Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-09


 uniting with the of6cers and men of his reg iment in the erection of a monument to their comrades who fell on that famous field. This week the old Connecticut Fourteenth built the first camp fire and the last that has burned at Getty ysburg since 1863. General Colt re- turned home Monday.
 Winters, Swift & Co.,, of Norwich. lost 8 carload of cattle in smashup on the Yer mont Central railroad recently.
 Some practical Norwich jokers brought on some New York detectives there last week and caused the arrest of an innocent old man. Ralph SOmers is a crank on the subject of counterfeiters, whom he imagines infests Norwich and whom he labors to expose Some machinists cut some rough dies and puddlsd few dollars too clumsy to deceive most people, and gave them to Somers. He gave them to policeman who didn't know the old mans weakness and telegraphed to New York for detectives. They came on, and with as much brightness as ifAthey had been working up Connecticut murder. ar rested the old man, instead of the men who gave him the dollars, and took him to New London, where he was promptly discharged.
 Connecticut had 80 failures during the first half of the year, the liabilities footing up $681, 877; against 59 failures with $395,- 7O9 of liabilities in the same period last year.
 The Meriden and Cromwell railrosd, rum mir g from Meriden to Cromwell 1O4 miles, 10 enAD1o McEluou LO l1ho OAHOObAy from the Cromwell docks, will probably be finished by the end of the month. The road will cost only $23O, 900, and will be equipped with two engines, 65 freight cars and one passenger car.
 When Mrs James Ryan, of Norwich, threw herself under the cars last Friday, Mrs. Mary A. Powers was looking on, and was 20 much overcome by the sight that she rolled down a steep bank into the water, and InFa hovo haon ar0uT1a6 hnk fOY prompt help-
 There was much interest in Prof. Brooks balloon ascension from Cherry park, Canton, on Independence day. It was about 5:3C o'clock when the balloon arose. and south easterly wind waited it gently along towards New Hartford, until it was hidden by clouds | It landed on Wallen's hill, near Winsted. A part of the programme was to take dog uI | and let it down in 8 basket attached to par | achute, but the officers of the Humane society l of Hartford prohibited it. They were strong | ly denounced for this by Professor Brooks | in his remarks previous to the ascension | Another balloon from New Haven was seer in the southeast, making it's way in north | westerly direction soon after Professor l Brooks left, and this landed in the vicinity | of Riverton.
 l H. O. Gardiner, of Voluntown, lost an i other team of horses last week. making if | teen horses which he has lost in the past fivt | years.
 Major J. c. Kinney, of Hartford, wa elected a member of the Society of the Gin cinnati in the State of New Jersey at the an nual meeting at Princeton July 4. Majo I Kinney is admitted as the representative o his great grandfather, Captain Nathanie Fitz Randolph, 8 brave New Jersey soldier o the revolution, who was killed in 17S0 at tn battle of Springfield, N. J.
 Mr. Joseph E. Waite, we'll known resi- dent of Norwich, died Saturday after lonl illness He was formerly chief of police o the city.
 A number of large oyster growers at Clin ton have for years claimed and used oyste beds which others declared were natural beds | In the spring of 1882 committee was ap pointed by the Superior court to investigat the title to part of the land in question, an reported that all the beds involved in tn case were natural beds and that the occu pants titles were invalid. Of course a re monstrance was filed in the names of the al legged owners. The remonstrance was argue before Judge Culver, who sustained the re monstrators. Then the town of Clinton ap pealed, and the Superior court has now give decision which reaffirms Judge Culver's pc sition and leaves the oyster beds as to whic question was raised in the hands of their oc cupants, Andrew J. Hurd, c. E. Redfeld an others. The amount now involved is abou ! pOU,UOO, DuG lS u G6SG CdS6 OA HulCA LII title to half 8 miilio depended.
 THE HARTFORD CITY GUARDS GRAND ExCUR | SION.
 The Hartford City Guard and the Vetera corps. with their guests, arrived early yer terday morning from their five days ez cursion to the White Mountains, tired afte their long stage and railroad ride of the ds before, but all well and thoroughly please
 with the excursion from first to last The left the Glen House at 7:3O o'clock Monda morning and drove in eight six-horse coact es to Glen station. fourteen miles stopping on the way at the beautifr new Thorn Mountain house and Jackson. H where they made things lively for hal hour with the music of the drum corp and the singing of '"Three Cheers for Ol New England" etc. They rode through tn Crawford notch on the Portland and Ogdens burg railroad, dined at the Fabyan house and returned to Boston via the North Cor way, arriving in Boston at o'clock, and g | 10 o'clock started for home by special trai on the New York and New England road Hot boxes delayed them about an hour be tween Boston and Hartford
 The train reached Hartford at o'clock an the excursionists found Companies H and of the First drawn up to receive them. Tn line was quickly formed and the Citys wer escorted to the armory amid profuse displa of colored fires and rockets. Companies and K assembled at their headquarters earl Monday evening, expecting the Citys to reac home by the 1O:30 train. The excursionisi appreciated the honor of the escort, bu hardly expected at so late an hour. At 10:3 there was very large crowd at the depot t receive the Citys, including detachment c the Foot Guard and representatives of ever other military company in the city, showin the general interest felt by the militia in tn excursion of Company B and it's veteran bat talion.
 Some of the City Guard boys had a rae up Mt. Washington on the Fourth, startin from the Glen House. B. N. Ripley of tn drum corps made the ascent in two hour and fifteen minutes, with Edward Powe only minute behind. w. s. Richardso and Louis B. Hubbard finished the climb i two hours and seventeen minutes. It is sai that the time made by these City Guar boys has not been beaten since 1856, when guide accomplished the feat in few minute less time.
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