Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-07
STATE NEWS.

The Russell Manufacturing company 'of Middletown are erecting a building for a
 gasoline tank to light the establishment. Middletown has thus far contributed $5d | to the Grant national monument fund, as follows: w. & B. Douglas $25, O. V. Coffin ! $1O, Herald employees $1O, Bartlett Bent $lO. Harriet Amelia of Salt Lake City, said to | have been the favorite wife of Brigham Young, has been visiting relatives in West | Sufield.
 Miss Julia Dasey, Middletown, while at ! tempting to cross Summer creek on the in- | complete new iron bridge Wednesday morn | ing, fell into the water thirty feet below, but | was rescued.
 Patrick Webbs house on the east end of | Fishers Island was burned on Monday. Loss l 2,500; insured
 ! The South Norwalk lock factory will dis | charge from it's employ all union and Knights \ of Labor men. Thirty four old employees | have already been turned out. The Rev. J. D. Willard, who had numerous | friends in Hartford, died at Appleton, Wis, | on the 24th of July at the age of twenty-nlne 1 years He was a graduate of Hartford Theo | logical seminary.
 The Rockville prize fighters were all dis | charged by Justice Henry Tuesday, save F. \ L. Geralds, who was fined S49 for tumbling | Officer Fay off the stand. ! Samuel BamtOrth, or VIII leave on Friday for Detroit, Mich, to attend ! the Foresters' convention.
 The Etna Nut company, Southington, closed their rolling mill on Saturday for re- pairs. Evelyn Evans, farmer of Queen street, lost COW Saturday by lightning. Isaac Small, of New York, fell forty feet down an embankment near Greenwich ' on Sunday evening and was fatally injured He crawled back to the hotel, @ fifth of a mile, with both arms and many ribs broken and his head battered, and then died. Attorney J. J. Desmond, of Norwich, left ! on Wednesday for months vacation abroad. He will spend most of his time in Ireland, but will also visit Paris and London. The clerks of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company rendered serenade to Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Thompson, one of their number, Tuesday evening: During the evening 8 huge wooden sword was presented to the genial host and accept ed in the most felicitous manner. Banjolln, flute and piano solos were rendered to the delight of the assembly.
 J. B. Beach, of the Derby Silver company, has purchased of Charles H. Nettleton the land on the north and adjoining the Beecher farm purchase, formerly owned by MT. Low man. Mr. Beach will commence at once preparations for the erection thereon of a very fine residence.
 New London people do not seem satisfied with the proceedings for a new depot at that place. On Tuesday evening the Common Council passed a resolution of dissatisfaction with the legislature act on the subject and saying 'Ethat such depot ought to be located
 either at the north or south of State street" 7"
 Mr. Henry N. Day, of New Haven, has
 quitclaimed certain lands in the west part of
 the town to Rufus Smith, of that place, be-
 ing a part of certain mining land, which
 they seem to have divided between them
 selves.-Litchfield Enquirer.
 Charles P. Hurd of Seymour, who has been
 an inmate of the retreat at Middletown for
 several months, has returned to his fathers
 house entirely cured, and has gained fifty
 pounds in flesh.
 The little son of H. w. Ostrum, of Orange
 who last week lay at the point of death, is
 slowly recovering under the care of Dr. Heady. . The Hanchett monument with it's marble coping has been removed from New Haven to
 the Birmingham cemetery. It is an elegant
 structure of Scotch granite costing $1,000
 It stands in slightly place and is quite an
 ornament to the grounds.-Valley Sentinel.
 Colonel E. M Graves of the Hartford Tele-
 Telegram company has gone into insolvency,
 but it's affairs will probably be settled with
 out change of proprietorship.
 Cottagers at Short Beach this year are:
 Rev. Dr. D. A. Goodsell, David Corey and
 Henry Reynolds of New Haven, Rev. Dr.
 Horton of Cheshire, Abel Nichols, H. w.
 Crawford MT. Smith, D. M. Welch, MT.
 Downes, MT Greenleaf and Mrs. Wheeler
 of New Haven