Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-09
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

ALL AROUND THE STATE. An old Railroad Man, Charles Rock
 we'll, Dead-A Sv1tchman Killed at
 Hartford = Rockvilless Memorial
 Hall-HartfOrd and PolO-TyphOfd
 Fever,s Victim-The Strange Mal.
 ady Which Caused Chief Carriers
 Death.
 Charles Rockwell, general freight agent of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford road, died at his home in Southport about noon yesterday after an illness of three weeks. The news of MT. Rockwelps death was received with sorrow by the va rious officials of the road in this city, by whom he was highly esteemed. MT. Rock or it's leased lines for the past forty years. He first entered the employ of the old New York and New Haven road about 1848 as agent in New Y York. He also ran as con- ductor at various intervals when goodly portion of the collections were made on board trains. Leaving the employ of the road, he then became superintendent Ol LILO OIIuS0POIb COLApdIAJ hhO of steamers between New York and Bridgeport. After holding this position for a short time he went back to the New York and New Haven road as general freight agent: He was superintendent of the Northampton road under President Yeamans. Again returning to the New Haven road he took entire charge of the freight, and held the position up to the time of his death. Deceased was about seventy years of age, and he leaves a widow and one daughter.
 A Hartford dispatch yesterday says: Thomas Connors, a switchman on the Con solidated road, was run over by engine No. 71 about 9:30 o'clock Monday morning. The accident occurred about 100 yards east of Sigourney street crossing. Connors was switching for Engineer Thayer, who l was shifting freight cars. It is supposed that he slipped and fell beneath the wheels and was crushed beyond recognition. He | was forty five years of age, and leaves a wife and one child.
 J.J F. Wolfe, general superintendent | of the Birmingham Iron Foundry and Ma chine company, has been missing for a week.
 E. s. Henry, chairman of the Memorial hall building committee at Rockville, at a special town meeting Saturday, presented report showing that the building had | been completed, with furnishings, at 6 cost of $SS, ,106. The report was accepted. It was voted to place tablets in the vesti- l bule with the name of each soldier from l the town of Vernon. The town also voted to buy the lot corner of Park and School streets of the Union Ecclesiastica society for a site for 8 town high school te be erected at some future time. The lot will cost $7,OO0. The sum of $500 wal appropriated to engage teacher of music and penmanship in the public schools. The Hartford Amusement association ] which caused so much excitement ant trouble in the First regiment last winter b, 1 their use of their armory for polo, hav' made application for the use of the build ing another season. They were allowed tt use the armory last season by Governo Bulkeley, the result being that the entir' staff of the militia resigned and new off cers were secured after much trouble an( inconvenience In the application for thu place. the coming season the petitioner claim that their right to the place was es l tablished by the precedent of last season but the higher powers have not yet passed on the question.
 A number of Hartford horses and larg party of Hartford people will go over t. the Rockville meeting this week. Amonl the starters will be Blumenthars little trot ter, which got first money at Manchester He is the smallest package of trottin, horsefesh seen hereabouts in many day Besides being game horse in 8 three O five-heat race he holds the top record for five mile dash The short turns of half mile track are a picnic for him.
 The annual statement of the Connecti cut Western railroad, just filed with tn railroad commissioners at Albany shows | ID
 549; operating expenses, $64 ,092; tota surplus June 30, 1890, $105, ,554; pas sengers carried, 66, 534; tons of freight 39, ,555.
 Samuel F. P. Gladwin, eldest son o Councilman Sidney M. Gladwin of Hart ford, died Sunday morning tn the twenty first year of his age. He was born il
 Brooklyn, N. Y,, but was educated in tn
 Hartford public schools, and was grad
 uated from the high school in that city i
 the class of 'S9. Soon after graduation h
 entered the Connecticut River bank, wher
 he remained until taken ill. A little nor
 the Hartford City guard, of which hi
 father was one of the original members
 His health had not been good for som
 time, and while in camp he was taken i
 and returned home on Friday evening
 The next day he was unable to leave hi
 bed, and later on the disease develope
 into typhoid fever and meningitis. New Britian democrats send the follow
 ing: State-R. ]. Vance; Samuel Basset
 Philip J. Markley and John Walsh; COT gressional-Albert Morton, John O'Neil l William D. Parker and Charles H. Faull
 ner.
 Case Brothers of Unionville have begu
 extensive repairs on their paper mill.
 John L. Allen of Unionville is at Nortl
 ampton, Mass, as ticket agent and oper,
 tor at the station of the New York, Ne
 Haven and Hartford railroad
 It is expected that large percentage (
 the o. U. A. NJ. of East Hartford will q
 tend the state parade at Bridgeport, Sel
 tember g.
 MT. Samuel B. Ford of Walnut stree
 Willimantic, was quite severely kicked o
 the head by one of his horses Saturday.
 During a recent severe thunder storm
 Wethersfeld, lightning struck and killed COW in pasture near Cedar Hill cemeter,
 It also struck tree in front of Ellis I
 Adams house.
 The new schooner Howard B. Peck
 still on the beach at Davidson's shipyart
 New London, where an unsuccessful a
 tempt was made to launch her last weel
 The offer of Captain Scott to place ht
 alongside the wharf for S350 has not ye l been accepted.
 l, Concerning the malady which caused tf
 death of J. B. Carrier, chief engineer
 the Norwich fire department for man years, the Bulletin says: What he SUI
 fered the past three years he alone knev His disease in it's early stages unbalance his mind, and with an inert will and a
 active imagination he became an inyali whose case puzzled the physicians. = H, : pochondria developed at the first, and |
 consistently diagnosed his own case, l'
 cated the cause of his trouble, and we
 ever intent on having the ph,
 sicians indorse his conclusions. H
 talked constantly about his di
 ease, and few of his friends realize that his imaginings and persistent declar' tions were the result of his sickness. Notl l. ing was more unlike Chief Carrier than { talk about his own afflictions, but beneat it all was the ife-destroying malady whic . made him so unlike himself What h did he did because he must do it, but whs he suffered no one could discover, hi troubles were 80 hidden beneath nervor
 complications. When he became an il valid and others had to aid him in hi work, no thought of his dismissal woul
 be entertained by his assistants or men bers of the city government. He ws faithful in health and the powers ths , were sustained him in sickness. The plac