Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-01
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

ALL AROUND THE STATE. New Building for Hartford Theoloaic-
 al Seminary-New Piano Factory for
 Bridgeport - Consolidated Road -
 Kindness In Adverslty.
 Hartford libraries are having their turn of good fortune in these days, and the Theolog- ical seminary now has it's share in this, among it's many recent prosperities, in the shape of new building to be erected by MT. Newton Case. The present building was erected in 1s79-S0, and was intended to accommodate IA, coo volumes. The library then mum bered about 5000, but large acces- sions from various sources, chiefly by gift of Mir. Case, have raised the number to more than 45, ,O00 volumes, which are now on tem- porary shelves in nine different rooms. The very great, and 1t is a cause of much re- joicing that Mir. Case has undertaken to pro- vide adequate accommodations.
 It is proposed to build, as soon ss plans can be prepared, on the lot south of the present library building on Broad street. The building will be simple in construction, but thoroughly adequate to needs, and is ex- pected to embody the many technical con- veniences for library administration which have been worked out in American libraries as nowhere else in the world. The gift of Mir. Case is great encouragement to officers at the seminary.
 SMALLPOX.
 The town of Windsor Locks has received $7OO from the Seymour Paper company in settlement of the smallpox cases. The costs of all the cases was about s1, 300, and those directly traced to contagion from the mill have been paid in the above sum.
 REPAIRING AN IRON RAILROAD BRDaE-CosT
 $25,00O.
 The Consolidated road is repairing the iron bridge over the Connecticut river at Windsor Locks. The old wooden beams on which the ties have been laid are being re- placed with heavy iron sills. The timbers which supported the walks on both sides of the bridge have been removed, and iron brackets will be placed only on the north side. The Berlin Bridge company of East Berlin will do the ironwork, and the job will not be complete for at least three months The cost of the work will be about $25, ,000.
 HANDSOME TROUT.
 From New London comes this story: "George Prest and Henry G. Keeney have again astonished the fishermen by bringing in string of trout, thirty-four in number, aggregating thirty-fve pounds in weight. Handsomer fish were never seen, and the average-well, six of the lot weighed one and one-half pounds each and eight others, smaller, were as nearly alike as peas in pod. If any fisherman can beat this catch he had better show up to-day, for the cham pionship among anglers Is going to the gen- tlemen named above"
 THE NEW YORK, BRIDGEPORT AND EASTERN. HARTFORD, April 30.--The railroad com missioners to-day heard the application of the New York, Bridgeport and Eastern rail- road company for a hearing on acceptance 1 of their layout, and appointed Tuesday, June 8, at 10:30, as the date for hearing the mat- | ter at Bridgeport. This new company is the old Olmstead parallel scheme revived, the new company having been organized in Oc- tober last. The projected route is from the New York state line in Greenwich to Bridge port, via several towns intervening, and thence into this city.
 TRoTTING NOTES.
 The Waterbury Driving company has add. ed its track to the trottipg circuit recently formed and makes announcements of meet- 1 ing to be held May 2S, go, 30, the dates just ! previous to the Driving Park sssociation's meeting.
 The trotting circuit for this state opens at Derby, the dates being June 3 to 6. Nor walk is the next, the meeting then taking place Jnne 10 to 13. Danbury will hold it's meeting from June r to 20, the Elm City 1 stock farm, New Haven, hos the dates July to 4, and White Plains, N. Y., which closes the circuit, will have it's meeting from July 8 to II.
 The entries to the "Hartford" SIG, 1000 stake closes May 5. The entrance fee to that big prize is only per cent.
 KIND DEEDS.
 The New London Day says: Stephen Will Hams of Waterford has been i'll for some past | from the consequeroes of an attack of the | grip, pneumonia, etc., and is now unable to be about, with prospect of slow recovary of l his strength. It is of course an important l part of the year with farmers, who have planting, blowing, etc., to do. and to-mor- | row MT. Williams brother members in Ko. | nomoc grange, P. H., are to turn out en masse to do the spring work on his farm. They will plow and plant, if that is the cor rect thing to do next, and see that tho work on the farm is kept up as though Mr. Wil- Hams was on hand himself. This is practi- l cal benevolence and in accordance with the principle of the order of Patrons of Hus- banday. Farmers who plant in that way will reap something substantial some day. FIFTY-Two YALENsIANs.
 Those at the banquet of the Waterbury Yale men Monday night were: The Rev. R. W. Micou, Judge A. H. Fenn, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson, President Timothy Dwight. s: ". Kellogg. F. J. Kiugsbury, Professor E. T. Russell, A: s. Chase, E. Q. R. Baldwin, k. J. Phelps. @. H. Cowell, Judge J. M. Sweeney of Naugatuck, Judge A. F. Bradstreet, Dr. J. M. Benedict, Dr. c. W. s. Frost, Dr. F. E. Castle, Dr. W. L. Barber, L. F. Burpee, F. J. Brown, A. N. Dickinson, 0. E. Chapin, H. s. Chase, L. A. Platt, Dr. pee, W. R. Mattison, W. E. Pierce. E. O. Hovey, N. R. Bronson, F. W. Whitlock, F. F. Weld, F. w. La Forge, w. E. Fulton, E. F. Lewis, 0. J. Griggs, R. H. Smith, J. 0. Smith, H. D. Upson, W. A. Breckenridge, R. F. Griggs, Roger Wotkyns, F. s. Chase, F. W. Wallace of Ansonis. J. P. Kellogg, 0. A. Colley, 0. ?. Bliss of Ansonia, John A. Porter of Hartford.
 PIANOS FROM THE EAST END, BRIDGEPORT.
 The new factory to be built on the Mills & Burritt tract in the East End, Bridgeport, is It will be 8 three story building, 40 by 75 feet and together with two or three structures is to be occupied entire- ly by the Keller company. This concern now conduct its manufacturing operations at two shops in Bridgeport, but the facilities they afford are not equal to the company s growing business and hence the change. Or- ders now on hand will keep the Keller oom- pany busy to the full extent of their capacity for the next three months ,and their business is steadily growing. They began a few years ago in small way. The factory is the first enterprise of any considerable proportions established in that locality, and the property owners and residents generally joyfully re- gard it as an earnest and precursor of large sized boom. The activity in building lot transactions points in the same direction, and the East enders feel that their section is real- ly and truly looming up.