Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-12-28
CONNECTICUT JOTTINGs.
Glean1ngs Here and There About the
State.

Gleanings Here and There About the
State.
HARTFORD, Dec. 27.-An explosion oc-
CURED at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning in
West Hartford at the old Arnold place on
Vanderbilt hill Some Italians employed
in grading and making Improvements on
the premises were thawing out frozen
dynamite by stove in shed. A suspi-
oious noise alarmed them and they ran
out. They had hardly got clear of the
building when the dynamite exploded. The
shed was destroyed and the running Ital-
ians thrown to the ground, but none were
seriously hurt. There were thirteen Ital-
ians in the shed keeping warm just before
the explosion occurred.
HE IS VERY LOW.
HARTFORD. Dec. Pit appears the report
of the death of John Remsen at East Berlin
on Saturday, who was shot by Martin
Whaples on Thursday, was premature. At
noon today he was still alive, but in
sinking condition, beiBg unconscious part
of the time. His physician, DR.. Ensign,
says that he cannot live.
HARTroBos OLDEST FIREMAN.
Speaking of the oldest Hartford fireman,
| if the other boys have held the title long
enough Captain Mills Osborne of No. 7
Pleasant street says he would like to wear
it awhile, he having joined the old Volun-
teer department in 1928, joining No. 5
with Elijah F. Reed foreman.-Hartford
Telegram.
QUAIL IN THE STATE.
The Willimantic Chronicle says: can
expert hunter here says that he thinks
March would be a better time to nbersts
live southern quail, and thus escape severe
winter weather. He further says that
there never was so many quail and part
ridge in this section as now, and thinks
there will be more in number at the end of
the wintry season left, than there WAS at
the beginning of the season in October q
year ago."
TO BE BURIED IN THIS CITY.
In Waterbury, Monday, William Higgins,
a baker in the employ of Thomas Kelly,
died suddenly of heart disease at his home.
A short while before his death he COM
planned of feeling i'll and his condition be-
came so serious that DR.. Donahue was
sent for. The doctor arrived just as he
DEe8tuoO ulS lhSG. Lie QSC6SS6Q was IOr-
ty-eight years of age and unmarried. He
had relatives In New Haven and his re-
mains were removed to this CITY yester-
day.
SAVINGS BANK LIMITATIONS.
The Pratt Street Savings bank, Hart
ford, is prospering finely. The Courant
| says of it, Look at the statement Just
given and that in the report of 1SS2-ten
years ago:
1892. ............. $15,020,250 1855
1889. ..................... 8,e40.832 25,S40
Increases. ............. $6,479,As 1O,74s
The deposits have gone up over six nail
lions and nearly eleven thousand accounts
| have been added and yet this bank refuses
| to pay interest on accounts above $40, 900 or
| to receive over $500 year from any deposi-
| tor. Some other banks take as big accounts
| a. they can get and run on as if they were
| mere commercial enterprises. In fact they
are chartered to be primarily for saving
and only incidentally for making money.
It il the opinion of The Courant, often ex-
pressed hitherto, that from So, 900 to S., 900
Is all that should be allowed to accumulate
| in one savings bank account. That rule is
| adopted In New York and works well.
The Pratt Street bank, though fixing Its
limit higher, does draw the line, and in
stead Of thereby reducing its business
grows phenomenally in spite Of the re-
striction. II this means anything, IL IL
that tho nearer tho banks stick to the true
idea the better they succeed.