Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-28
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Items of Interest from All Sections
 the Nutmeg State.

Items of Interest from All Sections of l
 the Nutmeg State.
 The entire peach crop of the Hale Broth | CTS in Glastonbury has been secured by | Hills & Go. of Hartford. It will amount to 2, 1000 baskets.
 Paul B. DuChaillu, the African explorer and author,is the guest of George H. Wat son at Rocklawn, Eastern Point.
 The Hopkins & Allen Arms Manufactur- ing company have long been crowded for room, and are to get more room. s.
 Judge o. s. Prentice of the superior court has arrived from Europe.
 Rev. Joseph H. Twitchell of Hartford has returned from his trip to the Bermudas.
 The Barnum pedestal fund is in a state of animation. It is over month since anything was added. The total amount collected up to date is g, ,s59.57, and s5,- 900 is needed.
 Throughout Connecticut everything in the shape of a walnut, chestnut or butter nut tree is loaded with fruit, and the crop of each will be simply immense. There were barrels of fun at the Willi- mantle fair grounds yesterday afternoon l and all because the butchers and saloon keepers played for the championship of ] the earth.
 Some time ago two bunco steerers mulcted Timothy Jordan, a wealthy East | Morris Farmer, of 5000 by the "gold- | brick" scheme. The police tracked the l men to New York, where they were found l living in luxury. Evidence had been col lected and all plans made for an arrest l when Farmer Jordan weakened, refusing to | appear against the men. The case has l been dropped.
 The Crescent Beach (Niantic) railroad l station will be removed next season a short | distance eastward. The important aboli- | tion of all grade crossings in the part of | the town has so changed highways that | the present Crescent Beach station is some 1 distance away from any of the main roads. Waterbury, the questions of naturaliza- tion, conventions, past and present, edu- l cation, the French Canadian in the United | States, mutual society for the state of l Connecticut, and the French Canadian press were discussed. The delegates voted | to hold the next meeting in North Gros- venordale in 1892.
 l Work on the new German Baptist church at Bridgeport has been stopp:d in l view of some probable litigation.
 Some boys found the body of partially l formed 1nIanG uOaUlnS III tue COuuSCClCuU river at Hartford Tuesday. Agent Thrall of the Humane society
 went to Ansonia Tuesday and shot a horse l which was owned and abused by Thomas
 Hennessy.
 Frank Abbott has sued the city of
 Bridgeport for $10,000 for alleged dam
 ages caufed by injuries received as the re-
 suit of defective highway.
 Rev. s. B. Forbes of Hartford, who was
 with Rev. I. c. Meserve of this city at the
 International Congregational council in
 London, was given public reception by
 his parishioners last eveng.
 Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
 Carrie Isabel, daughter of Jacob Knous, tc
 Lewis D. Parker, son of the Rev. Dr Par
 ker, which will take place at the South
 church on Wednesday, September 9, at o'clock.
 The state normal schools at New Rritair
 and Willimantic will open on the first day
 of September.
 Peaches of fine quality are being sent tc
 market from East Hartford. The Rev. s. H. Gallaudet of Stamford
 will preach at St. Johns church, Rock
 vile, Sunday.
 , The attraction at Snipsic Lake Saturday will be the wonderful trick bicycle ride Canary.
 The committee of the Fourteenth Con
 necticut Volunteers regimental excursion ) to Gettysburg, having disposed of 35' tickets, will sell no more except to mem
 bers of the regiment.
 Mrs. Sarah Crawford and daughter o Southington are spending several weeks il Bennington, Vt
 5 Mrs. R. A. Neal and Mrs. s. D. Nea l and family of Southington are at Merwin' Point.
 7 John Johnson, 8 Bridgeport saloon keep s CT, sold his heavily mortgaged place to f | w. Rowe and then fled, owing everybod s who would trust him.
 Benjamin Hills and Miss Jane Thoma |, | were thrown from carriage at Bridgepor : and knocked senseless Wednesday night } | Their injuries may result fatally. I At Terryville they build road bridge
 from old railroad iron, which are said to b 1 much more serviceable than wood. 0 The Daughters of St. George, in sessio ) | at Bridgeport, have installed these officers : Worthy grand president, Mrs. A. E. Pal l. rott of Bridgeport; vice worthy gran 8 president, Mrs. s. Storey of Philadelphia
 treasurer, Mrs. s. Woolfeeden of Worces l ter, Mass; district deputy of Massachr = Mass district deputy of Connecticut : Mrs. A. E. Parrott of Bridgeport; distric = deputy of Pennsylvania, Mrs. s. Storey C |, | Philadelphia.
 John L. Wait, the venerable republica i politician of Norwich, twas eighty years ol f yesterday.
 Daniel Stanton and Miss Garthe, a schot l. teacher in the institute at Mystic, we1 a married a few days ago. Stanton an @ Fred Nash were both in love with Mis @ Garthe some years ago and Stanton mul e dered Nash out of jealousy. He served a term of years for manslaughter, but we a 1 recentlY released.