Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-30
pond last night. He fell into the pond
last Friday night while on his way home.

ond last night. He fell into tho pond
st Friday night while on his way home. ,
SUICIDE IN HARTFORD.
HARTFORD, Aug. 29.-Henry Alonzo
enton, a tailor, aged sixty-four years of
20. committed suicide at his workshop
6is morning BY shooting himself in the
[oht ear. He was Respondent on account
I the death of his wife and insanity of his
aughter. Ii
SUED THE TOWN FOR SEC, 600.
GREENWICH, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Charles W.
Darling and Mrs. John A. Livingston of
Jew York have sued the town of Green
yich for $40, 900. While driving last sum-
ner their horse was frightened at men re-
pairing q road, and the ladies were thrown
,yer an embankment, both being badly in
ured. Mrs. Livingston has been almost
helpless since.
KILLED IN CROMWELL.
M1DD1ErowN, Aug. 29.-John Fillmore
Of Cromwell met with instant death to-day
1t 1880 O'Clock while working in the Con-
necticut Freestone quarry. Fillmore was
shoveling dirt for A. j. Briggs, who is re-
moving earth from the quarry for his own
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caught him, crushing his head against q |
stone and causing instant death. Mr.. Fill |
more was a man nearly seventy years of |
age and leaves q large family, most of
whom now reside in Cromwell.
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.
Arrangements for the Big Parade I'm
Warrington September 2O-The Or
der of the Procession-Mrs. General
Logan's Reception.
The committee having in charge the ar
rangements for the great parade at the
Grand Army encampment in Washington,
D. G., September 30, has finished its work.
The procession will be formed on the
streets radiating from the capitol grounds.
The head of the column will move at $50
q. m. from the corner of First and B
streets, southwest on B street south, and
will continue the march on First street
east to B street north, and thence on B
street north, turning into Pennsylvania
avenue on the north side of the Peace
monument. Thence it will continue the
march to Fifteenth street, and by right
wheel into Fifteenth street, and then by
left wheel into Pennsylvania avenue, and
thence past the reviewing stands to Wash
ington circle. The order of the procession
will be as follows:
Citizens committee, escort of command
Grand Army battalion of Albany, COM
mander-in- chief, junior vice commander
| in-chief, official staff of commander-in-
| chief, aide-de-camp to commander-in-
| chief, escort to the Grand Army, first de-
| tenders, Sixth Massachusetts, United
| States Veteran Signal association, depart
ments of the Grand Army in the order of
seniority; Naval Veterans association.
| Mrs. General Logan has arranged for a
reception to be held Monday evening, Sep
TENDER 10, in the rotunda of the capitol,
to which will be invited the Grand Army,
the Union Veterans union, the Woman's
Army and other patriotic organizations.
Mrs. Logan will also give a reception at
| her home, Calumet Place, to the John A.
Logan posts of the United States and the
Woman's Relief corps of Illinois, Septem
Der 20, from $50 to 11:3Op. m.
Commander Yoder of the Union Veter
ans union has informed Chairman Edsor
that instead of 5000 he fully expected
that 5000 members of the organization
would attend the enoampment. Although
Chairman Edison has in course of erection
buildings which will accommodate 81, OO'
men. and he has already provided quarter
for $1,000 men free of cost in the variou
school buildings, yet he is somewhat ap
prehensive that greater number viii
come here than has been provided fol
Some 10000 have secured quarters whicl
they will pay for, making q total of som
65, 900 old soldiers who have made arrange
ments to attend the enoampment.
Major E. V. Preston of Hartford has re
ceived from the Notman's in Boston tn
first completed Photographic sketch of tn
great national encampment scene on Boz
ton common in 1890, when the Gran
;, city. The work is one of great merit, lead
ing Grand Army representatives fror
most of the states in the country bein
given in the Photographic portrait. Th
Hartford veterans, whose portraits are n
. | produced, are General Hsw1ey, ex-Mayo
John g. Root, General Henry {
Dwight, Captain A. j. Bayne, se'
rotary of the Etna Insurance con
f pany; Major E. V. Preston, supe
intendent of the agencies for the Traveller
Alderman s. M. Gladwin of the First ware
. | Pierpont of New Haven and John
) Broatch of Middletown and Major s. E
Seward of Putnam are also in the seen
The work represents the Grand Army a
sembled in front of the Boston soldier
r monument on the common, the New 70,
, veterans being grouped at the base of IL
superb structure. Most of the Connect
Q cut men can be easily distinguished in tt
q groupings. Mayor Root and Gener
;. Dwight are given admirable position
i The union leaders of the war, who a
q given positions in the marginal columns
: the work are President Lincoln and Gene
y ais Grant, Sheridan, Logan and Mead gu
y mounting the main scene, and Genera
/ Thomas, Hancock and Hooker and Admir-
Farragut also occupying positions of hon
:. in the combination. The original of Il
:. portrait will be exhibited at Washington
n September during the national encam]
ment in that city. The work has co
81, 900 and is in all respects the most int
esting sketch of Grand Army represent
10 tives that has been made in this countr
J. The first proofs were sent to Major Pre-
ton on account of the interest which
- has felt in the work. The original pc
trait will probably be placed on e1hibitit
in Hartford after the conclusion of Il
Washington enoampment, which will
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