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Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
LOCAL NE WIS.
Brief Mention.


 Ex-Gov. Andrews and family are at Block Island.
 Another hot day yesterday, but little more endurable than the day before.
 Straw hats at reduced prices, trunks and satchels at Brooks & Co.'s, Chapel corner State.
 Mrs. Ransom Smith, proprietress of the Bristol house, in Bristol, is very sick and not expected to recover.
 Members of Joiners' Protective council hold their anniversary supper at Howes', at Savin Rock, on Friday evening.
 The work of remodelling the Ansonis opera house has been commenced. Many changes and improvements will be made.
 William w. Wilcox, of Wilcox, Critten- den & Co.,, Middletown, leaves soon for Flu rope for the purpose of introducing his new patent grummet.
 William P. Keegan, druggist at 995 State street, notifies his creditors that he will pay 35 cents on tbe dollar. He has not made an assignment.
 A barn belonging to T. M. Clark, of Mi antic, was destroyed by lightning Tuesday evening The cattle were all removed, but four tons of hay were burned with the barn. About forty persons attended the auction sale of the Carver Wild West property at Willimantic Tuesday. The tents were sold at much below their worth. Some twenty horses brought from $7O to $40. each.
 Washington division, of Danbury, will run a special train to High Rock Grove on the New England and Naugatuck roads, July
 I-s zc Al Sons of Temperance of the State.
 Gessweins Cedar Grove will be sold at auction, without reserve, to the highest bid der, this morning at II o'clock. A rare op- portunity to secure choice piece of property at your own price. See advertisement in another column.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
NEW HOUSES.
Activity i'm House Building I'm This
 City.

Activity i'm House Building i'm This
 City.
 The carpenters in this city have had enough work for months past and ln every section of the city new houses are being erec- ted. MT. Milton F. Patience has the cellar excavated for new house and store at the junction of Kimberly and Greenwich ave nues. He is brother of A. J. Patience, the grocer. Down below on Kimberly avenue, on the west side, MT. Flagg has the cellar dug for new house and will erect two more adjoining. They will be the last houses on >that side of the street, this side of Kimberly avenue bridge. c. c. Chalker. of North's insurance office, has pretty new frame house in process of erection on Greenwich avenue near the junction of Kimberly avenue. It IS being erected under the supervision of his brother, L. R. Chalker, promising young builder of Meriden. The handsome new house on Howard avenue of MT. States, Of the railroad ticket office, is an ornament to this section, as is also that of Mir. Law on Howard avenue. J. N. Leonard, ot J. N Leonard 6 Co.,, builders, obtained permit yesterday to eject $7,00O house for James Lyle on Congress avenue, between Washing ton and Center streets It will be of brick and contain two stores and several flats. T. M Cooley is finishing brick block of four flats on Wooster street between Olive and Union, Harvey Spalding has remodeled his house on High street, Lyman Beecher has completed fine brick residence on Franklin and Fountain streets, Westville, and John H. Futile cottage on Bassett street.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
List of Patents.

List of patents issued from the United States patent office for the week ending July 2, 1885, for the State of Connecticut, furnished us from the office of John E. Earle. solicitor of patents, New Haven, Conn.
 A. l.. and W. T. Anderson, Holland, grinding mill. l.. Baumeister and A. c. Bartsch, Bridgeport, ap- paratus for supplying carbonic acid gas to beer kegs.
 + Beecher. assignor to J. H. Kearney, New Ha- ven, snap hook.
 c. F. Bradway, Stafford water motor.
 M. P. Bray, Ansonta, corset.
 g. A. Chapman, Waterbury, shoe clasp
 G. F. Clark. Windsor Locks wheel bully.
 W. Connolly, South Norwalk, oil-drip pan for sewing machines.
 E. P Curtiss, Hartford, axle box.
 T. Drummond, Norwich, steam boiler.
 F. Egge and c. J. Sjoberg, Bridgeport, assignor to Smith & Egge, buttonhole attachment for sew ing machines
 H. c. Fenton, Hartford bench clamp.
 F. L. Ellis New Haven. toggle joint.
 H. W. Hayden, aSSignor to Holmes Booth & Hay den, Waterbury, lamp burner.
 J. Knous, assgnor to Pope Manufacturing com pany, Hartford, velocPede
 E. F. Newington and E. B. Beecher, Westylle, machine for making match boxes. J. H. Shaw, assignQr to Sargent Co.,, New Haven, door check
 Same, door spring.
 A. Turnbull, New Britain weighing scale.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
A DANGEROUS PRISONER. Another Knife Taken from Mitchell
 ChePeaf-NO Relfaf

