Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-22
General State News.

THAT BLIZZARD.
The large Snow drift on the east side of DIR.
Buels house at Litchfeld did not disappear
entirely until June 3.
TO OLD PUT.
A monument in memory of General Israel
Putnam Is being erected at Redding, in Fair
field county, and will be dedicated in the
autunn.
GENERAL FRANKLIN CONFIRMED.
WAsHINeroN, June 21-The Senate has
confirmed William B. Franklin of Connecti-
cut to be commissioner general to the Paris
exposition.
SAILS F0R EUROPE.
Prof. II. IA. Smith of the Suffeld Literary
Saturday morning for a ten weeks trip in
Europe.
HARTFORD RED MEN.
Sonquassen Tribe of Red Men took party
of over 400 on their moonlight excursion on
Wednesday evening and had a delightful
time.
STEADY WORK.
Miss G. Josephine Skies Of this years
graduating class has not missed single at
tendance during her four years at the Saf-
field Literary institution.
FILL UP THE STREAMS.
The fish commissioners have placed 500, 900
young ehad in the cove at Hadlyme and 200,-
600 in other streams and coves in East Had
dam, Lyme, Chester, Deep River and Essex.
FIRE.
Fire was discovered in Collins block on
Main street at Windsor Locks On Tuesday
night about midnight and did 81, 900 damage
to G. w. Watrous' property; insured for
s, 800.
BLOCKING LAUREL.
The laurel now in bloom along the line of
the Connecticut Western railroad in the
vicinity of New Hartford is declared by a
Hartford editor to be worth journey there
to see.
BACK FROM THE ADIRoNDACKs.
James P. Platt of Meriden, who returned
from the Adirondaeks to Meriden Wednes-
day, saw no end of fine trout in the waters
near where his party encamped. They hooked
many fine ones.
BE WAS TERROR.
An insane man named Higgins was captur-
ed in Waterbury after having terrorized the
people on the road to Middlebury by stone
throwing and by violent efforts to enter Mr..
Sandayers house along the road.
$4,000 FIRE.
A large frame building In Willimantic
owned by Mrs. A. L Hathaway of Boston,
occupied by A. Kingsbury &c Son as a paper
box naaaufactory, was burned early yester-
day morning. Loss 50 .00; no insurance.
MKR1DEN YOUNG REPUBLICANS.
Chairman Dryhurst of the Meriden town
committee and Lieutenant G. E. StUckder,
ir., of the Young Republican club, are get
ting ready the Republican campaign flag that
Is to be hung over Colony street from the
Home bank building.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY.
Captain S. o. Prentice of the Hartford
City Guard received letter yesterday from
Captain Upper of the Carolina Rifles of
posed visit to Hartford had been given up
for the present.
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
DIR. Barlow ]. Smith, q brother of William
B. Smith Of Hartford, who has lived in Cali
fornia for about thirty years and has q rancho
of 81, 0e0 acres. 10 visiting Hartford for the
irst time since 1868. He brought along Eve
carloads of yearling thoroughbred colts.
wINDExERE, wALLINeEoRD.
Windemers court, A. o. F., of Walling-
ford, has just elected the following officers:
Edward G. DAILY, chief ranger; Henry Nor
financial secretary; Frank IL. Chipperfeld,
recording secretary; William Luby ,jr., treas
urer; Thomas McKeon, senior woodward;
John 7. Dunn, junior woodward; Ursiese
Fumer, senior beadle; William Kelly, Junior
beadls
THE LATE HON. DUDLEY WHEELER
The Hon. Dudley R. Wheeler, of North
Stonington, died Tuesday, 10th. A few
weeks since he was Frustrated by q paralytic
stroke at his place of business, and was car
ried to his home, and the fears Of his family
as to the final result have been realized Mr..
Wheeler was prominent citizen of the town
and Of eastern Connecticut. He was Senator
from the old Eighth district in 1916 Q, and
represented his town in the House in 1859. go.
BRITISH AMERICANS.
At the Hartford meeting Wednesday
night, ct which Dr. Dobson and Mr.. Gun
ming of New Haven were present, 1t was vo-
ted to form local organization, and thirty
persons gave in theirlnames. Next Wednes-
day evening meeting win be held for the
purpose of organizing As one speaker put
Il, there are nearly million Englishmen in
this country who have not been naturalized
They propose to become voters in order to
reconquer the United Statea for the Anglo
Saxon race.
YALENsIANs ON FReLIc.
Yesterdays Litchfeld Enquirer says: A
party of Yale students stopping ct the War
rem House in WATERFOWL drovesnp to this
village Tuesday evening. While taking in
the sights one of them undertook to open a
Bottle of small beer by knocking off the
neck on wagon wheel. The consequence
was bad cut between the thumb and
singers OF his hand, severing the arteries.
Luckily DR.. Wiggin was found at his Office,
who attended to the wound and took up the
arteries in time to save serious loss Of blood.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED ATTENDED,
Nearly hundred clergymen attended the
session at Putnam on Tuesday and Wednesday
of the General association of congregational
Ministers of the State, the meeting being the
10th annual assembly. Tuesday afternoon
Prof. ]. E. Russell of Yale seminary read
paper on "The bearing of modern biblical
criticism on our conception of the Bible He
announced conclusions reached by scholars as
to the origin of the historical and legal writ
ings OF the Old Testament, but declaredsthat
Christianity had nothing to fear from their
learned research. The Rev w. r. Blackuan