Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-06-02

Professor M. w Easton, of the University
of Pennsylvania, is visiting friends in Hart
ford.
The Rev. Henry M. Vail, of Staffordville.
declines a call to the pastorate of the Congre-
gational church in Marlborough.
Jerry Bohan, who made a peculiarly vicious
and violent assault on Waldo G. Twiss, Of
Meriden, has been released on $4,000 bonds
The grave of Mrs General Hawley, in
Hartford, was remembered Monday by the
Grand Army and by special pieces contrib
uted by friends in Plantsville and from this
city.
Mrs. DIR. Bell, lady physician from New
York city, formerly of Marlborough, is erect
ing large commodious structure with out
buildings to match, and grading the grounds
about it.
Captain F. M. Bunce, of Hartford, left fol
Brooklyn Monday afternoon to report to the
commandant of the navy yard and take pos
session of the new cruiser Atlanta, which he
is to command.
The house of Patrick Reagan in Meriden
was struck by lightning on Monday morning
and set on fire. All the occupants of the
house were severely shocked, but not dan
gerously hurt. The fire was put out by q
violent rain.
Sheriff w. H. Glover, of Newtown, was
served Saturday with the papers in a suit
for S., 900 damages by w. May, of Walling-
ford, who charges that Glover brought a
trumped up charge against him and offered
to compound it for $500.
Captain William Bryan, of Branford
died Sunday night, aged 80. He was born
on an English man-of-war, came to this
country when 10 years old, and at the age of
16 enlisted and served in the war of 1919.
He was honorably discharged and after some
years married in Branford. After the death
of his first wife he married her sister.
Captain Edward Gillett, formerly captain
of the war company of the Hartford City
Guard, was in Hartford Monday and paraded
with Robert o. Tyler post Afterward he
was entertained at dinner by old friends of
the Veteran City Guard and others, who
have been his guests at the Grand hotel, Cats
kill mountains. He left for New York Mon
day evening.
Owen Flynn, of Meriden, died Sunday
night from an overdose of laudanum appar-
emily taken with suicidal intent. When he
bought the laudanum he asked for four
ounces for external use. He swallowed an
ounce and a half. No cause for suicide is
known, and many of his friends insist that
the poison was taken by mistake and say
that he was in the habit of taking opiates to
relieve neuralgia pain.
Edward Capron of Somsrs had sorry ex-
perience with his stallion Sunday He was
dDOuG To leave GH6 SldII Wuon tu0 Auluudl B
fastenings gave way, and grabbing Mr.. Ca
prom with his teeth, lifted him up and shook
him as dog would woodchuck, chewing
the flesh on his arm and trying to stamp on
him. -Four or five men were on hand and
beat the beast for fifteen minutes before he
let go of Mr.. Capron. Had not one OF the
stations feet been fastened he would have
killed his master outright. Mr.. Capron has
offered to give $50 to anyone who will go
into the stall and fasten his wild animal.
The case of the United States against Sam
uel Bingham, formerly cashier of the Wind
ham National bank at Willimantic, has been
nolled. Bingham was charged with abstract
ing and destroying note of $4,000 which
the bank had loaned to Grant & Ward in ex-
cess of the amount allowed by law. When
the latter firm got into trouble this 81, 900
note was destroyed. The government want
ed the testimony of James D. Fish, but found
he could not be taken from the Auburn, N.
Y, prison into Connecticut to testify. More
over, the lost loans to Grant & Ward have
been made good by the directors of theWind-
ham bank; the institution is found to be per-
fectly sound and 50 the case will not be pros
ecnted.