Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-27
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE.
A Rockville Man in Luck-A Collision
and Loss of Life-About Fine Horses
MILLER CoupIers-State Changers
Brfstolss Massive Hall - Severely
Wounded.
By collision between freight trains at
Saturday, the two engines lock-
ed horns and the cars were piled in mass
on the tracks. The crews escaped by
jumping, all except John Higgins who was
killed. The debris took fire and seven I
cars were consumed, several of the cars
were laden with oil. Higgins was twenty |
eight years old and belonged in Great
Darlington.
ONE OF THE HEIRS TO $3,000,0O
Mrs. J. II. Stedman, eighty years of age,
of Battleboro, mother of D. S. Stedman, a
lumber merchant of Rockville, Ct, has
just fallen heir to part of an estate of
So, OO0, 600 left by L. A. Richardson, a
leather merchant of New York, who has
died intestate.
ENDED BY DEATH.
The sufferings of Mrs. w. 9. Waite of
Bridgeport, who was SO dreadfully burned
owing to the bursting of kerosene lamp,
were ended by her death Saturday. She
leaves husband and several children.
ENCOURAGING HORSE BREEDING.
HARTFORD, Oct 25.-The Charter Oak
Park association has voted to offer purses
aggregating $25, 900 for foals of 1890. The
first Of these will be the Hartford purse of
10000, to be Irotted for in 1898, and the
= e @ 4o
be trotted for in 1894. These stakes will
command the attention of horsemen
throughout the country and the events
will be among the most interesting feat
ures of the trotting seasons in which they
are due The 900 stale will be known
as the '1Conneetieut" purse. There is
special provision that any foal nominated
for both purses starting in 1893 without
winning any part of the $4,000 purse
shall be privileged to start for the Sl5,000
purse of 1894 without making the final
payment of $10O. But the foal must be
declared as starter August l, 1884.
SAFETY COUPLER ADOPTED.
ALL of the passenger engines on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road will
within few weeks be equipped with the
Miller coupler, the same that are in use on
the passengers cars. They will be placed
on the tender, and a locomotive can be
coupled to a train without it being neces-
| say for brakeman to risk his life by 60
| ing between the engine and the car.
MER1DEN AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
MER1DEN, Conn, Oct 25.-The action
| of the street railway company in notifying
| the Daft company to remove it's system
/ from this city gives general satisfaction
| The Journal thinks that road will be
| operated under the Thomson=Houston
| system as soon as arrangements can be
made. 1t is then proposed to extend the
line to South Meriden.
| FORGED ORDERS.
! BIRMINGHAM, Conn, Oct 25.-Millard
Fillmore Hall, aged twenty three years,
was arrested this afternoon for passing a
forged order on Mr.. Abbott, proprietor of
boot and shoe store. Hall claims to
have an uncle residing in New Haven.
| DIED IN THoMAsToN,
Fred G. Phelps of Marine street, Thomas
ton, who has been an invalid for several
months, died Saturday morning at 2
| o'clock. Mr.. Phelps has been resident
of that town for the past eighteen years
and has been employed in the Marine shop
until his recent illness.
A. o. U. W.
Tonight Winsted lodge, No. z, A. O. u
w, will celebrate the twenty -second ami
versary of the organization of the order
Members of the lodge will assemble a
their new hall in Park block for worl
from to 7:45 o'clock. AtS the ladies
will assemble, when there will be literary
and musical program, and at $50 cola
ton will be served. Grand Deputy Far
rem of New Haven will be present, Will.
Judge Fem is expected to preside.
TO CONE TO NEW HAVEN.
Il Mrs. n. P. Lawrence and Mrs. s. E
Granger of Winsted have been appointed
, delegates to the state convention of the w
C.T.U., to be held in New Haven Octobe
%, 80 and 80.
BRISTOL MASONIC BUILDING.
Franklin lodge No. Sc, F. and A. M, o.
Bristol, voted at their meeting Friday eve
ming to go ahead with their building
scheme and 5000 worth of stock wal
pledged with only few present. There ii
not much doubt but that the building plar
will be carried out.
STATE GRANGE MEETING.
Bristol expects to have the next session
of the state grange in the Bristol oper,
/
crate for the entertainment of the visitors
BURIAL TO-DAY.
The funeral of Robert Coe, who died i,
Ansonia Friday, aged sixty-nine, take
, place to-day.
BE NOT THE FIRST.
Saturdays Waterbury Republican says
Meriden has suffered long enough with tn
Draft electrict street cars and has ordered
them out. Some other kind of electri,
} | car will be used, but as plant could no
be put in this winter, horses and mule
will be brought into requisition. Meridel
can now repeat to itself that touching
Y little verse beginning: 'Be not the frs
by whom the new is tried"
l WOUNDED WHILE HUNTING.
Y WATERBURY,, Oct. 25.-Charles Fem,
1 Prospect youth of eighteen, and a com
panion of about the same age, took thei
, guns this morning and went out in searcl
| of birds. They separated some distance
: and each was ignorant of the other
l | whereabouts until Fem heard the repor
s of his comrades gun about birds sho
. away and received full charge of small
! sized bird shot in the face, neck and back
About sixty shot entered the young man
person and clothing, most of them in hi
back and shoulders.
, The bird fired at rose in direct lin
8 with young Fem, who fortunately was ex
f posing the side of his body when the sho
. was fired; otherwise his sight might hav
been destroyed.
< The boy was brought to the city at once
Q where DR.. Castle removed probably all bu
. a very few of the bullets. One of then
pierced his nose, another glanced iron
his cheek bone and cut bad cash, blu
nearly all of them lodged in tie fleshy part
of the neck and back. The young maj
Q rode home carrying the shot in his hand
t A great improvement, he thought, on tn
a way he brought them over.
Going to California.
= Raymond D. vanName has resigned hi
position with Mr.. ]. P. Augur, and will g.
f to California for the winter. Upon leav
4 ing Mr.. VanName was presented with
: handsome gold pen and holder, a presen
from the firm and employees.
a United City M1n1sters' Meeting.
: The city ministers will hold their mex
! regular session at the Center church chape
L at 1890 a. m. to-day. Subject for dis
cussion, els Professionalism Responsible
For Modern Unbelief9'
Sworn I'm.
John N. Murphy, deaf and dumb maj
Q residing at 70 Chapel street, Eleventh
!, ward, was made q voter Saturday He i
!, % years old and has been deaf and dunn
: from birth. He can read and write witt
ease, and 30 went through the necessar,
!. routine all right. A large number of pee
a pie saw him made.
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