Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-17
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Among LOc0m0tives-Reun in
 Cheshire - Connecticut Peaehes-
 General Notes.
 MT. F. c. Holmes, of Chester, went out to shut up his chickens Monday night As he reached the coop, he heard strange noise at his feet. His first thought was that it might be 8 cat with a locust in its mouth. He stopped down to look at it, and discovered monster snake coiled and ready for spring. He grabbed up a club lying handy and dispatched the rep tile. He then found it was a rattlesnake. The monster measured five feet in length and fully one and half inches through the body. Ten rattles ornamented its tail. The wonder is that as the man bent down his face to see the "cat, i" the snake did not strike him in the face. The stroke of these creatures is almost literally "quick as lightning"
 Madison is in all It's glory now All the cottages are inhabited by people from diff ferent parts of the land; the Hammonas- sett, too, is full to it's utmost capacity. Miss Lily Brown of Bloomfield gave 8 'fspider web party" Thursday evening in honor of her guest, Miss Gowdy of Bristol. Engine No. 31 of the Housatonic rail road is regarded by the employees of that all the wrecks which have occurred on the Danbury and Norwalk division of the road which have taken place since it was built. It has been smashed up twice, it is said, on the New Haven division. George Merriman, ninety-two years of age, of Litchfeld has just completed the | work of cutting with scythe six acres ot 1 hay. Besides cutting it, he raked it up pitched it on wagon and then unloaded | it at his barn.
 The seventeenth annual reunion of the Matthews family will be held at Laurel ! Grove, Cheshire, on Wednesday, August | 26 If the weather should be stormy the I reunion will be held on the next pleasant day.
 Work has begun on the recently discov. cred coal mine at Holland and great inter, | est is taken in the results. The work o1
 blasting with dynamite will begin next week. The hill is owned by Ezra Coe. The Rev. William Scranton, a returned missionary from Corea, China, preached at | the Bloomfield Congregational church yes ! terday.
 Because doomed to be childless, Mrs. l James F. Hurley of Waterbury attempted ! suicide with rough on rats Thursday | night.
 The Connecticut Odd Fellows home is l probably assured. Thirty-nine of forty | four lodges have voted in favor of estab-
 fishing it.
 Work has been commenced on the Jew ett City and Westerly railroad. The in dications are that it will be completed by | winter.
 Calholm Latham, Charles E. Moore, P. w. Westlake and Fred Atwater of Bridge port have been appointed aids in the grand ! street parade of the Connecticut division, L. A. w., to be held in connection with 1 the great Hartford Wheel club tourna l ment, September and 8. l With the entire state militia in camp al l Mantle, what will our timid mayor do if 6 couple of policemen should disagree, or ii 1 four, instead of the usual three, boys ] should congregate at the town pump2- Bridgeport Farmer.
 Peach growers in Colchester and vicin. l ity report good crop. All the orchards | are looking we'll, and the "yellows," which is reported in many districts, does not F. s. Payne and c. s. Gildersleeve, owners | of two of the largest orchards in the town ! report that ther crop will be larger thar 1 expected.
 Bridgeport's water supply is getting low | and so low that it inconveniences saloo1 keepers all through the city, because ir 1 recent years the old method of drawing | beer by means of wood or copper faucets
 driven directly into the keg has been su perceded by the system of air pumps op
 erated by hydraulic pressure. ] Attorney Wakeman, the liquor agent O. Fairfield, has had threats made against hi
 life and in consequence goes armed. The body found in the Connecticut rive,
 below Hadlyme Thursday proves to be tha of quarryman who was employed nea
 Hamburg.
 Mrs. J. w. Smith, wife of Middletow1 printer, who lately deserted her, has be
 come crazed with grief and has been take,
 to the asylum.
 The First Connecticut Light battery vii
 hold their annual reunion in Bridgepor
 September g.
 The Rockville G. A. R. post will attend
 the National encampment at Washington
 next year in a body.
 Mrs. William Ryder may die from in juries she received in runaway at Nor
 walk, Thursday afternoon.
 Michael Flaherty, Birmingham's wealth.
 est saloon-keeper, got on drunk Satur
 day and knocked out three men.
 Mrs. Eliza Bogue was bitten by mat
 dog at Old Lyme, Thursday afternoon Several animals were also bitten.
 Orders have been received by the Son
 of Veterans camps instructing them t. participate in the annual field day exer
 cisss to occur September 7 at Naugatuck
 All the camps in the state, thirty-fve il
 number, will be represented, but of tn 962 members on the roll probably not nor
 than 500 will attend.