Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-25
General state News.

General Stase News.
 WILL BUILD SOON.
 The Aluminium Brass and Bronze company recently formed at Bridgeport, will soon be- gin building on it's land in that city.
 LITTLE FELLOW DROWNED.
 Monday afternoon Ernest, the four year old son of Paul E. A. Schultz of Westfeld Society, Middletown, was drowned in hogs head of water.
 Henry H. Johnson of Greenwich went to New York last Monday, taking $1,200 with which to buy horses. Since that time noth- ing has been heard of him and his friends are anxious.
 ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
 The Danbury Electric Light company, hsv- ing recently advanced the charge for lights, thirty merchants have promptly signed an agreement to have the lights taken out of their stores unless the old rate is restored.
 NEW BOAT HOUSE IN NEW LONDON.
 The Rambler boat club is having a boat house erected at East New London, 30x40 feet in dimensions. The building will cost about $400 and will be completed as soon as possible.
 FROM GENERAL sHERIDAN's BROTHER. Mr. William T. Cook, secretary of the Con- necticut Cavalry association, has received from the late General Sheridan's brother an acknowledgement of the resolutions of con- dolence and respect passed by the association at it's last reunion.
 WASTED EFFORT. Monday evening the Democratic torch bearers of New Hartford and Unionville with their drum corps were out in full bloom and marched through the principal streets till nearly nine o'clock, when the public was in- vited to Smiths hall to hear an address by R. J. Pendleton of Indiana. BURGLAR RAIDS. Tha Nav York residents of Belle Haven, near Greenwich, have suffered much from re- cent burglar raids. The thief usually en- ters by the cellar and takes his time while he ransaeks the rooms upstairs. He has enter ed several houses, and, although the people believe they know who he is, they cannot catch him.
 THE NAUGATUcK DEPOT REPLIED. WATERBURY, Oct. 24.-Burglars entered the Naugatnck station at Naugatuck at two o'clock this morning, blew of the doors of the safe with giant powder. There is nearly $500 and some tickets missing. The money is mostly the property of the Adams Express company.
 IN wAILINGToRD.
 The Town hall was we'll filled Tuesday night by people anxious to listen to Hon. J. | York recently excited such approval and oc- cupled three columns of Mondays New York Tribune. Fl. Wales Lines and President Chamberlain of the Home bank, Meriden, oc~ cupisd seats on the platform.
 MT. HoLYoKE SEMINARY
 The Hartford alumn@ of Mt. Holyoke col lece held their fifth semi-annaal reunion at Hartford Saturday with twenty five members present. Miss Edwards was present and gave an amusing account of the hardships experienced in gaining charter which was delayed by the blizzard. Miss Julia Williams of Windsor read 8 sketch of the life of the late Mary Hammer of Burnside.
 AN INTERESTING OCCASION IN ROCKVILLE coNGREeAT1oNAL CHURCH. MT. Jared G. Dimock, now past 55, was elected to the office of deacon in the ConRre. eational church in Rocky Hill in 1888, and has filled the office for fifty years. Up to March last he had been absent from but one of the six yearly commission services in his own church from 1884 on-once out of 324 times-and then on account of temporary illness In commemoration of the half cen tury of service, there will be some special ex- ercises at the meeting house next Sunday afternoon, the 28th, at 3 o'clock: Dr. Rufus W. Griswold will read an historical paper on the deacons of the church from it's organiza- ton in 1727, and on the character of the New England deacon.
 OUTRAGE NEAR MDDLETowN.
 Caroline Scharkowski, 6z years of age, and Thomas Scharskowki, her husband, 10 years her senior, live on the outskirts of Middle town. About 3 o'clock Tuesday morning two burly ruf6ans, whose names were ascertain- ed to be Charles Crandall and George Will Hams, the latter colored man, broke into the house occupied by the aged couple, and after knocking the husband down, dragged his ,vifa out of doorg where both of them o1k ragged her. E. J. Roberts, a milkman who lives near the Scharkowskis, was the first person to discover the commission of the daetardly crime, which he reported to the Middletown police. Chief Chapman and Of. fioer Kinclad started immediately after the criminals, whom they found playing cards in what is known as the Dooley place. They were fully identified by their victims, and were then placed in the Middletown lookup. A hearing will be had as soon as Mr. and Mrs. ScharskoWaki gre able to appear. ]