It seems as though Mitchell Cherest, the Windsor Locks murderer, intends to fulfil the threat he made before the Board of Par dons a year ago last winter. On that occa- sion he said that unless he was released he would make the existence of everyone at the prison as miserable as possible while he re- mained there. He has an ungovernable tenn per and thus far has kept the VOW he made.
 Last Sunday it was learned that he had 8 knife in his possession. He was asked to give it up, but denied having anything of the kind. Food and drink were refused him and yesterday he surrendered the weapon. It was a crrfde affair, made from the handle of an iron spoon, but in the hands of Cher est it was sufficient to deter anyone approach ing him. There is one thing about this Cherest affair which makes it distressing for those about him. He was sent back to the prison, declared sane He sleeps in the day and yells at night. Over his cell, ,,hich is commonly known as the ''cage,'' is the hos pital in which are several patients, and close at hand are the officers quarters. Nothing can be done to stop him, and the prison off. cials are so situated as to leave Cherest practically the master of the situation in a certain sense.-Hartfurd Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Catherine,s Ride.

Mary Hewitt in Good Words
 We must not overlook little episode be- longing to the period of mothers visit to London and connected with another first cousin, Catherine Martin. She was daugh- ter of John Wood, the third son of the pa tentee, who lived in great splendor at Wednesbury, where he had inherited iron works from his father. Catherine, wife of a purser in the navy, and conspicuous for her beauty and impulsive, violent temper, having quarrelled with her excellent sister, Dorothea Fryer, at whose house in Staffordshire she was staying, suddenly set off to London on a visit to her great uncle, the Rev. John Plim- ley, prebend of the Collegiate church at Northampton and chaplain of Morden col lege, Blackheath. She journeyed by the or dinary mode of conveyance, the Gee-Ho, a large stage wagon drawn by team of six horses, and which, driven merely by day, took week from Wolverhampton to the Cock and-B Bell, Smithfeld.
 Arrived in London, Catherine proceeded on foot to Blackheath; there, night having come on and losing her way, she was sudden ly accosted by horseman with, "Now, my pretty girl, where are you goingP' Pleased by his gallant address, she begged him to di- rect her to Morden college He assured her that she was fortunate in having met with him, instead of one of his company, and in- ducing her to mount before him, rode across the heath to the pile of buildings which had been erected by Sir Christopher Wren for de- cayed merchants, the recipients of Sir John Morden's bounty. Assisting her to alight, he rang the bell, then remounted his steed and galloped away, but not before the alarmed official who had answered the sum- mons had exclaimed, Heavens! Dick Fur pin on Black Bess!'' Mo, her always said esDick Turpin;" another version in the fami- ly runs tCaptain Smith,"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Twenty-Ffvs Years Ago.

It is twenty five years to-day since the un- dersigned issued his first fire insurance poli- cy, and having been constantly in the busi- ness since would say that he is grateful for the liberal patronage of his friends, and that every loss but one in that time has been paid, and that was not paid for the simple reason that to have paid it would have been a premium on fraud The writer's office is at No SIS Chapel street, Phoenix building, where he has been for the last fourteen years and will be happy to see his friends and patrons to insure for them all kinds of prop erty in good and reliable companies at the lowest rates. A. E. DUDLEY.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
- General Hospital Society.

The directors of the General Hospital so- ciety of Connecticut held a special meeting last evening in the room of the Board of Health to consider their action in reference to the proposed new house for the superin- tendent.
 It was voted that the prudential commit tee with the president, Hon. James E. Eng fish, be instructed to carry into effect the vote authorizing the building of house for the superintendent N..
 It was also voted to do away with the dis tinction between senior and junior surgeons. This divides the surgical work equally among the four surgeons, Doctors Bacon, Carinal., Aotchkiss and Russell.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Fire i'm Danbury.

