Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-02

road crossings. The meeting adjourned for three weeks On Wednesday the committee
 met the railroad commissioners at the Town hall where they had 8 hearing and ad- iourned.
 The aleighing here has been very fine and for the past two days everyone who owns a sleigh has been out enjoying it.
 A writer in the COURIER says "Old men live in the past' Some of them must have lived in Madison. In the list of statistics given on the first Sabbath of the year was the fact that out of thirtyAone deaths that had occurred during the year, there were eighteen persons over seventy-four years of age.
 Guilford.
 GENERAL NEWs-MADIsoN's EXCITEMENT ovEH
 THE TOWN MEETING To-DAY-sALE OF 4
 FACTORY.
 Feb. 1.-Sleighlng parties are all the rage now and the young people of Guilford are enjoying themselves hugely.
 Many people from this place attended the special town meeting at Madison yesterday to prepare for the coming of the railroad commissioners to morrow, when hearing or grade crossings will be held.
 Nr. Hull and sister of East River are spending the winter at his daughters, Mrs
 
 E. H. Butler, receiver for the insolvent button manufacturers, will sell at auction or February q the manufacturing establish ment formerly occupied by them near the Shore Line railroad depot. The building which is nearly new, consists of two-story brick structure, 30 by 70 feet, and contains the latest improved machinery for the msnu facture of ivory buttons. Attorney McKean has left the firm of Rob inson & McKean and will practice law witt Attorney Chase, of New Haven, and at hii house in Guilford.
 The cantata given by the members of tht Third Congregational church at Music Hal on Friday evening for the benefit of the Sun day school of the latter church was a fnan eial success, over forty dollars being ob tained.
 Mir. R. E. Meigs' famous St. Bernard dog were on exhibition in New Haven last weel and attracted much attention. The mothel of the dogs is valued at $1 ,50O. Rev. Dr. Andrews of the Episcopal churcl is recovering from severe cold. The Odd Fellows of this place refuse t. make known what action was taken in thu case of MT. Stark, who was the guardian O Miss Allen and who it was said accepted sum of money from Howell, her betrayer. General State News. BIG OXEN. WI AoASO OACA u O T of Huntsville were sold to Eggleston 6, Go of Westfeld, Mass, last week. Their dressed
 weight was 3, 447 pounds. DIED IN NORWICH. William H. Webb died at Norwich o, Monday, aged sixty-four. He was veteran of the Eighteenth regiment, had been frs assistant engineer in the fire department an( was high degree Mason. CHOSEN ASSESSOR. Captain James T. Sherman, of Hartford has been chosen an assessor of tke town Q Hartford to fill the vacancy caused by tn
 resignation of N. F. Dooley, the presen United States bank examiner. PENSIONS FOR CONNECTICUT PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Pensions hav been granted to residents of Connecticut a follows: Minors of Almond D. Powers, Strat ford; increase, Conrad Nolte, New Haven renewal, Hugh Shepard, Seymour. THE WRECKED BANK. WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The comptroller O the currency has declared first dividend O 50 per cent. in favor of the creditors of th Stafford National bank of Stafford Springs ConR., on claims proved amounting tt S247; ;436. This bank failed on Oct. 1, 1887 HARTFoRD's SOLDIERS MONUMENT. The Hartford selectmen have called special town meeting February to settl the claims of Bissen & Budde, contractor for the soldiers monument The contrao tors brought in large bill for supplementar, work, but have agreed to compromise fo I &, 2,000.
 A NEW CIGAR COMPANY. The Bridgeport News says that the Uni l versal Cigar company of Bridgeport hay filed articles of association to manufactur and sell cigars; capital stock $1, GOO, 40 share | h., ,k1 D1.- New Haven, 3S; L. E. Daley, West Haven 1; L. G. Morton 1.
 IN wALIINGFoRD. At the meeting of the Wallingford grang ! to night there will be readings by Mrs. J. R Hough, Miss May Churchill, Mrs. George D | Hall, Charles Lombra and Will Ives essays by Mrs. G. W. Cook and William E | Hall.
 William Bernatche and Miss Lulu Unmacl were married yesterday afternoon at tn Church of the Holy Trinity, Wallingford Rev. Father Mallon officiating cLUB-UsING POLICEMAN. Policeman Conlsy, of South Norwalk, ha been suspended for nine days for clubbing woman. She was in the lookup and he haC
 been directed to search her, as she was said tt have rope and mediate suicide. She wa said to be insane. As he approached sht knocked off his hat with small stick and ht then struck her on the head with his club sC that the blood spurted. He says he only meant to hit her on the arm, as she was pre- pairing to strike him again. DIED IN sIMsBURY Mrs. Alexander McNulty died on Thursday of last week, aged twenty-eight. Mir. anc Mrs. McNulty had been married but sever
 months. There was large attendance at hel funeral, which was held in the Congrega
 ticnal church on Sunday afternoon, the ser
 vices being conducted by the Rev. D. Stuar
 Dodge Gin whose family Mrs. McNulty has
 lived for twelve years previous to her mar risge), assisted by the Rev. O. F. Croft
 Presiding Elder Lee of West Virginia,
 brother ot Mrs. McNulty, was present at ths funeral.
 ENFIELD BICYCLIsT's CASE.
 In the Superior court at Hartford Tuesday the trial of the case of Henry Raites agains George E. Ingraham was begun before jury
 Both parties live in Enfield, and the case grew out of a collision on Pearl street in thG
 borough of Thompsonville August 1. 1887 Raites claims that he was riding bicycle
 while the defendant was riding in carriage and that the latter "wilfully, wantonly and violently drove against the plaintiff and his
 bicycle" The machine was broken and the plaintiff injured, requiring an expenditure o1 $100 for physicians. The defendant denies
 the charges of running into the plaintiff ol that the latter was injured. Raites asks fol $3, ,000 damages. T. E. Steele and John Ham
 lin appear for the plaintiff and Briscoe & An drews for the defendant