Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-03
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
GIeaninSs From All Sections of II
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GIea ninss From All Sections of the Commonwealth. FUNERAL OF MIR. wooDHoUsE.
 The funeral of the late Assistant Postmaster Woodhouse was held at Hartford yesterday afternoon. Edward F. Durand and Lucius F. Norton of this city attended. All K of P. lodges in the state will drape their charters in mourning for thirty days, and the officers jewels will have badges of mourning attached for the same period.
 DEATH OF EX-SENAToR TURNER.
 WATERBURY, Dec 2.-Ex-Senator Edward T. Turner died this morning of paralysis after an illness of several months. Mr. Turner was born in Northfeld in 1895, coming to Waterbury in 1863 and engaging in the dry goods business, establishing the house of E. T. Turner & Co. Mir. Turner was well-known republican, being offices and was largely in crested in real estate. He leaves widow and two children. DIED OF DIPHTHERIA. The death of three of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Strong of East Windsor from diphtheria has been noted. Yesterday the youngest and last child died of the dread disease The first death was about Thanksgiving. HER SAD FATE. Mrs. Francis of Killingly, aged 80 years was found by her husband lying on red hot stove in her house and in an unconscious condition, re- gently. She died in terrible agony in a few
 
 THE DOCTORS FAIL. Mrs Benjamin veits of Sufield swallowed 6 small bone about five weeks ago, but felt no ill l effects from it for some days. Since that time | she has had much trouble from it, and Dr. Sher- | win of Suffield and Drs Storrs and Jarvis of ! full.
 THRICE RUN AWAY.
 Mrs. Peter Hall of Bridgeport has deserted her
 
 | months. She ran away last week with Bridge l port brewer. Her husband learned she was in | Brooklyn and he went there, found and forgave | her and brought her home. Now she's off again | and he says she can't come back any more. JUDGE PHELPS TO RETIRE NEXT MONTH. l MIDDLErowN, Dec. 2.-Judge Phelps of the su-
 perior court will be seventy years old next month ! and will be obliged to retire from the bench on | reaching the age limitation. He represented the Prior to that time he was on the supreme court l bench. He will be banquetted by the Middlesex
 county bar next month. Preparations are unde, here.
 PRINCIPAL HovEY.
 E. o. Hovey has just been elected principal of l Waterbury's high school. This is the place | over which the Catholics and Protestants in the ! meeting the Catholics, under the leadership oi 1 Father Mulcahy, were successful and elected
 J. A: oKeefe of Lynn, Mass, but MT: o'Keefe 1,50O.
 | MIR. FOX WAS CAUGHT.
 Two or three nights ago a fox, while prowline | about South Glastonbury, caught his tail in a | barbed wire fence. In an attempt to escape he ! twisted it about the wire several times and finally anchored himself in this novel way. MT | Fox was quickly dispatched | ENGINEER LAMERAux DEAD.
 James Lameraux, the engineer injured in the | Newington accident, died at o'clock yesterday | mosning. The Courant says: Fireman Water
 house is doing well and will be able to leave the hospital in a few days Conductor Fraser was | taken from Qunns house at Newington to his l home in East Hartford on a special train. Dr. Mcknight reported him in a satisfactory cendi. tion. Brakeman Chubb is also doing well" | WATERBURY s PosToFFIcE. The receipts of the Waterbury postoface during | the month of November were the largest in the Il history of the office. The sales of stamps and stamped envelopes amounted to over $4, 200, and l 1t Is thought probably when Uncle Sam finds out l what big place Waterbury Is becoming he will have the postoface enlarged or else erect new building.