A two-story building in Danbury used by Bird & Andrews for the manufacture of soda water and other beverages was burned Tues day morning. Two horses in the basement were got out, but aside from these nothing was saved The loss on machinery was $2, 800 with insurance for $1,50O. The building was owned by Mrs. B. M. Rolf and the loss on this is $500. It was insured for $500.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Accident At The Shore.

Yesterday morning the little son of Press Eldridge, while riding tricycle. near Twitch- ells place at the West Haven shore, was run over by grocery wagon belonging to Hart, the Grove street grocer, and the machine WAS smashed and the little fellow considerably shaken up. The wheels. passed over the lads body, cutting him slightly but not seri- ously injuring him. It was very narrow escape for the little Press, and it Is his luck that he was not made cripple for life Press with his family are stopping at the shore during the summer
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
A. O. F.

. A number of members of the Ancient Or der of Foresters in this city and some in oth- or towns in the State are making arrange ments to attend the biennial convention of the order which will be held in Detroit, Mich, August il. Tickets from New York to Detroit and return via West Shore and Michigan Central railroads, which are good for one week, can be procured for $11. Stop over checks for one day at Niagara Falls can be procured if desired
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
: OBITUARY.
Death of Aaron C

Death of Aaron G. Hurd.
 Aaron G. Hurd died at his . residence in Clinton on Tuesday night, aged 91 years. Judge Hurd, ,as he was familiarly known was, for many years judge of probate and several times was chosen to represent his town in the legislature, which he did with credit to him self and his constituents. He was 8 gentle man of high Christian character and was greatly esteemed by all who knew him.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
A nR~I nrn-maiF

Nellie McInerney, She eleven-year- old daughter of Michael McInerney of Winnipauk, was drowned in the Norwalk river at that place Monday evening. She and her mother were planning to go in bath ing, and while her mother was preparing to leave the house she missed Nellie and at once searched at the river, where her clothes were found on the bank. Her dead body was found some hours later.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Why VR Tt

That the sale of Hoods Sarsaparilla continues at such rapidly increasing rate9 It is
 list, Because of the positive curative value of Hoods Sarsaparilla itself.
 2d, Because of the conclusive evidence of remarkable cures effected by it, unsurpassed and seldom equalled by any other medicine. Send to c. l. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass, for book containing many statements of cures
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
The Days or Bear. And Wolves.

Elliott Raymond, the oldest man in New Canaan, whose burial took place last Friday, often spoke in later years of the wilderness between New York and his town as seen by him when boy. There were no means of communication save by stage coach, and he has heard his mother tell how the bears and wolves howled about their humble abode on dark winter niOhts
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
DKiddletown methodfsts.

The Methodists of Middletown have ap- pointed the following committees to build a new church edifce which will cost about $45, ,0O0: Finance-Jesse G. Baldwin, Rev. Dr. Kelley, George w. Harris, Dr. George w. Burke, G. H. Harris, O. T. Winchester, J. B. Van Week, John 4atterson, W. N. Rice, W. T. Bruce, Clarence E. Atkins, Flu gene H. Burr; building committee George w. Atkins, D. Ward Northrop, Samuel T. Camp, J. T. Elliot, Professor Van Week, Frederick Kelsey, George E. Burr.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Sensation I'm south Windham.

Frederick H. Spencer, of South Windham, committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging himself. One of his employees dis covered him suspended in stall in his barn. His suicide was great surprise to the com munity. He leaves wife to whom he had been married A year
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Milford seashore Resorts.

One of the pleasantest places on Long Island Sound is Meadows End at Milford. c. L. Nettleton, the proprietor of the Oak Grove cottage, adds each year some new att traction to this popular resort. This season the dock is completed so that sailboats and staanoars can land at half tide
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Grand illumination at the BranfOrd
 E1ofnt HnmMA

