Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-20

Ds denly of a ruptured brain blood vessel We'd | nesdsy while he was at work in the lock shop. He was 33 years of age and leaves wife and child.
 A LARGE FOX.
 In East Haven Wednesday morning Harry Potter of South Front street killed the largest fox which has been seen hereabouts In num- Der of years. The fox is about three feet long and weighs about 25 pounds.
 CAUGHT A 200 POUND STURGEON.
 ANsoN1A, Sept. 1s.-Two boys. Richard Shortelle and Edward Fogarty, found 2oO- pound sturgeon in 8 shallow pool in Nauga- tuck river, just below Ansonia, this morn, ing. They slipped rope over Its tail, ana pulled the fish out on the bank: A local fish dealer bought it at once. This is the third sturgeon caught here in several years. The fish come up the Housatontc river, and are stranded by the receding tides. Bass and salmon, weighing from twenty five to fifty pounds, are frequently caught in the same way.
 THAT NOTABLE BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES. NEW LONDON, Sept. 10.-This city pro- poses to have big celebration when the Thames river bridge is formally opened for travel. The plan includes the presence of about 400 guests, composed of railroad ofh- cials, prominent citizens and newspaper men and the date of the opening of the bridge ct present indicated is October 8. It will be a celebration not confined to any class, but one which the whole oity can participate in, and | if the programme can be carried out as l above outlined the occasion of opening the | bridge will be an event to be remembered in l the history of New Londen.
 ! LOADS OF THIMBLEBRRRIKs.
 | NEW HARTFORD, Sept. 19.-The thimble- berry, as the wild bush blackberry is called, | is gone, but the crop of 1889 was enormous. Thousands of bushels were gathered. One ! wild lot in Winchester yielded over 100 bushels. The mountain lots were full ot the | cone-snapped berries. The highways and | crossroads were bound in black and green; l the fields of corn and tobacco, intersected by the bushes. had the appearance of being enclosed in frames of | jet. One nimble picker, in the high tide of | prices, made $20 week. Four little French picked enough berries to buy four pairs of shoes apiece, to say nothing of "sights and sights" of cotton and calico goods. In ''Satsn's Kingdom" rocky gorge in the south part of the town, the berries grow to be 1-2 inches in length. The price ranged from twelve cents quart in the beginning of the season to eight quarts for twenty-fve cents at it's zenith. The year of 1889 will SC down to futurity as ''the year when thimble berries were so thick"
 DR. RoaERs' RAocooN.
 PUTNAM, Sept. 19.-The biggest racooon ir 1 Windham county is owned by Dr. Rogers oi Central Village, who keeps the livery stable in that place. The coon's home is in tht stable, and it stands guard there as faith full dog might do. A caller at the stable ha' to meet the big coon before he can enter, an6 he has to look pretty and presentable, too, O the furry sentinel won't let him pass. If { tramp or other person of questionable reput' tries to pass the guard the coon shows hi teeth; then the tramp goes away silently. It ii not known just what else the coon would d. if his tacit hint were not taken, for 1t has al ways been acted on. It is 8 popular theory however, that an explosion would follow ant that the county coroner would have a case O mysterious elimination to sit on in minute particles. The doctor got the raeeoon whe1 it was little. It is as tame as house dog and it loves Dr. Rogers just as Mary's lami "loved Mary so." It weighs about thirt, pounds when at peace, but its fighting weigh is something that speculation and conjeotur alone have figured on.