Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-11
ALLARouNp rHE STATE.

ALL AROUND THE STATE.
Contamination OF Bridgeport's Mig
Railroad DeaI-F1th G. v. Reunion
-NOrW1ch Happier - Tne Vltr1Ol
Thrower DecamPs-The o. U. A. M.
AnnuaI-A Political Breeze-State
Tax OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES an Estate.
The veterans Of the Fifth regiment, G.
", held their annual reunion at the At
1Antic hotel, Bridgeport. At the business
meeting the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Charles
Fl. Carey Of South Coventry: vice-presi-
dent, T. A. Smith of Ltchfeld; secretary
and treasurer, E. E. Marvin of Hartford;
chaplain, Rev. Horace Winder Of Sims
bury. It was voted to hold the next an
nual reunion at Hartford August 8, 1891,
Norwich is really becoming city. The
Record says: can italian appears to be
making good living here peddling ice
cream. He has freezer set in the center
of two-wheeled push cart, painted red
and white. AS he goes through the streets
of the suburbs children flock to him, bear
ing cups, bowls and pals, and purchase all
the way from cents worth up. The
coming Of the ice cream man is eagerly
watched for by the little ones just at
present"
1t has been discovered that Hercules
Ouimette, a young Frenchman who is EN-.
ployed in grocery store in Waterbury, is
| the man who threw the vitriol over Miss
| Rose Vigeant Of that city, while she was
| asleep last Wednesday night. The father
of the girl gave the young man the option
| of leaving town for good or standing pros
ectuion. He decided to leave and has
! started for his old home in Canada The
motive for the act is not known but
Ouimette has borne the reputation of being
a vicious fellow. He lived in the same
| house with the Vigeants.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Emmons Blaine of Balti-
more, the former son of Secretary Blaine,
are the guests of w. H. McVickar of Chi
cago, at the Stickney cottage on Pequot
| avenue, New London
| The Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Stamford
will deliver the address at the dedieatory
| exercises at the Soldiers monument in
Winsted September II.
Wilmington has for long time past been
| tyrannized over by gang of hoodlums,
which has committed many depredations.
| The gang recently raided house owned by
Judge Holman, broke the windows, smash
ed the doors and ransacked the premises
| generally. Several of the gang have been
obliged to leave town.
| In Ellington M, H. Disock exhibits seven
of the champion potatoes of Tolland
county. They weigh seven pounds, one Of
them weighing II pounds. They are Of
the New Queen variety, and the seed came
| from Maine.
The State Council, Order of United
American Mechanics, will hold it's annual
session in New London next Wednesday
The order has had a remarkable growth
in the last two years, now numbering in
this State over 5000. The national coun.
Gil of the order will meet in this city Sep
TENDER %, when there will be state par
| ade the first day of the session.
Mrs. Rufus Derby of Norwich, cele-
brated her SD birthday, Friday, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James j. Nc
Cord, at No. 40 Church street. About
| fifty relatives and friends called during
the day and evening and among the guests
| was Mrs. Peace of Preston, who is over SO
years of age. Mrs. Derby received num-
Der of valuable presents She is still hale
and hearty.
An injunction was served Saturday fore
noon upon City Clerk Mullins and City
l lIcdouI0I SlldIl0S -. MILLS 10 prevent Tile
payment of the five newly appointed
policemen, whose claims for one days ser.
vices were approved by the board of coun-
cilmen. The injunction was granted by
Superior Court Judge Charles B. Andrews
at his home in Litchfeld. The injunction
was brought by the republicans to test the
legality of the new appointments to thu
police force.
Two or three hundred men are now a
work for Yale & Towne of Stamford, ani
the force is being increased daily. A ma
jority of the late employees are said to b.
in full sympathy with the company.
On the basis of last years grand list
which will not vary materially from tn,
list of October this year, ON which the ia:
suspension will be ordered, the relief t.
the state will amount to $3.50, 900. B.
! counties the aggregate relief will be as fol
lows: Hartford $S7, 715, 59s, New Havel
$97, 121 ,O67, New London $50, g.. Qle
Fairfield 500, 4O4, 800, Windham $1S,
405, 800, Litchfeld $24, 1929, 800; Middle
sex $40, 152, O49, Tolland $S,421 900. Il
the cities and boroughs the suspension vii
be in the main as follows: Hartford $47,
739, Meriden $40, $40, Waterbury $10,366
New London 1881, Norwich $3.50
. Bridgeport $21 ,942, Danbury $1,000, Nor
walk Sc, 1853, Middletown $3.50, ROCKWELL
Vernon) 80, $50. Greenwich 81, 767, STAN
, ford 50, S46, Putnam SO, 294, Windham "a
= 1858, Killing,y $2,24S, Litchfield $2,01C
Winchester s2,742, Ansonia 81, 879, an
!. Derby 1,79S.
Fl About 8 o'clock Saturday morning, il
! Norwalk, William B. Knapp discovere
: that the house of John F. Bennett was o.
| fire. The flames were distinguished afte
about 800 damage had been done. Sur
posed to be incendiary.
The deal by which syndicate of Roch
ester, N. Y, and other outside capitalist
. secured, some weeks ago, an option 70
the purchase of the Bridgeport horse raj
. road company, has been consummated b
,, the payment of q large part of the SUI
stipulated in the agreement. About tn
first of September the remainder of tn
@amount will be paid, and then the line wi
, pass into the control of its new owner
lawyer, is one of the purchasing synd
= cate Others are Charles M Everest, job
NJ Beckley, William s. Kimball, A. Erri
son Perkins and other, all of Rocheste
} Nathaniel Mckee and A. M. Bunner {
Pittsburg, Pa, and Charles A. Hotchkii
of Bridgeport. The capital of the stoc
company is $4,000. What the syndicat
gives for it Mr.. Hubbard declined to stat
but said it was considerably j
| excess OF S14O,OOU OUTSIDE repOr1
place it at 5000, 900, which
probably not far from correc
The deal does not include the East En-
railway, as has been stated. Overture
were made by the syndicate for the pu,
chase of that line also, but the price aske
. was too steep to be considered. It We
found that one share only of the stoc
stood in the name of Mrs. H. N. Beard
. ley, and that all, or very near all, W,
owned by George O. Lines. It had bee
generally understood that Mrs. Beardsle
held the controlling interest.
Ex-senator E. I. Schofeld of Stamfol
/. has closed the insolvent estate of Ferd
, nand Ward, of which he was appointe
] trustee in May, 1884. Attorneys Wheel
; and Curtis of Bridgeport were the couns
! for Walter T. johnson, receiver of the M,
| rine bank, which was wrecked by jam
d. Fish. Receiver johnson held thre
I fourths of the claims presented to Il
3 commissioners, which aggregated 81, 75O
/ 900; and during the six-years' litigatif
the local attorneys have been engaged
/ | the case.
!: 1t is believed that by the end of ne
! week four hundred names or more will
added to the census of Hartford. IT
reason of this is that in one portion of Il
CITY an enumerator who was in hurry
finish his work skipped a great maj
houses and it is computed that one hu
dred families have thus been missed.
A Birmingham dispatch says: T.
friends of Albert R. Welton, the secreta
! of the comb company, who has be-
charged with the crime of incendiarism
setting fire to the factory on April "a, al
are said to have secured evidence that W
put an entirely new phase on the whit