Morning journal and courier., 1888-01-23
General state News.

BASE BALLS.
 Wa. Ter Brothers, Bridgeport, are turning out 800 dozen base balls day.
 TOO MINY.
 There are nearly si5y prisoneiJ in the Iitchfisld county jail, which he7 orly fifteen cells.
 THE FIRST.
 The first temperance society in Connecticut and probably in the world. was organized in Ltchfieid Tn 1780.
 NEW DYNAMO BUILDING. The work on the dynamo building of the Hartford is progressing rapic y One of the large boilers of 1oO-horse-power, is already being rsed.
 HATTIE ALIENS DEATH. Medical Examiner Reynolds of GuiIford, who ex- amned into the Hattie Allen case, made report that sue died from drowning. The church committee in Howells case will probably make their report to- day.
 Colonel c Caorge Kinney, who died in Norwich this week. aged 95, established in New York, in 1e2o the horse continued in business for upward of fifty yeal5.
 TO BURN PETROLEUM. The steam boiler of the Wnsted Hosiery company is being fixed up give tsst of burning crude pe- troleum instead of coal, and local manufacturers are awaiting with good deal of interest the result of the test.
 BURIED NEW LONDON. The Church of St. Mary, Star of the Sea- New day. The occasion was the funeral of Mrs. Bryan F. Mahan, who disd in Baltimore. Four clergymen ReT H ounn of eouh Soyepry m t1e f eu.og{ The deceeGed was educated at Mt St. eo the pacha rsdncs sne of her Tnc s Rev. P. P. Shahan at Norwich where for i've wears she presided at the organ and ssng in the choir of his church.
 MRS. JULIUS cATLIN. Mrs May Fisher Catlin wife of ex-Lieutenant- Governor Julius Catlin, died in Hartford Saturday. fSs aged a s If n She was of fine character and Besides her aged husband her family consisted of Mr Julius Catlin, jr., of New York, MT. Charles this city three children of Mr. Julius Gatn, jr., New York who died few years ago Funeral Tuesday morning at Il o'clock.
 CONNECTICUT INDIAN ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Connecticut Indian as- soclaton will be held in Unity hall, Hartford, on Wednesday, the 18th. An address will be delivered 6y Mrs A. s. Quintan, president of the Woman's National Indian association. At 2:3O public meet Governor Howard will preside guartette of maie voices will render several selections and the meat structive addresses will be delivered by the Rev Lyman Abbott, D. D.; the Rev. William J. Cleye. land, missionary to the Sioux Indians and bv Josh ua Givens, full-blooded Kiowa Indian.
 STATE PERSONALS. The Hon. Isaac c. Lewis, of Meriden, leaves for the South this week to remain all winter. become member of the law firm of stearns DeS S Curtis, 45 William street, New York. The Hon. Homer Twitchell of Naueatucx start ed on the 14th on an excursion trip to Cali fornia, and will bs absent nearly three months. teacher of French in Miss Porters school at Ear ss ington and will go South.
 E H. Barber, of Southside farn Colebrook. has sold his place and will remove at an early date to California.
 Stiles T. Stanton, of southington. is reported quite i'll at the Grand Union Hotel in New York city.
 Talcott B. Wakeman, a wealthy farmer of Greens prominent in agricultural affairs. and read a paper on ''The Best Way to Restore Worn Out Soils'' be- culture Mir Wakeman represented Faire,1 q ; {b legislature of 1869 and 1866.