Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-02
General state News.


A RECEIVER.
The Naugatuck Cutlery company has petit
toned for a receiver.
BIG DAY IN MILFORD.
Milford's soldiers monument will be dedi
Gated August 80 and big day in old Milford
is expected.
HARRISON AND NORTON.
South Glastonbury Republicans raise an
Harrison and Morton flag Saturday evening
at four corners in that town.
BITTEN BY MEXICAN PONY AND DIED.
DANBURY, Aug. Robert Mention died
suit of being bitten by Mexican pony two
weeks ago.
KILLED AT SOUTH COVENTRY.
George R. Dutton, aged forty-fve, OF
South Coventry, was killed on Tuesday by
being thrown under a runaway team. The
wheels crushed his head.
CAPTURED.
Harry Rech of Hartford, who ran away
with livery team last week and sold 1t to q
hotel keeper at Colchester, was captured
Monday at South Glastonbury.
BATTERY A.
Battery A, Fourth artillery, U. S. A., will
not go to Fishers Island camp until next
Tuesday. The change is made to give the de-
engaging in skirmish drilling.
A NORTH HAVEN PASTORS CALL.
The Rev. William Lusk, jr., rector of st.
Johns church, North Haven, has been offer
ed the rectorship of St. Johns church,
Stockton, CAL, with salary of %, 400.
North Haven will regret to lose Mr.. Lusk,
and his place there will not be easily 6lled.
wILLrLANT1c GETS THE CUP.
NORWICH, Conn, Aug. LIN the contest
for the silver cup between the Norwich,
New London, Willimantic and Middletown
Shoot clubs ut Willimantic yesterday, VIII.
limantic won by a score of lis. This gives
the cup to that club, it having been won
four times.
RAILROAD STATIONS ROBBED.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 1.-The Wethsrs-
field station on the Hartford and Connecticut
Valley railroad was entered by burglars last
night, who blew open the safe but secured
less than $50. So far as known no tickets
were taken. 4 second attempt was made at
South Wethers6eld, where an overcharge of
powder partially wrecked the Office. At the
last place only So In stamps were secured.
Nx&N.E. DOING BETTER.
The New York and New Englsnd's gross
earnings for June were $3.50, 07s, against
$400, 09S for June, 1877, an increase of $40,
4S1. The net earnings for quarter ending
June 80 were 1870, 662, against $371, 1878 for
the same quarter last year, decrease of
$616. The net earnings from October to
June so were 81, Isl, sos; fer the same period
81 ,0S6.
LIVE LINE GUN.
Simon Ingersoll of alenbrook, CT, has in
vented 'tlife line gum" which apparently
answers the requirement of the last legisla-
ture, that every FIRE department be equip
ped with some means for throwing life
line ever high buildings. The Ingersoll gun
was tried at Lynn few days ago, and prov
ed SO satisfactory that Ii has been added TO
the fire apparatus. 1t can be shot over q
building even when the person shooting
thrown through a window.
HUNGRY sHARK-eCEANs OF FIsH.
The Sound swarms with fish this season.
and some Of them are hungry, too. Not
only are all kinds of food fsh plentiful, but
menhaden are in wonderful abundance.
Already one menhaden boat, the steamer
Alaska, Captain Wilcox, which halls from
New London, has taken 600, 900 bony fish. It
was in taking large batch of menhaden that
Captain Wilcox learned how hungry must
have been . twelve-foot shark that was taken
at the same time. The shark weighed 500
pounds and in his stomach were found 1913
nopiss and two sword6sh heads, the swords
on each being unbroken.
MISERABLE POSTAL SERVICE
The Bridgeport Standard says: "The
Standard sent package by mail to New
York last Wednesday morning and the hrm
to which it Yves plainly addressed received it
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. It was spe-
cially important that the package arrived on
time, and its failure to do so caused the
much Inconvenience. We hope to
see the postofice department restored to its
former effectiveness after next November. A
while ago three letters were sent from the
business Office to party in Philadelphia be-
fore he received the Communication. Mon
dav a notification was received from Q Bos-
ton frra saying that they had written the
early last week, but no such letter
has been received by this Office"