Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-11
GENERAL STATE NEWS.

Gleantngs From All Sections.
 The Rev. Father Cadee, assistant pastor at St. Ann's Catholic church in Waterbury, has accepted the pastorship of church in Trinidad Island, West Indies, and has left for the scene of his new labors.
 Town and City Collector Frederick s. Brown of Hartford has returned from a tour in the far west and on the Pacific slope.
 An unpaid sidewalk lien clouded a real estate title in Hartford for eighteen years. It was paid this week. MT. Horace Corn wall, agent for the property, explained that no notice had been sent him by the city Ike title is now clear.
 Civil Engineer Robert Fenton of Willi- mantle, who was reported to have com mitted suicide, returned home Wednesday.
 George D. Twiss, the Hartford youth who last September threatened to shoot Dr. Frederick T. Simpson, unless he handed over his money and watch, has been sen fenced to three years in state prison in the superior court at Hartford The Red Mems fair at Hartford crowded Foot Guard hall again last night with great throng. The Courant says: Success is mild word for the result of the mana gers efforts.
 A suicide club with twenty members has been formed in Meriden. The Healy Fan company of Bridgeport has assigned. Liabilities, $5,000; assets, $500.
 Della Gomez, the colored girl who threw vitriol on a cclored youth year ago, who had deceived her, was arrested at Norwich last night.
 Mrs. John Malone and two of her four children have died at Norwich within ten days of scarlet fever. The Bridgeport Post says: It is reported that George Stapleton, the we'll known teamster, has purchased the Gregory coal plant on Stratford avenue. It is generally conceded that negotiations with view to purchasing the coal business as above stat ed are in progress and likely to result in MT. Stapleton being the purchaser. The price understood among outside parties is from $45, ,000 to $60,000. G. B. Bunnell has secured Damrosch's Symphony orchestra for December g at his Bridgeport thester. Superintendent Garfield of the Bridge port Boys club is out again after hard siege of the grip. Murray & Laverly's saloon, Bridgeport, was robbed by burglars of cash register costing Ss5O early yesterday morning. No clue.
 Thomas P. Spencer has had his father visiting him. MT. Spencer, ST., is in his eighty-ninth year and enjoys good health. His mental faculties are apparently as good as ever as ever. He is one of four teen brothers and sisters, all living to be oyer thirty-fve years old. There gre six still living, three are over eighty. Three of those dead lived to be eighty. Their father died at the age of eightyfour. The family never all met at one time-Bridge- port Post.
 Patrick Murphy of Trenton, N J., was struck by train at the South avenue crossing, Bridgeport, at o'clock yester- day afternoon. He was badly cut about the head, but is not believed to be serious ly injured.
 The Fourth regiment machine gun pla- toon is anxiously awaiting the return of it's machine gun from Hartford, where it is being put in frst-c1ass order, for the platoon intends giving an exhibition drill soon.
 The quiet town of Southport bids fair to soon be once more engaged in another dis puts over the license question. Daniel Odell, resident of the town, has peti- toned the county commissioners for a li- cense to sell liquor in the center of the village, in the store formerly occupied by the late Samuel Pike. A remonstrance is forthcoming, for the people of the town are bitterly opposed to the establishing of any saloon there.