Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-15
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

ALL AROUND THE STATE.
If Boriesen is Hung - A Railroad |
Mans Promotion Author of
tsBeautiful SnoW.s-The Scotch Cut |
ter Jessica - Hartford Wheelmen
and the State CHAMPIONSHIPS
ern TrOtting Circuit-Much Politics
to the Square Inch - Canadians in
Connecticut - For the State Fair -
1Wallingford Wheelmcn.
Tailor Sedgwick of Litchfeld, is reported
as saying: 'tThat if murderer Borjesen is
executed it will be the first hanging in
Litchfield county in one hundred years.
E. McNeill, formerly of the Connecticut
Western, has been appointed general man
ager of the great Oregon Railway and Nav
igation company, with headquarters at
Portland, Oregon. This is position of
large responsibility.
1t has been discovered that John w.
Watson, who has just died at Philadelphia
and was the most likely of the nine claim
ants to the authorship of Beautiful
Snow" received his inspiration and ac-
complished the work in the Allyn house at
Hartford in October, 1858. 1t was one of
the bleak nights such as are characteristic
| of Connecticut and the certain forerunner
of winter Mr.. Watson sent it to Harper
Brothers but did not sign it then because
| he thought it would hurt him as a bust
| ness man. It was published the following
November. 1t is said that William Cullen
Bryant examined the claims of the various
| authors to the poem, and found that Mr..
Watson's were the best.
The cutter Jessica, which came up New
London harbor early in the week, is owned
| by Mr.. George Harvey of Glasgow She
was designed by William Fife, jr., and was.
| built at Fairlie on the Clyde, from which
place she sailed July under command of
| Captain Charles Frederick Riches. On the
| 9Th 18th and 9Th the Jessica encountered
| heavy gale from the west and northwest,
and had to run under very small spread
of canvas; in fact. head winds and high
seas prevailed most of the way. She
reached New York August and entered,
and came from there to New London. She
| is forty-six feet on the water line, fifty
seven feet over all and ten feet beam. She
is twenty tons English rating and belongs
| to the Royal Victoria Yacht club. Her
| owner intended to enter her in the races of
the New York Yacht club, but she arrived
too late He is anxious to arrange some
races, however, and is ready to race any
sailing boat in this country of her length.
She carries crew of three men.
Yesterdays Hartford Courant says: GAS
it looks now, the coming tournament of
the Hartford Wheel Club will develop
some pretty fast local riders, and it would
not be surprising if the one-mile cham
pionship Of the state were held in Hart
ford for the coming year. Of course there
are some pretty fast men to compete, but
Hartford men are working hard and are
showing up beautifully. The club will
have twenty men in the races. Sage,
Wood, Brewer, Bubser, Francis, Shea,
Harding and Laiman will take part in the
races at Providence on Saturday, the Both.
They will train on the Providence track
all that week and will probably take a
trainer with them. They, with all of the
other racing wheelmen, will leave Provi-
dence on a special train Saturday evening
and will come direct to this city. They
will spend the time before the races at
Charter Oak Park in training. Worth
ington, Reynolds, Fowler, Damery, Fisk,
Hunter and Talcott are daily practicing at
the park. Wainwright, Hermann, Faxon
and Warren, local riders, are also training
for the contest"
The First Congregational society at Fair
field has selected a plan for church to re-
place that recently burned. The edifce
will be of stone, and will cost between
thirty and forty thousand dollars.
Much interest is taken in the races OF
the eastern trotting circuit this fall which
promise to be of more than usual merit, az
the circuit gives six weeks of trotting il
the principal towns of eastern Connecticut
for liberal purses. The races will be helt
at the new Woodland park at Mancheste1
September and and VIII be continued
. at Rockville September eli; at the Meri
! den state fair September 1919; Norwich
September 1926; at Willimantic Septem
|. Der 80 and October 1 and g. and at Stat
, ford Springs October and 10. The purse
aggregate nearly $4,000.
, Mr.. John G. Averill, clerk of the supe
{ rior court of New London county, is con
fined to the house by illness.
3 Connecticut's republican convention i
? called for September IS at New Haven
' and Connecticut's democratic convention
for September 16 at Hartford There
i going to be good deal of politics to tn
square inch up and down the Connection
valley about September IS.
9 Henry Otis, the young carpenter il
| Bridgeport who fell from a building in tina
t city on Monday, died yesterday from hi
S injuries. He was twenty three years of ag
q and q son of Councilman Otis of the Thir
: ward. He was unmarried.
(, Several of the Wallingford wheelmen ea
l., press their intention of attending the
= A. w. meet at Niagara Falls the latter PAL
e of the month.
r The funeral of Edward Valentine c
t Wallingford who died at o'clock o
e Tuesday took place yesterday at 2:30.
r Postmaster-G General Wanamaker does nc
e favor branch postoftice at Shelton.
= Property in Shelton costing the Houss
: tonic railroad about $780, 900 has been sole
s as prev iously rumored. Mcmahon
RriI wi Ennnr laa1 IN,
l. and capitalists, are the nominal pu
e chasers.
IS Three of Putnam's oldest residents die
last week-M-1 Mary Clark, 96, and Viii
e lam Manning, D, of old age; John S. I
l. Grant, SO, of kidney troubles. Putnal
# people are said to be longer lived tina
4 residents of any other town in the stat
l and there are scores of men and wome
. who are BIZ few points from the centu1
y, mark.
0 The Anglo American Electric Ligl
II company at Kensington have receive
$23, 616 of insurance, the amount of dan
d .ye claimed by the company.
The number of Canadians who come I'M
r the steSes to reside is incres sing evel
10 year The number in Connecticut h:
a reched $4,000. Massachusetts has vel
N much larger Canadian element in its pop,
g lation and SO has New Hampshire an
n Vermont. New York state, as might
It expected, has more Canadians than al
@ other of the Unit States.
is G. O. Simons, the Hartford tent make
y has the contract for putting up the big tel
@ at the state fair next month. The tel
g will be a monster stretch of canvas, full
n four hundred feet in length and about 81,
v | ty in width. 1t comes in sections, of cours
4 and will take quite force of men to p,
}. it up.
t, Tomorrow will be great day for Il
1T Foresters of Ansonia and Derby. Profe
rs sor Donald will have his balloon there al
IL make an ascension. A grand parade w
take place this evening through both tho
al towns.
lie The camp meeting at Tylerville, ne
Goodspeed's station on the Valley roa
t, began yesterday and closes on Monda
h August 25. 50.
D. Rev. G. E. Lewis, with an organist, vi
4, linist and tent to accommodate four hui
N dred people, started from New London la
e week for four weeks temperance crusa,
Is through the surrounding country II
u combination is now at Salem.
1e The Shea Turley Boardman brothe
l. boat race which occurred a week ago
q, Hartford, and which was decided in fav
of the Hartford oarsmen by the referee,
yet unsettled, and Shea and Tu1ey ha
- not yet received the stake money.
20 Christian Ury of Columbus, O., ag
N about thirty, returning from the Bostt
y. celebration Wednesday, fell from the mi
10 night train at Grants station, near Wi