Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-17
STATE NEWS.

| Timothy Cronin, a resident of Long Hill,
| Niddlesex county, is dying at the age of 102
| years. He is native of County Cork, Ire
| land.
| twenty-five and fifty cents are in circulation
in Southington.
| William Phlegar, of Southington, who has
| been away for several years, has returned to
| that place in i'll health and is slowly dying of
consumption.
| The fourth lecture at the High school of
| the first district in Willimantic is on Friday
evening next, and is by L. L. Camp, princi-
pal Of the Dwight school, New Haven. The
| subject is Industrial Education"
Dr. Russell, of New Haven, was in South
| ington on Friday night attending the case of
John Reynolds, who had his arm badly
broken by falling off a freight train at Chesh-
| he. The doctor will endeavor to save the
arm.
| William Maggie, who has been employed by
| the Peck, Stow & Wilcox company, of South
ington, since 1856, died Friday afternoon.
The Casino in Southington will be opened
on St. Patrick's night, and on that occasion
| Charles Trewhella will endeavor to win a
| gold medal which is at present in the posses
| sion of John Kilbourne, champion speed
roller skater of that town.
William Camp, of New Milford, was fatal
~ shot on Thursday by the accidental dis
charge of gun in the hands of Duncan
Colepaugh, of Falls Village. He was about
1t rod away, and the charge of shot entered
the lower part of the left side He walked
some distance without assistance, but said he
knew the hurt was fatal. He died within
few hours. The gun which Colepaugh had
was resting against fence and was at half
cock It has since been found that it will 90
off easily from half cock, and it is supposed
that some projection in the fence caught the
trigger.
A Bridgeport young woman is SO stage
struck that the managers of visiting theat-
rical troupe were recently obliged to order
her off the stage to get rid of her.
Mrs Carr, of Shelton, will sue the town for
500, 900 on account of injuries received by
her child by fall from street wall.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Brewer, of Hartford,
were registered at Jacksonville, Fla, last
week.
The aft and line officers of the Putnam
Phalanx give the command complimentary
reception at the Hartford armory on Tuesday
evening, April I'd.
The annual session of the New York East
Methodist conference will be held at Hart
ford beginning April I'd.
The Willimantic Journal has discovered
copy of the Windham Herald Of 1908 which
calls a meeting of ''tbose persons DESTROYS of
subscribing for the next year to meet at Mr..
Stephen Butts for the purpose of agreeing on
said business.
"Nobby Buck" Wells, now a complete
wreck, has been sent to the Middletown asy-
lum by the Bridgeport authorities. He was
released from the Bridgeport jail few days
ago.. where he had been confined for va
grancy. ~
The Shore line railroad, since the station
fire at New London, is making the best of
its meagre accommodations and the temper
airy waiting room, formerly used for baggage.
has been newly foored, painted, and well
heated. The room occupied by Agent Smith
is even more comfortable than the one he
formerly occupied. The passengers, realiz-
ing the efforts of the company to do its best
in the matter of accommodations, do not
grumble nearly as much as they did before
the venerable structure proper visited
by fire, making the present inconvenience
unavoidable All of the employees about the
station have become extremely courteous and
accommodating. Now that new station of
some sort has become an absolute necessity,
the chronic fault finders, those who found
fault for cause, and the public generally, put
up with the temporary Inconvenience good
naturedly.-Norwich Bulletin.
A Norwich concern has refused to take
the publication of General Grants last work.
A grand ball will be given in the Union
armory at New London March ~, If Gov
ernor Harrison can be present.
The cock fight to take place in Birming
ham Saturday night did not come off, owing
to the non-appearance of the Derby ROSTERS
The library and private physical apparatus
of the late DR.. Louis NJ. Cheesman have been
presented to Trinity college, Hartford.
Miss Eliza Fitzpatrick, of Derby, finished
en- Saturday the handsomest crazy quilt in
the Naugatuck valley. 1t is to be exhibited |
in Birmingham store window. }