A grand illumination of the Branford Point House grounds at Branford Point will occur next Saturday evening. During the evening there will be beautiful pyrotechni- cal display entitled ''The Falls of Niagara D and the Branford brass band will give con- cert, to be. e..followed by hop in the pavilion rear of the hotel, the music to be rendered by the Branford Point House orchestra. The orchestra has been engaged by the proprie- tors of the house for the season, and the or chestra consists of the celebrated Wadding- ton family, consisting of MT. Ed Wadding- ton, leader; Miss Carrie Washington, cornet- Miss Minnie Washington, second violinist. Meriden Parties at SavIn Rock. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Wilcox, MT. and Mrs. c. Berry Peets and MT. and Mrs. A. s. Thomas were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Robert M. Wilcox Tuesday. They left here on the 1:36 train for New Haven, from which place they went to Savin Rock in double teams. The party was in honor of Mrs. An nie Wolff ('fEmly'D of Philadelphia, who is visiting MT. and Mrs. Wilcox. Dinner, which had been ordered in advance, was served at o'clock and the remainder of the evening was spent in sightseeing and in the enjoy ment of the attractions of the resort.
 Another Meriden party consisting of Mayor Doolittle and Mrs. Doolittle, MT. and Mrs. A. Chamberlain, MT. and Mrs. E. B. Cowles, MT. and Mrs. 0. F. Linsley, MT. and Mrs. Frank Stevenson and MT. c. L. Rockwell left here on the 3:13 train and drove from New Haven to the Rock in an omnibus They spent the evening very enjoyably. The Meriden colony was unusually large and all appeared to be having pleasant time.-Mer- iden Republican.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Yacht Mad

The fast schooner yacht 'sMadaline" of the New York Yacht club arrived in this city dore Dickerson of the yacht and party of friends attended the reception at the club house of the New Haven Yacht club last evening"
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
or to the Ad,roDa..L.

Senator Platt. Mrs. Platt, J. P. Platt, Mrs
 John Ives and Miss Hattie Ives started for the Adirondacks, yesterday morning. Senator Platt's postoffice address will be Long Lake,
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
A Remarkable Age.

Mrs, Triphenia Jackson, colored woman and the oldest person in Hartford, died at
 her home, 213 Pearl street, Tuesday evening
 at the remarkable age of 103 years, 1 month and 10 days.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Fire Bell to be Tolled.

In case of the death of General Grant be- tween the hours of 6. m. and p. m. the fire bell will be tolled sixty-three times at intervals of thirty seconds. The city flags will be draped in mourning.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Colonel Homer B. sprague.

State Normal SchOol aG New Br1Ualn, ana TOT several years past the principal of the Girls High school in Boston, has resigned to accept the presidency of the Mills college at Brook lyn, Alamena company, California. Col. Sprague has relatives in New Haven and has many prominent friends here.
 Death of Mrs. Charles Lehman.
 Mrs. Charles Lehman died in this city yesterday at 1:30 p. m., aged 86 years. She had lived in this country about 40 years and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Caroline Fier- stein and Mrs. Sarah Schulhafer. The fun eral takes place to-day at p. m. Rev. Dr. Kleeberg will oficiate.
 What the storm Did i'm New Britain.
 The greatest damage by Tuesdays thunder storm and high wind in New Britain was on North Elm street, where the flat roof of g three-story house, forty feet square, belong ing to H. M. Muir was torn off. Those that saw it say the roof was started at one corner and after three lifts off came the whole busi- ness and went tearing through the air, land ing 800 feet away on the old ''green," a total wreck MT. Muir estimates his loss at $50O This is a total loss, as no insurance covers it. Clothing and everything in the house was drenched At William A. Humason's resi- dence on Lake street the tin roof was peeled off and two fine trees were blown over, the trunks, fifteen inches in diameter, breaking off clear foot below the ground. A drive around town this morning showed many wrecked trees of large size. On Washington street there was great damage to the trees, including several in A. H. Stanley's yard while up the street trees lay piled up across the roadway, shutting ont travel.
 Mir. Webster, the street commissioner, started out with a force of men almost be- fore the storm was over and had the fallen trees pulled aside, and this morning many of the damaged ones were removed. The lightning was intense and several bolts struck in various parts of the city, one tear ing up the yard at Mrs. H. F. North's on East Main street. A house on Glen street was reported partly unroofed. Hundreds of women and children went down into the eel lars fearing that their houses would be blown over. The storm did not touch adjacent places to any extent, and appears to have been mainly local. Chimneys were blown over in all parts of the city.-Hartford Times.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
N PrOnnAe

To absent myself from my office during the month of August for the purpose of vaca- tion. I will be pleased to see my patrons and friends to July 30th or any time after Sept. 2d. Respectfully,
 F. c. SWIFT, Dentist.
 Cor. Chapel and Orange Sts. ,vo1 93 25 2S
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
cood Samaritans, Fe.tiyaI.


