Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-20

' | the entire Shore Line route excepting the | forty four miles of Old Colony road between Providence and Boston. A close arrangement has been made with the Old Colony and the New Haven people are now independent of ! the Boston 6 Albany road, over which many ! of the through trains reach Boston by way of | Springfield.
 ! The Providence G Stonington Steamship | company, Stonington line, is controlled by ! the New York, Providence & Boston road, which owns a majority of the stock. The Stonington line is the only rival of the Old 1 Colony Steamboat company, Fall River line, for Sound business.
 STATE CORRESPONDENTS. l SOuthIngson. May 19.-An item has been going the rounds of the State press to the effect that Walter Tol1es and Lydia Scoville of South- \ ington have eloped, but no such parties are The funeral of Wm. Thorpe, who was killed \ in Naugatuck Friday, took place Sunday He ] leaves wife and two children and was 3S years of age.
 The Waterbury ball team was defeated by
 score of 26 to ? in Saturdays game by the Southington team.
 General State News. STAMFORD SHELTERS. The Stratford mosquito must go, and people who have been in the habit of spend- ing their summers in this beautiful Con- necMcut town will rejoice. The salt swami p | of ,000 acres known as Stratford swamp, is | to be diked and drained.
 WILL SHOOT IN ANsoNIA IN JULY. The Meriden Rifle club have abandoned | the idea of going to Ansonia fer 8 return ! shoot against the club of that town. The Meriden Rifle club has made its arrange ! ments for Memorial day and cannot break the engagement. They will, however, go to Ansonia for the shoot in July. BRIDGEPORT GERMAN SINGERS.
 Instead of opening their new hall on June 10 with 8 concert and ball, the Concordia so- ciety will hold a prize picnic at Staedler's Park on that day. The Ooncordias are en- deavoring to raise $5, 900 to rebuild, and with the $3, eco they have on hand, expect to re- alize that amount from the picnic. There is little doubt that they will do it. CITY OF DERBY. A meeting of twenty-five prominent men has been held in Birmingham to formulate a plan of action to unite the different parts interested are George O. Schneider, Dr. T. J. O'SullivRn, D. M. Bassett, D. l.. Durand and A. H. Gilbert. Dr. O'Sullivan is confident that the matter can be brought to the atten- tion of the legislature and passed this session. RUMoRs.
 WII11NANTIc, May 19.-A few days ago it was reported that the wife of Postmaster Lsonard of Hebron had gone of with drum mer. She has not been seen or heard of since.
 Thursday it was reported that Postmaster Downer of Columbia, under Cleveland's ad-
 miniStration, had left town, and his where- abouts are unknown. It issupposed that he
 has eloped with Emeline Strickland. HERMIT DEAD. Joshua Clark, aged S2, an eccentric charac- ter, who has lived as a hermit in miserable
 hut in the township of Dayton, Me, for % years, was found dead Wednesday noon in his shanty, which he occupied in common
 with flock of sheep. The body of dead
 lamb served as pillow for the corpse. Un- der his bed were carcases of two sheep. Clark
 was worth considerable property. He was
 an educated man, and was formerly a school
 master.
 TROUBLE IN DEEP RIVER CHURCH.
 DEEP RIVER, May 19.-For come time the
 congregation of the Deep River Baptist
 church has been divided iu opinions re
 gsrds their pastor, some being satisfied and
 others continually finding fault. The result
 has been that quite a number of the congre-
 gation have been to Essex every pleasant
 Sunday to listen to the able sermons of the
 Rev. H. N. Gallagher, formerly pastor of the
 Calvary Baptist church in New Haven. This
 state of affairs has finally led to the resigna-
 tion of the Rev. J. Crumley, pastor of the
 Deep River church, which will take effect in
 three months.
 THE TEETH FOUND.
 The false teeth belonging to the late Maria Botsford of Ansonia, which could not be found at the time of her death fifteen months since, were found on Thursday deposited in can that formerly contained condensed milk, the can being laid in an old brass kettle. It will be remembered that the woman was E~ F.. lo-. I,o,,E lz.-~ nearly week before discovered. No one has lived in the house since. Her relatives have frequently searched for those teeth and now as they are in good condition they propose to sell them to some dentist, saying that they are too good to throw away. Dealers in sec ond- d-hand teeth can obtain a bargain if they wish to purchase.
 soMERS SCANDAL.
 SoMERs, May 19.-The people of this place
 are stirred up by @ social scandal which eul-
 minated in the alleged recent elopement of
 Henry Wardwen and Mrs. Washburn. Ward
 we'll is a well known man and Is possessed of
 considerable real estate, with horses, cattle, etc. It is said he borrowed considerable money before leaving home. He leaves an estimable wife with three small children.
 The woman leaves husband with two chil- dren. The intimacy of the couple has been the talk of the place for some months. It is thought that they went to Springfield and took the cars at that city tor Montreal,
 where it is now supposed they are stopping. MERIDEN MANS SAD MISFORTUNE.
 ABERDEEN, May 19.-Mr. John R. Sutcliffs
 attack of insanity causes much regret in this
 city. He has been for years prominent
 man here and superintendent of Foster &
 Merwins shop. His insanity Is the culmina-
 tion of years msIancholia. A few weeks
 ago he purchased the house recently owned
 by W. A. Kelsey, and when he had moved
 in he repented of his bargain, and sold the
 place to A. s. Thomas for $10, 900. After it
 had been sold he again tried to re-purchase
 the house of Mir. Thomas, but they did not
 agree on price While this did not bring on
 the attack which resulted in the break down,
 it probably worried MT. Sutclif until, during
 the last few days, he has become very
 Respondent He believes his friends are go-
 ing to send him to the poor house, and he
 fears for his family. His wife, too, is under
 great mental strain, and for the past day or
 two they have been kept apart as much as
 possible. After talk with Rev. A. H. Hall,
 pastor of MT. Suteliffe, it was decided to send
 Ar. s. to Europe in hopes of an improve
 ment. His melancholia deepened, and al
 though his father gave him $1O, LOGO only 8 few days ago his fears of property intensified,
 Finally he became violently insane and bas