Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-19
CONNECTICUT cLEAn1NGs

Unearthed A Queer Animal - A Short Honeymoon-OG for Europe Newspaper Men meet-Bridgeport to See stars Through a Big Tele- scope Some Day.
 Allen W. Paige, speaker of the house of representatives, and wife, will sail for Paris next Saturday on the steamship ''La Bourgogne" of the French lne Speaker Paige will be absent about three months, and after viewing places of interest in and about Paris, will proceed on trip about the continent, visiting Germany, Switzer- land and other countries. Speaker and Mrs. Paige will be joined at Paris by a party of friends. Upon their return they will take in England and Scotland. There is prospect that there will be 8 | daily line of steamboat service established between Greenport and Sag Harbor and Now London this summer.
 The Rev. Francis Goodwin and his fam ily leave Hartford to-day and sail from New York on Wednesday, on the Majestic, to be gone until September.
 MT. and Mrs. w. A. Sanborn of Far W. Plimpton and son will sail for Havre on June 13, in the steamer La Cham pagne They will spend three months in Europe. | The Weed military band, so well and favorably known throughout the state, will be known hereafter ss the Pope Manufac- turing company band. A handsome new uniform will be ordered immediately at Colonel Popes private expense. | Mystic Valleys two banks have $12O, ,O0O on deposit.
 A salmon was caught on Tuesday of last week in the Penobscot that weighed 29a l pounds. .l.
 Norwich's open street cars are being iberally patronized. Some of the cars on the. West Side route were drawn by five horses Sunday.
 A freight train jumped the track at South Norwalk early yesterday morning and blockaded traffic for several hours. Nc one was injured, but the cars were badly damaged.
 J. H. Minor, the Russwin stationer, New Britain, has lost his mother, who died ir Woodbury Saturday.
 William R. Barry, superintendent of the Derby Gas company for eleven years, die6 on Saturday.
 Postmaster Selby of Simsbury died Sunday from an abscess on the brain having been sick only two days. He wal thirty-6ve years old.
 The Connecticut Press association helc it's annual meeting at Heublein's hote in Hartford yesterday. A large number of newspaper men were present from al over the state. After . most elaborate dinner, Thomas s. Weaver of the Willi mantle Journal read 8 paper on "Style, which was followed by an informal discus sion on the subject. Examples clipped from the state papers where the rules O. | ryn0d ofu1a bod haan franarroaaQd read.
 Bridgeport ia again happy-this tim' over the flattering prospect that it vii soon have an important astronomical ob servatory. Messrs. Longstaff 6 Hurd architects of the Barnum institute, hav undertaken outside of their contract th expense necessary for it's proper construc tion. A structure strictly scientific vii be erected, on bed of granite and ashes to prevent vibration. There is yet no pro vision for the instrument, but with s complete an equipment it is to be hoped that one will be provided. The structur thus to be erected is sufficient for the pro lection of an equatorial mounted achro matic telescope equal in every respect t. the large instrument at the observatory a Yale college.
 NoRwALK, May 18.-Banks Warehouse aged sixty weight years, was found dead a the foot of flight of stairs at Mrs. Mo Cauley's boarding house in South Norwall last night. Death was due to apoplexy Morehouse was we'll known all over tn state. Fifteen years ago he was propriete of tho Connecticut hotel in Norwalk, travelling men. He made considerabl money there, but lost it in unfortunat speculations. Some time ago he went t work as a clerk for the Wisner Shoe com pany of Bridgeport, but has been idle sine the concern was burned out. ESSEX, May 19.-While ploughing in hi field Saturday Benjamin Mack, who live near what is known as the Middle Cove unearthed a quart measure of India beads and also found number of India bracelets. They are the genuine relics farmers have made similar finds in plough ing here this spring.
 l A colored man named Royal M. Ran dolph, who lived in Hartford during th war and enlisted in Company E, Twenty ninth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers died suddenly in New London on Friday He was married three days previously t Almira Wicks. He had recently beel granted 8 pension with large amount o arrearages.
 PORTLAND, May 18.-The hunters o 1 thls town ana Vlc1nlGy are greatly WOrket up over strange animal which has kille' number of the gamiest dogs in tn place and seriously injured several more The presence of the animal was first noted in the woods about two weeks ago, whe1 8 party of hunters were startled by tn yelping of one of their dogs, and upo, rushing to the spot saw strange anima go bounding through the underbrush Seven traps have been set in diferen parts of the woods, bnt no capture ha been effected. It is the general opinio1 that it is a large wildcat, and deter mined effort will be made to capture th' animal.