Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-25
oONNEoTICUT NEWS.

Camp Meeting Huekleberries Riot
Drill - Fires Died in Stamford -
Claimed His Bride.
Mrs. Anzie Scofeld, the Oldest resident
of Stamford, died yesterday morning in her
96th year. She was born in Stamford and
was identified with many of the improve
ments about the town.
The annual camp meeting at Pine Grove,
in Litchfeld county, will begin August II.
One day will be devoted to the interests of
Christian Endeavor societies, and one to
the temperance cause.
Three members of the Prospect Wheel
club, Brooklyn, recently made the unpre-
cedented run of sixty-two miles in one
| day, from Poughkeepsie, N. Y, to Litch-
| field, arriving in the evening and return
ing the next day.
| Some New York commission dealers have
been looking at property near the depot in
Torrington with view to erecting a re.
| frigerating plant for the storage Of beef
| and mutton to be delivered to retailers in
| this section of the county.
| The old minstrel troupe of Litchfeld has
| been revived, and an entertainment will
probably be given about the second week
/ in August.
| Vicar General Hughes, pastor of St. Pat
rick's church, Hartford, who was request
| ed to assign Catholic chaplain for ser
vice at Mantle during camp week, has de-
| cided to attend to the duties himself.
| Newington poultry raisers are havinga
| hard time of it on account Of the foxes
thereabouts, all of whom love poultry and
know how to get chicken meat.
Huckleberries are quite plenty and large
parties are seen daily in the pastures gath
ering them for the Westerly and Norwich
markets. In New Haven these berries are
selling in some of the stores at twenty
cents quart.
The Hartford military companies were
ordered out for ''riot" duty Thursday
night They made good showing, the
| minutes. The total number of men who
responded was 229.
The barn and other outbuildings on the
premises of Charles Naples at Norwich
were burned Thursday. Naples was badly
burned while trying to iberate some calves
The fire was incendiary. The loss is ST.
500.
A horse valued at $500 was taken early
yesterday morning from the barn of Mrs.
E. A. Flagg of Flagg's mills, West Hart
ford. The lost horse is the most valuable
one she had. 1t is dark bay with a
star in its forehead and has curly name
and tail. Mrs. Flagg is = very energetic
woman. Besides running mill she sells
the Mountain Brook ice, and always works
hard.
Meriden has II $40 names in her new
city directory, and she therefore plumes
herself on population of over $4,000.
Yesterdays Hartford Courant says: The
late Captain Charles S. Thomson of New
/ Hevar raei ctarad at the TTnited Ctafaa bota1
in New York is his own name, and it is a
mystery how the report to the contrary
started. He has been suffering mentally
ever since his severe attack of the grip
some time ago and on coming home to find
three of his nearest relatives dead, he was
all broken up by the shock and sorrow and
was practically irresponsible.
A single night-blooming cereus plant al
! James J. Goodwin's place on Woodland
street, Hartford, has had sixteen blossoms
30 far this summer.
:, The Cyrus White mills at Rockville hav
5 just been sold to J. J. Regain for $125, 900
t He will manufacture shoddy there.
The small lobster steamers belonging a
Noank are reaping quite harvest in theil
capture of bluefish at Fishers Island.
, The Pope Manufacturing company Of
> Hartford are sending out invitations for E
grand hop to be given in their new shol
1
is a large one and is of the same genera
architecture as the others. The entire
: employees and the agents of the company
, and there about 1900 of them, have beer
invited, besides about 500 outsiders. A
concert will also be given.
The Norwich Record says: Yesterday af.
| ternoon Mrs. Martha P. Foster, widow Of
, Lafayette S. Foster, who resides at 31t
Broadway, presented City Missionary
George W. Swan with handsome bay
horse and one hundred dollare with which
gift of Mrs. Foster, while the money is do
mated by number of philanthropic PEG
} pie interested in Mr.. Swans work. The
J present is most acceptable to Mr.. Swan,
whose duties make horse and carriage o
valuable adjunct.
Two new companies which have organ
, lied in Connecticut are the American
} Metallic Cartridge company of Coventry
J and the Derby Comb company of Derby.
The latter has capital stock of $4,000.
} The Cartridge company has capital stock
} Hartley of New York, and Thomas G..
Bennett and A. H. Hooper of New Ha-
ven.
The latest Bridgeport scheme preached
to get rid of Chief of Police Ryland in
wolves the abolition of the Office. A reso-
luton embracing the subject will, it is
} said, be introduced to the court of common
council in a few weeks.
BRIDGEPORT, July 24.-Rev. Mr.. Thomas
of this city is the hero of a little romance.
He was born in Cornwall, England, and
came to this country few years ago. One
of his friends in childhood was Miss Jen-
ME Mitchell of Truro, near Cornwall.
When Mr.: Thomas came to America he
promised to remember Jennie, and he did.
She left home over week ago on the leu
tonic, which arrived in New York on
Wednesday. When the gangway was run
up the young woman was the first to come
ashore, and as she stepped down on the
shore she was caught in the embrace of a
clerical looking party.
Half an hour after their meeting on the
wharf on Wednesday they were married
quietly, the entire affair being kept secret,
even the name of the officiating clergyman
being withheld.
The party had their wedding breakfast
at Hamilton's hotel, on Clarkson street,
New York, Thursday, and then came to
this city to live.