Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-25
General state News.

Brakeman Callahan of Hartford, who was
injured in the railroad accident at
Putnam Tuesday night, lies at hotel in
that place in a very critical condition.
FOR $4,000
The Honore block in Chicago has been
sold for $500, 900, to William A. Slater of
Norwich, Conn. It is said that Mr.. Slater
proposes to change the building on or about
May 1, next, making lofty freproof build
ing Of modern construction, which will most
probably present some of the finest stores
and Offices of the city when completed.
THE cRoQUEr ASSOCIATION.
The National Croquet association at its
meeting at Norwich has chosen the following
officers: President, A. w. Wamto1d of Staten
Island; vice presidents, George P. Strong of
New London; George Van Wickle of New
Brunswick, N. J., and E. F. Spaulding of
Townsend Harbor; secretary and treasurer,
N. L. Bishop of Norwich; corresponding sec
rotary, Fl. L. Bryant OF Florence, Mass.
TRorTNG IN THIS STATE.
The meeting of the Eastern State Trotting
circuit was held at Willimantic Tuesday.
These are the engagements for 1888: State
fair at Meriden, New London Agricultural
society at Norwich, the Willimantic Fair as
ISOLATION at Willimantic, the Holland Agri-
cultural society, at Rockville, the Stafford
Springs Agricultural society at Stafford
Springs. Horses will be eligible for this
circuit according to the record September
10. The Willimantic association has in
, creased the purses for the year.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.
VIM. Volland, who was so terribly cut in
the upper part of the leg by knife which
slipped as he was cutting up quarter of beef
several weeks ago, died ON Thursday fore-
noon. At first it was thought the wound
would heal, but later gangrene set in at the
foot and to save the mans life amputation
became necessary. The operrtion was per-
formed by Drs. Swasey, Clary and Deane, but
the patient had not sufficient vitality to rally
from the effect of the chloroform administered
and he died. He was the son of F. Volland,
the sausage manufacturer.
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER ROAD SUED.
The Connecticut River railroad will be
sued for $4,000 by Catherine Dunbar of
Holyoke, the mother of Freddie Dunbar, the
boy who was killed on the road year ago
last June. The accident happened on the
Race street siding at Holyoke. The boy was
trying to cross, but seeing some freight cars
rolling toward him he tried to get out the
way, but was unable to do so and was in
stantly killed. The plaintiff asserts that she
never allowed the child to leave the house
when this track was in use and it was unusu-
al for the road to switch cars at five O'Clock
in the afternoon, the time of the accident.
WHAT NEW HAVEN ILNGUIsT WAS THIS.
A polyglot scholar from Yale college who
visited Castle Garden one day when several
ship loads of emigrants had just been landed
there, managed to converse with the speak
ers of ten different languages-German, Bo-
hemian, Gaelic, Swedish, French, italian,
English, Spanish, Polish and mongrel
Greek-but he could not master half dozen
other tongues In the mouths of several small
groups that stood or huddled in the depot,
including Russian Jews of the Rabbi Joseph
fvpa ArmeniaDs fror, Stamboul and Einna
When he left Castle Garden he said he fels
as if he had been in the Tower of Babel,
where the speech of the human race was con-
founded so that men understood not each
other, as recorded in the book of Genesis
New York Sun.
A HARTFoRDERs DRIVING TRIP IN SCOTLAND.
Mr.. lanes NJ. Thompson of Brown &
Thompson, Hartford, has been having de-
hghtful summer with his family, driving
through Scotland. In q letter to q Hartford
friend he says: The health of the party has
been good, aud nothing has marrsd the pleas
ure of the trip except the almost incessant
rain, the summer having been the wettsst
Great Britain has known in seventy five
years. Mr.. Thompson finished the drive on
August l, and at last accounts was at Bro
dick bay, Island of Arran, nearly opposite
Ayr, where thert there is good quiet hotel
with boating, bathing and fishing. On the
opposite side of the bay is Goatfell, q noun
tain nearly 5000 feet high, near which is the
castle of the Duke of Hamilton, who owns
the entire island, twenty miles long and
eleven broad, but is as poor as church
mouse, having quandered his property in his
early lige SO that the bnlk of his annual in
come of s300, 900 goes to his creditors, the
lawyers who have his property in charge fur
nishing the duke q small income. Mr..
Thompson sails for home with his family
August 80.