Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-21
CoNNEcTIcurNEWs.

A Higganum Firm Goes Under-More
About Comptroller Staub - Royal
Arks Stranded-A Savage Dog-Sad
Accident In Birmingham-Hearf
in Progress-An Untimely End.
The Higganum Manufacturing company
at Higganum, Conn, announced yesterday
morning that sowing to the failure Of
Joseph Davis of Lynn, and by advice of
the large creditors, they had made an as
gignment to Ex-Governor P. G. Lounsbury
of Ridgefeld and Clement s.. Hubbard of
Haddam." The company manufactured
farming implements. State Senator George
M. Clark is president and Clinton B. Davis,
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee and nephew of Joseph Davis, is Sec
rotary and treasurer.
The company is engaged in the manufac-
ture of hardware implements and employs
about 100 hands.
HARTFORD, July 2O.-It is reported that
Comptroller Staub has refused to draw Or
ders for the pay of the special agents
usually employed by the state bureau of
labor statistics and the Prison association.
In this action he is following the advice
given aim by Attorney Hamersley and
Judge Loomis, which was to pay for ser
vices which are mandatory under the stat
utes, but not for services which are per-
missive. The statute makes the employ
ment of special agents optional with the
labor commissioner, though requiring him
to gather statistics. The under officers
may still be employed, however. Unless
some arrangement can be made for the
payment of these agents as their pay falls
| ~, Mr.. Hotchkiss says he will be COM
| PEELED to employ only men who can afford
| to wait for their pay until the Legislature
provides for it. He says it is impossible
| for the commissioner and his clerk to do
alone what is expected of his Office, and
| fair Interpretation of the statute makes
the employment of the special agents a
necessity.
WATERBURY,, July 2O.-The members of
the Royal Ark Qnez) lodge have voted to
months ago, the committee giving out in
large advertisements that by paying $40
each person could draw out 500 at the end
of year. They had already paid in
nearly $50 and seemed to be as far from
the 500 as when the lodge was organized.
Susie HAL, aged ten years, of East Hart
ford, was frightfully bitten by a dog Sun
day. Her screams brought neighbours who
drove off the dog.
The number of prisoners committed to
the Hartford county jail for the year end
l AIT were classified as moderate drinkers.
The total receipts for the year were $685.
640.45 and the total expenses 81, 1902. 10,
leaving balance of So, 53S. 80.
Ex-Captain William B. Dwight of Com
pany K, Hartford, is confined to his bed at
the Watch Hill house suffering from a
painful injury to his right knee. He dis
located the knee while playing ball. Mayor
Dwight, Captain Dwight's father, went to
Watch Hill on Saturday with the expecta-
ton of bringing the captain home.
Miss Eliza McCabe, aged eighteen, of
Birmingham, was badly injured at the Rat
cliffe wooden mills at Shelton yesterday
morning by being caught in the machinery.
Her head was drawn into some gearing,
her nose broken and her face badly man
gled.
Charles L. Watson, formerly an attache
of the auditing department of the Edams
Express company of Bridgeford, died at
the City hotel in Boston Saturday after
noons in consequence of injuries he re-
ceived by falling from a second story win
dow of the house at % Oxford street
where he was boarding. 1t is thought that
the fall was not accidental, but was in
tended by Watson in desire to commit
suicide. The deceased was about sixty
years of age and had been in the service
of the Adams Express company for more
than thirty years. He was formerly at the
head of the auditing department of the
company in the Boston Office, and came to
the Office in Bridgeport about three years
ago as an assistant. When the now New
England Office was removed from Bridge
port to Boston in September last he was
included in the force of accountants then
transferred. About six weeks ago he was
discharged on account of his excessive in
diligence in ..intoxicants. His wife and
her daughter left him about a week ago
for Maine, where Mrs. Watson has rela-
| tives.