Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-08-26
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Death Of d Pension Exam1ner-Scarc.
ity OF beef Owing to Strikes-Strike
OfStone MasOns-Knled by FALL
CanOeists, Narrow EscaPe-A Mate
Stabbed by . sailor.
A telegram received in Bridgeport yes
terday announces the death of General
Morgan II. Chrysler, special United States
pension examiner for Connecticut, who
died at his home in Undertook, N. Y.
For the past three years the deceased has
made his headquarters in Bridgeport where
he was well known and liked by Bridge
port Grand Army men.
s. W. Weed Of the Manchester Beef com
pany has received telegram from Nelson,
Morris & Co.. beef packers Of Chicago,
which said that no more beef was to be
shipped from their stock yards until the
strike among the train employees of the
stock yard was settled. Mr.. Weed re-
ceived carload of beef last night and has
three more on the way, but does not know
where to look for them. The Manchester
Beef company has large market in the
neighborng towns. Mr.. Webb's son has
gone out to buy cattle and has already
procured several head. The price of beef
has gone up 50 hundred.
The stone masons employed by Contrac-
tor Lewis on the addition to the Stanley
works, New Britain, struck yesterday, al
leging that they do not receive their pay
regularly.
| time of the Old Colony disaster at Quincy
was that of Mrs. A. G. Hills, which took
place Saturday morning at the residence Of
Frederick Samson, No. GAL Pennington
avenue. The Rev. j. T. Huntington, rec
| tor of st. James church, oficiated The
bearers were P. N. Welch Of New Haven,
Ralph Pitkin, Frederick Samson and Nor
| timer Ell. Miller After the service at the
house the remains were taken to Plainville
| for interment Friends were present from
I Waterbury, Plainville and New Haven.
The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful.
In Meriden Saturday evening Deputy
| Sheriff Kline attached the receipts at the
box Office of the Gleason horse show in the
| interest Of A. F. Coombs of Townshend,
VT, on account of an old note. The show
broke up early and left town via the
| Adams express train north.
The annual meeting of the American
Canoe association, which was held at Jes-
sups Neck, Long Island, last week, was q
great success. The wind and the water
were good and the races interesting Fred
Jones, the Canadian canoeist, again won the
| trophy, and Paul Butler, son of General
| Ben Butler, the Pecowosic cup.
Fred Wakes and Harry Randall, Meriden
boys, were sailing in yacht on Commune
| ty lake during heavy breeze in Walling-
l ford Sunday afternoon, when the canoe
capsized, both boys being thrown into the
water. Wakes chung to the bottom of the
| craft and Randall started to swim to the
shore, distance of thirty rods, but his
| strength gave out and he sank. The Lake
| side lifesaving crew was prompt in action
| and the foremost boat reached the drown
| ing boy as he sank for the last time. HI
| was seized by the coat collar when his head
| was a foot under water and drawn intt
| the boat unconscious He soon revived
however.
! The schooner Avenger, Captain Rice
struck ON Watch Hill reef, Sunday morn
ing, but floated without damage and pro
| ceeded. While on the reef sailor stabbed
the mate on the left side during an alterca
| ton. The attendant physicians are of thu
! opinion that the wound will prove fatal
No arrest was made. The vessel. hail
from Charlottetown, P. E. l., and is bount
for Perth Amboy.
A boy named Sullivan had both leg
badly mangled in Russell & Ewin's factor.
in New Britain yesterday. One limb ha
been amputated.
Street Inspector James M. Colley Q
Waterbury is dead. He was sixty -thre
years of age. He had been street inspec
tor off an on for seventeen years and be
longed to the Masonic order for thirty
eight years.