Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-11
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALI OVER THE STATE. Attempted Wife Murder-win Invite Postmaster Sperry-The Wise Solons -379 Cigar Factories-The Harriet Beecher Stowe Fund.
 PLA1NFIELD, Conn.,, Feb. 10.-Louis Enc, aged thirty-five, attempted to kill his wife, Mary, at the Aldrich cotton mill at Moosup yesterday, but was caught and prevented from shooting her. They had been married fifteen years, but were di- vorced last Octaber. Enc has been dissi- pating, and it is said has two wives living in Massachusetts.
 AND THE WEATHER BUREAU. At the board of trade meeting in Bridge port Tuesday evening Captain MeNeil in- troduced set of resolutions, which were passed, providing for the purchase of a set of self-registering instruments to cost $10,O0O, for the weather bureau station at that place, in order that better information may be given to the neighboring towns. The resolutions also contained 8 motion to have the special bureau station in Bridge port made 8 regular "day and night sta. tion" for the benefit of the vessels passing and entering the harbor of the city.
 The board also voted to have an expert from the tro-dynamite company o1 Philadelphia read paper on and explain the storage battery system, which is in use in Washington and to invite N. D. Sperry of this city to read his paper on census Eafo %1a A lac which was appointed some time ago to se cure the Odd Fellows home for Bridgeport reported that the project of founding ar Odd Fellows home was as yet in embryo and that no definite steps would probably be taken in the matter by the order for al least four years.
 CHARTER OAK PARK.
 At the Charter Oak Driving Park associ ation's annual meeting this week it elected the following board of directors: Morgan G. Bulkeley, Henry Keney, Henry Ken nedy, William H. Goodrich, L. B. Plimp ton, R. N. Fitzgerald, John R. Hills, Will liam H. Bulkeley, A, 0. Hills. George Best Burdett Loomis, J. c. Capen, Asa s. Cook F. G. Whitmore. R. N. Seyms, Leande. Hall and T. o. King.
 SURGICAL.
 Dr. Ober of Bridgeport recently per formed a successful surgical operation o1 8 child which had been born without an, opening between the nostrils and the wind pipe.
 A GROWING FUND. The postmasters in every town in Con necticut have attached to the wall in tn corridors of their office nickel-in-the-slo box on which is the inscriptions: ''Con | tributions to the Harriet Beecher Stow Fund" They will receive the necessar contributions in the next three weeks 1 accomplish the purpose. The women c Connecticut favor the scheme. | ACTION coMMENoED. l Yesterdays Hartford Courant says The action of the house republicans yei ! terday will commend itself to every inte ligenJ citizen. In the first place they we1 there. Of the 134 on the roll 132 we1 present; one was in Florida and only on was in the state and not in the state hous' There is the complete evidence of the ger uine interest of the republicans and thei desire to do the business they were electe to do. They tried to do it too. The stood consistently by their decision consider the doubtful returns if any all; they passed the appropriation to u
 worlds fair that every citizen, without r gard to party, wanted passed, and thel instead of adjourning sine die, they wei
 over to May 5. Their services may
 wanted. It is just as we'll to be ready
 give up the whole thing.
 SUIT ABOUT ovERsHoE BUCKLES.
 The application of the Hammond Buck
 company of Rockville for temporary i junction against the Goodyear Rubber cor
 pany of Middletown was argued hefo
 Judge Shipman in the United States ci cult court Tuesday. George W. Hey
 and c. H. Dueii, also of Syracuse, for t
 defendant corporation. The suit is for
 alleged infringement of a buckle pater
 The Goodyear Rubber company buy tn,
 buckles of the Syracuse Novelty compan
 who join in the defense.
 HASN'T TAKEN THE COVER OFF YET.
 Edwin c. Reiter of Rockville, a carpen'
 by trade, says he has discovered the secl
 piled as to produce perpetual motion. II
 power, he says, can be developed indt
 nitely and is in effect almighty. \
 Reiter complains of skepticism amo
 those he talks with, but still he declines
 show his machine. It is in his house
 Fox hill and he keeps it covered with
 cloth, revealing only the results.
 theory is to get Clever pressure"
 effect it is like sliding a weight alo
 the bar of 8 steelyard. As he lengthe
 the bar and increases the weight {
 pressure grows, and the secret of |. process lies in transferring this pressl r to motion without lowering tho lev l. He says he can drive an engine of a power by this lever pressure continuous
 the lever never lowering, but always exc ing it's force. Only two things. says I a Hartford Courant, stands between ! ee e Reiter and fame; he has no patent o and he hasn't taken the cover off his T t chine.
 INTERNAL REVENUE FIGURES FOR THE e NECTIcUT DISTRICT. # During the year 1891 there were t factories engaged in manufacturing cigI
 in the internal revenue district of Conn ;, ticut, which comprises the states of O. 0 necticut and Rhode Island. A total e 941 ,173 pounds of tobacco were used a d 4, ,657, ,S29 cigars manufactured. To sta, # the same brings in revenue of SIPS, ,873
 to the government.
 n By Unity Commandery, o. U. A. The fourth annual reception of Un q commandery, o. U. A. M., will be held
 the Sassacus armoHY February g in hor v of Washington's birthday. The mu '' will be by Mallon's orchestra and ,
 prompting by Stevens. A very success d affair is indicated.
 AQu1et Day Service.
 SPECIAL SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH A quiet day, conducted by the Rev. 7, M. Clendenin, rector of St. Peter's chur, 0 N. Y., will be held in Christ chur @ junction of Elm street and Broadway, }, Thursday, the eleventh. The hours service will be as follows:
 7:3o a. m.-The Holy communion. 1O:30 .. m Maths and meditation. t 800 D. m-Evensong and meditation. }. 5:00 p. m-Closing service and meditation. j. All who may be interested are invited !, attend.
 Yale Senior Class Committees. F. E. Barbour. president of the class, j 4 appointed the following s. s. s. sen + class committees:
 - Glass supper-F. H. Barbour, c. T. Kountze
 Miller, jr.
 ! weiser, R. B. Massey, B. B. BoItwood, F
 Poet-H w. Hamlin.
 | Glass book-W. c. Briggs, s. A. Harsh, J.
 statisticians-W. N. Beach, E. W. Johnson