Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-29
General State News.

LOST NOTHING.
 Hartford banks lost nothing by the failure of Lewis Bros. of Philadelphia.
 MIR. BOWEN GAINING.
 Mr. Clarence w. Bowen was in Hartford on business Saturday. He reports his father, Editor Bowen, as rapidly getting well.
 SUDDEN DEATH.
 William A. Shelton, formerly of Hartford, died very suddenly in Boston Friday night. He has been travelling salesman for Miller Brothers of that city for the last fifteen years.
 FOR WEST POINT.
 The lucky man who gets the appointment as cadet at West Point from the Third district is MT. Fl. c. Lawton of Brooklyn as alternate, MT. Chas. B. Hart of New London.
 NEW FACTORY.
 factory building, 3Ox15O feet and three stories high, will soon be put up in North Bridgeport, near Seeley's pond, for the re- gently organized Light Leather company in Bridgeport.
 AT sAcHEM's HEAD.
 w. L. Cowles and family have gone to their cottage at Saohem's Head to spend the remainder ot the season. Their new house on Broad street Is ready for their occupancy on their return.
 DIED IN NEW LONDON. Mrs. Caroline Watrous Morgan died at New London on Thursday, aged 93. She was the daughter of John R. Watrous, surgeon in the Revolutionary army, and widow of Dr. Frederick Morgan of Colchester.
 HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN MERIDEN. While a Mrs. MoNulty was passing up Colony street, near the Meriden silver plate shop, Saturday night she was attacked by two men, who knocked her down and stole her pocketbook. containing BIO.
 BURIED IN KNOXVILLE Miss Elsie L. Rogers of New London, who was on the Willimantic camp ground in one of the cottages for the past three weeks, died Friday morning at the cottage of Mrs. Mary E. Miner. Iuterment was in Unionville.
 wEDDED.
 Attorney L. B. Cleveland of Putnam, took to himself helpmeet on Thursday, and en- joyed wedding trip to New York. The happy bride was Miss Alice Pray of Brook lyn, and the officiating clergyman was the Rev. E. w. Preble of Webster.
 MURDER CASE.
 It Is supposed now that Benjamin Hislop, who was found dead in Washington, Ct., several days ago, was struck with piece of
 
 or and that 1t was the wounds received in that quarrel that infamed and caused his death.
 EX-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SUMNER. The many friends of the Hon. George G. Sumner will be pained to hear of his serious illness at his home in Bolton. He is attended by Dr. M. M. Johnson of Hartford. He was taken i'll two or three days after the death of his uncle, Sherman F. Sumner of Bolton, about two weeks ago.
 WEDDING BELLS, On Thursday evening Miss Lydia M. Grod- otzke was married at the residence of her parents to Mir. Edward D. Sourbeer The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mir. Hayward of the Central Methodist church. The bride was sttired in eilk null, decorated with orange blossoms, and carried bouquet of white roses.
 THE LATE MRS. PERRIN. Professor B. Perrin's wife died of con- sumption in Cleveland, Ohio, after a long illness. Professor Perrins father and mother were both killed in the Park Central disaster in Hartford and now this blow, which was already inevitable at that time, is added. Mrs. Perrin leaves two little boys.
 DIED IN MISSOURI. Henry w. Stillman, father of L. Stillman of Bridgeport, died at Kimmswick, Mo, Fiji day, at the age of eighty four years. Mir. Stillman was former resident of Bridgeport, living on Old Mill Green until six years ago, when he went to Kimmswick. About fifty years ago he was captain of an artillery com pany In Bridgeport.
 QUEER WORK. Nicholas Ash and Robert Weeks, two en- ployes of the Meridep woolen mill, amused themselves Saturday by trying to hang