Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-25

'fTheir sins and infquities he will renem-
Der no more" were the words from which
the Rev. Mr.. Thompkins of Claremont, N.
H., preached an excellent sermon at the Con-
gregational church here Sunday evening.
The Hartford Dynamo company will begin
the work at once of putting in the plant for
the Southington and Plantsville Tramway
company for its electric road and electric
lights.
The officers and a large number of the
Eureka lodge No. rs, I. o. o. f., went to
Cheshire Monday night to witness the insti-
tuition of the L. A. Thomas lodge No. 9.
The initiatory degree was worked by Eureka.
General state News.
A BROKEN JAW.
w. q. Squire, of Meriden, took header
from his bicycle on Saturday and is laid up
with broken jaw.
CALLED TO NEW YORK STATE.
The Rev. Andrew j. Sullivan has received
a unanimous call to the Presbyterian church /
at Pleasantville, N. Y.
MERIDEN ASSIGNMENT.
The assignment of Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. /
Woke has been withdrawn from the Probate |
court in Meriden owing to the inability of |
the assigners to find trustee.
OVER 100.
The net profits of the spring meeting of |
the Charter Oak Park association were lit
tie over $2,190. This is about double the |
amount of profits year ago.
NOT COMING.
The New London firemen have about given
up the idea of having visit from 800 New
York fremen at their annual parade which |
occurs soon, as the New Workers cannot
come
AN EDITORS BRICK BLOCK.
Plans for four-story brick block, which
Editor G. S. Haviland, of the Southington
80 10 hall hot, H.
Architect Jones. of this city. Mr.. H, is. said
to be worth 10000.
MANY INJUNCTIoNs.
Another injunction was served on the
Meriden & Waterbury railroad Monday by
Waterbury parties. Thus far an injunction
has been served on the company for about
every mile of road owned by it.
MORE YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
The Young Republican club of Meriden
held a meeting Monday night and was sere-
naded by the Meriden fife and drum corps
Twelve members were received into the club.
The drum corps will go with the delegation
| which the club will send to the East side rat
| iication meeting Friday night
FOR BIGAMY.
Amos Howe Carrie was arrested at Dan
bury Monday at the request of Inspector
| Byrnes for bigamy. He has been living at 5S
Beaver street, New York, with Brooklyn
Bridge Inspector Crager's wife, with whom he
eloped about month ago. He will return to
New York without requisition.
| BLUE LOBSTER.
In fish market at Norwich, there was
shown on Saturday blue lobster, one of the
very few ever seen in that region. One was
exhibited at New London several years ago.
In this specimen the blue is dark on the
back and light below, and the color in all
| the shades is said to be very pure and fine.
FIVE BOYS FRUSTRATED By LIGHTNING IN PUT
During the severe thunder shower Sunday
afternoon house belonging to DIR. Miller on
Farrows street was struck by bolt about s
O'Clock. 1t entered a bedroom in G. D.
Sharps tenement, tearing the clapboards
upon the outside and heating the plaster
within. On the east side it entered Miner
Miller's tenement between the two windows,
and struck ten foot mirror, blsckening the
| top and breaking large piece out of the bot
tom. 1t then went through the floor into
| the cellar, shattering the windows. The
rooms and cellar were filed with smoke and
five boys playing in the cellar were all pros
| trated by the shock, but not hurt
TRUE GRIT coMMEMoRArEp.
In Grace Episcopal church at Redding is
brass tablet displaying Maltese cross with
q musket ball in its center, the significance
of which is shown by the following inscrip-
ton:
This bullet was fred at the Rev John W. /
Beach, A. NJ, while officiating In the anti
revolutionary church of this parish, and was
found lodged In the sounding board when
that building was taken down and the press
emit edifice was erected. Pausing for a mo-
ment after the musket report and crash of
the projectile, the venerable preacher repeat
ed these words to the alarmed congregation:
Gear not them which kill the body but are
not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him
| which is able to destroy both soul and body
in hell" This bullet is preserved here as a
| relic of his loyalty to the church.
THE QATLING GUN ABRoAD-PRosPECTs OF
THE NEW ENTERPRISE.
Mr. Frederic G. Pen6eld, ex-city editor of
] the Hartford Courant, arrived in Hartford
from Europe Monday evening, having reached
New York by the Aurania on Sunday. The
following facts are learned by the Courant
from Mr. Penfield in relation to the new
| company, called 'The Calling Gun, Limits
cd, !" which has purchased the rights and pa
| tents of the Calling Gun company of this
country: The names of the directors of the
new company have heretofore been pub
lished, comprising some of the foremost
public men and capitalists in England, with
Earl De Gray as chairman of the board.
The new company has purchased what is
| probably the finest small arms plant in Eu.
rope, the lannon's Holdford works at Birming-
ham, covering SO acres of land, freehold. The
property belonged to the National Small
Arms company, and cost originally $3.50, 900.
It has both gun and ammunition works, with
a perpetual license for the manufacture of
cartridges. The company took very large
contract from Russia, giving bonds for its
fulfllment. They failed to fill the contract
and were forced into bankruptcy. and the
liquidator sold the establishment to the
Calling Gun for $t50, 900 cash. Work was
begun there yesterday on actual orders
for both Gatling's and ammunition. The es-
/ Enlistment is fitted ont with all requisite
smsllarms machinery, and the essentials for
akiu1 CARTRIDGES and has n rifle range of
1 its own. 1t is capable of working 8 1000 men.
J.. G.. Aosles is the constructing engineer in
chief, and the superintendent of the ammu-
milton department. is Isaac Bradley, late of
Bridgeport, who has worldwide reputation
as an ammunition maker. Tt is the intention
to make Calling guns, small arms and ammu-
milton. At the present time official trials of
the Gatlings are in progress before govern
ment boards in both Italy and France