Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-10-30
ALL OVER THE STATE.

An Attractive Tour to Palest1ne-NeW
Prizes at Trinity COlleEe-State I'm
derwriters Charter Oak Park
ssSand.,,
Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, the well known
pastor of the South Baptist church, Hart
ford, is organizing select party for tour
to the Holy Land in the spring of 1891.
The party will not follow the beaten track,
but at an expense of only $500 each its
will visit not only Palestine, but
Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece, Italy,
France, Switzerland, Belgium and England,
their chief cities. The time o.
cupied will be three months, the party
leaving New York by Red line steamer for
Antwerp March II. A scholarly and pleas
ant company is already assured.
TRINITY COLLEGE NOTES.
The newly founded prizes in the depart
ments of history and political science will
be awarded this year for the best and Sec
ond best examinations in Bryce's Ameri-
can Commonwealth, Vol. I, part l., "The
aggregate value of which is about $50,
will be awarded only for distinguished ex-
cellence.
The class of '92, Trinity, has decided on
an innovation upon the old custom of
burning Analytics, and will this year Gre
mate Mechanics instead. The ceremonies
will take place on the campus Thursday,
November 6, at 10 pm.
STATE UNDERWRITERS ASSOCIATION.
At the meeting of insurance men at the
Allyn house this week an organization was
effected, to be known as the Connecticut
Life Underwriters association. Alfred T..
Richards of Hartford was made chairman
and L. II. Lyon of Bridgeport temporary
secretary. A constitution was adopted
and by laws drawn up, after which the
following officers were elected: President,
Harrington and Heman A. Tyler; secre-
tary, F. w. Rogers; treasurer, All. Bond;
executive committee, Alexander HARRISON,
L. w. Moody of New Haven, Joseph
Schwab, Eli D. Weeks and M. c. Rogers
of Bridgeport.
GRITTY AND PLUCKY-rHosE BIG TRoTTING
PURSES.
The publication by the officers of Char.
ter Oak park of the superb Hartford" and
"Connecticut" purses to be trotted for by
foals of 1890 in the years 1898 and 1894
has created sensation among breeders OF
trotters throughout the country. The first
stake is for $4,000 and the second fol
$15 900, both large sums of money. But
it is not the first time that Charter Oab
park has had the courage to chang up
large sums of money in stake races, and
the result has proved the wisdom OF
their course. In trotting annals the
Charter Oak guaranteed stakes $50,
000) for trotters and the insurance
stake $4,000 for PAGERS are classic
events and no race of the grand circui
meeting excites as much interest as eithel
| of these. It is in these two contests tha
| the best blood and breeding of the trottine
and pacing world strive for the supreme
cy. 4 history of the ''Ten thousand dollar
stake is interesting as showing how
| earnestly the grand prizes offered have
been striven for. In nearly all of the an
| nual contests the struggles have been bit
ter. In several cases, notably in what arr
called the "Guy" and the 'tNelson" races
| the favorites have been beaten, and il
only one, that in which the phenomena
young stallion Patron was victorious, ha'
| there been ''walk-over."
RAILROAD PURPOSES.
Papers have been served for the New
Haven and Northampton railroad agains
Jeffrey O. Phelps of Simsbury. Thu
papers are in the nature of an order t,
show cause why certain land owned b,
Mr.. Phelps should not be taken for rail
road purposes.
| WILL BE BLIND.
Clarence Osborn, the young milkmal
who was shot by Will Lobdell in George
town few days ago, is now much i'm
proved and it is thought he will recover
| He will be totally blind, however, and hi
face will be disfgured for life.
| TAKEN TO NEW YORK FOX TRIAL.
| Herald Clemens, New York banke
who has been under arrest at his homo il
Fairfield the past week, charged with beinl
implicated in misusing the funds in tn
| Siestare bank of New York city, consente,
yesterday to return to New York withou
q requisition, and left yesterday in com
pany with Detective Mclaughlin.
ENDED HIS LIFE.
MANCHESTER, Oct. 29.-Michael Carr
aged forty-one years, who worked at tn
Cheney silk mills, committed suicide at hi
home in South Manchester to-day by cut
ting his throat.
An Electric Car Smashup.
| To the Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
see that over across the water electri
cars are not free from alarming accidents
as witness the following from the Electri
cal Engineers London letter:
The full particulars Of the tramway accidents
/ In fa1v which Va mentioned in a