 Tonight the Good Samaritans have an ice cream festival and musical and literary en- tertainmeut at their hall. The admission is free and the proceeds are for the benefit of the sncietH
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
To New york and Coney Island.

Next Wednesday the members of the St. Aloysius society and their friends go to New York and Coney Island by the steamer Elm City on their annual excursion. This excur- sion bids fair to be one of the largest and most entertaining of the season. The society is deservedly popular and the excellence of their previous affairs should draw many to their coming excursion. A band concert on the Green under their auspices will be held Tuesday evening.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
THE WEATHER RECORD.

INDICATIONS FOR TO-DAY.
 WAR DEPARTMENT,
 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL SERVICE, WASHINGTON. D. c. July 23, 1SS5-1 AM. ' For New England, generally fair weather, varla' ble winds, slight change in temperature. For the Middle States, generally fair weather except occasional showers in the evening ou the coast and on the southern portion, variable winds nearly stationary temperature, preceded ID souIn ern portion by slightly cooler weather For Friday, continued warm and generally falr weather is indicated for New England and the Middle States.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Half an Aero.

A tract of about half an acre of the val uable freestone deposits in Portland has just been made the subject of hearing to deter mine the manner of it's division between two quarry companies which own it together, and this little piece is valued at $30,O 900. Judge C. H. Briscoe has heard the case as commit tee. The quarries have been excavated 100 feet deep on each side of this track Another quarry in the same place goes down 300 feet.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-23
Special sanIires.

w. EXPERIENCES.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30
BRoTHERsyALLEY ITEMS.

BRoTHERsyALLEY ITEMS,
Mrs Frederick Swope an aged lady of Ber-
lin died on Christmas from apoplexy, | am
informed.
Henry r.. Poorbaugh, from Iowa, IS visit
ing friends and relatives in this section. At
present he is the guest Of his father, Josiah,
in Berlin.
Geoege, a son of William Zimmerman, OF
Berlin, fell and broke his arm in two places
at the Berlin skating rink on Christmas.
Dr. Garman reduced the fracture.
Jacob J. Coleman killed an otter last
Wednesday close to his residence The an
iuaal measured over four feet from tip TO
tie, and is the only one killed in these parts
within my recollection, (and that extends
back pretty far.)
Daniel p Walker, one of our Oldest citi-
zens was confined to his bed tor few weeks
and on last Thursday his right side was par
alyzsd. He died on Sunday morning and
was buried at 10 a. m. Tuesday.
The erection of seven new barns during
the coming summer in this immediate
neighborhood is contemplated also several
new houses will go up, should there be no
proyidential interference as the preacher
says.
About one-half of the school rooms IN
this township have been decorated beauti-
fully the past week with spruce and other
evergreens made into wreaths, arches, stars.
&c. but Fairview seems to take the lead on
| decoration.
Good use was made of the sleighing by
| our farmers in hauling coal and limestone
There are scores of limequarries worked in
Brothersyalley, but at present the quarry on
| the farm of Ed. Kimmel seems to be general
| headquarters.
see that papers published in New York
and elsewhere outside of this state clip re
| ports from local papers in this state, con
tanning very exciting panther and wild cat
stories. / would inform the readers of those
papers that they can rest easy now; it was
nothing more all the time than the large
otter which our neighbor killed the Other
day.
Two well regulated literary societies are
organized in the township. The factory so
ciety holds its meetings on Tuesday even
| ings. and Sandy Hollow on Friday evenings
The subject for debate at Sandy Hollow a
its last meeting was Resolred, That the Unit
ed States is in more danger from interna
factions than exterunl foes. The question
for Friday evening January sth. is Resolred
That the slanderer IS more pernicioui
character than the fiatterer.
! Now Il THEN.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-30

A fraudulent scheme which is being work
ed upon unsuspecting farmers in some sec
tons goes under the name of a loan com
pany. This Is the way it is operated Cir
culars are sent out, and advertisements are
inserted in respectable papers, offering loans
at low rates of interest and on very easy
terms. Numerous farmers apply for loans.
The terms are, ten dollars as an application
and registration fee. which is to be deducted
from the first halfyear's interest If vic
tim sends his ten dollars he Is deirauded to
that extent He never gets his loan and
never gets his money back again, because
be never has chance to pay any interest to
deduct il from.