Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-08
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE. watching Stockholdcrs' Interests- l An Oat Race-Mer1den,s Bremen | Brakeman Killed-A Woman Elect | ed Fire i'm Bridgeport - FavOrs a Parallel Road-Norwtch,s New Fire Chief.
 Judge James Nichols, president of the National Fire Insurance company of Hartford, started Saturday for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the Illinois Central railroad, which occurs to-day, Oc- tober 8. He was one of the committee of three appointed by the stockholders who met last month in the Hartford board of trade rooms Judge Nichols has proxies for about TOO shares sent in from Hartford and vicinity.
 HISTORICAL.
 At the meeting of the Connecticut His torical society at Hartford tonight Mr. P. H. Woodward read paper on Colonel Thomas Knowlton, the Connecticut soldier to whom Washington said he "would have been an honor to any country" AN DAT RACE.
 The Gentlemen's Driving club of Hart ford has decided to have grand roundup for the season, probably October g. Messrs. J. H. Otis and F. 0. Clark were appointed committee to arrange the de- 1 tails of the meeting The classes will be 2:5O, 2:40 and free-for-all, and fifty bushels of oats will be divided in each | event. The entrance will be $5 per horse, | and the classes will be open to all horses l eligible to them, whether club members or not, and club records, of course, do not bar. It is designed to make the affair one of the events in the clubs history. FIRE AT MERIDEN-FoUR HORSES BURNED l MERIDEN, Oct. 7-The coal and wood establishment of August Schneider, in this city, was destroyed by fire this morning Four horses were burned. A box car be- longing to the Consolidated road, on a side track, was also destroyed. The loss is es- timated at $9, ,O00, insured as follows: Con- necticut of Hartford $3, 400, Hanover of NewYork $1,200; all on buildings and l contents. The fire is supposed to have originated in the box car.
 KILLED.
 A brakeman named Bromley, whose home I is in Worcester, Mass. twas killed at Jewett l City Monday night. He attempted to board the locomotive while it was in motion and missed his footing and fell under the en zine. A WOMAN ELECTED. In the town election in Middlebury Mon day g woman, Mrs. Maria L. Townsend, was elected school visitor. Her election came about through the fact that both re- ,publicans and democrats believed that she | held political opinions similar to their own. | s 1 1s<~I1 knI iva l woman.
 FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. | NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Oct. 7.-The re- publican probate convention was held in this city to-day. They nominated Alfred Colt, graduate of Yale, 'S9, for judge of probate.
 NEW BRrTAIN's OLDEST RESIDENT.
 Mrs. Sarah Winchell, New Britain's old est resident, passed quietly away at her home on Osgood Hill Sunday morning at the advanced age of ninety two years and seven months. She has been Q lifelong member of the Baptist church in New Britain, having joined it in 1891, making nearly seventy years of church member ship. The funeral took place from he, late residence yesterday.
 I
 BRIDGEPORT, Oct. 7.-Shortly before
 o'clock this noon fire broke out on the
 fourth story of building located on Fair
 field avenue, occupied by the Pembroke
 laundry and shirt factory. The fire
 burned for over an hour but was finally
 subdued The whole building was com
 confined to the top floor, where the firt
 started. The loss will reach about $5, 900
 partially covered by insurance. Prepara
 tions to repair the building will be begun
 at once.
 NoRwIcH's NEW FIRE CHIEF.
 NORWICH, Oct. 6.-The fire commission
 CTS met last night and elected Loui
 Greenberg for superintendent of the fir department. He has been connected witt
 the Norwich fire department for years, an, was the assistant chief under Chief Car rier, deceased. His appointment meet with universal satisfaction.
 FAvoRs A PARALLEL ROAD.
 NoRwALK, Oct. 7.-The democratic sen atorial convention for the Thirteenth dis , trict was held at the Norwalk hotel thi morning. Every town in the district bu
 Weston was represented. John s. Sey l mour, 8 Norwalk lawyer, was nominate
 by exclamation, there being no other can didate. After his nomination MT. Sey ! mour made a long speech in which he ad t vocated the construction of the parallt ' road.
 n MASKED BURGLARS CAUSE A CoMMoTIoN WATERBURY.
 WATERBURY, Oct. 7.-Masked burglar : forced an entrance to Charles Sackett 3 boarding house on Maple street this morr , ing and stole silverware and several art cles of wearing apparel. servant gil who heard the noise and who was maxim = an alarm was severely cuffed on the hea by one of the men, and Mabel Sackett, young girl who slept in the same bed, wa threatened and badly frightened. The me fled through a rear window and the polio have no clue.
 TEACHERS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK. r The state board of education has issue
 the following program of the teacher
 meeting to be held in the Congregations
 church in Falls Village (Canaan) on Err
 day afternoon of this week: Spelling, H. NJ. Adams, Canaan; Arithmetic, Charles D. Hine, New Britain; History, ? D.S. Sanford, Stamford; Geography, "Ca, l rie A. Lyle, New Britain. In the evenin Secretary Hine will speak on "What Con f stitutes Good School" The program fo Wednesday afternoon, October 15, at Cole
 brook Center is as follows: "A Lesson i
 History" E. H. Forbes, Torrington
 Arithmetic" M. s. Crosby, Waterbury
 Reading" Charles D. Hine, New Britain ! "Writing," c. F. Carroll, New Britain Secretary Hine will lecture in the evening ALLIN-BACON. 1 Pretty Wedding at MfddletOvn Lena Bacon, daughter of Conrad E. Ba