Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-22

have passed the Marsh ballot reform bill This is the measure framed by the joint com mit.ee which sat for twelve weeks. It allow the distribution of ballots outside of the poll ing places.
 Thomas T. selee, Charles W. Colby, Henry T. and Ralph A. Kellogg, Harvard students, were in the Cambridge district court yester- day charged with playing ball on Sunday and were fined $1 each without costs. Schedules in the assignment of Max Hill- man 6 Sons, silk ribbons, New York, were filed yesterday. Liabilities, $125, ,924; nominal assets, $83, ,970; actual assets, SC. Sol;h Of the liabilities $90. .s24 is secured.
 The ffty-fourth' annual meeting of the MoIal Reform society was held at Boston yesterday. Reports were presented by Miss Ball, the retiring editress of the Home Guardian and Dr. Julia Morton Plumber, the corresponding secretary. The report of the treasurer showed the amount on hand at the beginning of the year $844, receipts $4,0Oo, expenses $S,800, balance $1,044.
 LATEST CONNECTICUT NEWS. Reports From All Parts of the State.
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 THE GIRL STILL MISSING.
 PORTLAND, May 21.-Louisa Johnson, the girl who disappeared last week, is still missing. Every effort has been exhausted by her friends to discover her whereabouts or what became of her, but to no purpose. The ina. pressien is growing stronger that she was drowned.
 A CARPENTERS SERIOUS FALL.
 SOUTH NeRwALK, May 21.-Edward Carter, carpenter, fell from scaffolding while at work this afternoon and was seriously injured. He fell distance of About tbirty feet, and when picked up it was found that his right leg was broken and that he had sustained injuries about the head. The doctors also fear that he is inter- nally injured also.
 $500 RAISED BY INTERFERING MERIDEN,
 AERDEN, May 21.-Judge Coe, treasurer of the executive committee on the reception of the Second regimenr, May 2s, said to-day that the $500 needed to entertain the visitors had been pledged. He and w. R. Mackay had oanvassed the manufacturers and G. W. Morse and W. Gallagher the merchants. The and literally, several of them having dos mated $50 each.
 ANsoNIA'S FASTING BARBER.
 ANsoN1A, May 21.-William Lake, the oolored barber, who started out on May to fast thirty days, bids fair to keep the con- tract. He is fasting on bet made with two out of town barbers. He drinks ale and water freely and does not appear to mind abstinence from food. He is watched by a friend of the two out of town men. Lake has quite a record as 8 long distance faster and once lasted twenty-five days. He has fasta tyu0 oko at a lima aavaraI occasions.
 FIRE IN BRISTOL CLOCK FACTORY LAST
 NIGHT.
 BRISTOL, May 21.-About o'clock this evening the old shop of Ingraham's Clock company was discovered on fire. Before the department arrived the whole lower story was gutted and several japan ovens exploded. No one was hurt. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is believed tonight that they originated in some way about the ovens. The loss will be over 5000. About one hundred hands are employed in that depsrt- ment, and they will be thrown out of work while repaias are being made.
 LARGER FIaUREs-THE WATERBURY EMBE8-
 ELEMENT.
 WATERBURY, May 21.-It is said this af- ternoon that the amount of money embedded by George w. Roberts, superintendent of the Smith & Briggs Manufacturing company. will amount to $15, 900 or over. Briggs' case was to-day continued until Monday. The officers of the company are still investigating his &C., counts. Briggs has as yet been charged with stealing but $1O,0O0. It is not known what he did with the money, but it is thought he did a good deal of speoulating on his own account. Briggs ia q fire commissioner and has held many prominent offices.
 AT ST. PAUL's CHURCH, WINDSOR LOCKS. WINDSOR LOCKS, May 21.-The new chan eel at St. Paul's Episcopal church was conse. | orated to-day. Rt. Rev. Bishop Williams ani thirteen olergymen conducted the services The clergymen present were Rev. 8. O. Sey mour of Hartford, W. L. Peck of ,Groton James H. George of Salisbury, J. Fred Sex ton of Cheshire, George Alcott of NewHaven William Grosvenor of Lenox, Mass, A. Grint of Warehouse Point, Rev. Joseph Wat 1 son of Hartford, George Stone of Parkerville l Thomas Heald of Tarifville, J.F. Huntington | of Hartford, J. F. George of Thompsonville | F. L. Tompkins of Hartford and MT. Starr o l Newington.
 The morning service began at Il o'clock | Bishop Williams walking down the broad | aisle, followed by the thirteen clergymen Bishop Williams text was from 96th Psalm 6.9. Revs. Messrs. George, Grosvenor, Al colt, Tompkins and Seymour assisted in the services. At 3 o'clock this afternoon ther were addresses by former rectors, and thi evening the bishop consecrated large class A RUNAWAY TEAM TANaLED-THE DRIvEl l BADLY HURT.
 1 MIDpLETowN, May 21.-The two horse ic wagon of A. Brazos & Son, who have stor I sr iu] street this afternoon at fearful rate 0 speed. The horses had become frightene' at something and ran away. They turne, the corner of William street just as Thoma Demars of New6eld street was driving up i his buggy. The runaway horses dashed int | the buggy and as they collided each hors tried to go on either side of the buggy The pole of the ice wagon struck tn buggy and demolished 1t in an instan' MT. Demsrs was thrown out, and 1t ws wonderful that he was not instantly killed He was badly cut and bruised. Dr. Loo was called, and 1t was at first thought ths he was fatally injured. Later it was report ed that he would probably recover, althoug the doctors have not as yet been able to d, l termine the extent of his injuries, or whetl or he was badly hurt internally. A singuls thing about the runaway was that none ( the three horses wers hurt at all.
 AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE-THE JACo
 scHEELE MURDER TRAIL. ..
 BRIDGEPORT, May 2l.-The second trial , Jacob Scheele of New Canaan for the murd' of Constable Drucker on January 25, 1SS
 was begun in the superior court this nor ing. The two remaining jurors were secure ,, and the taking of testimony was begu :. Benjamin Hathaway of Stamford. a surveye } testified as to the location of Seheel' !, premises where the tragedy occurred. Ju tice of the Peace Joseph F. SilIiman testii : to giving the warrant to Drucker to ser1 Gilbert Stevens said he accompanied Druck U to Scheele's house when he attempted to Q rest him for illegal liquor selling. He te
 the jury how Scheele raised the window a
 fired the fatal shot. Mary BanAhoff a . testified to seeing Scheele sht - Drucker. Dr. Burke of South Norwalk. n medical examiner, testified that he had l. sisted at the autopsy on the body of Dru' ,s CT, and that he had found that he had d t. from the effects of gun shot wound in 70 heart. John Secor stated that he had kno # Scheele ten years and that he had a conv