Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-20
LATEST ooNNEoruuUr NEWS
Heports From All ParIs Of the State. By Connecticut Associated Press1
 

LATEST CONNECTUuUT NEWS. Reports From All Par1s Of the state
 By Connecticut Associated Press1
 LAwYEF s MEET.
 ROCKVILLE, May 19 The Holland count, bar met this afternoosI to discuss the revision of schedule of fees of members of the assooi, ation. The meeting twas held in Attorney B H. Dill's office. Several ] changes in the ached ule were made.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS.
 WnL1MANTIo, May 1g.-The Sunday Schoo Superiutendents' union is to hold c,,nven tion at the Baptist church tomorrow. Sun. day school workers froaa this place, Mansfield South Coventry, Columbia and Chaplain are expected to be present and many interesting topics will be discussed. Rev. P. s. Evans of New Haven, Rev. J.H. James of Rockville and w. T. Lane of Norwich will make ad- dresses at the evening session.
 CONNECTICUT HoMEoPArHs.
 HARTFORD, May 19.-The twenty.s sixth an. nual meeting of the Connecticut Homeopa. thic Medical society is to be held at the Allyn house tomorrow. Dr. B. H. Cheney of New Haven is to read a paper on the sub- ject of abdominal surgery. A business meeting will be held at il o'clock. which will be followed by the report of the bureau of surgery. Dinner will be served at 9 o'clock and at o'clock tb.e bureau of chemical sur. gery will report.
 AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY DROWNED.
 BRIDGEPORT, May 1s.-Thomas Cassidy, an eight year old boy, was found drowned in Burr's creek this afternoon. He left for school at o'clock this afternoon and it is not known how he came to be drowned. It is thought, however, that he and some other boys were playing about a bulkhead which is being built in the creek, and that when he fell in ths other boys ran away and were afraid to tell anybody about the mishap, Medical Examiner Downs will investigate the matter tomorrow.
 THE STAMFORD ELECTION CASE,
 BRIDGEPORT, May 19.-The arguments in the Stamford contested election case were to have been heard to day but have been in- definitely postponed. One reason for this Is that State Attorney Fessenden, who appears for the defense, will tomorrow commence the trial of Jacob Scheele, the alleged mur- derer of Constable Drucker of Newtown, who was tried last year and sentenced to be hanged bus who was granted a new trial on the ground that one of the iuroIs was pre-. judiced against him.
 TWISTED AND ITS PROPOSED TUNNEL.
 TWISTED, May 19.-Engineer Hull feels much sggrieved that the plans of his tunnel nearly mile long throagh the mountain to convey water from Rug brook have been published ell over the state. He says they are incorrect and that no one b ut the com- missioner, 0. P. Richards, possesses the facts and will not give them away. Water is to, be conveyed from Rug brook through a tun- nel 6xo feet, thence flowing into Middle pond and finally reinforcing Highland lake, where the manufacturers can make use of it.
 BORDEN SEEN IN NEW YORK. e BRIDGEPORT, May 19.-Richard Borden, the young man who mysteriously disap- peared some weeks ago from this city, hat been seen in New York by a travelling sales. man who was in this city to-day The sales man Knew Borden and saw him on Third avenue, New York. He did not know tha! Borden was missing until he came to this city and heard that detectives were looking for him. Borden's parents, who live in Nashua, N. H., were notified tonight. Bor- den left the greater part of his clothes and a sum of money at his boarding place in this city.
 FIRE LAST NIGHT IN HARTFORD.
 HARTFORD, May 19.-Fire broke out this evening in the building on the corner of Front and Grove streets and occupiedib iby Wybell 6 AacClary, as wood turning fac tory. The flames made rapid headway and ragged fiercsly for an hour. The fire originat | cd in what is known as the drying room | situated !n the ell part of the building. Th' | origin of the fire is not known. The firemel | managed to prevent the flames from raakint | much headway in the main part of the fac | tory. The firm was largely engaged in tn l turning out of saloon bars The loss to tn stock is $3,000, and the damage to the build to the Porter estate. Both stock and build ing were fully insured.
 ANOTHER DEAD BoDY-PIcKED UP BY TH | JEREMIAH RUsK.
 | BRIDGEPORT, May 19.-The oyster steame Jeremiah Smith came into tte harbor thi evening with a dead body on board. Tn body had been picked up about three mile off the lighthouse. The body was 20 de cayed that the men could not take it aboard but put it in row boat and lowed it in l Medical Examiner Downs thinks the body l was in the water at least five months, ant thinks that the man must have fallen iron some passing vessel. The head and on | hand Is missing, and there was very littl clothing on the body. How the head cam to be severed from the body Is not known but it is thought that it might have falle off, owing to the length of time the body wa in the water There is no way to identif the body, and verdict will probably b brought in of accidental drowning.
 THE BODY OF SUICIDE DISCOVERED.
 BRISTOL, May 19-This afternoon Pol named Booga walking in the brush beside tn turnpike near the Bristol reservoir came upo, the dead body of man, who had evidentl, committed suicide. There was 8 gunsho wound in the head which had nearly blowl the top of the head off Beside the body la, gun, showing how the act had been com mitted. It was found that the body was tha of John Ronalder, German, aged fifty Ronalder had been missing about week ant it was evident that the body had been lyinl where it was found about that length of time Ronalder was said to have threatened to kil himself several times and last week he toll some friends that he WAS going to shoot him self. As he had threatened to kill hiasel before 10 attention was paid to the threat Dependency is supposed to have caused th act. Ronslder lost brother about tw months ago. He was killed by the cars a | s,,ao I1,ok% haI I,al 1oav l,