Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-18
General State News.


 The Middletown choral society with ten we'll known soloists from New York gave it's second concert of the season April IT. Aunt Phoebe Daniels, worthy colored wo- man of Middletown, who is nearly 99 years old, is very sick and probably will pass over the river soon.
 AN ENFIELD CLERGYMAN. Rev. MT. Winch, of Enfield, will not leave his church worksuntil June 1. It is reported that he will occupy professors chair at the Hartford Theological seminary next year.
 DEGREE OF PocAHoNTAs.
 At the council fire of Sonquassen tribe, Order of Red Men, at Hartford last evening, the final arrangements for the organization of council of the degree of Pocahontas were made.
 U. S. SENATOR PLATT.
 Senator and Mrs. Platt have been spending few days out in the country in Maryland, and the Senator has derived much benefit from his rest He was i'll recently with in- hammetion Of the stomach.
 A RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
 The directors of the Meriden 6 Waterbury and those of the Meriden &, Cromwell roads have signed an agreement for the proposed consoIidation of the two lines. It must be ratified by the stockholders by a two thirds vote.
 BODY STILL IN THE RIVER.
 The body of Rennie Gaines, of Thompson vile, has not been recovered from the Con- necticut river. It was probably carried down stream by the strong current. MT. Gaines has sent letter to the selectmen of the various towns down the stream asking their assistance.
 YOUNG RosENBLUTH RETURNS TO HIS WIFE. Edward S. Rosenbiuth, the young Hebrew who married 8 Baptist lady, son of Solomon Rosenbluth of New Haven, and who is en- gagged in the corset business in Hartford, has returned. Some time ago he was induced to run away from his young wife, The Hartford Courant says he has apparently be- come ashamed of the business and returned to his family. He expects to resume business st the old stand, his father surrendering the control which he assumed when the attempt to break up the marriage was initiated. FRESHMAN PRIZE DEBATE. The freshman prize declamation and jun for prize debate at Wesleyan university will take place in the college chapel June 6. These are the contestants: Declamatiens. Andrews, Eaton, Hancock and Hubbard: debates, Loveland, Noe, Patch and Sweyser. The sophomore junior prize declamations will take place June g. The participants are Goodrich, Noble, Bell, Thompson and Montgomery of go; Davenport, Hughes, Manchville, Matthews and Prentice of '99
 
 Saturday evening was well attended.
 SHORT VISIT TO NoRwALK. U. s. Treasurer Hyatt visited Norwalk Sat urday evening and took back to Washington with him for a short visit his young niece, Miss Laura Brady of Norwalk. In reference to the published statement that Mir. Hyatt was once connected in business with the MT. Sco- field who has obtained so unenviable a no. toriety on account of his wife's alleged at tempt to entrap Broker Hatch and resulting in his death, Mir. Hyatt says that it has this foundation only: He was prior to the war clerk in the hardware store of Clark & Sco- field, Nos. 5, and Platt street, New York, this MT. Scofeld being the junior member of the firm. He (Hyatt) subsequently went up to Stamford and started a hardware store for tue Rev. Seth W. Scoield, who was a lo- cal Methodist preacher, and father of this implicated man. where he remained short time, and then went to the banking house of Lockwood & Co.,, where, singalarly enough, he became fellow clerk with this same Mir. Hatch whose tragic death has given rise to the Scofeld-Hatch scandal.