Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-31
General state News.

General State News.
 AT LYLEs BEACH.
 The Swedish societies of Middletown will picnic at Lyles Beach on Thursday, Aug. l.
 26rH c. V.
 Tho 26th regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers, will hold their annual reunion at Lyles Beach Aug. 14th.
 The Rev. l.. w. Blood of Willimantic, who has for some time been in @ demented state of mind, was taken to Dr. Stearn's private retreat in Hartford few days since for treatment.
 STATE FIRKMEN's ASSOCIATION.
 The sessions of the State Firemen's associ- ation in Hartford, August 13 and IA, will be held in Unity hail The headquarters will be at the United States Hotel. AN INSANE MANS DELUsIoN. An unknown man, who was evidently don police Monday. He was wandering through the streets and was under the de- fusion that he was in boat bound to New Haven.
 GOES TO WASHINGTON. Lieut.. Col George H. Elliott, engineer corps, U. s. A., who has had charge of all government works in New London district for some time past, and Is well known there, bas been appointed to take charge of the Washington acqueduct work, relieving Lieut.. Col. Wilson.
 | AN ASSIGNMENT. President H. R. Gallup, of the Connecticut Rubber company of Norwich, lodged in the Probate court Monday afternoon an assign Mr. Frank A. Mitchell of Norwich. The creditors will be heard at the Probate office on Saturday next.
 BOLTON FARMER DRAWS THE LINE.
 To the Editor of the Telegram-Reco Hartford:
 The men what wuz shootin bul frogs at Bolton tuesday better pay for my COW, az the villin wat shoot her dsd is vel nown and the way of the transgressor iz hard. all got wax the hide and taller.
 Yours truely, J.B. L.
 WE ARE IN THE DARK.
 Gov. Hill of New York and Gov. Bulke. ley of Connecticut were reported at Fen wick hall, Saturday evening" But we are not told what the governor of the Empire State said to the governor of the Nutmeg State. Neither North Carolina nor Soutt Carolina was represented. Norwich Bulletin | Y.M.o. A.
 "J. L. Gordon of Bridgeport, H. M. Her. seY of Hartford and O. K. Flanders of Nor ' WlCn WAl lut0btlkato buo lodSAOlklty Ol Adt
 ing the Y. M. O. A. general secretary pur
 chase piece of shore property. They will
 erect cottages for themselves and to rent
 There will then be opportunities to caml
 out.
 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
 Edward Camp, 8 years old, employed or
 the Taskett farm on the New Hartford roat
 near Winsted, attempted suicide Monday | afternoon by cutting his throat with a razor
 His efforts were unsuccessful, no importan
 veins or arteries being severed. He is doing
 we'll, and will undoubtedly recover. Des
 pondenoy is alleged as the cause of his act.
 AN OLD LANDMARK GONE.
 The residence of J. Howard King in Ridge
 field was burned to the ground on Sunday
 The fire caught from defective flue. Int the few landmarks left. It came into the possession of the present owner by the will of his uncle, Josh I. King, upon condition that the building should never be torn down. The building had recently been put in frst- class order, and at the time of the fire 1t was not occupied.
 | AN oLD RESIDENT. | Stanley G. Smith, one of West Haven's | old residents, died July 27. The deoedent, | who was in his ssventy-ninth year, was born in Naugatuck, in 1910, and moved to West | uHVeu III lOOo. mE. Omltu WAh btAuuCu l and well known Democrat. In 1885 he was chosen captain of the first company of the | State militia that was formed in the town of Orange, and served under Colonel Rogers of Milford. A family of four sons and four daughters survive him, also one brother, Dr. Lucius A. Smith of Brooklyn, N. Y., and two sisters, Miss Phsbe D. Smith of Nauga- tuck and Mrs. John P. Nanny of Boston. AxoUNe HARTFORD SCIENTIST. MT. Charles w. Stiles, graduate of the Hartford High school, afterwards student at Wesleyan university, and now pursuing his studies in Germany at the University of Leipzig, has recently made an interesting discovery in biology, which will modify the subject. The eminent Professor Leucksrt expressed himself as much pleased at this dis oovery by ono of his pupils. At the Berlin university, where MT. Stiles studied for more than two years before going to Leipzig, he distinguished himself, and was in a special nnicroscopi, class of eight, of whom bs was tho only American, engaged in doing original work.
 HIS BOND MUST BE $25, ,000. HARTFORD, July 3O.-Judge Prentice has given his dsoision in the petition of counsel for William J. Soudsr, charged with the mur- der of "Dude" Calvin, for . reduction of the bond of $25, ,000. At the hearing arguments were made by Lawyers Samuel F. Jones and Charles J. Cole in favor of the reduction, and by State Attorney A. F. Eggleston in opposition. Judge Prentice refuses to reduce the bond. Souder will thus be obliged to re- main in jail until the next criminal term of the Superior court, which opens on the sec- ond Tuesday in September with Judge San- ford on tho bench. Had the bond been res Guced to 1000 or $10,000 it is probable the Ohio relatives of the accused would have raised the money.
 TO REMOVE FROM HARTFORD TO souTHINGToN. Tie Connecticut Motor company, located at No. 42 Union Place, Hartford, is to re- move to Southipgton about the middle of August. The capital stock, now SIP ,0e0, will be increased to $26,000, the necessary money having been raised by the manufao turers and people of Southington. The board of trade of that place has been endeav- bring for some time to get the Motor com pany to locate there and the requisite money has been raised within the last few days. The Waterbury board of trade has also had an eye on the concern and had request ed its officers to advise 1t in case Soutning- ton did not succeed in raising the needed capital.
 The Connecticut Motor company is com- posed of Nessrs R. E. Dunston and Clarence c. Sterling. The president is Mir. Sidney M. Gladwin. The motor costs less than many of its rivals and is designed with the view of securing tho greatest possible electrical and mechanical efficiency. The company has been employing ten hands.
 SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTROVERSIES IN BIRNINa- HAM.
 And now John O'Hara has created a com motion in Birmingham, and the voters in the school district in that place are particu. larly interested. The Sentinel says: "John O'Hara produced map made in 1868 that showed the school line before the petition circulated by Judge Torrance changed it, This line ran from the Housatonic river, starting at the same point that the new sur vey does, to the Neck road opposite Bakers house, and struck the rocks at point above the recent survey, then going east until it struck Hawkins street, and up this street to the Old Town road. All the disputed district by this line is thrown into the Sixth district. This also throws more land between Cemetery avenue and the river into the Sixth. The new line crosses Cemetery avenue at Eighth street, quite distance below where the old line ran. The people think that they have secured