Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-03
STATE NEWS.

Mystic River National bank in the United
States circuit court at Hartford for Sc, 900,
double the amount received by the bank as
interest on loans to the firm. There are %
counts in the complaint, each referring to a
separate loan upon which interest was paid
at the rate of per cent. The legal rate of
interest in Connecticut is per cent, and
the statute in question fixes the penalty at
twice the amount of the interest paid.
George H. Luddington, of Falls Village,
| abandoned his two-weeks wife at Bridgeport
| Saturday having bought her ticket to Scott,
N. Y.
Eta NJ. Lewis, a book-agent, also bogus
prosecuted clergyman's daughter, devout
church member, has victimized Hartford,
New Britain and Bristol and is still at
large.
H. w. Wells, of Hartford has bought the
Simeon Brownell property at Cambridge, N.
Y, at the reported price of 81, 600.
The Rev. A. j. Tiff has been engaged as
pastor by the Baptist society of Spring Hill,
Willimantio, to succeed the Rev. A. J.
Chaplin.
w. w. Bailey and c. N Gallup, of Will
mantle, have been appointed commissioners
ON the assigned estate of G. w. Ely, of
Columbia.
Dr. Rice was obliged to postpone his lee
ture at the Storrs school, Mansfield, last
week. Secretary T. S. Gold will give the
next lecture in the winter course Friday
evening. The subject is 1.-the New Orleans
exposition" Dr. Critcherson, veterinarian
from Norwich, is giving special course to
the students.
'The Unterhaltung, Fortblldung und
Kranken Understanding Verein Concordia
Company is the easy name of a new Dan
bury musical society which has filed its APP
plication for incorporation in the Office of
the Secretary of State.
The estate of the late Oswin Welles has
been divided under the terms of the will.
The property amounted to s400, 900, and
goes in FIVE equal portions to his sister,
Nancy w. Goodrich, his brothers, John S.
and Frederick, his nephew, Henry B. Welles,
and the heirs of deceased brother, Leonard
T. Welles: These last are his children,
Hoadley and Arthur J. Welles and Mrs.
Charles Frisbie.-Hartford Courant.
The town of Mansfield finally has decided
to accept the 1900 offered by the borough
of Willimantic for that portion of its terrific
ry lying south of the Natchaug river. This
enables them to close up certain road which
would be flooded by the borough's new reser-
voir.
1t seems that Theresa Shipman, who died
recently at the Bridgeport poorhouse and
was found to have considerable property,
left will giving all her property to the par
ties who should care for her in her last sick
ness 1t is understood that the town makes
no claim to inherit, but will put in a bill for
expenses on her account. Previous to her
removal she was kept, matter of charity,
first by Mrs. Odesky and then by Mrs. De-
Forest Her illness began while she was hv
ing with the former.
The Salvation campaign in Hartford has
caused the separation of Mr.. and Mrs. "Tip"
Lester, of East Hartford. The woman has
applied for divorce and her husband has
given her money to prosecute the suit
Dennis Shea of Baltic, being released from
Jail last week, beat his father and mother
and assaulted Patrick King, a neighbor, also
Selling his small child and handling it rough
w. The death of the infant soon after is
laid to fright and an investigation is in prog
ress.
Mr.. Erasmus Munson, of Guilford, is very i'll
and there is little hope of his recovery. His
daughter has returned from her studies at
the New England Conservatory of Music,
Boston, to care for him.
Edward R. Loomis again becomes conduc-
tor on the Connecticut Valley railroad, TAX
ing the place of Frank T. Beckwith, who is
TO be clerk of the Carlton House, New York.
Lewis German, boy of seventeen, was
caught by belt on Saturday, in Middle
town, breaking an arm in two places and
causing other injuries.
Isaac A. Garfield, of the Garfield rubber
works, died in Bridgeport on Friday.
The postmaster general has disallowed the
claims for Losses incurred by the following
postmasters in Connecticut: Hollis G. Par
ker, auckland, loss by larceny of SOB. so;
Lewis Searls, Brooklyn, burglary, $186 55; E.
A. Hough, Colllnsville, burglary, $50; Louis
S. Begent, Stamford, larceny, SOL; 3. G.
Atwood, Watertown, burglary, 500 The
main cause for the rejection of the claims was
that "proper care had not been exercised"
Mr.. Rufus Crittenden, of Southing.on, has
received from his son in Florida the skin ofla
wildcat which weighed seventy-six pounds.
1t was shot in the air while springing from
one tree to another.
R. A. Neal, of Southington, has been COM
PEELED to lay aside all business care and is
endeavoring to recuperate in the comparative
seclusion of his home.
B. B. Barbour of Cromwell, aged 81, died
on Friday.
A lady took a cold water bath while at
tempting to get on to the Connecticut river
on Saturday at Middlstown. In the center
of the stream the ice is strong enough for
teams as far as Goodspeed's and for foot pas
sengers to Essex.
The st. Louis Clinical Review says: ''We
desire to call attention to the reliability of the