Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-23
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

Accfdents-A N1ne-Year-
Old Boy Drowned I'm Middletown-l
A Man Killed by the Cars in Rock
ville-A Young Ladyss Narrow Es-
cape From Death on the Derby Road
-Number of Passengers Per Mile
The consolidated Road Leads in
the United States-State Labor Con-
gress.
ANsoNIA, Aug. 22.-Miss Annie Conley,
aged twenty-five, narrowly escaped instant
death at the crossing of the Derby road
about 200 feet from the station this morn
ing She was struck by Conductor Cowles'
train and hurled into the ditch twenty-five
feet away. Her right arm was broken, and
she was badly bruised, but her injuries
will not prove fatal.
MIDDLETowN, Aug. 22.-John Mans
worth, nine years old, was drowned while
fishing this noon.
M1DDLErowN, Augp2s.-George A. Girls
void, aged thirty-two, of Rocky Hill, while
attempting to cross the track at Saybrook
Junction this morning was struck by an
engine. One leg was cut off at the thigh
and the other at the knee. He died ut
11:15 o'clock.
Thomas Cummings, thirteen-year-old'
boy whose home is in Ansonia, was re-
ceived at the hospital in New Haven yes
terday afternoon, suffering from an ugly
wound in the face. A horse belonging to
Fred Packers of Birmingham, which he
was feeding, kicked him in the face, break
ing his nose, which will probably disfgure
him for life
M. J. Houlihan, proprietor of the Grand
Central hotel in 5Newtown, went fishing in
the Housatonic river Thursday, and caught
about fifty pounds of bass. In the distri-
button Bridgeport friends were remem-
bered.
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 22.-The Blackman
family are holding a reunion at Lewis
Shore house, East End. There were be-
mostly residents of this city, Newton and
Brookfield Mr.. Lacey Rlackman is the
oldest representative of the family in this
city, and has several grown sons and
| daughters residing here. Among the sons
are j. NJ and Henry L. Blackman.
The New Milford fair will open Tuesday,
| September 9, and last for three days. Ev-
| erything is being done to make it a grand
| success.
| The Twenty eighth Connecticut volun-
| teer association will hold their annual re-
uulOu siAu Otu4uOU DoWtu DtdSluS
Park pavilion on Thursday of next week
Prince Kameroff DundacroH de la Wor-
chafsky, the Russian nihilist exile who was
recently in Bridgeport, has written to q
| Bridgeport friend. In the letter, the de
| tails of which are of a private nature, hi
| states that he is spending the summer very
| pleasantly at the Kensington hotel at Sar
atoga. The letter is signed with his full
title
The annual report of the interstate com
merce commission, of which an advance
copy is just received, gives many interest
ing facts in which Connecticut is concerned
The state has more railroads in proportion
to territory than any other in the Unio1
except Massachusetts. Massachusetts ha
4.01 square miles for each mile of railroad
Connecticut has 1896 square miles, New
York 6.34, Pennsylvania 5.54, and so OF
up to Nevada, 1890. A tabl
is given showing the passenger. mile
age per mile of railroad. In this tn
Consolidated leads the whole United
States. It has 567, 1928; the Boston ant
Albany has 500, 1902; New York Contra
800, 974, and Boston and Maine 301, 014
No other company has a mileage of a
much as 100000 passenger mileage pc
mile of road. In net revenue per mile tn
coal roads leads, with Reading $40, 34e
first. Outside of coalers, Boston and Al
bany is first, 50, 1872, and the Consolidate,
second, $3.50. The total stock capital
zation of the railroads of the country
81 ,267, 527, $50. Of the stock 61.67 pc
cent. and of the bonds 1S. 10 per cent. yiel
no income.
HARTFORD, Conn Aug. 22.-The recen
convention of the Connecticut state labo
congress in this city is already beginnin
to attract considerable attention from tn
| ~, Ia H. - H.
which the association will pursue in tn
coming congress is anxiously watched fol
One of the prominent members of the cor
gress said to-day: "Our work will be pri1
cipally in the direction of the election {
candidates to the. general assembly. w
will see to it that no candidates who al
unfriendly to the laboring or farming il
terests will receive our support.
Norwich, Aug. 22-In the national err
quet tourney, first DIVISION g. c. Stron
of New London has won four straigf
) games, Jacobus of Springfield four of fiv,
and Nash of Norwich four of six.
, Each man plays eight games. In the Sc,
ond division Greenslit of Philadelphia an
jerks of Norwich have won six straigI
J games each. Stout of New Brunswick,
j., has won five of seven games played
In the third division Preston and Fa
lead for second place with five won an
two lost each. The winners in the secon
and third divisions will be announced t,
, night. The games will be closed to-mo
row.
By the will of the late Sarah G. Harriso
of Wallingford, 81 900 is left to Mrs J. ]
Stevenson; $500 to Cornelia Buell., wife
Philon Buell. of New Haven, and the re-
of the properly to Mrs. Josephine N. Jone
AS Mrs Jones is dead one-half of the r
mainder of the property goes to Mrs. Ste
enson and the other half to George
Jones.
An Env1able Reputation.
Professor Cargill, president of the we
known business college, with an able corr
of assistants, proposes to fully maintai
the enviable reputation which that famol
institution has SO long enjoyed, by givir
, strict personal attention to the details
its management. The college will ope
September l.
YOUNG RICHTER,S FUNERAL.