Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-23
General State News.


 General State News.
 AsAD EXCURSION.
 Over one hundred Middletown citizens at- tended the funeral of the Bronson family in Hartford.
 The Hyde mills at Mystic have been sold to New London parties, and that they will start them up the coming spring.
 KEEP-sTURGEs.
 MT. Charles D. Keep of Hartford was mar ried in Chicago Wednesday last to Miss Grace Sturges, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Chas. A. Sturges of Chicago.
 DIED IN CROMWELL.
 Justin Jones, an old editor and publisher and a writer of fiction under the name of Harry Hazel, died au Cromwell in this State on Tuesday, aged "A.
 IN MIDDLETowN.
 There was slight fire in the exhibition hall at Central school, Middleton, Thursday night. The footlights set some scenery on fire just as the pupils were about to have rehearsal for celebration of Longfellow's day.
 COL. GEO. P. RESELL AS BRIDGE BUILDER. Col. George P. Bssell of Hartford has re- turned home from Wheeling, W. Va, where as president of the Wheeling Railway Bridge
  construction of great iron railway bridge across the Ohio. The bridge with it's ap- breaches, including a belt line around the city, will cost about $3, 900, 900.
 WELL TRAINED PUG.
 Master Eddie Dennis of East Broad street has pug dog that answers to the name Of "Toney," whose quality gives value to his name. The dog is one of the brightest of his race, and can perform the cleverest tricks with promptness and grace. As leaper, sneezer, upright walker, sitter, smoker or 8 dude, he is as cute as the best trained circus dog.-Norwich Bulletin.
 THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN.
 The people who control the Connecticut Western railroad live outside the State, bat 548 of the 6SS stockholders live within it. They are interested as minority shareholders in anything the legislature may do in in- creasing the capital stock of the road. It is rapidly increasing opinion that minorities have rights. A present director says the new president receives $10,000 a year, whereas the former one received nothing. The road asks for an increase of it's stock to $2, 900, ,000. A committee of the Massachu- setts legislature heard on Thursday the peti- ton of the company to buy the Springfield and Connecticut railroad.
 JOHN GEORGE ENGLER.
 The funeral of John George Engler of Hartford, who lost his life in the Park Cen- tral hotel disaster at Hartford on Monday morning, took place from the residence of his brother, Mir. Chas. F. Engler, on Hamil- ton avenue, Preston, at 11:90 o'clock Thurs day morning. The Rev. Mir. Nelson, rector of Christ church of Norwich oaieiated. There was large attendance. Among those present from out of town were Messrs. Howe, Warwick and Erwin of Hartford. The floral forms were beautiful and expressive. MT. J. H. George sang i'm mpressively "Just as am." The bearers were Messrs. Irving N. Clifford, Harry J. Holbrook, Alfred L. Clarke and G. A. letter. The burial was in Yantic ceme-- tery.
 COLONEL GREENE COURTS AN INVESTIGATION. Colonel Greene, president of the Connecti- cut Mutual Life Insurance company of Hart ford, has officially asked Insurance Commis- sioner Fyler, who is by law required to ex- anime all the life insurance companies in 1889, to go out of the usual alphabetical course and begin with the Connecticut Mu- tual, offering to furnish every facility for detailed and searching investigation of its assets, business, books and other papers. He says in his letter that the business of the company shows no falling off in renewals or in new insurance since the Indianapolis de~ falcation but as some policy holders have been discussing the matter, he desires to give every assurance of the true condition of the company. Commissioner Fyler, in @ let ter dated Thursday, acknowledges the re- ceipt of Colonel Greene's letter and will enter upon the examination at once.