Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-01
STATE CORRESPONDENCE
North Haven.

April 3O.-Don't forget the May breakfast at Montowese tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. A good meal can be had at any hour from 10 in the morning until 10 at night, and good entertainment, "Zerubbabels Second Wife, with tableaux and music, is to be given in the evening. The admission is ten cents.
 The Soldiers Veteran association is to meet at G. w. Smiths on Saturday evening of this week to make arrangements for Me morial day.
 Miss Kittie Young, of Middletown, is wis. iting friends in town.
 The Hotchkin family, MT. and Mrs. Hotch- kin and two daughters, bell ringers, are to give an entertainment in Memorial hall on Monday evening, May 2. Immense bills are placed in conspicuous places announcing the event.
 April 30.-A pleasant surprise party met at William Purdy's last Thursday evening in honor of Mir. and Mrs. William Aitcherson, who have recently returned from their we'd ding trip. About twenty-five were present. The ladies furnished excellent cake
 Freddie, the imbeoile son of Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons, who died in Union City last Mon day, was inferred here Wednesday.
 Sunday was very warm for the season. Thermometer at 10 a. m. was 104 in the sun,
 General State News.
 MERIDEN's CARS.
 Meriden's new electric street cars will be running in Q month.
 DIED IN BRIDGEPORT.
 Edward Shelton, an old Bridgeport drug gist and very charitable man, died Satur- day night.
 MURDER TRIAL. The trial of John Hodel of Turnerville, for the murder of his wife and two children, is on in Holland.
 The Rev. William E. Nichols, formerly of Hartford, now of Philadelphia, has been elected a member of the Fairfield County Historical society.
 FARM SOLD. The farm belonging to the estate of the late Moses Tbbets at North Granby was sold Fri ! day At auction by James R. Hayes, admins \ trator, to Edwin o. Hayes for $1, 150. ACCEPTED. Rev. Arthur l.. Gillett, who has been pas- \ tor of the Congregational church at Grand \ Forks, Dak., has accepted the position of in. \ structor in apologetios at the Hartford Theo \ logical seminary.
 ON A TEAR. The recent warm weather has started the \ snows in Vermont and a severe freshet ii E0IeaE9ueO 1 Saturday morning the river has risen eight feet and is still rising.
 AT NIANTIC. The Morton House at Mantle has beer leased by Mir. A: A. Burnham, formerly O Colchester, and is to be opened on Tuesday N May 1, for the reception of guests, and is tt \ be kept open throughout the year. FOR wEAK-nNDED CHILDREN. Dr. Williamson, of Lyme, is to open N aehooI for weak-minded children in the Cav arly house on Ocean avenue, New London N he having leased the promises for two years while Mrs. Cavarly is to remain in Europe THE BIG LAWSUIT.
 The sensation in the $1 ,250, 900 suit agains the Hotchkiss heirs at Bridgeport last weel was the serving of attachment papers nam ing $500, ,00e more. Interest in the case N further heightened by the action of tn \ plaintiffs in Rarnisheeing the town of Bridge V port on two notes of $40, ,000eaeh and smalle \ notes amounting to $1o0, 0,500; held agains the town by Frederick A. Hotchkiss. Tn case comes up in court tomorrow.
 HUMANE WORK. The seventh annual report of the Stat NHumane society, which has just been pub q Iished shows that General Agent Thrall tray N eled 1. 600 miles in 1887. He tried 47 offend CTS and convicted 42. Several offenders hav' been bound over to better conduct. Tn number of cases of cruelty brought to MT ThraIps knowledge was 988, and 62 childrel were placed in temporary homes. His labor have relieved 5, ,000 animals from cruel treat ment and he ordered 166 to be killed.
 THE OLD LEATHER MAN.
 The old leather man visited I. W. Beach, house at ForeStville last Friday and regalet I hiruself with breakfast made up as follows N One quart of coffee, plate of crackers, thre slices of bread, three pickles, three crullers one pint of peanuts, two cigars. It beint Friday he refused meat, but loaded his grip
 with good supply R.aeS as tsG tspsS ssfuisf ws him in regard to the blizzard. He said h' did not suffer much, but could not travel. DEATH OF MIR. BRUssELARs.
 Mr. A. A. Brusselars, well known deco rator, died at his home, Hartford, Sunday evening. He had been sick fer three week.
 with rheumatism complicated with an affsc tion of the kidneys and pneumonia. One od \ his latest productions was the beautiful dec. orations of the new Odd Fellow hall in Hart
 ford. He was member of Charter Oal lodge, I. O. O. F., of the Knights of Honor \ and of the Sengerbund. He was also treas
 urer of the State Painters association. Ht
 leaves a widow and five children. \ LOGGED BY Al NARRATION. \ President Smith of Trinity college furnish \ es an interesting item to the American So ciety of Physical Research from his own ex. perience He is clear minded man, in per. feet health, and but little given over to non
 sense. It has been his habit during the past
 winter to walk every evening from his house
 across part of the college grounds to hif
 study in Seabury hall. His footsteps have been dogged by q shadow, and on arriving al his study he would find the figure of heav fly draped woman seated on his sofa. Hi pet dog showed so much terror at the nightly returning apparition that Dr. Smith wa
 finally obliged to give up his visits to hi
 study.