Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-11-05
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

hartford OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dis
eases Ward-Curfos From Peru
Melted $2,6OO-Histortcal Curiosity
Hartford Liquor Lfcenses-1tems
From ALI Sections.
Mrs. Mary A. Baird sister of the late Francis
Fellowes of Hartford and widow Of the Rev.
Spencer F. Baird, died at Andover, Mass, on
Sunday. She was eighty three years old.
William Downs, the colered pugilist who was
recently whipped by Charles Smith at Bridgeport
in a prize fight was struck on Monday afternoon
by freight train at Stratfofd, and galmost in
stantly killed. Downs recently came to Bridge
port from Virginia. He has friends and his
body will be buried at the expense Of the town of
Stratford
Jason Roberts, who died last Thursday night
at the age of ninety-one years and six months,
and Mrs. Sarah NJ. HOLSTER, widow of Samuel
HOLSTER, who died Sunday night at the age OF
ninety-one years and three months, were the two
Oldest inhabitants of East Hartford.
Edward M. Geer of Hartford, convicted for
violation Of the game export law and whose case
has recently been passed upon by the Connectl-
claim Of the unconstitutionaiity Of the law and
| thus seeks expression on this point from the
| highest authority in the land.
At meeting Of the directors of the Hartford
t the ward to
special committee, consisting of the executive
committee and Drs. storrs and Wainwright
| Roland Mather has offered $1,000 for the new
| contagious diseases ward.
| All orders for the salary of the capitol en-
| ployes will hereafter be recognized by State
Thomas A Painter has returned from Peru,
BE sent o e
| graphs Of curios, pottery and other articles Of
umban exposition. Mr.. Painter has been very
| successful and has secured valuable collection.
Mr.: Beebe has charge: under Professor Putnam m
| of Harvard college, of the Peruvian exhibit at
the worlds fair.
The receipts Of the recent fair in aid Of the
Union for Home Work in a aartford were $780,
George S. Kurvin, chief telegraph operator 70 for
many years in the superintendent's office of the
On Tuesday last it to Mis- Jennie E. Nc
George s. Langdon, one of the new proprietors
of the Litchfield Enquirer, has retired and the
| paper is now under the sole management and
control of Cornelius R. Duffiie, jr.
The Hartford county coroner had only one case
in the past month.
passed over their road yesterday from Fishkill te
The grocery store of J. P. Guilfoil & Co., Hart
ford, was entered by burglars Monday night ant
about $40 in silver was taken.
Rogers of Uncas street found in the secret draw
er Of desk that is over 125 years old, copy o.
the Norwich Packet, issued December 49, 1878 in
a remarkably good state Of preservation. It is
small paper (about one fourth the size of the
Buletin) with large field, for it relied on New
Rhode Island for support IN it we noticed
lottery scheme granted by the legislature, ST
great great Wharf bridge at Cheisea.S Two thousan,
tickets were issued at So, so ticket to raise
os anu be @as ~
| the fathers of the town land in those days wa
regarded as shrewd way to procure money TO
public use. Times have changed since tina
More than 200 liquor licenses were issued b.
| the Hartford county commissioners Tuesday
. | The office of the commissioners throughout tn
day was crowded with people. Of the numbe
issued thirty eight were to saloonkeepers i
| Hartford and one was granted to a druggist.
| The number of school children il the entir
town of Meriden is GIGS, an increase Of 273 owe
4 1890. In the center school district of Waterbur
alone there are S, 221 children which is 736 NOR
than last year.
Conductor George Hazard of the Naugatuc
division, is still confined to his home, Waterbury
r suffering with an injured leg Conductor Wi
liam Rock is running his train.
itinerary does not include New Haven is natu
ally causing some adverse comment in the Elr
to see Sir Edwin than Sir Edwin does in failing
] see New Haven. The great English poet woul
have found a charming and thriving town {
| nearly 80, 900 inhabitants, where the CHEEKY hui
| of mammoth industries is diversified by tn
laughter of the 1880 students in of the fines
educational institutions of the country and of til
world He would have seen city of enterpris
> | and of business and of culture aud OF happ
homes In other words New Haven is typic
New England city; and when Sir Edwin Arnol
misses an opportunity to visit typical NewEn
! | land city, it is his misfortune Waterbury R
| publican.
e The enumerators return names of /, 654 scho
/ children in Bri toll between the ages Of four an
sixteen. an increase of sixty from last year. {
;. this number ,389 have attended regularly, whiC
s is seventy over last year, only fifteen of compu
| sorry age attendance failed to attend; eight wei
cripples or invalids and the rest newly arrive
: immigrants.
f trottng park is to be built at Poquonoc
. | and private track is to be laid out
| Montvle.
. The sack coats worn by the New York al
| New England railroad passenger conducto
a during the summer have been relegated to II
- camphor chests for another season, and the
= have appeared in cutaway coats similar to tho
r worn by the passenger conductors on the Co
| sOdated road.