Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-13
ABOUT THE STATE.

ABOUT THE STATE. Laid at Rest-Ansonia Wheelmen's 1 Field Day-Historic House Burned
 He Dropped the Signal-COnnectt-
 cut Democrats and Town Govern.
 ments-At Wesleyan University.
 The will of the late Lyman W. Case of Winsted leaves his nearest relative, Mrs. Kate Newton of Hartford, only $1OO. The estate is estimated at $1O0, ,000. It is un- derstood that Mrs. Newton will contest the case.
 JONATHAN EDWARDS HOUSE BURNED.
 The ancient house at East Windsor Hill, once the home of the famous Jona- than Edwards, was burned Saturday. It had been rebuilt so often that little of the habitation of that birthstone divine was left. There is no doubt, however, that he laid the foundation. This is the house that Parson Edwards dwelt in when, to dissuade one Rockwell from building an- other that would cut off view, he car ried his point by threatening to refuse to baptize Rockwelps children.
 BAND LEADER IN TROUBLE.
 John Hyslop, leader of the Danbury band, was arrested by government officers Wednesday afternoon for desertion from the United States army. It is said that Hyslop ran away from Fort Adams, New port, two years ago from the Second Ar tillery regiment. He was a musician. Fly slop is a general favorite and when noti- | fled of his arrest told the officers he would | start himself for Newport and report to his regiment. COMEDY OF ERRORS.
 The semaphore signal at Norfolk being | out of order, a man was sent to repair it Tuesday. He unthinkingly dropped the signal and became absorbed in his work. This held the up-train from coming into the station for good fifteen minutes, and the down-train, meanwhile, was blocked hard and fast at the turnout. waiting for the up-train to pass. Also, the passengers | at the station wasted the same amount of time in waiting for both trains When | the absurd mistake was at last discovered, no one was more astonished than the man perched on the semaphore, and he was af-
 forwards heard to quote pensively: So shines good deed in a naughty world" KILLED sHEEP-DoGs KILLED. | Dogs entered 0. I. Aliens sheep pasture
 in Tariffville on Monday morning, killed
 one valuable animal and severely mutilated
 several others. Two of the invaders were
 discovered by A. I. Kinney, one of MT. AL
 lens men. who secured 8 shotgun and
 emptied both barrels at the dogs, killing
 one. The dead dog was taken to First Se-
 lectman w. G. Barton and quite a crowd l viewed it, but no one could identify the
 animal. About S1O0 damage was done. | TEACHERS TO MEET.
 The annual meeting of the Eastern Con-
 necticut Teachers association will be held
 in the Congregational church in Williman-
 tic May 20.
 THE WATERFORD MURDER CASE. Coroner Park of New Lcndon in his , finding in the case of Lizzie Smith Ben
 ham who was found maliciously murdered ) on March 8 near the residence of James , Rice of Waterford, finds that Solomon Benham, the reputed husband of the wo- man, was the last known to have been ) with the woman and the first person to l report her dead and murdered; that both were intoxicated on May 8 and that the ] two are known to have quarrelled. He further finds that Benham denied killing l 1 his wife and charged her murder on Mrs. 3 James Rice, but there is no evidence to l support the charge, and he holds Solomon Benham to make his defense as the mur- derer of his wife before grand juror in a justice court.
 AT WESLEYAN.
 . May 12.-The following officers have , been elected for the ensuing year by the : college Young Mems Christian association President, E. V. Dubois, Philadelphia, Pa. vice e-president, F. s. Hall, Montclair, N
 J.; corresponding secretary, F. w. Frost 3 Newport, N. H.; recording secretary, w s. Woods, Corning, N. Y.; treasurer, W J. Sawyer, Thomaston.
 The class of '94 has elected the following Olla Podrida board: w. w. Fisher, Draw bridge, Del; c. c. Hurlbut, Plainfeld, N : J.; c. H. Judd, Middletown; I. A. Meeker Glen Ridge, N. J.; E. B. Nichols, Hartford /, A. J. Sake, Walden, N. Y., and J. A ], Thomas, New York.
 ], The engagement of Ralph Morgan Grant = '92, of Mapping, to Miss L. Lillian Shepard D of this city is announced.
 SIZES UP THE ISSUE. D Yesterdays Hartford Courant thus size J. up the case in this state:
 d Those democrats who came out ahead a
 New Haven do not hesitate to pronounce
 the occasion a great success. Those wh,
 were beaten are at present silent observers = They expect to be heard from later, afte
 they have cornered the market for hone z- and whetstones.
 -t But, really, the split in the party. whicl d is serious and not likely to be overcome, i B. not any more serious than the split witt " Connecticut to which they are all commit 10 land. The democratic party has formal. ,f declared war on our Connecticut town sys if tenn, and that is Connecticut herself. D, Their convention distributed sixty-sevel r. additional delegates among 8 few larg g. places above the number that they hay
 hitherto had. The convention thus mad @ up gave the party platform that de
 nounces the present representation in tn ol house. And each speaker made the 'in r. justice" of our present government tn n, burden of his theme. They demand a con ss' stitutional convention. They refuse t 30 attempt amendment in the usual and onl |; legal way, and their great complaint is ths e ,u the towns are treated as equal. n, If we are not mistaken, the people o S1 the towns will be able to size up this com
 plaint and to pass judgment on tn
 mourners. However frantic the appeal t
 them to disfranchise themselves, we do no in look to see them falling over each other i h. their haste to reach the polls to vote ava ct their power.
 BIG PROGRAM FOR THE ANsoNIA wHEE -0 CLUES FIELD DAY. i'd ANsoN1A, May 12.-The second annue s- field day of the Ansonia Wheel club vii IT. be held at the Derby driving park on tn u 'm afternoon of Saturday, June Il, and tn III n' event is looked forward to with interes 1T. U. by all cycle riders in this vicinity, for i n .,s will su1pass anything ever attempted in it in ie line in the Naugatuck valley before. Tn ye actual cash value of the prizes upon thi le occasion will amount to over S600. Tn S, is posters will be issued in 8 few days an e- nouncing the events and one of the mos ill interesting to wheelmen outside the tow, 's' will be the one mile handicap open. II
 this the chief prize is a $150 Victor pneu ey matic tire bicycle; second prize, ed kodac; third, Smith & Wesson revolver st The next most interesting race will b in the one mile open, first prize, a $50 gol Tn case stop watch; second, travelling bag on There are to be member races, team races gse one, two and three mile events. Ther Ve will be medals, etchings. banquet lamps el opera glasses, bicycle shoes, etc., given il P the various events. The Ansonia bant will be ill attendance and there will be
 street parade previous to going to tn
 park. There will also be running race in and other athletic events besides the whee n races, desirable prizes being offered il
 each class. Entries will close on Sat ,d urday, June 4, at 9 p. m. Tn " club is also to indulge in a fve-mile roa' es race on Memorial day, which is to be le handicap event. the prize to be gold meda