Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-13
ro woRp OF rRANK MOORE.

The Missing Oar Driver Has Nos Re-
 turned.
 No word has as yet been received of Frank Moore, the car driver of the Fair Haven and Westville road who suddenly left his car snd his wife and family last Monday noon and disappeared. He was forty years of age and has always been known as steady man. He ia of medium height and stout build and al- ways wore fall beard of bright red. At the time of his disappearance he wore long coat of brownish color and . driving cap. He has been married about four years and resided with his wife at 84 Fillmore street. She is nearly distracted with grief over her husbands disappearance. He has two small children, and has always been known as a kind father.
 HAPPENINGS ABOUT THE STATE. what the People of Connecticus
 Towns and Villages Find To Talk
 About-BridEsport school Matters.
 The people of Bridgeport are somewhat a9itated at present over the additional tax which the school district has imposed upon their grand list. This tax is an extra one of three mills and is placed to raise Se4, 900 for paying for the construction of the Barnum school building as shall be contracted for by the board of education. There has been much opposition to the plan but it has finally been ' building.
 HARTFoRD's STREET LIGHTS.
 The idea of having street lights that will burn all night has caught the fancy of Hartford people and | they are going to make new contract with the
 lighting companies to furnish lights for this period instead of putting them out at an early hour. When the naphtha lamps all displaced the number of electric lamps will be 457, of which 1e4 will be those commonly rated es "ful arc" or 2ooo stand ord ondIA ho add
 ssS fiS% sSou5 s ths Capital Siiys street: wii be falI of lights m Hartford is to ,uiIs;sv hay. anothsr aTfd1 WgI1 be ss erected by the National Fire Insurance com psny st the of Pearl and Lewis Lewis. strss5s T; property S was Ds Sousht Some 1t time ago
 for Ths sns s % oh sa | 200 on Lewis street.
 souTHrNaToN FOX HUNTERS. Fox hunters are meeting with unusual success this season in the vicinity of East Mountain With in the past few days several fine captures have been made. Nelson Booth, of Flanders district,and John Hatton have shot two of the handsonest fox; l es yet secured-Mrs H. A. Rossetter, mother ot | Charles Rossetter has just returned from visit | of several months in fouthern Californla--Ine
 srs s Orphans will be presented this evening--Ihs to continue it's organization and re elected the old board of officers
 l FIRE PoPUoNoCK.
 The large tobacco building of Burt Clapp, oi Poquonock, containing five tons of tobacco was burned to the ground, together with all his farming implements. The insurance is reported to be small | It is not known how the fire started GLASTONBURY NEW MILL.
 John W. Purtill's new paper mill in Glastonbury will be formally dedicated on Monday evening March 17. The Portland Brass band will furnisl music. Delegations of merry makers are ex | pected from Manchester, Hartford, East Hartford East Hampton. Marlborough, Portland and Rock, Hill.
 NoRwALK's CENTENARIAN.
 Aunt Betsy Saunders, an inmate of the Norwall almshonse, was 10J years old yesterday and the se lectmen assisted by the inmates of the home, car ried out prearranged programme in honor of tn event. An elaborate dinner was served, the ol' l lady sitting at the head of the table, which wa l surrounded by quite number of guests. Mrs Saunders has been blind for Q number of years, bu | in almost every other respect she Is romarkabl, | well preserved.