Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-11
CONNECTICUT NEWS.

CONNECTICUT NEWS.
Jottings OF Interest From All Sec
lions OF Our Little Common.
wealth.
The annual camp meeting of the Life
and Advent union at Tylerville, near Good
speeds station on the Valley railroad, will
begin Thursday, August 10, and continue
till Monday, the 2sth. Reduced fares on the
Valley railroad took effect yesterday, and
persons going to the meeting should call
for "camp meeting tickets" Rates for
tho round trip will be from Hartford rs |
cents, from Middletown 40 cents, from
Saybrook 35 cents. There will be no re-
duction from other places.
Thursday, the 18th, the "Loyal Temper
ancs legions'' of Middlesex county will
hold picnic at the camp under the aus
pices of the county Woman's Christian
Temperance union, by the courtesy of the
camp meeting association. There will BIZ
songs, Rotations, etc., by the children and
addresses by Mrs. Genevra s. Brown of
East Hampton and others.
Day" by appointment of the association,
and there will be an attractive program.
The Rev. James n. James, secretary of the
Connecticut Temperance union, and the
Hon. James L. Bowen, grand worthy chief
| templar of Massachusetts,, will speak in
| the forenoon; and Allen B. Lincoln, editor
of the New England Home, and Mrs. J. T.
| Ellis, corresponding secretary of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union Of
New Jersey, who spoke 80 effectively and
eloquently at Willimantic on Temperance
| Sunday, the 21st, Professor Totem, late
of Yale university, will speak on prophetic
topics in the forenoon, and Elder William
| N. Pile, pastor of 'The Household of
Faith" of Brooklyn, N. Y, will preach
in the afternoon.
During the meeting, Sundays and week
days, excellent refreshments will be fur
nished at the dining hall and lunch stand
at reasonable rates.
DEMANDS A TRIAL
HARTFORD, Aug. 10.-F. Wilson Rogers,
whose books a. accountant of the local
branch, No. 1,034, of the Order of the Iron
Hall of this city are being examined, de-
fciency of 81 900 having already been dis
covered, denies that he has misappropri-
ated any money. He demands a trial of
George P. Sturtevant, the chief justice of
the branch.
LARGE ESTATES.
In the past year and half there have
been more large estates probated in Nor
witch district than ever before in the his
tory of the Norwich probate court. There
have been twelve estates, the estimated
value of which is about three and hall
, million dollars. Through gifts and be
, quests Norwich has received in the sam,
length of time $850,000.
RI COLONEL TENNY.
: Colonel Allen Tenny and wife of Nor
witch are at Lake View farm, South Bur
lington, VT, and will spend some time Il
the Adirondaoks before their return t
Norwich.
DR.. Charles T. Mitchell, aged twenty
six, son of Charles Mitchell, superintend
emit of the Thames rolling mills at Thamei
vile, died very suddenly in New York o
r Monday of heart failure. He had bee
in practice in New York about four year.
% He was born in Norwich and was grad,
g ated by the Norwich Free academy. 3
q read medicine for three years with DR..
n b. Linnell of Norwich, and was graduate
by the New York Homeopathic medic
college. He was last winter appointed
member of the out of-door staff of gu
3 geons of the Hahnemann hospital in Ne
10 York city.
= AER SCHOOL DIGNITARIEs.
"a The board of trade of New London 81
|e tertained the general committee and a
a. visory board of the Catholic summer a
q sembly Tuesday by trip up the Than
h river and down the harbor, dinner and
drive through the city. After the dim
!. speeches were made by President Sheet
n of Pittsburg, Father Halpin of New Yor
3: Father Conaty of Worcester and Faith
~ Mullaney of Syracuse, all of which we
ts favorable to New London as permanel
= location for the assembly. Later NEE
, ing of the general committee was held, b
4 no definite action taken.
% LEAVES FIVE CHILDREN.
g. The funeral of Mrs. Alkaline Newell, wi
70 died in New Britain. was held at the rel
d dence of her son, Isaac, Tuesday afte
rs noon. She leaves five children, lisa
Of Lewis Newell of New Haven, Bryan Ne
ID ell of New Britain and Mrs. Ann Gridl
ns of Hartford.
80 HEART DISEASE.
Captain Sanford Billings Stoddard di
r: of heart disease at his home in Ledyard
if Monday, in his seventy-ninth year. 3
g, father, Captain Sanford Stoddard, W
= also resident of Ledyard, and many yea
- ago was captain of a vessel in which t
NJ son, then a lad, went on several voyage
At eventually becoming mate on the yess
~ and later captain. In 1912 he married Nj
he Mary, the daughter of Hibberd Stoddar
= also of Ledyard, who survives him. The
n. children were Mary E., Sanford B., j
W and Jane F. Stoddard, who all died befo
~ the death of their father The last MAI
"a was the wife of ex-Msyor Crandall of Nc
~ wich. The Bulletin says of him: "a &
u scendant of New England's pioneers,
~ was a type of the best and noblest produ
~ ~ of this virtuous, God fearing and uprig
:. race"
~ A RATTLEsNAKE's SKIN.
be Felix Lyon of Hartford has curiosi
Oh in the shape of rattiesnake's skin viii
q. was presented to him recently. T.
q snake was discovered by George Gosl
while he was haying at his farm in Gls
tonbury. He killed the snake with a cl,
and it was found to be over five feet lol
and had eleven rattles. The skin W
70 beautifully marked. What makes it
curiosity is that rattlers are seldom foul
st in that section.
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20 EXCURSIONS AND PICNICS.
% The Largest Excursion of the Sun
mer Went to Glen Island Yeste
ye day-Other Notable Excursions tn
Week.
~ One Of the largest excursions that h
r, gone out of this city this season lie
o. on the elegant thre6-deck ateamer Ss