Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-09
CONNECTICUT NEWS.

The State Fair-The Watertown Fair
AT Shippan Point-Obituary-H
Was There When 1t Was Begun.
The twenty-third annual exhibition of
the Connecticut state fair begins at Mer-
iden September 20 and continues till Sep |
TENDER % inclusive. It will be fine one. |
A NoRwALK NOTE ON COL HOPKINS.
Col. Woolsey R. Hopkins of Shippan
Point was in town yesterday and most
agreeably spent portion of the morning
in visiting Rev. 8. B. S. Bissell and Rev.
G. W. Nichols. The colonel is a son of
the late Hon. Samuel Miles Hopkins, M.
c., and a grandson of Moses Rogers, the
owner a century ago of the Stamford
promontory, and grandnephew of DR..
Timothy Dwight, president for over
twenty years of Yale college. He has
been fortunate in purchasing back
! goodly share of the fine Shippsn property
| whereon he has built massive stone
structure within, where, with Mrs. Hop
| kins, North Carolina lady of high &C
complishmehts. he dispenses elegant hos
pitality. His brother, Samuel M. Hop
kins, D. D., of Auburn, N. Y, was Yale
classmate of Rev. DR.. Nichols, and q
Princeton seminary mate of the Rev. Mr..
tween these typical old gentlemen of the
| old school was very delightful Norwalk
| Gazette.
WAS PRESENT AT ITS ERECTION.
Monday Giles Gallup, hale and hearty
gentlemen of eighty-seven years, climbed
to the top of the Groton monument. Mr..
Gallup was born on May II, 1906, and
was present at the laying of the corner
stone when he was twenty-one years of
age. He served on picket duty ON that &C
casion. He now lives at Cuba, N. Y. He
is brother of Franklin Gallup of Poquo
noe, and uncle to Fred Gallup of Groton
His son, Giles Albert Gallup, was assistant
inspector general under General Sherman
and was killed at Gainsborough in 1864.
THE WATERFOWL FAIR.
The twenty-sixth annual fair of the Wa
tertown Agricultural and Horse associa
ton will be held September 10, IL and Is
The prospects are that this popular exhibi
ton will be even better this year than eve
before.
A towns LOSS.
In the death of Henry g. Tyler of North
| ue1u. WHICH, tooA place. MoHoay HIGer
long and painful illness, useful citizel
and good neighbor died. For number o
, terms he has served the town on the boar
t of selectmen.
/ In Thompsonville yesterday a smal
dwelling house and large barn belongin
: to Addison n. Brainard were destroyed b
fire early this morning. Two COWS wer
, burned to death. Loss $4,000.
The home of the Rev. William II. Moore
r 191 Sigourney street, Hartford, was on
, tered by burglars at $3.50 yesterday morn
ing and gold watch and chain with CHAIR
i and $40 were stolen. A few minor valuf
q bles were also taken.
The thieves also got into City Surveyo
Q Loomis' house at 1913 Sigourney street, BIT
8 were frightened away before they could 81
t cure any booty.
vt Eliza A., widow of Alonzo Miller, die
9 at her home in Meriden yesterday moor
/ aged eighty years. Deceased had lived
}, Meriden a number of years and was tt
9 widow of Edward Miller's uncle. Her tW
y sons died about fifteen years ago.
: In Hartford yesterday James Kinnary,
II rough fellow twenty-fv years of age, a
is tempted suicide in blacksmith shop, viii
G drunk, by cutting his throat with pock
# knife. He will recover.