Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-01
ALL ovER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE. /
Music at Hartford-The H. G. G.'s- |
New London ship Building-Obitu-I
AIRY Notes-FOotball at Wesleyan-
Other Notes.
Clarence Eddy gives an organ recital at
the Hartford Universal church this eve
ming.
The music-loving people of Hartford are
looking forward with great interest to the
coming of the Divide Musin Concert COM
pany. Mr.. Divide Musin is one of the
greatest of living romantic violinists, and
by his extraordinary performances on the
violin has won very high reputation in
Europe and America. Neither Ole Bull
nor Wilhelm excelled Musin in delicacy of
touch and exquisite shading.
AS was anticipated the Hartford City
Guard have for the second time chose
Lieutenant Charles w. Newton as second
lieutenant to succeed himself. .....
Mr.. w. T. Schneider of New Britain has
been engaged by the new Congregational
church in Manchester as organist and
chorister.
Robert B. Morrison. a well known and
respected citizen of Thompsonyille, died
on Sunday of heart failure, aged seventy
four. He was president of the Trust COM
pany, had been in mercantile business over
fifty years and was once member OF the
| legislature and held various town Offices.
General L. E. Baldwin of Willimantic
| was accidentally tripped up yesterday and
| fell, his right hand striking on a tooth of
an iron rake, inficting painful wound.
The annual fair of the Stafford Springs
| Agricultural society will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday October 8 and g.
| There will be many attractions, including
balloon ascension and parachute jump.
Captain J. D. Prinney of Cotuit, Mass,
| of Schooner Bill Stowe, has contracted
| with New London parties to build four
| masted center-board schooner of about
1, 400 tons capacity, to be ready for next
June.
Mayor Crandall of Norwich is GONZALES
| cling and will soon be out again.
! Captain Alfred Lowell, an old seafaring
man of Norwich, died on Saturday, aged
seventy-eight. He followed the sea from
| thirteen years of age until old age pre-
vented him. He had commanded several
| vessels.
Charles Manville, aged sixty-four, died
L a.
| father of Henry Manville, now in Jail at
Bridgeport charged. with the murder of
George F. LeavenwSrth of Roxbury.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Pawlson of
! Woodbury. are rejoicing in the birth of a
son born at Tacoma, Wash, September IL.
| The muscle and Drawn of Wesleyan col
lege have met on the football grounds and
active practice has begun. There is more
enthusiasm in football this year than ever
before The incoming freshman class
brings some splendid material, and Captain
Slaybach is also back in college, as well as
most of the old team. The men have not
definitely been assigned to their places as
yet, but it is pretty well understood where
the team will play the Trinity college team
| at Middletown.
wILLIMANTIc FAIR.
WIL1IMANr1c, Sept. 30.-The annual
fair of the Willimantic Fair association
opened to-day for three days exhibition.
| The association has offered attractions this
| year which have not been offered in any
previous years, or at any of the fairs held
in eastern Connecticut this fall. To-day
was cattle day, and there were many en-
tries of stock from Windham and Tolland
counties. The grange exhibit promises, as
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grangers are busy to-day arranging thei1
large and extensive display in the grange
tent. The poultry exhibit is good and o.
much merit, including many fine birds o.
all varieties. The display of goods ani
manufacturing industries by the Will
mantle merchants and manufacturers is O.
much merit.
| HEIRS FORTUNE.
| BRIDGEPORT, Sept 30-Barnardus, Edward an
| Delaney Hendrickson, three well known youn
men in this city, have within the past few day
, Barnardus Hendrickson, their grandfather, VIII
recently died at Jamaica 4; l., lsaying propeIt
Jamaica, Ii The three young men are nephew
Of D. T. Conger, the street sprinkler.
, GLASTONBURY
Two aged and widely known residents of elias
| tonbury died within a week-Mr Hezekiah Hal
3 | on Sunday last, 28th, and Mr.. Gideon Kline o
I the previous Thursday, 18th. Mr.. Kinne ha
t represented his town in the legislatures Of 1ss
and 1858.
HENRY HUNTINGTON woLCoTT.
D Henry Huntington Wolcott, who died Sunda
at his residence in Brooklyn, N. Y, was direc
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state from 1917 tS 1ss He . bGr
in 1882. Alexander wolcott, a brother
: who went to Chicago, remained there, an
held the office Of city surveyor. MIR. Wocott wa
. | engaged in the transportation business on tn
{ | lakes and the Illinois and Michigan canal unit
1859, when he returned to the east and becam
: Starr Arms company, which was situated first q
= Lowell, Mass, then at Binghamton and finally a
r | YonkerS, N. Y where some six hundred me
q were employed in the manufacture of arms 70
the rebellion. When the demand for militar
D | weapons was over Mr.. Wolcott engaged in a var
. ETY. of manufacturing enterprises. He leaves
- | wife and three children-twO sons and a daugf
| ter.
ONE OF BOTTOMS OLDEST.
, Mr.. Thomas Jefferson White, q veteran men
Der of one of Bottoms ancient families, died Sur
=, day morning, 28th, in the seth year OF his age
4 He had been q prominent man in town affair
and in 1869 represented Bolton in the legislature
: PECULIAR DEATH OF A NEW BRITAIN MAN.
NEW BRITAIN Sept. 30.-Yesterday evenin
: John ]. wiegand, a German, aged eighty-thre
a years, went to Shuttle Meadow lake was hi
= custom to view the splendid scenery. He did nc
return and his friends became alarmed. The
Q went to his favorite haunt where they found hi
| dead body partially covered with water. 1t
!, supposed that he had fit and died. He did ne
u die from drowning as there was no water in b
Q body.
To Speak Tonight.
At prohibition headquarters, No. 8
!, Hoadley building, tonight Joseph Ha
: will speak. Mr.. Hall was for ten year
t lecturer for the Manchester Eng) Ten
. perance union.
Next week Editor Lincoln of The HON
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