Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-08
ALLovER THE STATE.

An Aged Lady,s FrightfuI Fall- Putnam Phalanx and old Puts
 Camp Ground = Property Interests
 Disposed Of.
 Mir. and Mrs. Erastus Storer of Guilford have died of the grip. The former, who had been sick two weeks, died Wednesday evening. His wife, who was at one of the hospitals in New York, returned home recently. In attending to her husband she overtaxed herself and was taken with the grip. She died this morning at 6 o'clock. They leave two children. daugh ter fourteen years and boy somewhat younger.
 Mrs. Barber, wife of William H. Barber of Guilford, died yesterday morning very suddenly The family have only resided in the town for few years. They for merly lived in New Haven.
 John Ryan, aged seventy-eight one of
 tho oldest inhabitants in Terryville and vicinity, died on Thursday last at his home
 near the Bristol Water company's reser-
 voir. He had been resident of this sec tion for about forty years, and assisted in excavating for the Eagle Lock company's
 building in 1851.
 The annual commencement exercises at the Storrs Agricultural school will be held on Friday, June 19. Some distinguished speakers will be present.
 The inventory of the Osborne & Cheese man company, Ansonia, recently put into the hands of receiver, shows assets of $4O2, ,412.5S, with probable liabilities of $375, ,50O. The mills are appraised as fol lows: Ansonia, s55, ,OOO; Shelton brass mill, $5O,OOO; South mill, Shelton, $15,- GOO.
 The case of Thomas A. Scott vs. the Worcester, Norwich and New York Trans pertation company has been taken to the United States supreme court. The case is g marine libel for salvage. If both the lower courts judgment was rendered for tho plaintiff. old. died at the residence of his sister. Mrs. James Lee, of Northampton, Monday morning. He was the oldest son of Hen " Chapman, a long resident of that town, ! and was held in high esteem by large circle of friends.
 Mayor Briggs of Middletown has agreed l to pay for all the ice the city will use in | it's public drinking fountain during the summer.
 Mrs. Richard Dillon, who lived with her ! daughter on the fourth story of No. 242 Pearl street, Hartford, accidently fell from ! her window Wednesday night and was taken up dead. The arms and the left l leg were found to be intact, while the right leg was broken and frightfully cut. | Several ribs were broken as was also the collar bone on the left side The skull was entirely crushed. The force of the blow | had evidently come on top and the bone | being old and brittle the sides were crushed ] and broken, and as Dr. Fuller moved his 1 fingers over it in the examination, il ! cracked like piece of stiff paper. Mrs. l Dillon was over eighty years old and for the l past two years had been an invalid and ! was blind.
 Iza Chadbourn, aged twelve, of Bridge I port, ia missing. She took a train the other | day for New York and her mother is l searching for her there.
 The Putnam Phalanx of Hartford will ! pay visit to the Putnam memorial camp ! ground at Bedding on June IF. The pha 1 lanx will be met at the depot by citizens oi Bethel and Bedding and taken out to the camp in carriages. They will raise flag 1 staff there and run up flag, which will be | the first one to wave over the grounds l since General Putnam vacated them | Lunch will be eaten on the grounds h ! bury, where they will make a street pa | rade. They return home the next morn. l ing. Michael O'Neil, who wandered away l from his home in New York four years | ago, has been located. He is at the Bridge 1 port almshouse, having been there some time. He has wealthy relatives who will | care for him.
 1 The Rev. Archibald Goldman, graduate ! of Trinity college in the class of 1885, died I on Monday of this week of pneumonia. | <>f 1o%a To1, D1a1r o4 Bloomfield was admitted to probate yes l terday. After his wife's death the prop ! erty is to be divided between the Connec- ! ticut Baptist convention, the American 1 Baptist Home Missionary society and the 1 American Baptist Missionary union. The contract for furnishing the service l with official envelopes for the use of post l masters and registered package envelopes | was awarded yesterday to the White, Cor
 bin company of Rockville. The bid was $s1, ,376.27
 | were married in the Orange Congregations
 church at S:3O o'clock Wednesday evening
 by the Rev. H. w. Hunt. The church was
 elaborately decorated with flowers. Many
 useful and valuable presents were re
 ceived The wedding tour will include {
 trip to the south.
 Henry Fee was captured in Merider
 Wednesday and taken to Mystic where he
 is wanted for robbing peddlers wagon.
 At a performance in Windsor Locks the
 other night, James Coogan's forehead anG
 eyes were peppered with powder. He vii l recover.
 Horace NJ. Hall, who has been sick a
 the New Haven hospital for about two
 years, has transferred to his son, Alber
 A. Hall, SOx300 feet on Colony street, 9
 acres in South Main street and lot il
 Whittlesey avenue, 5 by All feet, all il
 Wallingford.
 In Mixville, Cheshire, May 5, the fifty
 third birthday anniversary of the birthda,
 of Mrs. Charles T. Hotchkiss was pleas
 antly celebrated by gathering of he
 many friends.