Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-22
STATE NEWS.


 place in the south part of the town, shot a l blue heron few days since in his pasture l which stood over four feet high. Rev. H. H. Martin, pastor of the Metho- dist church at Warehouse Point, was mar ried Tuesday at Rockville to Miss Ellen Met calf by Rev. G. w. Brewster, assisted by Rev. J. H. James.
 Two subscriptions of one dollar each have so far been made at the Grant monument fund branch office in Hartford. The property of Bella Carter, prominent business man of Meriden, was attached Thursday in $25, ,OO0 suit brought by Giles O. GrisvSld of Warren, O. Griswold al legged that Carter mismanaged property owned at Meriden by Griswold, which has been in Carter's charge the past seven years, and that the latter sold the estate and retain
 ed the proceeds.
 The funeral of Ambrose S1oper, of South ington, occurred Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. F. l.. Stephens preached the sermon. The bearers were Truman E. Barnes, Luther
 Robbins, Lewis Webster and Charles Moore The burial was at South End ceme- te-y.
 The West Thompson correspondent of the
 Putnam Patriot says that yearling heifer, belonging to 8 MT. Warren of Killingly, which was being pastured on J. w. Buck farm, while drinking at spring pitched in head foremost and was drowned. County Transcript.
 The Stamford Herald speaks of some one in that place as the Every popular" dentist. He may in private life, and apart from his profession, be all that the heart of man could desire, but there seems to be something wrong in the idea of a popular dentist.- Hartford Courant.
 Principal Charles F. Merrill, of the Willi- mantle High school, is away on vacation in the northern wilderness.
 It is reported in the New London Tels- graph that number of distinguishrd per sons, including M. de Roustan, the French minister, some members of the Spanish em-
 bassy, and three young ladies, daughters of the British minister, went crab fishing at New London last Sunday and had excellent sport, making a great catch of crabs and ac- quiring mighty appetite for their luncheon. The Telegraph also informs us that each member of the party attended church and said his prayers duly before going out on this crab fishing frolic.
 has come over American society within the
 last twenty years in regard to the observance
 of Sunday It is no longer the stern and
 austere day of silence and solemnity which it
 was when the blue laws ruled Connecticut,
 and, indeed, there is nothing Puritan left
 about ir. After going to church it is thought
 proper to go fishing or boating, to play ten
 his or billiards or base ball, or almost any
 other form of festivity or diversion. Even our old school orthodox who remain in New
 England are coming nearer and nearer to the
 views of Martin Luther, who observed Sun
 day both as day of religion and of diver
 sion.-New York Sun.
 Although this State does not elect Gov ernor until next year. the New York Tribune is already selecting candidates for both par ties. In the event of Governor Harrison re- fusing renomination, it names MT. Louns- bury of Ridgefeld, who has been more or less of an aspirant for several years, and who was harshly snubbed by the last convention. For the Democratic candidate the Tribune names Hon. A. E. Burr, of the Hartford Times, and asserts that ex-Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Sumner is not an aspirant, but fayors the selection of MT. Burr. The Times edi- tor expressed himself as opposed to this pro- feet some time ago, but such trifies as the wishes of the interested persons do not in- fuence the Tribune prophet. It is quite pos sible, we may remark, that the convention may also disregard Mir. Burr's wish.-Bridge- port Farmer approximations.
 At the farm of MT. c. B. Knox at Manches- ter Center Wednesday night someone enter ed the orchard and cut the bark from the trunks of score of the finest trees, com pietely running them. MT. Knox is a grand juror of the town and as such has occasion to prosecute many disorderly persons. The
 
 some official act
 MT. John Cheney, the oldest of the Cheney brothers of South Manchester, died on Thurs day in that place and will be buried to-day. He would have been eighty-four years old in October. He was for years one of the lead ing steel engravers of this country. He took no very active share in the great business en- terprise in which his brothers were asso- ciated, his inclinations lying chiefly in an- other direction. He took, in late years, pleasure in keeping the old homestead as nearly as possible as it used to be in his eallier days. Personally he was man loved and esteemed in an unusual degree, with a fine and we'll cultivated artistic sense and with an intellectual vigor that commanded attention. Of the eight brothers who were associated for many years and have done so much for their native place, only. two, MT. Ralph and MT. Frank, survive. The others were Wells, John, Charles, Seth (the artist), Ward and Rush. The only sister is Mrs. Richard Goodman, of Lennox.