Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-03-07

The Hartford Post, recently burned out,
has settled with the insurance companies by
the payment of about $12, 900.
AFTER THE FIRE.
Work was begun in New Britain yesterday
for building new mandatory for North &
Judd in place of the one recently destroyed
by fire.
AT NIANTIC.
The report of Secretary Hine of the State
board of education says that summer school
for teachers will be opened at Mantle the
first week in July and continue two weeks
DOWN IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Murray L. Stanley, of New Britain, is in
Valparaiso, Chilli.
Mr.. and Mrs William E. Peck, of New
Britain, have been for three months on
beautiful place in the suburbs of Bueaos
Ayres, Argentine Republic.
COLONEL ROOD RESUMES THE MANAGEMENT.
As heretofore stated Mr.. Charles NJ. Truman
purchased the United States Hotel from Col.
"A. Rood, the change taking effect March 1.
Complications have arisen in the negotia-
tons, however, and Col: Rood has again taken
the management of the house.-HartfoTd
Courant.
SAMSON VS.. DELILAH.
In Rockville at the First church Sunday
Rev. e. II. Ricketts, created sensation by a
sermon. The subject was Sans on and De-
lilah, and the sermon, in part, an answer to
a recent address by DIR. Kate Bushnell on
social purity, whom he sharply criticised on
some points. He presented both sides of
the question, and considered the Delilahs of
history guilty of great crimes.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
Acting President Van Week has returned
from his two weeks trip through the West
Instructor Harris of the history department
is expected to arrive to day with his PhiIa-
delphia bride.
J. G. Wells '89, the center rush of Wesley
ans football team, has suddenly. left college,
and with his bride is going to South Amer
lea, where he will engage in missionary
work.
HER ABDUCTOR FOUND IN THE ToMBS.
NEW YORK, March 6.-John A. Burgess, a
well dressed young man, was before Judge
Murray in the Tembs this morning. Detec-
tive Dodge from Waterbury stated that the
prisoner was wanted in that town for abduct-
ing Mamie Byrnes, a fifteen year old girl
The accused was remanded to enable the au-
thorities to procure the necessary requisition
papers.
PENSIONS FOR CONNECTICUT PEOPLE.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-Pensions have
been granted to residents of Connecticut as
follows: Original, George G.. Bradley, DAN
bury; Bruno Tieslar, Norwich; Adolph Mush,
Norwich; William Condor, Southington; in.
crease, Thomas Moran, Middletown: John B.
Butler, New London; Thomas Handley, Will
limantic; Terence Kennedy, Willimantic
John w. Gray, Forestville; Horace Garrigus,
WatervilIs.
GOOD ADVICE FROM MARK TWAIN.
A budding humorist and newspaper man
at Hartford wrote Mark Twain to ask if he
would like to see some of his work. The
jolly son of the Mississippi knew the young
man and was good enough to send this re-
ply:
Certainly. Send it right along. And be
sure to put it between couple of shingles or
sawed off boards, or couple of grindstones.
or anything to keep it fat. The man that
rolls MS. ought to go to the devil-and
will
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
The Rev. J.. Aberigh-Mackay, DID,, now
senior British chaplain at Paris, was in Hart
ford Monday making his first visit to a city
with which he was somewhat familiar over
forty years ago. Many changes in the appear
ance of the city were of course observed, in
Guiding the beautiful Bushnell park, the
State capitol, other large buildings and the
growth of the city westward. The Trinity
college buildings then occupied the capitol
site.
IN MANY STATES.
directory of the living graduates of the
medical department of Yale university has
just been published. The total number of
names is Al and the addresses of 395 of the
graduates have been ascertained, they being
located as follows: Connecticut 215, New York
So, Massachusetts, 50, Rhode Island 10, Penn
sylvania 9, New Jersey 6, Michigan 6, Ohio
z, Illinois 8, United States army 6, New
Hampshire 5, Iowa A, Brazil, Delaware, Dis
trict of Columbia, Minnesota, California.
each 3; Maine, Virginia, Georgia, Kansas,
Indiana, Kentucky. each 2; Vermont, Mary
land, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Colorado,
Nebraska, Texas, Montana, Washington
territory, ST. Domingo, each 1.