Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-18
ALL AROUND THE STATE.

Colonel Doherty and the Shrievalty-I The Big Organ at St. JOseph,s, Hart- ford-Bfg Run of Menhaden-Glass Workers Want Less HOurs-Bitten by a Copperhead-Bieycli
 The democratic congressional convention for the First district two years ago was held in Hartford September 25, E.O. Good win of East Hartford presiding. Robert l J. Vance of New Britain was renominated. | The committee appointed at the time, which | will call the convention this year, consists of Messrs. Frank E. Hyde of Hartford, Norman B: Perkins of Mansfield and George M. -Landers of New Britain. United States District Attorney George G. Sill, who had been on the committee, with drew from further service on account of holding federal office.
 The Hartford Post says: Colonel Do herty of Waterbury, having been mentioned in connection with the shrievalty of New Haven county, says that he is not candl- date, that he is satisfied with the Water bury postoffice and will stick there until further orders. Taking all things into consideration Colonel Doherty is right.
 fOfCldUu WILL udNt u tOWA 1ACOtA1AS lA gust 19 to authorize the issue of bonds to the amount of $108, ,000, the same to be used in redeeming the Air Line bonds which become due November 1. Also the meeting will consider the adyisability of purchasing the Portland water works.
 The Valley railroad depot in Cromwell has been moved 800 feet south. The new sight is much more convenient than the old one. Workmen are now engaged in grading the approaches and will build q new switch track from few rods north of the present location over the old site, northward, the length to be about 1000 feet. The change is great improve ment.
 The mammoth organ for the new St. Joseph's cathedral at Hartford has just been completed, tested and accepted by Rt. Rev. Bishop McMahon. A few days ago A. H. Chappell and c. B. Jennings of New London visited the cathedral and sub iected the instrument to test of the severest kind Every part of the organ was found to be just as it's makers had pre- dicted It is said the cost of the instru- ment is s15,OOO. The keyboard is so ar- ranged that the organist while playing will face the altar, with his back to the instru- ment. The singers, also, will be so placed that they will be within eye range of the player of the instrument.
 The steamer Fishers Island, formerly on the route between New London and Fishers Island, which has been making trips around Fire Island, was seized Sat urday by United States Marshal Lake o& Brooklyn to satisfy small claim. She was found deserted and leaking badly at the foot of Twenty-seventh street, South Brooklyn. The water was up to the fur mace doors and she was in danger of sink ing when the deputy took charge.
 Twelve cities and towns of Connecticut whole state. They are Hartford, New Ha- ven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Meriden, Nor wich, New Britain, Danbury, Norwalk, Middletown, New London and Portland.
 In accordance with the decision of the recent national convention of the Glass Workers union, ffty-fve hours were to constitute weeks work. The proposition was laid before the Wilcox Silver Plate company, Meriden, and J. D. Bergen a week ago, and an answer to the demand | was expected Saturday. A delegation l waited on MT. Bergen before 12 o'clock 1 Saturday, but the latter stated that he l understood other concerns were given un- 1 til next Monday to answer the demand fo1 l fifty-five hours and he thought the same 1 privilege should be accorded him. The | l0lU W1bu CuC IadCtCl uliSiCS1oCb | and the men took their usual half holid ay
 in the afternoon. Telephone messages tt
 the Wilcox Silver Plate companies Satur day afternoon were answered that no com
 mittee had called at the offices during tn,
 day.
 1 The Norwalk Hat .Finishers' association
 will hold their annual picnic at the fai
 grounds, Norwalk, on Labor day, Septem
 Der l. Bicycle races, horse trot, pedes
 trian races, dancing, etc., are among thu
 attractions. Heine's band will furnisl
 music.
 John Connel, wife and daughter o
 Toledo, O., are stopping at the Waurega1
 house, Norwich, on their return hom
 from Boston, where they attended the ma
 tional encampment of the G. A. R. MI Connell is former resident of Greenville
 where he was employed by Governo Buckingham. He left that place thirty
 eight years ago and went west, his fathe
 and he starting the town of Buckingham
 Iowa, in 1852. He is Q veteran of the lat
 war and was colonel of the Twenty eight
 Iowa regiment, losing an arm in the SGT
 vice.
 H. E. Laurie, the English bicyclist, bea
 the best five-mile record at Charter Ga
 park last week, making the distance i
 1899 2-5. The best previous America
 record was 1407 2-5. P. J. Burlo of Bo: , ton beat the one-mile amateur record
 going the distance in 2:36. The previou
 record was 2:37 2-5. The tournament (
 the wheel club begins September 1 and A farm hand employed by William Asf ley of Prospect while making hay in tn
 field, Friday afternoon, was badly bite by Q copperhead adder, one of the moi venomous reptiles in New England. Lii
 eral doses of whisky were poured into hil | %6oH,x hx,< in ! The man grew rapidly worse and all hope
 of recovery have been abandoned. The menhaden fishermen are reaping rich harvest this year, as the fish are bot abundant and produce more than the usu' quantity of oil. The fishing steamer Al nie L. Wilcox of Stenington, Conn, date has caught 7,600,O00 of these fisl !; The Gurdon s. Allyn has caught $500, ,0C ! and the s. s. Brown 4,S00, 900. The ifs aIo taken to the Wilcox fish works, nes Mystic, where the oil is extracted and Il
 refuse part of the fish manufactured into
 fertilizer, which meets with ready sa
 among farmers. Each ,000 fish will nal
 between five and six gallons of oil, an and every 14,000 fish will produce abol :. one ton of dry pomace worth about $20 p l ton Each of these steamers has a crew
 about sixteen men, and a more hardy cla
 of seamen cannot be found.
 George H. Bronson, one of the benefiei Q ries under the will of Miss Mary Bronse
 of Waterville, cannot be found
 A forty pound snapping turtle w i, caught by two Waterbury men in Ches U nut Hill pond the other day. He frigh 2 ' ened them half to death when he z ' ashore.
 Torrington people begin to think it
 time to reasses valuations in that tow
 When lot taxed at $50 sells for S7O0, al r. another property assessed at $500 sells f :, S20, ,000, the discrepancy is worth inves gation.
 n The appearance of 'rag weed,' pla t. said to be provocative of hay fever, s alarming the people of Woodbury, and 70 common descent is to be made on it for d extermination. Herein Woodbury sets s excellent example for other country towr 7, The Aluminium Brass and Bronze col n pany of Bridgeport is so crowded wi extra force of men to work nights. y Mrs. Julia Core Minard, born Nove T. Der IT, 1789, lives in comparatively go r. health at New Hartford. She has had
 family of eighteen children. Dr. c. B. Nettleton of Birmingham returned from an extended trip throu
 thirteen states and portion of Canat IS He carried a wooden nutmeg tied to 8, buttonhole over the entire trip. ,a Gaiety at the Seashore. m The Cape May Daily star of August
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