Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-25

OF inc women mas Iully recovered auu
desires to obtain her freedom, but she will
there is no possibility that she will spread
the disease. Only few people left the re-
sort yesterday, and q goodly number ar
rived on the steamers Block Island and |
Donaldson for extended stays. The hotel |
keepers expect to do a big business next |
month, and hereafter will not employ help |
direct from the steerage of European |
steamboats,.
OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO BAPTIsTs.
A special meeting of the trustees of the
Baptist state convention will be held at
Crescent Beach July 20 to arrange for the
annual session, which will be held this year
at Willimantic, the services occurring in
the First church there on Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 1S and 10. Until a
few days ago it was the intention of hold
ing the convention in Norwich, but the
new church will not be completed in sea-
son, necessitating change to some other
locality. Willimantic has been selected
and extensive arrangements will be made
in the church there. Rev. DR.. Lemon of
the First church will make the address of
welcome. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Francis
Wayland of New Haven is the president of
the convention and John L. Dsnison of
president.
The Baptist Social union of the etate, of
which Major E. V. Preston is the presi-
dent, will be held then in connection with
the state convention.
ALL THE MAYORS TO MEET.
Mayor Marigold of Bridgeport has not
to the mayors in Connecticut to meet in
the Park city next Wednesday and partake
| of a shore dinner. Those who have writ
Hyde, Hartford; Mayor J. B. Sargent,
town; Mayor A. W. Tracy, Meriden; Mayor
Daniel F. Webster, Waterbury; Mayor w.
V. McNerney, Rockville; Mayor Ralph
| Wheeler, New London; Mayor HARDWOOD
and ex-Mayor S. A. Crandall of Norwich.
Those who have not been heard from are
the mayors of South Norwalk, Danbury
and New Britain.
| LITTLE BLCEFISHING.
E1-President Cleveland and family
stopped off North Dumping island, in the
Grace" Saturday afternoon at ? o'clock tt
indulge in little bluefshing. They were
on the private yacht Oneida, owned by E
@. Benedict, and were bound for Gray
Gables.
wINSTKD AWAKE.
Winsted is becoming lively little burg
Recently the Herald came out as daily
as mentioned at the time, and now tn,
Evening Citizen comes out enlarged
its prosperity and patronage warranting it
1t is lively, sprightly and newsy sheet
and deserves success. 1t says
"We commence to-day the publication
l e l 1T T.. L. l.. II
we have found necessary in order to &C
commodate our advertisers and at tn,
same time give the local and general new
of the day and other interesting readin,
matter.
1T was with considerable misgiving
that we commenced the publication of
daily paper in Winsted. but the encour
agement we have met with in carrying OF
the enterprise has exceeded our expecta
tions, for which we feel under obligation
to our many patrons.
"We are aware that this enlargement will
entail increased expenses, but VIC rely up
) on the increased patronage of the enter
prising business men and good people o
Winsted to make that good. We thanl
the people of Winsted and vicinity TO
their support thus far, which has enabled
US to give you a paper of the size we nov
issue and we hope by our efforts to sustain
and build up your interests to merit an,
, receive a continuance of that support ant
!, your good will"
INDIAN HARBoR YACHT CLUB.
The Indian Harbor Yacht club has in
vited boats of the W. Y C. fleet to contes
, for prizes in their regatta next Saturday
,, As the w. Y. G. has . regatta on the sam
day it is not probable that the feet will b
! represented in the Indian Harbor race.
THE ORIGINAL STOCKHOLDERS.
l Saturdays New Canaan Messenger print
a list of 100 shareholders of the New Ca
naan railroad whose investment led to it
construction in 1868. The stakeholder
people. Of the 100, seventy-four are dea,
and fifty are now residents of New Canaan
cit is" says the Messenger, 'perhap
needless to say that the original stock hold
, ers did not realize any dividends upol
their Investments, but lost all that the
put in. Still, not one of them would no,
, be willing to receive their subscription an,
? have the road discontinued. The origina
directors were Samuel St. john, Willar
! Parker, Alexander Law, Stephen Hoyt
Andrew K. Comstock, William e. Ray
mond, S. Y. St. John, Joseph B. Hoyt
! James D. Warren"
|
! Mrs. Bacon, as secretary of tho stat
1 board of charities, sent out notice to tn
members, dated Franconia, N. H., tina
a was received recently. stating that Their
Z | would be no meeting of the board in Aug
! ust. The male members, both those i
= regular standing and those whose title ha
a August, despite the orders from Fran
p coma.
Q HON. G. M. LANDERS
J. The Hon. George NJ. Landers of Ne,
= Britain has been spending some time at hi
cottage on Ocean avenue, Cottage City
t Martha's Vineyard.
? NOT FOR CONGRESS-.
e Mr.. Whittemore, the wealthy iron manr
= facturer OF Union City, who has been mer
q toned as the probable republican candi
o date for the Second congressional district
: lively declined to entertain the idea of
It nomination.
u FOR CONGRESS.
, MayorJ. B. Sargent of New Haven an
i ex-Sheriff ]. G. Byxbee of Meriden were i
= Middletown Saturday and were introduce
to the prominent democratic politicians b
Hon. D. Ward Northrop. The trip wa
: in the interest of Mayor Sargent's can
! didacy for the congressional nomination
! from this district.
E DURHAM's ESCAPE.
? Two barns belonging to Oliver D. Hub
3 bard in Durham. were burned Fri
day afternoon, together with forty tons O
q hay. The live stock was saved. At on
time the Congregational church wa
threatened.
NEW BRITAIN SUMMER SCHOOL.
The summer school, which has been at