Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-09
STATE NEWS JOTTINGS.

Notes From Many Sections.
 Governor Bulkeley has received his commis- sion of lieutenant, commanding the National As socation of Naval Veterans
 MIDDLErowN, March s.-Samuel Stevens, aged ninety -one, the oldest man bore, dropped dead last night. He fell from a lounge while taking a nap. He was prominent shoe merchant up to few years ago.
 The funeral obsequies of the late Martin He'll man were among the most largely attended of any ever held in Waterbury.
 The New England road has started the running of an eastbound freight, which is intended to &C., commodate Waterbury shippers to Boston. It is to leave Waterbury every night at o'clock.
 Medical Examiner Paddock and the physicians ward Collogau was caused by enlargement of the heart and inhalation of flames. Collogan's body was buried in Jewett City.
 will be disturbance take place in tho atmos- phere from the 18th to the 14th of the present os sa
 s generally of very great force not of long dura- tion The damage to shipping ard otherwise is
 The state decorations for skill in rife practice last season are being made in Hartford and will be s ready for delivery bout April l. u,+.s spectroscope" by M B. Crawford.
 attempt to get a shot at the 'panther'' said to have been seen at Crystal Lake. J. H. Griffin, . large clothier at Middletown, has made voluntary assignment Arrange ments have been made with the creditors for the continuance of the business. The dw cling house of Louis Smith at East Morris was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon during the absence of the family. The fire was probably caused by a defective fiue. The loss is S1, 300; no insurance.
 The smpleeyes ey at the Portland queries have. have wages paid, with unskilled labor proportional. In Wnsted Monday night William Foley, while
 Hd pipe ss the S or S bowl and one eye was seriously in )ured by q fly ing fragment. He may lose the sight of that | eye. The cartridge was in the tobacco whsn the pipe was filled and was not noticed. ] Mrs. Henry Hotchkiss of Naugatuck, whe went l to New York city several weeks ago to visit her | daughter, is still very sick and there is 10 i'm | provement as yet iu her condition. l The sale of the Meriden, Cromwell and Water | bury railroad, says the Meriden Republican, has l bought out scheme that is said to have bser canvassed for the building of spur track from
 Westfield to East Berlin, following the west bank of Little river.
 | Daniel King, aged twenty seven, died in Naug 1 atuck Monday. The First division, A. o. A.,wfl attend the funeral in body to-day. ! The Waterbury Wheel club, which has had 2 l somewhat checkered career, is @ thing of the past. At a special meeting this week it was ! voted to diSband.
 Stratford is alive over the road improvement | subject.
 1 For the n,st tiuae in sgyen weeks DySt.,a, l port, was on duty yesterday. He had a stubborn attack of the grip with complications.
 Colonel Frost of the Fourth regiment will pay | evening. He will inspect Company on tha ] night and Company the next The colonel is l making tour of inspection of every company il | the regiment.
 The Danbury highwaymen have been bound ! over Avery was prominent in tho Christian l Endeavor society and the Baptist Sunday school