finance committee, o1 which MT. L. B. Merriam was chairman, did it's work well and met a generous response from Hartford citizens.-Hartford Courant. The covered bridge on the New London Northern railroad near Stafford was burned on Monday afternoon at o'clock. It wal eighty feet long, but new temporary bridge was got up so speedily that the hrst tEalr passed at 9:12 Tuesday morning.
 Edgar Wheeler, of North Stonington amused himself on the Fourth of July by firing four shots from 8 revolver at the an tiques and borribles- Either b bicause suot
 an act is inherently proper, or because NortE Stonineton does not mind such trlf1e, very little was said about the affair; but somt who had been under fire felt insulted, and or Saturday they waited his place and pelted hin with rotten eggs. This seems to nave mad' more stir than the shooting.
 Paul B. Stanton, well known Stoningtor farmer, was found dead by the roadside
 Tuesday morning near his residence. He hst
 been to Mystic, and in returning evidently
 died of heart disease on the seat of his wsgoI
 and fell out.
 George A. Davis, formerly proprietor O
 the National Hotel at New London, was sho
 in Boston Sunday night while ejscting
 drunken man from his hotel there. Th'
 wound is dangerous. Michael Nc jloskey was before the Water bury Police court on charge of vagranc cy To the question, ''Ars you guilty or no guilty ?'' he made answer: By -, liv' on me own hook and have money in tUt banks" The result was that MT. MoOloske, wentsto the town house for sssixty days Rnt ! may remember hls manners next time he i | in court