Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-10
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE. Killed by Coal Gas-Fires, Accidents,
 Crimes-EXcftemeut in a Church |
 John Pratt Aequitted-State School |
 Fund - Manufacturing Interests -
 Various Improvements.
 DANBURY, March 9-Edward Hastings, who leaves two sons and 8 daughter in New York city, was suffocated last night by coal gas in Vessels bakery where he was employed as foreman. An assistant, Thomas Nolan, was found unconscious, but was resuscitated with great difficulty.
 A barn belonging to Patrick Havey of Enfield was burned Saturday night with contents. The loss is $1,OOO The fire was of incendiary origin.
 Mrs. William Ashton, widow aged 60, dropped dead at her home in Middletown Sunday morning, just as she was about leaving the house to attend mass.
 A Stamford man sold a Newfoundland dog to man in Providence, R. I. The dog was taken to the latter city, and three days later he turned up at his old home.
 A cask of chloride of lime, which Michael Burns was unloading at Windsor Locks, burst, and quantity of the lime went into his face and eyes, burning him severely
 Nellie Kane, who was injured at Danbury last December in a collision on the New England road train and 8 horse car, has sued the company for S6,0O0. The horse car was smashed into splinters. Nellie was thrown fifty feet and has been dis abled since the accident.
 George Harris of Bridgeport shared his couch with rat Saturday night, but George was ignorant of the rodents pres ence until the latter sank it's teeth clear
 through the lower part of his left ear The wound is bad one.
 Eddie Dow, an eight-yearold Mantle boy, while coasting Saturday was thrown from his sled. His skull was cracked, but he may recover.
 John Pratt, the Danbury character who shot neighbor, James Morrow, Friday, wounding him slightly, was acquitted in the police court, it being shown that the shooting was accidental. Pratt is the fel- low who, folks say, has never spoken to anyone except his brother.
 The deficiency in the state school fund is BIO, ,723 and sixteen towns were left in the lurch as follows: Holland (balance due,) s4450; Wallingford, s2,27s.5 50; Bloomfield, $361 50; Branford, s1, PAP; Columbia, s253.5O Essex, s5O5.5O; Gris- wold, $1, ,O48. 50; Haddam, $634. 50; Killing worth, $153; Middleburv, s13S; Montville, s6S1; North Canaan, S7S7.50; Portland, $1 ,590; Sterling, S393; Trumbull, S4O6.50; Weston, $175.50.
 Several people were prostrated by gas Sunday morning in the Lutheran church at Norwich. The services for the morn ing were about to begin, when the Rev. MT. Scheffer was prostrated. His wife was the next victim and then followed one after another until eight had tainted. The victims were conveyed to their homes and resuscitated. The affair was caused by the ignorance of a new sexton; who did not understand the working of the new furnace. All the sufferers will recover. The Thomaston (Conn) Knife company is fitting up the third story of it's factory to make such enlargement in their busi- ness as the frequent receipt of large orders requires.
 A joint stock corporation to be known as the Millville Hosiery and Knitting company will be located in Millville at Naugatuck, and will occupy the factory owned by Knapp & Palmer.
 Rundle & White of Danbury, are clear ing out the large storehouse adjoining their factory on River street, preparatory to commencing the manufacture of fine ana medium quallCy TUT mats. The manufacturing interests of Rock vile have seldom been more prosperous, and several of the mills are now running some of their departments over time. ! The Bristol Copper and Silver Mining 1 company has let the contract to erect the ! bnilding for the new crushing plant which | is to be put in at once, The plant will
 have capacity for separating 100 tons of
 ore day. Pipes have been laid from the l old pond to bring pure water for the
 boilers and other purposes. The miners | are at work with good results in the lower l drifts.
 l contemplates the erection of a mammoth
 brick building, fronting on Valley street,
 to be used for manufacturing purposes.
 MT. J. w. Harrington of Meriden, who
 has recently been chorus director at the
 Fourth church in Hartford, has accepted
 an appointment as organist at St. Johns l church in Charleston, w. Va. He will
 also be director of the choral society ] There are daily services at the church, and
 MT. Barrington's salary will be $2,0O0
 MT. Burlington is an accomplished organ
 ist, and has been heard at MT. Aliens re-
 citals at the Center church.
 The focks of tame ducks which got
 caught in the floating ice near the Ai1
 Line bridge at Middletown, last week
 and were carried down stream, were res
 cued near Deep River, having drifted
 about twenty miles. The ducks were ! not injured by their involuntary excur- l sion.
 A young man in New Britain named l Kinderland, who resides on Beaver street
 swallowed writing pen recently. He is l now under the care of physician. | E. J. Whitney, employed as a roller al
 the rolling mill of the Bristol Brass and
 Clock company, leaves to accept o similar position with New Haven concern.
 Electrician Vezie Wilson of Wallingford
 has resigned his place on the Consolidated
 railroad and will start for California the
 latter part of this month, where he will
 leave Mrs. Wilson and proceed to Alaska