Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-02
AIEARouHD THE STATE.

outlay of the Turnerbund in buying and fit
been thought advisable not to incur the e1-
pense of running = big funniest at present.
Yet the idea has not been entirely aban- |
doned.
The twenty-third annual grove meeting of |
the Connecticut Peace union is to be held
August 81, % and 80 at Mystic. Belva A.
Lockwood and Levi K. Joslyn, the delegates
to the recent peace congress in London. will
give important reports. Alfred 81. Love of
Philadelphia, president of the Universal
Peace union, Rev. Amanda Deyo of Oxford,
N. Y, and Hamilton Wilcox of New York
will also address the meeting.
Easily, the Hartford excursion manager,
makes a novel contribution to the fresh air
fund. He here makes the offer to take, free
of charge, on his next excursion twelve chill
dren and grown person to look after them.
His next excursion will be to Glen Island on
August IA. This will be pleasant outing
for the dozen children who are sent on the
trip.
There was close call for an accident on
the Shore Line road Thursday afternoon.
Near Crescent Beach the east bound express
| passed the west bound accommodation at a
turn out Both were moving slowly but
| the express reached the junction of the tracks
before the accommodation had pulled en-
was badly torn to pieces. No one was hurt.
It was supposed to be due to careless signal
ing.
Mr.. Levi F. Allen, for more than eighteen
years an engineer on the Connecticut Valley
| railroad, died at his residence on Wooster
street, Hartford, early Thursday evening, af-
| ter an illness of five weeks.
|. In the well remembered accident at Mid
| dletown, August 6, 1874, he sustained the
| fracture of three ribs, besides being severely
| bruised and shaken up. On this occasion he
| was confined to his bed more than four
| months he also suffered from the accident
| at Colts, June II, 1884, and was laid up about
| three months from injuries received on that
| occasion. Besides these serious mishaps he
! has suffered several minor ones. His final
breakdown can be traced directly to the
damaged ribs and side. He had q peculiarly
| tired feeling there that he could never escape.
He was genial, unostentatious man, who
| went about the duties of life with quiet
cheerfulness that won him hosts Of friends.
| He was much devoted to his friends and
home. He had been an engineer thirty-two
| years, and was one of the Oldest in the en-
ploy of the Valley division of the CONSOLE
dated road. He was member OF Division
100 of the Order of Locomotive Engineers.
| He leaves q wife.
| The Upton Nut company of Unionville
have already commenced running some of
| the FORCES in their new mills and the entire
plant Is ready for occupancy. 4here are two
buildings two stories high, one 40 feet by
| 1874 feet, the other 63 feet by 142 feet. The
| buildings were not begun until the fifteenth
| of May, and were finished in less than three
months.
The Storrs school artesian we'll is now sunk
| over 200 feet, which is the extent of the
present machine capacity. A new machine
| has been ordered capable of boring 700 feet.
The state board of health, who examined
4 L. IT,
a reservoir cite for Meriden, says that vege-
| table growths would make the water unfit for
| drinking.
Miss Tosie Kupfer, daughter of Sigmund
Kupfer Of No. 81 Elm street, Bridgeport, and
Edward Epstein of New York were married
brides parents. The wedding was very
quiet on account of the illness of the bride.
The wedding was performed by Rev. Dr..
Kohut of New York, the groom, minister
and few intimate friends standing beside
the bedside while the ceremony was per.
formed. The bride has been i'll for some
| days past, but is improving and will Join
| her husband in New York in few days.
A suit has been begun in the United States
circuit court in New York SIC, 900 by Con.
| gresham Frederick Miles of Litchfield
| against John F. Patterson. surviving execu-
tor of the will of Marshall o. Roberts. In
November, 1885, the plaintiff bought ten
bonds of the Florida Southern railroad COM
/ pany, and with the bonds went q security
deed of mortgage upon some real estate of
the company. Miles claims that Marshall o.
Roberts failed to properly record the deed,
and afterward delivered 1t to other persons.
Hence he sues to recover the amount of the
bonds with interest.
Il Dr.H. "A. Pitcher of Bridgeport has recently
:, invented rifle which he would be glad to
have manufactured by a stock company II
one could be formed. The rifle is said to
possess advantages peculiar to itself. 1t is a
, self-loader and cocker, the election of the
discharged shell throwing q new one into po-
sition. Trials have demonstrated that from
| six to eight shots can be fred in two seconds
| The capital required would probably be about
| 100000
The severest thunder storm that Merider
has experienced in q long time occurred early
yesterday morning. George O'Connor's house
on Elm street was struck, but no one was
hurt. Trees in several parts of the city were
} knocked down.
81 The thunder storm Thursday night STRUCK
| six different places in Torrington. All the
, / wires in the telephone Office were burned
Z out.
IL SOUTH NoRwALK, Aug. Mrs. William
3 | Ellsworth, the alleged inventor of smokeleei
, | powder, is stopping here with her sister, Mrs
Grove of West avenue. Mrs. Ellsworth re.
Gently sued her husband for non support ani
, was given verdict by the court. The hus
. band, however, appealed the case and Mrs
Ellsworth is now living here temporarily
+ | She is said to be without means of support
although she has friends who will see tina
she does not suffer. Ellsworth has denied
. that he was legally married to the lady bu
] admits that he lived with her twenty
four years. Mrs. Ellsworth has he
marriage certificate with her which
shows that she was welded twenty-fou
years and eight months ago. She says thai
: her family were greatly opposed to her mar
{ riage to Ellsworth, and that they tried t.
break off the match, but Ellsworth fourisheG
, revolver and swore that he would kill botl
her and himself unless she consented to be-
J come his wife. Mrs. Ellsworth said that sh,
did not know whether her husband was thu
: inventor of smokeless powder or moi, the ONLY
knowledge she had on that point being whsl
her husband had told her. She thought
! however, that he had considerable money.