Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-02-19

Mr. J. Oliver Chapman, formerly of Hart
ford, but more recently of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railway, has been ap-
pointed master mechanic of the Kansas
division of the Union Pacific road, with head
quarters at Armstrong, Kan.
Leander p. Richardson, the well known
journalist and dramatic writer, who at one
time was employed in Hartford. was married
in Boston yesterday to Miss Lillian Helen
Stuart DeAIotte. Ada Gilman, the actress,
was his first wife, but they were divorced not
long ago.
TIE Goldfish SCARE.
It is feared that diabolical ingenuity is at
work to get up q scare, Lent Is upon MS,
and cause the useful Goldfish to be tabooed.
| Is it in the interest of the egg men? or Is
| there such supply of herring In the market
| that the dealers want to raise demand2 We
| sadly fear that those who are SO exercised
| over worms in Goldfish will go to the place
| where the worm dieth not and the fire is not
| quenched. Must we bid adieu to the old
| familiar fish balls and the delicate picked up
boarding house fragments OF the old Block
Island turkey? In the language of a distin-
guished States rights politician, ''Cod
forbid. Hartford Sunday Journal
| TALK ABOUT RAILROADS.
| The Greenwich Graphic prints the state
| ments of stprominent lawyer" as impaired
by the aforesaid legal light to a reporter of
/ the Graphic and as relating to railroad topics
of present interest Part of the interview is
as follows: 'sThey say that the Olmstead
Parallel has very little money. That it will
| not expend any more than is absolutely nee
essary to retain it's rights SO far secured.
| That is question whether the sum is $685.
| 600 or $44, 600; whichever Is NEEDED will be
put out, but no more l get this straight.
| The work being done in Greenwich
and in the several towns on the
| proposed line is with this object in view
| It is Noticed that work on the extra two tracks
of the Consolidated road lags, that as yet not
| one rail has been put down. In view of the
positive reiterations on the part of the Ohm
| stead Parallel friends that the road will be
built, story has gained some credence shat
| the New York, New Haven and Hartford COM
| pany are behind it and will build the Ohm
stead Parallel from the New York State line
to or hey ond Norwalk, and thus escape the
drawbridges between these places, running
its own trains on this road to connect with
the main line at Port Chester and some point
| this side of Bridgeport This may be done
there is color of truth in the story"
Vice President Reed says positively that
the Consolidated road will build two extra
tracks at the lower end of the New York
division, the work to be begun early in the
spring He laughs at the idea of his company
backing the Olmstead Parallel, as re-
ported.
| HoUsAToNIO ROAD FIGURES
The annual report of the directors of the
Housatonic Railway company, which will be
| presented to the stockholders at their ahnua
| meeting in Bridgeport on the 29th, announ
ces that the road has been steel-tracked from
Bridgeport to Pittsfeld. There has been ex
pended for equipment, permanent improve
ment and repairs other than ordinary, S12S,
6OO.75. The total receipts were 1875, 1872. "a
expenses, $483, 24O. IS balance, $252, Psi. 80
from which are to be deducted taxes, rent o.
| branch roads and interest on bonds amount
ing to $143, 901. 81, leaving net gain o
$1OS, $50 80.
1t is reported that gang of Italian labor
ers at work for the Olmstead railroad, twt
miles north of Bridgeport, have found con
siderable collection of old coins, silver yes
|. | sells, sword hits and an iron box full of gold
OF COURSE when some one went to 1nvesti
gate, the property was gone and the laborer
were gone and, If possible, the hole wher
the property was found would have beef
gone also. The people in the neighborhoo'
believe the story to be true and that the dig
gers found one of Captain Kidd's hiding pla
ces.
Mrs. Jesse Sherwood. of Westport who
said to be insane, tried to shoot her HUSBAND
, on Friday. She missed, but his coat cola
| was cut by the bullet and burned by the pow
. der Mrs Sherwood is said to be jealous o
her husband who is 76 years old.
FIRE IN DARIEN.
The town hall in Darien was burned Satur
|. day morning, together with the grocery s1or
of H o. Street, the news Office of Thaddeu
Bell, and barn adjoining owned by Holl
Bell Mr.. Streets loss is Sc, 900; partly in
f sured. The building was owned by tn
town and was valued at about So, 600. MI
Bells barn, with contents, was worth 81 SOC
, partially insured The fire was cause
3 by burglars, who forcsd an entrance t
' Mr.. Streets store, put a charge of gun
powder into his safe, and touched it of
The explosion blew every glass from the from
windows on that floor of the building So ia
IS can be ascertained no citizen heard tn
explosion, and the night operator at the de
| pot failed to do SO, probably by reason @
. the noise of passing train. It was mo
: ment after the train left that he stepped uI
,, on the platform casually and saw the build
= ing on fire. The condition of Mr.. Street
safe, as it lay in the cellar after the fire,
evidence that it had been tempered with Il
the manner as described. Mr.. Holly Be
was the first station agent at Darien of tn
. | New York and New Haven road, and is noV