Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-05-30
LATEST ooNNEoTIcur NEWS.
Reports From All Parts or she State.
[By Connecticut Associated Press.l

Latest CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Reports From All Parts OF she state.
[By Connecticut Associated Press.l
BURGLARS TRIED.
NoRwALK, May 29.-Edward Mcfarland
and Cornelius Parks were tried here to-day
for burglarizing Finney & Benedict's store.
Mcfarland was found guilty and bound over
to the superior court under 5000 bonds.
There was not enough evidence to hold
Parks and he was discharged.
DROPPED DEAD.
WATERBURY, May 29.-Miehael Balfs, aged
80, q shipping clerk at Benedict & Burn
hams. was taken with hsmorrhags at 2
O'Clock this afternoon, and dropped dead. He
had hemorrhage some time ago, and had
only just returned to wsrk. he was promi-
nent citizen and had been member of the
board Of education, and was at one time q
selectman. He leaves . widow and one
DANIELsoNvrLLE, May 29.-It IL believed
that William BENEFIT, the manager of the base
ball nine in North Grosvernordale, has
skipped town. He had In his possession
about $3.50 belonging to the club. he went
could. and then left for Boston. He was q
newsdealer aud had been doing good buai-
ness, 1t is said. He was a Frenchman about
% years old.
AERIDEN, Nay 29.-This evening about 2
O'Clock Alexander Fataux, head designer for
the Meriden Brittania company. fell dead
while working in his garden on Cook avenue.
He was Atty or ffty-fve years. old and came
to this oity from Paris about ten years ego.
He was an expert designer and one of the
best known In this country. He has no rel
atives here that is known. He lived alone
In the Wilcox block.
cAxrED OUT FOR THE SEASON.
WINsrED, Nay 20.-The wright-Hnnting-
ton company, party of New York actors
and actresses, have camped out on Highland
lake and will spend the summer there. They
will give series of entertainments In Win
sted, Torrington, New Hartford and Collins,
vile, and the frst of these enter tainments
will be the "Lottsry of Life" which will be
presented tomorrow night.
THE FIRST SERMON.
BRISTOL, May 29.-A movement is on
foot, and 1t will probably materialize, to
erect monument upon the spot where DR..
Bsllamy preached the frst sermon in Bethle-
AoAAs AAO pcOpAo VI tudt pAuC0 SIO CAtAubA-
| astic over the project and will undoubtedly
| carry 1t through. DR.. Bellamy preached the
| first sermon in Bethlehem in barn In 1740.
It is proposed to erect the monument on the
| site Of the barn.
STARS AND STRIPES.
ROCKVILLE, Conn.,, May 2s.-The first
American flag raised on any school building
in the town of Vernon was raised at the
high school building this afternoon. The
event was witnessed by Burpee post. G. A.
B., the city officials, the clergy and many
prominent citizens. The exercises by the
members of the school were of much interest
and included appropriate essays, songs and
| this city. The Grafton was delivered by
Charles W. Burpes, city editor of the Water
bury American aad a graduate of the school.
The Gag Is 1919 feet and was purchased by
tbs school.
WHY HE TOOK LAuDANUM.
SEYMOUR, May 29.-'I'm sick of the whole
business" were tho words of Van Buren, Har-
ris when DR.. Cooper asked him last night why
he swallowed an ounce of laudauum. Harris
about Afty-six years of age and single. He
was found writhing in pain at his home BY q
neighbor last night and said he was tired Of
life and had swallowed an ounce of lauda-
mum. The doctor worked over him for two
hours, but could not save him and he died
early this morning. Harris was an English
man and led peculiar life, never mipgling
with the people of the town, and his shop
mates never met with any success in their
efforts to pry into the secrets of his life.
Harris has two sisters living in Willimsntie.
THREE MEN LAY DRUNK ON THE TRACK-THK
TRAIN WAS STOPPED IN TIME.
MDDLETowN, May 29.-The passenger
train on the Berlin Branch which arrives In
this city at 1:15 was brought to a sudden
standstill to-day just before 1t reached the
New6eld station. The engineer saw three
men lying ON the track drunk or asleep.
When quite distance from the mon he blew
the whistle, but seeing that they paid no
heed to the warning brought the train to
standstill. The men were found to be in q
beastly state of intoxicstion and were re-
moved from the track. Upon the arrival of
the train In this city Conductor Ferry noti.
fed the police of the occurrence and Chief
Chapman and several officers went over to
Newfsld on q special train. The men had
sobered up somewhat by this time and made
determined resistance. They were finally
placed under arrest, however, and looked up.
| TO BE HUNG JUNE Essays HE IS BOUND TO
TAKE HIS LIFE.
Bridgeport, May ga strict watch will
be kept over Schesls. the convicted murderer
| of Constable Druoker of New Canaan. He
openly boasted in court to-day that no would
never be hung, but said that he would take
his life In spite of all the precautions on the
part of the jail officials. Judge Phelps to-
day sentenced scheels to be hanged
June 10, 1890. Soheeie made a rambling
speech before sentence was pronounced In
which he said he had been led to kill Drucksr
through the constant Prosecutions of the
dead man. Schesls has said all through the
trial that he knew the jury would vote to
hang him and that he would take his own
life. It ia not doubted but that he will at
| tempt suicide, but the Jail officers think they
| can prevent him making such an attempt q
success.
POLICY PLAYING IN NORWICH.
NORWICH, May 29.-For long time there
has been great complaint against the preva-
lence of policy playing. The runners of the
game seem to have no fear whatever of the
police and the business is conducted as
openly and boldly as IL there were no law
against 1t. The board of trade has decided
to see what can be done towards suppressipg
the vice and will try to get the common
council to pass an ordinance making II
misdemeanor, punishable with Q fine of
$1o0, to play the game. Hitherto whenever
any arrests have been made the policy men
and not the players have suffered while the
players have been unmolested. 1t ia thought