Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-11
General State News.


 An exchange says: ''It is now said that | Col. Stocking and Silas Sage, who were re- ! ported to have seen the sea serpent while out | rowing at Cromwell have both been dead ! several years"
 On the other hand another exchange said yesterday: Incidentally while talking with Fish Commissioner Pike, the discovery of | the sea serpent up in Cromwell, place not far from the judges home, came in for 8 | share of criticism. The two gentlemen who, according to the newspapers, saw the mon | ster disporting in the waters of that neigh borhood, are well known to Mr. 1 Pike. s'Yes, said MT. Pike, ''there was considerable talk about the old serpent l at the depot in Middletown when I was \ coming away from there to-day. l know | the two gentlemen who saw the serpent, and know them to be gentlemen whose state | ments can be relied upon and who are trust ! worthy in every respect"
 THE HORACE WELLS STATUE. The statue of Horace Wells, the Hartford discoverer of anesthesia, which fell from it's ] wooden pedestal some time ago, lies in an un- dignified position in Bushnell Park at Hart ! ford, and the papers want temporary pc destal put up so that the statue may look well at the memorial arch dedication, September IF.
 THE FIRST VISIT IN SIXTY YEARS. Three brothers by the name of Andrews
  days. The youngest is seventy and the old est eighty. They are the sons of a Rev. MT. Andrews, a Congregational minister, who once settled in Danbury. It is sixty years since these brothers left Danbury, and this is their first visit since to their native town. Two are clergymen and one business man. Two reside in Hartford and the other in Colorado.-Danbury News.
 MIR. LoUNsBURY's DISPATCH. Following is the text of the dispatch from the Hon. P. 0. Lounsbury, which was received by Senator Platt just too late to be read to the convention:
 Your telegram is at hand. Please give to the their favor and trust my thanks with assurances of my promise and purpose faithfully to discharge whatever duties their action of to-day may impose upon me, F. c. LoUNsBuRY. HOW DISEASE IS BRED. The New Hartford Tribune in it's local col umn says: "A most alarming epidemic seems to have broken out at the house of Herman A. Holcomb on West Hill. One son, Clifford H., died last week Thursday, ,and every mem Der of the family excepting it's head has been afflicted with the disease, which is called by the attending physicians typhoid dysentery. The oldest son, Edward, was taken at Water bury, where he was at work, August 2, and came home; Clifford was taken August 22. The other four sons and one daughter, Mrs. Holcomb and old MT. Herman Holcomb, the father of Herman A., have all been more or less sick with the disease, though the physi- cians seem to have mastered it, and all at present writing are doing as we'll as could be expected"
 GONE TO PHILADELPHIA.
 The Rev. c. H. Bond and Mrs. Bond, who have managed the Connecticut Industrial school for girls since 1877, have left Middle town for Philadelphia, which is to be their future home.
 BADLY HURT.
 A three year old son of w. M Botsford fell from third story window at Bridge port, on Thursday, and broke both legs, had one thigh fractured and his head badly bruised.
 REORGANIZED.
 The stockholders of the Sampson mine 900, of which $50,000 is to be paid in. Of this, $40, 900 was raised at once.
 DIED.
 Fernando Morgan, of New London, once we'll known clarionet player, died on Tues day in jail in Providence, where he was awaiting trial on charge of incendiarism The cause of death was apoplexy. From General Frank ID. S1oat, Su- preme Dictator of The Knights of Honor of America.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. IA, 1884. MEsSRs. LEWIS & Co.,: Dear Sir-Your RED JACKET BITTERS have been used in my family with good eff feet, and such representations have been made to me by others regarding benefits from their use as recommends them in the | strongest manner. Yours very truly,
 FRANK D. SLOAT.