Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-20
General state News.
ONE OF THE MEDALS.

from w all1ngford, damoeu, Nortu DranIoru
and North Haven and all enjoyed the day.
General state News.
ONE OF THE MEDALS.
State Librarian Hoadly is the possessor of
one of the bronze medals struck off to COM
memorate the centennial anniversary of the
Catholic college at Georgetown, In the Dis
trict of Columbia.
GOES TO EUROPE.
Tho Rev. DIR. George N. Stone, whose
church has just given him a leave of absence
until December 1. will sail on Wednesday of
this week from New York. The Rev. Mr..
Paddock of the Christian Secretary will oc-
cupy his pulpit through September.
DIED IN GREENvILLE.
Charles II. Carpenter, of the firm of G.
Fl. & D. Carpenter, painters, died at his
home in Greenville, Sunday night, aged
fifty flour. Mr.. Carpenter was Frustrated by
paralysis some four weeks ago, and was una
BILE to rally from the effects of 1t. He was
brother Of ex.Msyor 1. w. Carpenter Of
Norwich.
HAKTFoRD'S MITCHELL QUINTETTE.
The Mitchell quintette seems as popular as
ever among summer guests in the mountains
Says the White Mountain Echo: "The
Mitchell quintette of Hartford, Conn, gave
at Graft Hall, Bethlehem, on Monday even
ing, a concert to an appreciative audience.
Several hearty enoores testified the pleasure
their singing afforded"
DEAF MUTE ALUMNI.
The Ohio Deaf-Mute Alumni association
will present itself at its coming session, to
be held at Columbus the last week OF
August, with a portrait of the Rev. Collins
Stone, for eleven years the superintendent
of the Ohio Institution. G. F. Stone ard
Of ha a
ford will attend, the latter to pronounce an
Grafton upon the life and character of Mr..
Stone.
HARTFORD IS HAPPY.
The first lot of Hale's peaches came to
town Saturday, and 1t is unnecessary to say
that the one hundred baskets that made up
the load were quickly taken up by Hartford
people, who buow good ripe peach when
they see it. But the real beauties are yet to
come. In a few days the best peaches that
the market has seen will be piling In here at
the rate of 600 and 700 baskets per day
Courant.
NEW LONDON CAMP MEETING.
The union camp meeting at New London
the depot, beginning August "a and continu.
ing until Sept 1. The Rev. L. s. Brown will
have the charge and be assisted by corps OF
representative preachers from different Sec
tions and denominations. Among the help.
ers will be the Revs. G. w. Davis, A. Nc
Lean, H. NJ. Brown, E. M. Levy. D. D., VIM.
Reddy, Mary J. Woodbury., J. E. Read, g.
N. Ballentine, George Hughes, G. G. Buck,
E. S. Huntress, g. N. Morse, f. A. Hillery,
]. Gill, I. T. johnson.
THE uNCAsvuLE MILLS SHUT DOWN.
The Uncasville mills were stopped Satur.
day and their large force of employees are out
of wi af wi at
the future has In store for them. When
Treasurer Lewis resigned the company's af
| fairs were in bad shape, but how bad was moi
known until his successor, Mr.. W. r. Burn.
ham of Norwich, examined the books and
carefully Investigated the affairs of the com.
psny. A thorough inquiry has satisfied the
managers that the financial condition of the
company Is such that 1t can no longer con.
tinus to do business on its present basis. The
affairs of the company have been badly man.
aged and just what is to be done has not beer
decided upon. The shutdown is a big loss te
Unoasville and to Norwich.
THE BONES OF BIG INDIAN.
A New London despatch says: "Clarence
Bartogan, young man from Norwich, while
on an exploring expedition Thursday over the
great gravel plateau at Thamesville, on the
western bank Of the Thames river, found the
skeleton of an Indian giant 6 feet inches il
height. 1t was in citing posture facing
the east, and was in the side Of deep gully
which had been washed out by the recent
continuous rains. The bones were az white
as ivory, but when the skeleton was exposed
to view it began crumbling speedily. The
teeth were sound, showing that the subj eel
was in the prime of life when buried, and
there was cleft on the right side of the apex
of the skull as though the man had been
tomahawked. Between the skeletons knees
in a little receptacle in the ground was I'M.
earthed fully half peck Of Indian arrow
and lance heads of stone, finely cut and per.
soty seS Of p HI these were
the eastern States. There was also stone
pestle such as was used by the Indians
in crushing grain for "yokesg," and a frag-
ment of stone followed out as though for a
DISH"