Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-28
STATE N Il w 8.

position to the matter. Feb. 81.
STATE NEWS.
Nearly all the tobacco grown about En-
field has been bought up at fair prices and
in being packed bv the buyers. but there are
some good lots vet in the hand of the grow
ers. ...-.-.
4 very brilliant "sun dog" was seen near
Stonington during the haavy weather Tues
day There was a ring, described as being as
bright as gold, around the sun, with which
two bright horizontal arms connected it.
Such spectacle is very unusual and has not
been seen on our coast for years.
The Southington Agricultural society has
elected officers as follows: Enos E. Stow,
president; w. II. Cummings, secretary and
treasurer; E. A. Wood, assistant secretary.
The society voted to hold its annual fair
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, Septem-
Der 90 and 80 and October 1, 1885.
Mrs c. H. Lynch, of Windsor, has COM
pleted, after season of three years of pa
thence and industry, a beautiful silk bed
quilt containing by actual count 1878
pieces. Who can show quilt with more
pieces in ito
B. B. Hotchkiss, the gun inventor, left an
estate of So, O0O, 900.
The Westerly correspondence of the New
London Day on the 9th says: Westerly
and its fire department are once more happy
/ ana ready TO meet the IRE n0nQ lalI way.
On Wednesday AFRO N. Lewis visited New
Haven and arranged with Allerton & Co. to
send one of their engines here to be used
temporarily. The Allerton engine arrived
Thursday morning and was drawn to the
headquarters of the Westerly fremen. A
large crowd of people congregated TO see it.
The engine no doubt will meet all require
ments. public exhibition given in
the afternoon which was in every way salts
factory.
Edward Kidder, of Wilmington, who for a
great many years has made his summer home
in Groton where he owned beautiful resi-
dence, died on Wednesday at his home in
Wilmington.
Robert McCrone and Randall Bostwick, of
Enfield, are suing Edward Austin, OF Suf
field, in the Hartford county Superior court
for 81 900 that they claim he owes them on
the handling of Il, 900 pounds of tobacco of
the 1881 crop.
The Trinity college prize oratorieal contest
at Hartford Thursday night was won by w.
D. McCracken, of Brooklyn. N. Y, of the
senior class, with w. A. Beardsley, of Mon
roe, Conn, of the sophomore class, second.
Abel Alcott, engineer at the Peck, Stow &
ington, has in course of construction mini |
allure Corliss engine.
Benoni Austin, of South Coventry, was
not able to attend his son Henry's funeral |
Monday he is sick of pneumonia, of which !
disease his son died. !
Meriden has dog, says Waterbury man,
which has conceived strong attachment for
particular horse in stable, and will steal |
apples with which to regale its equine friend, |
taking them in its mouth and depositing
them in the manger.-Waterbury Ameri- |
can. |
The Wesleyan university students have
subscribed $500 of the 81 900 necessary to |
send the varsity crew to the Worcester and
Philadelphia regattas.
Four of the States aged people have died
since Sunday, Edmond R. Kidder of Berlin, |
aged 100, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stowe, SO, dy-
ing Monday; Miss Temperance Spencer of |
New Haven, aged SO, and Mrs Elisha Chit
tenden of Guilford, 1O1, Wednesday.
The Ansonis Congregationalist church has |
asked its pastor, Rev. E. P. Payson, to
resign. |
1t seemed to be the opinion in
the Birmingham Congregational church
until last Saturday night that |
a call should be extended to Rev. c. w.
Park, of New Haven, to be their pastor, but |
the gentleman who filled the pulpit next day,
Rev. Mr.. AIlender, also of New Haven, it |
appears captured good many of the mem
bers, who sfterward put their heads |
together and thought they had
action, but wait until an opportunity would |
be given to hear Rev. Mr.. Allender again.
This course, however, will hardly prevail, as |
a meeting will be held next Monday evening,
when it is understood, extending call to
Rev. Mr.. reck will be decided upon unani- |
mously. The Howard avenue church people |
will have something to say in the matter, as
he has strong party in the church who will /
not hear of letting him go.