Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-26
General State News.
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NEXT THURSDAY The Fat Mems association will hold their 23d annual meeting and clambake at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, August 29.
 Y.M.C.A.
 The Norwalk Y. N. c. A. members will make their annual visit to the Bridgeport association to morrow evening.
 SLOPE FOR THE OTHER WORLD.
 G. Slope, German aged fifty, died at Wildemere, Rockville Friday evening from the effects of laudanum taken with suicidal intent. Despondent.
 DEATH OF CHARLES H. BARNARD.
 HARTFORD, Aug. 24.-Charles H. Brain- ard, prominent business man and president of the State Bank, died this afternoon. He has been in a moribund condition for several months.
 THE CRACK or DOOM.
 Elder Chase Is one of the faithful and an exhorter of great ability. Thursdsy, at the Second Adventist camp meeting at Tyler vile, the elder announced that this world would end October 22.
 VERY OLD.
 Guilford, among it's other antiQueties, boasts of town clock dating from 1726. If there Is an older one in the country, where is iti Like many old clocks in England and on the continent, 1t has only an hour hand.
 LLTcHFIKLD EPITAPH.
 An ancient stone in the graveyard at Litchield bears the following inscription: Under this stone lies Solomon Taylor, Next to him is Gates. the whaler. Further on down in the mud Is all that's mortal of Uncle Dud. EIGHTY-oNE. Henry Warren, the Ausonia newsdealer, remarked yesterday: "Next month I will be eighty one years old. aud during that time was never drunk, never smoked, never chewed, and I don't know as I ever sweared." Mir. Warren used to teach school. H. J. LEWIS OYSTERS. H. J. Lewis, of Strstford, has planted 90,- 900 bushels of shells this season. River men say that mussels have entirely disappeared | from the bottom of the Housatonie river, | and they sscribe the fact to poisonous acids | thrown into the stream by the factories above and brought down by the freshsts. BEGAN HIS DUTIES AS CONSUL. | Major John A. Tibbits, consul at Brad ford, England, assumed the duties of his office on Tuesday, August 18th. He had his respects officially to Consul General John c. New. Major Tibbits expresses himself very we'll pleased with the outlook for his official life in Bradford.
 The voluntary assignment of W. F. York, furniture dealer of Waterbury, has been lodged with the judge of probate, N. R. Bronson being named as temporary trustee. The assignment was caused by the action of Boston creditors who insisted upon the pay ment of some large claims or an assignment.
 STARVED TO DEATH.
 Francis Davis of Winsor Looks, who was found in the woods with his throat cut some time ago, is dying at the Hartford hospital. He tried to commit suicide, but was not unable to eat. and they feed him through tubes. The treatment is not successful, SC he is starving to death.
 I OF HONEYMOON FAME. | Henry J. Murray, of honeymoon fame in Derby, was arrested in Birmingham Friday, by Chief Nolan, and retained under instruc. tions from Guilford, Conn.,, authorities Murray has been out of jail ten days, and since leaving Whalley avenue has been in Guilford, where he Is wanted on the charge of living in disorderly house and breach o1 the peace. Two officers arrived from Gull ford in the afternoon and took him back with them.
 | 16rH c. V.
 An attractive little book has been issued by the 18th O. V. committee from the press of the Hartford Case, Lockwood & Brain- ard company, giving the programme for the excursion ot the 18th, and items of interest regarding the regiment and the field of An tietam. The rest of the book is taken up | with an extract from Lossing's Civil War in America descriptive of the Battles of Amer \ ica and another by Lieutenant B. F. Blakes.