Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-20
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Il
The reports concerning the discharge of
so large number of the hands at the
Branford Lock works were exaggerated.
Less than half the number reported were
discharged, and the reason of the discharge
was slackness of work. About every year
at this season work is dull, requiring less
hands.
Cottage owners and others at Flying
Point, Stony Greek, are worked up over
the reports now current there that quar-
~ company has been started which will
use the Island View house as a lodging
place for its quarrymen and the pleasure
dock for stone purposes, while sheds are
to be erected and the slightly shore con-
yerted into quarry yards. Some maintain
that the story is only "fake."
Mrs. Anna Stapleton of Hartford has be-
come insane over the death Of her two
children.
Waterbury and Bridgeport people are in
terested in the reported probability that
the day of steel is almost over and that
aluminium will take its place. Aluminium
is the most abundant Of all metals con-
tanned in the earth's crust, being constit-
uent of all clays, and slight improvement
in the method Of reducing it will bring it's
cost down to such point that iron and
steel at present prices would be dear by
comparison because of the better use that
can be made of this lighter and stronger
metal. It's cost now is sixty cents pound.
When it falls to ten cents it will be much
cheaper than steel at five cents. It is be-
ing manufactured in this country and in
England.
At 1870 o'clock Sunday morning freight
train No. 66 ran into the rear Of freight
train No. 700 on the New England road
near Clayton's, east of New Britain, de-
railing and badly smashing the caboose
| and five cars. Also at 8 O'Clock Sunday
morning another smashup occurred on the
standing on the tracking taking on some
extra cars when second 50 crashed into it,
throwing five cars off the track and put
ting them in condition for the repair shop
Waterbury's postofice has ten letter
| carriers and for the last postoffce year it
handled 1, SOC, 900 pieces of mail matter.
g. Fred Barnes, degree master Of Nosa-
| hogan's team, Waterbury, is seriously i'll
and threatened with typhoid fever.
The union fair of all the local courts Of
Foresters in Waterbury will open tonight
at city hall and will continue for ten
nights.
l JOuu Ikyd4, tAo 4<duSdtuCh-
living in Waterbury, whose hand was
crushed last Tuesday morning at Manga
tuck by getting it caught between the
deadwoods of two cars, had the member
amputated Sunday night.
| James Bennett, aged ffty-fonr, and Viii
liam Sheldon, aged sixty-two, who were
tried in the police court Saturday for an
assault on the person of Clara Williams
aged eight, were held for trial in the supe.
rior court
Il Mr.. W. 81. Starbuck, who is president
of the Housatonic Railroad company, has
beeen elected president of the Oregon I'm
! | provement company.
, Mr. and Mrs. s. A. Eddy have CLOSED
: their house at Canaan for the winter. Mr.
Eddy, clerk Of the house of representa-
, tives, will be in Hartford a great part O.
the time.
, Timothy Ranney, well known and re
spected citizen of Cromwell, who died las
: Wednesday of heart disease, aged seventy
was buried on Saturday. He was in 1877
} appointed sheriff of Middlesex county b,
: Governor Ingersou, vice G. N. Lewis o
Essex deceased. He served his town tw
terms in legislature
Representative Willard of Willimanti
has nearly completed an order from tn
| New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road company, for 19, 900 frost blocks ant
SO, 900 for the New London Northern road
: | at his mills at Morrow