Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-29
PERSONAL JOTTENGS.

fnson Gets There-A Drinking Illus.
 band and a Patient VV1fe-BOdy | SnatchIng1n in EVaterbury-A New Ha. I ven school-A Coming Big Y. o. o. F. | Excursion.
 | Conductor J. J. Phillips has charge of the excursion trains to Parlor Rock grove. the
 Derby roads new picnic resort.
 ! Ex-Comptroller Thomas Clark of North sStonington was registered at Iturbide hotel
 in the City of Mexico on June IS.
 Mrs. Adelire J. Sherwood, wife of John D. Sherwood, died at her home, 3s5 Con- gress avenue, yesterday afternoon.
 The secretary of the treasury has appoint
 ed George w. Longstaff superintendent of
 the public building at Bridgeport, Conn.
 Jonathan Denning's son, in Wallingford,
 was badly bitten by their own dog Wednes- day night. Dr. J. M. Tabor was called, and ! cauterized the wound.
 Sheriff John I. Hutchinson yesterday re- | ceived the gratifying news that the President | had appointed him collector of internal rev. l enue for the district of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
 Miss Nellie Angus and Miss May Lamby of this city will take part in a musical recital to be given in Bridgeport this afternoon. Sev- eral of the best pianists in the State will as- sist at the recital.
 The Breslin boy, of 232 Houston street, Fair Haven, who fell from East Rock last Sunday and suffered 8 fractured thigh and some internal injuries, had to be conveyed from his home yesterday to the hospital. MT. Gerist S. Rice, the artist, is standing refutation of the charge made by some scien- tifc authorities that professional men do their best work under fifty, as beautiful landscape scene from his easel in Peck's book store window fully attests. It is a most cred- itable work of art.
 Vice President E. N. Reed will have charge of affairs of the Consolidated road during the absence in Europe of President Clark, who sails to-day. Mir. Clark will spend some weeks in England and France and will visit the exposition. His health is improving and a further rest from business, it is expected, will fully restore him.
 Mrs. Robert D. Field, whose husband com mitted suicide recently, says that the letters written by her husband do her q great injus- tice. She says she Is in no way to blame for her husbands death and that drink was the attempts before, one of which she prevented from being fatal. Friends of the lady say that she has always been @ hard working and patient woman.
 Luther G. Riggs, formerly of Meriden, where he edited the Meriden Recorder for years, and now publisher of the Richmond, H., Recorder, was recently assaulted by two men on account of an article rejecting on one of them. The result was that editor Riggs was unable to do any work for several days. The perpetrators of the outrage will doubtless be brought to justice.
 Officer Dodd's of Waterbury, accompanied by the chief of police of that city, who had heard that grave had been tempered with, dug down into the grave yesterday. They found the coffin empty. Body snatchers had been at work. The body taken was that of Wm. Machumson, who was drowned at Thomaston and buried in 1885. The ceme- tery is in 8 ghoulish, lonesome place, and the name of the cemetery is Melchisedek.
 The committee of arrangements for the coming excursion of Grand Canton Goldon Rule No. 3, P. M. I. O. O. F., to New York and Fort Lee are as follows: Captain Charles H. Bradley, Captain M. A. Ray, Lieutenant John D. Eldridge, Ensign R. D. Bryant, and Chevaliers A. De Hottie, w. G. Maltby, E. M. Fields, A. A. Fairfield Ira | w. Burr, A. A. Goodman, J. W. Haggerty, H. H. Smith, F. Kreilshien, F. E. Willard, ! T. F. Ingham, E. J. Hughes. The excur- sion goes Tuesday, July 16. A full brass I band goes along.
 Miss Florence Campbell, formerly of Liv- erpool, England, is to take charge of the ! kindergarten connected with Miss Bartlett's ! school during the next school year. Miss ! Campbell has received her education at Queens college, and has taken the full | course of kindergarten training at Liverpool | with former teacher from Hamburg. She | also holds 8 certificate from the South Ken- sington science and art department, and from Trinity college for the course in music, and will bring to her work enthusiasm and expe- rience.