Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-23
JottinEs of State News.

The Branford nolders hold their picnic to-day
 The Middletown Gun club has a "big shoot" to- morrow at it's grounds.
 Chief Ford of Msriden has gone to Now Jersey to visit his daughter, who fs i'll.
 Rev. Dr. Buckley preached at the First \. E. church In Msriden yesterday.
 The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Blodsett of " allinr- ford takes place this afternoon.
 Hon. E. S. Cleveland is located ct his eummer home in Hampton for the season.
 The class from the Middletown high school which graduated last week numbered twelve
 Hon. John ". Douglass estimates Middletown's present population to be 16,so0, one-third moro than ten years age
 Nothing has yet been heard of Meriden's missing will be heard from before long.
 n Delegates from the various branches of the Fermere' league in Connecticut will meet at room 50 in the capitol on Monday, June 2s, at o'clock.
 Miss Mary L. Bartlett and Mrs. T. W. Russell of New Haven in tLe st steamsSlp Devonis on July is'
 o. N; Hurlburt. Q: Q. noseman, D. N Finger and ". A.Waterman of Norwich academy have decided to knock at Yale's doors this week for admission
 The roses on Bushnell park, Hartford, are DOW in their primo and make a handsome show. There are many unusually large and fine ones among them.
 The city bath house keeper at Hartford reports an excellent patronage at present from tho boys of the city. who form large proportion of the at-
 The funeral ofsThomas Flood of Meriden took plscs yesterday from his house, 2ss Center street.
 
 Edwin s. Cowles and Robert s. ariswold of Hart, ford will sail for Europe the Furnessia July g. to be absent until September.
 The estate of the late George Gium of Crom- well will, 1t Is said, inventory over ,600 Judge Birdsey granted letters of administration on this estate to Frank Brainard of Portland.
 The Meridsn Handicap association will give their seventh Ali United States 1855 yards foot handicap % Sn so R1a and ts
 George E. shubert, formerly of New Haven, and the bride at South Farms, Middletown, Saturday afternoon. Dominic North of the Methodist church ofdcated.
 Deputy United States Marshal Miles B. Preston of Hartford Saturday arrested Samuel OXley of Wa tertown for refusing to answer the census enumer- ator's questions. ---l.s t
 Tomorrow afternoon the ladies of the w. R. c. Of Wallingford give lawn party on the grounds of avenue and Washington street. About fifty of the Meriden w.. R. 0. will attend.
 The Meriden S@ugerbund ente rtained yesterday large party from the New York SBngerbund, of W hich George Ringler, the New York brewer, fs president The visitors arrived Saturday night and were met at the train and escorted to the Winth- rop by the Meriden club A concert was given Sat. urday evening at Alhambra hall.
 Henry Manville, charged with the murder, of in New Milford Saturday. He was bound over to the superior court in Bridgeport. There was some damaging evidence to the effect that Manville and tne deceased had quarrel and a scufie just minute before Leavenworth fell over the embank and 1t Is said that bad blood existed between Man vile and Leavenworth because of the attention of the latter to Manville's mistress.