Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-08
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 GENERAL FRANKLIN TO BE A COMMISSIONER.
 WASHINGTON, June Tt is understood that the appointment of e commissioner tc the Paris exposition has been offered to General William B. Franklin of Connscti- cut.
 HARTFORD ODD FELLOWS MEMORIAL DAY. The graves of deceased members of the Order of Odd Fellows vii! be decorated on Sunday afternoon next by local organizations assisted by Grand canton No. 10, Patriarchs Militeut, of Springfield, Mass. COLONEL GRAVES AND BRDsALL. In the Common Pleas court at Hartford Wednesday, before Judge Bennett, the suit of E. NJ. Graves against the Telegram com pany for $90 wages due was begun. Colonel Graves testified. The case is still on. NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS.
 The borough grand list of Shelton amounts this year to $981, ,153, gain of $41, ,299 since last year. The tax of six mills should be paid to the collector (who has not yet been chosen) previous to June 80 in order to save the five per cent.
 AT GALES FERRY.
 The Columbia crew arrived at New Lon- don Tuesday, and Gales Ferry, the scene of the festivities, is brightening up for the boat low the Columbia, and the Harvard crimson will appear last.
 FIRE IN MIDDLEToWN. Wednesday morning at o'clock barn on Pine street, owned by Henry Bullard and oc- cupied by Frank BuIlard, was totally de- stroyed by fire. A horse and several vehicles were saved with difficulty. The origin of the fire is not known. The building was in- sured.
 DIED IN BRIDGEPORT.
 Mr. Z M Miller of Bridgeport died on Tuesday ,aged 75 years. He was born in West chester county, N. Y., removed to Ridge6eld field, and in 1853 to Bridgeport, where he carried on a manufacturing business for a number of years.
 IS IT SOUR APPLE TREE
 An apple tree standing by the roadside near E. MesEinger's, in North Canton, was measured recently and found to have cir conference of eleven feet and ten inches two feet from the ground. It parts into two branches at the height of six feet, and these little higher up divide into four limbs
 NOT ENOUGH. . The Secretary of State has not yet seen fit to spend the $500 appropriated by the Gen eral Assembly for @ monument to Nathan Hale in Coventry. Phe sum has been found by estimates to be useful for cheap work on ly, and rather than build such memorial the matter will be placed before the legisla- ture again.
 SAIL FoH EUROPE.
 Mir. George M. Greene, a singing teacher, of Hartford, and his son Myron, will sail Sat urday, the 9th inst, for Europe by the Etruria. MT. Greene contemplates stay of about four months abroad, part of the time being devoted to vocal study with Signor vannini, singing master of Florence, Italy, and the remainder of his time to further study with Mr. Henschel of London.
 TRAIN DISPATCHER GIBBS.
 Frank W. Gibbs, the train dispatcher, who is responsible for the Air Line collison, is reported very seriously sick at his home in New Haven. Friends here, who knew him when resident of Hartford, say he is very conscientious, sensitive person, and that the knowledge of the results of his blunder is likely to kill him.-Hartford Courant.
 NEW RUBBER MANUFAcTonY.
 Some prominent capitalists of Winsted have organized joint stock company for the manufaeture of rubber boots and shoes, the