Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Items Of Interest From Many Local- ttieR.

Items of Interest From Many Local- l tties.
 Mrs. H. W. Gridley and Mrs. William Brunt of Bristol are seriously i'll.
 G. W. Thompson Woman's Relief corps of Bristol visited the corps at Thomaston Tuesday evening and were handsomely en- tertained.
 The White Star steamer "Runic," which arrived in New York Wednesday, had as a part of her cargo over 200 monkeys for the Barnum & Bailey show.
 Lebbeus Bissell, treasurer of the Rock vile savings bank, is confined to the house with an attack of erysipelss. Superintendent Weirs, who has had charge of the Rockville town almshouse for the past two years, will return to Hartford l April 1. His successor has been selected by the board of seleotmen and will be an- nounced soon.
 In Hartford Drs. storrs, Wainwright and l Campbell have held @ consultation in the case of Lieutenant Dennis J. Murphy of the Hillyer Guard, who is in serious con- dition.
 l J. E. Dunn of Manchester has sold the l Wilkes gelding which he recently pur- chased of the Rev. Father Leddy to the Rev. D. A. Haggerty of South Ranches ter.
 The Rev. W. J. Doolan of Manchester leaves for the Bahamas this week for his health. During his absence the Rev. J. J. Furlong will oficiate at St. Bridget's church.
 HARTFoRD's GRAND LIST sHRINKs ALSO.
 HARTFORD, March 10.-The board of re- lief have finished their labors on the grand list. Some of the principal reductions made were as follows: Etna Life Insur- ance company stock, $86,064; William H.. Bulkeley, stock of goods in the Bee Hive,
 reduced from $100, 900 to $40, 900; $15, ,000 silk mills. Reductions were made in thir-
 ty-six cases, amounting to $232, 1s9. 75.
 There was an addition made in only one
 case, one of $521. The total grand
 The The list of 1891 was s4s, ,4ss EOS; the
 decrease this year is $562 ,936.75. The
 assessors account for this by decisions of the court relieving the stock of two com
 panies from taxation that had been taxed last year. The receivers of the Charter Oak Life Insurance company were taxed Security company, as trustee for policy. holders of the safety fund department of the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance company, $315, ,531. These stocks were not taxable this year.
 ARBoR DAY AND VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT
 SOCIETIES. r The address of Professor B. G. North
 rop of Clinton to the Boston Hortioultura society contained this paragraph: Arbor day has proved as memorable fo & the home as for the school, leading you'll
 to share in dooryard adornments and il
 planting trees by the wayside. Much ha @ been done on limited school grounds, stil !. greater improvements have been made ol |. the homesteads and the roadsides. Tn home is the objective point in the hun
 dreds of village improvement societies re !, gently organized. The old motto, "As i
 "As is the school SO is the home"-suq gests the close connection of these vits e forces. The earnest advocacy of villag > given new impulse to this movement, g , that probably more of these societies hay e been organized during the last year than r. the previous ten years.
 d The United States census of 1890 show II that there has recently been a remarkabl l. increase of interest in horticulture, agr T. lected from 4, 510 nurserymen give gran ,e total of 3,386, ,855, ITS trees, vines, shrubl rs roses and plants as then growing on the l. grounds. Arbor day in schools and vi ' lage improvement societies are not tt IF least among the happy influence whic if have contributed to this grand result.